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The best medieval games

These games are not of the fantasy kind: no dragons, no elves, no dwarves and absolutely no magic. These are all games set in medieval times. This means castles and villages, alchemy and saints, kings and queens, monks and abbeys, knights and tourneys.

Most popular medieval games

Age of Empires 2: The Age of Kings
strategyWindows XP/98/95
Empire Earth
strategyWindows XP/98/95
The Settlers
strategyDOS
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Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption

Windows XP/98/95Mac2000protected4.3/5 Nihilistic Software
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Empire Earth

Windows XP/98/952001protected4.3/5 Stainless Steel Studios
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Age of Empires 2: The Age of Kings

Windows XP/98/951999protecteddemo4.3/5 Ensemble Studios
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Battle Chess

DOS1988protected4.2/5 Interplay Productions
Chess was a niche genre in video gaming. There were lots of chess simulations: black and white very old games, licensed games from chess champions, etc. No one ever attempted to broaden the audience until Interplay published Battle Chess. Battle Chess appeal was almost entirely focused on the animations when two pieces ended on the same square.
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Patrician

DOS1992protected4.2/5 ASCARON Entertainment
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The Settlers

DOS1993protected4.2/5 Blue Byte Software
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Castles 2: Siege and Conquest

DOSMac1992protected4.2/5 Quicksilver Software
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Conquests of the Longbow: The Legend of Robin Hood

DOS1991protected4.2/5 Sierra On-Line
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La Abadia del Crimen

DOS19874.2/5 Opera Soft
La Abadía del Crimen (The Abbey of Crime) is an action-adventure developed in Spain by Paco Menéndez in the mid-1980s. It was initially created for the Amstrad CPC and later ported to other popular home computer systems of the time, such as the ZX Spectrum and MSX. The game was released in 1987.
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James Clavell's Shogun

DOS19894.2/5 Infocom
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Machiavelli the Prince

DOS1995protected4.1/5 Holistic Design
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Patrician 2: Quest for Power

Windows XP/98/952000protected4.1/5 ASCARON Entertainment
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Lancelot

DOS19884.1/5 Level 9 Computing
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Eric the Unready

DOS1993protected4.1/5 Legend Entertainment
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Big Sea: The Better One Will Win

DOS19944.1/5 Cyberdyne Systems
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Castles

DOS1991protected4.1/5 Quicksilver Software
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Conquest of Japan

DOS19924.1/5 Impressions Games
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Merchant Prince

DOS19934.1/5 Holistic Design
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Castle master 2

DOS19904/5 Incentive Software
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Sword of the Samurai

DOS1989protected4/5 MicroProse Software
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Tristan Pinball

DOS19914/5 Littlewing
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Castle master

DOS19904/5 Incentive Software
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Chasm: The Rift

DOS19974/5 Action Forms
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Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur

DOS19894/5 Infocom
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Betrayal

DOS1990protected4/5
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Conquests of Camelot: The Search for the Grail

DOS19904/5 Sierra On-Line
Conquests of Camelot: The Search for the Grail is an old DOS point and click adventure game designed by Christy Marx, developed and published by Sierra On-Line in 1990. As the title implies, Conquests of Camelot setting is based on the Arthurian legends.
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Joan of Arc

DOS19894/5 Chip
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Realms

DOS19914/5 Graftgold
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Lords of the Realm

DOSWindows XP/98/951994protected4/5 Impressions Games
Lords of the Realm is top-down kingdom simulation game set in medieval Europe (England and Germany), designed by Christopher J. Foster and David Lester, developed by Impressions Games and released 1994 for DOS, Windows and Amiga.
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Rampart

DOS19924/5 Atari
Rampart is an abandoned mix of strategy and shooter game designed by Dave Ralston and John Salwitz, developed by Atari and released by Electronic Arts in 1992 for DOS. Rampart was converted from the original arcade version to a number of platforms, including Amiga, Atari ST, C64, Game Boy, Genesis, Lynx, NES, SEGA Master System, SNES. Rampart is a ...