Best Medieval Replay Value Games on PC

Fantasy Blacksmith

Original Review before bug fixes (Scroll down to see edited notes):

Now…where to begin. Well, first question that may be asked, is this game fun? Short answer yes, long answer no with a but. This game does something rather unique that hasn’t been done before (as far as I know), it allows you to play as a sword smith in a fantasy world where your goal isn’t to slay the big bad overlord or to plunder deep dungeons so that you may retire on a pile of “phat loot”, but to become the “best” blacksmith (sword smith as you only make swords) in the land. You can design your swords from various parts, choose which materials to use and then forge them into mighty swords from myth and legend. Sounds cool, is cool, BUT and it is a big but and I cannot lie…

– Real player with 50.9 hrs in game

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Last Edited: 3/19/2019 for Patch 1.0.3 (see bottom of review for updates)

A game with quite a bit of potential despite getting delayed multiple times with no notice at all to the customers waiting (including release day, coming out over 5 hours late without any word) but if you are not a fan of Early Access games with a lot of bugs I would suggest waiting until a lot more work is done on this.

Current issues I have encountered:

Physics are more of a suggestion than a law in the world of Fantasy Blacksmith. The first thing that happened after I started playing was picking up the Thermometer, testing the current temp of the bronze ingot in the forge, “placing” them next to me, and getting catapulted across the room.

– Real player with 40.2 hrs in game

Fantasy Blacksmith on Steam

Darksburg

I’m writing this review for everyone who is thinking about picking up this game, but isn’t exactly sure yet.

At first I want to give a rough overview about the game and talk about positives and negatives after. Darksburg is an isometric cooperative 4 player game, thats heavily influenced by Left 4 Dead, Warhammer Vermintide and your typical ARPG title or even MOBA.

At the point I’m writing this review we have 3 different gamemodes: coop survival, last stand and PvP.

In the coop survival mode you have to get from point A to point B while defending yourself against hordes of attacking zombies and special infected, finishing different tasks like finding wooden planks and nails to repair a church door.

– Real player with 451.6 hrs in game

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Updated based on ‘Going Rogue’ update.

This update is literally a game-changer! The new mode is a loooot of fun, with every single character receiving some great quality of life updates. It used to be ‘Varag is meant to be able to tear people apart’, well… you got what you asked for - now he can! Dolorosa has been an amazing addition (the 5th playable character), with some of the best CC in the game, which you need when there are now hordes of zombies coming for you.

In previous updates the hordes just kind of waited sometimes for you to come near, now they seek you out which feels much more zombie-horror-survival. There have been some minor art improvements which I love (though I am biased as I already love the setting) and oh so much more…

– Real player with 289.1 hrs in game

Darksburg on Steam

Craft Keep VR

Finally!

A review of a VR game that is NOT in early access (anymore)!

Gameplay:

It is solid. For a VR title it works pretty well although the keybinding is something you have to get used to, if you play a lot of other VR titles. (Grip is assigned to the “grip buttons” not the trigger, for example.)

But overall it works and does not get tedious. There are some very minor QoL features like distant grabbing and you can either move within your playspace (which is the main thing you need to do, be sure to have enough space!) or by teleporting, so no motion sickness to be expected.

– Real player with 8.7 hrs in game

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Great game, (I hope this inspires some RTS games ala ‘Stronghold’, where you craft weapons for castle battlements, and maybe a bit of combat, yourself) but I can see how some people get frustrated so here’s some:-

-:Hints:- On the second level, if you think there’s a bug that won’t allow you to buy metal, it’s not. Look around and you will see two large rocks with pickaxes near them, and some ore sticking out. One is iron, the other, silver. This should help you get to that 250,000 Gold stage unlock… O.k. that’s another hint. These guys are the wackiest trolls in game development today. The ‘alternative’ way to unlock the next stage (unless you like really, really, Really!, like mining) is to make an enchanted blade for ‘Moira, the absent wizard’… the guy just behind you. You don’t have to serve ‘every’ customer, just the ones who offer you specific rewards that help you craft the enchanted blade. One last hint, the hammer only detaches things, and mends metal. To put weapons back together, you will need to grip both hilt and head, with empty hands (don’t try this at home), and pull the triggers to attach them. You will see a little message when you’re close. Practice this. Make it reflex, and the game will be 510% funner, for you :)

– Real player with 6.1 hrs in game

Craft Keep VR on Steam

Battle Brothers

I’m a very picky guy and feel bored playing most of the popular games. This is the single one filling the niche. Absolutely love it. Warning: it’s too addictive; I spent almost 1000 hours of in-game time in six months, more than 6 hours a day on average.

– Real player with 1055.1 hrs in game

Oh Battle Brothers what can I say about you? A hidden gem from 3 years ago, only saw it recently such was the lack of advertisement for it and was truly surprised. Didn’t think games like this were made anymore. This is a medieval low fantasy mercenary management game. Oof what a mouthful. It’s a game where you explore the world map in real time and fight battles in turn based combat xcom style and just like xcom it can seriously mess you up at any time. It’s a game of stacking the odds in your favor while mitigating the adversaries odds as much as possible.

– Real player with 481.6 hrs in game

Battle Brothers on Steam

Elemental War 2

Elemental War 2 takes you into a threatened world: hordes of monsters suddenly pour out of the abysses of hell from a faulty summoned portal. Will you manage to build a defense line of defense towers against the forces of evil in time?

Elemental War 2 offers you the popular tower defense feeling combined with innovative game mechanics: as soon as you defeat an elemental - a particularly strong enemy that will demand everything from you - you’ll receive its element stone, which you can use to build new defense towers. As you keep collecting elements, you’ll always have new levels and tower combinations at your disposal.

Only if you skillfully combine the different towers and make use of their advantages will you be able to stand up to the monster hordes. Through in-game side quests, you’ll also unlock items that further enhance the abilities of your towers or decisively weaken your opponents at just the right time!

Elemental War 2 offers you dozens of hours of gameplay to develop strategies, complete all the quests and discover all the secrets of the game world. The lovingly hand-built maps offer you varied games and always new challenges!

Features

The popular tower defense game principle with new gameplay elements
Face the powerful elementals and their special abilities
Solve quests to unlock upgrades for your towers
Play 11 varied maps in three unique environments: forest, ice and desert
Play alone or in co-op mode
Compare yourself with other players in the global leaderboards

Are you ready to face the elementals?

Elemental War 2 on Steam

Tilesweeper

…is a logic puzzle game. Remove all the tiles from the level, one by one, flagging and avoiding those armed with a bomb.

⚙ Game Description & Mechanics ⚙

As any clone of Minesweeper, you’re presented with a tile board, here represented by a dungeon, balcony or other location. The objective of the game is to either correctly flag every tile armed with a mine, or clear out all the tiles that aren’t - either will result in a success, just as long as no mine is detonated.

– Real player with 56.9 hrs in game

It is hard to be too critical of this as it does what it does well enough. It is a nicer looking version of Minesweeper. I could stop there but I have to point out this is one of those games that 10 hours playing it (which is what it took to get to the easy 39/60 achievements) feels like 100 in a more compulsive game. Most of the remaining achievements are for “grinds” - the worst is to break 1 million tiles. In 10 hours I have broken 25k. Sheesh.

Still, we all loved Minesweeper. This is just….more. And more.

– Real player with 42.6 hrs in game

Tilesweeper on Steam

Crusader Kings II

If you care about the amount of gameplay you get for your money at all, this game probably rates higher than any other game. (Last I read, the average player had over 500 hours on this game.)

Crusader Kings II is a strategic game where you spend most of your time looking at a big map of Europe cut into little counties, but it is drastically different from a game like Medieval II: Total War. Whereas in those games, every nation had rigid boundaries and an entire nation was a distinct, unified entity, Crusader Kings II focuses upon the feudal system of governance, and especially its hereditary system of succession.

– Real player with 2025.1 hrs in game

Crusader Kings II is one of the most deep, fascinating and replayable strategy games I have ever played. In brief, you play as a family in the middle ages, anywhere between Mali and Mongolia, or from Bengal to Britain. You try to secure advantageous alliances and strategic marriages, and build up a small realm, either as a vassal of a greater power or striking out independently. There is no real win condition, though I love taking people who lost out historically, and helping push them to greatness.

– Real player with 1862.2 hrs in game

Crusader Kings II on Steam

The Lost King of Avallon

9/10. Get this gem you’ll love it.

The game:

Basically you play however you like at your own pace. The world is different every single playthrough so super replayability. Very relaxing to wind up after days work.

The combat:

The combat is simple and can be really challenging, tho the devs implemented difficulty setting in option.
Sometimes you got matched with really OP monsters, so better get that flee button ready.
Be extra careful with monsters that can dot you with either fire or poison because the dot will persist after combat and most of the time will kill.

– Real player with 69.6 hrs in game

Beautiful atmospheric rpg with a tabletop style of play where you can choose different classes to play such as a knight,paladin,hunter and others which have yet to be released in the early access version. They come with different skills and it pays to hire companions in cities who will make a major difference between exploring a dungeon full of nightmarish horrors and lowlife hooligans or having to turn around due to not having a character who can pick locks to open doors/treasure chests.

On one mission i survived much better with my companions compared to previous missions where i either went at it alone or with companions which do not fare too well in combat such as peasants. If you protect them well even a peasant can level up to be a mighty hero and ally in your group especially when gearing them up with all the cool gear one finds in dungeons.

– Real player with 7.1 hrs in game

The Lost King of Avallon on Steam

Age of Pixels