The most popular 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.
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Age of Empires 2: The Age of Kings
Windows XP/98/951999protecteddemo Ensemble Studios
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings is a landmark real-time strategy (RTS) game developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft. Released in 1999, it is the second installment in the Age of Empires series and remains one ...
The Settlers
DOS1993protected Blue Byte Software
Empire Earth
Windows XP/98/952001protected Stainless Steel Studios
Empire Earth is a real-time strategy (RTS) game developed by Stainless Steel Studios and released by Sierra Entertainment in 2001. It's often compared to the "Age of Empires" series due to its similar gameplay mechanics and histor...
Chasm: The Rift
DOS1997 Action Forms
Spirit of Excalibur
DOS1990 Synergistic Software
Tristan Pinball
DOS1991 Littlewing
Battle Chess
DOS1988protected Interplay Productions
You’ve never really lived until you’ve watched a rook pick up a pawn and slam dunk it into the floor. Battle Chess (1988) turns the world’s most intellectual board game into a medieval cage match. The pieces don&...
Conquests of Camelot: The Search for the Grail
DOS1990 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 o...
Knightmare
DOS1986 Konami
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
DOS1990 Horror Soft
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark is a horror-themed point-and-click adventure and RPG video game released in 1990 by Accolade for platforms including Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS. It’s loosely based on the campy, gothic horror pe...
Rampart
DOS1992 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 nu...
Castles
DOS1991protected Quicksilver Software
Powermonger
DOS1992 Bullfrog
Powermonger is a real-time strategy game where the player must defeat opponents by conquering towns and tipping the balance of power in their favor. Success requires giving orders to soldiers and captains, as well as accumulating ...
Conquests of the Longbow: The Legend of Robin Hood
DOS1991protected Sierra On-Line
Defender of the Crown
DOS1991protected Cinemaware
Defender of the crown is a strategy game set in the middle ages, in England. You control a Saxon and must fight Normans to control the country. The player can conquest territories, lay siege to castles, join tournaments, rescue da...
Realms
DOS1991 Graftgold
Darklands
DOSLinuxWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1992protected MicroProse Software
Darklands was a unique historical isometric RPG that mixed real historical data from medieval Germany during the 15th century with a touch of folklore and fantasy. Unfortunately it was also the only Microprose RPG o...
Patrician 2: Quest for Power
Windows XP/98/952000protected ASCARON Entertainment
Lords of the Realm 2
DOSWindows XP/98/95Windows 10/11Mac OS1996protected Impressions Games
Lords of the Realm II is a medieval-themed real-time strategy (RTS) and turn-based strategy game developed by Impressions Games and published by Sierra On-Line. Released in 1996, it is the second game in the "Lords of the Realm" s...
Nobunaga's Ambition
DOS1988 KOEI
Vlad Tepes Dracula
Windows XP/98/951997 ComputerHouse
Lords of the Realm 3
Windows XP/98/952004protected Impressions Games
Big Sea: The Better One Will Win
DOS1994 Cyberdyne Systems
With a title that sounds like a deep-sea motivational poster, Big Sea: The Better One Will Win is a maritime strategy game where the stakes are high and the water’s pixelated. Outwit your foes on the high seas while trying t...
Santa Paravia en Fiumaccio
DOS1988 Starsoft Development
Black Crown
DOS1995
In Black Crown (1995), you play as a prince with a very punchable name, trying to reclaim his rightful throne by solving puzzles and dying a lot. It's one of those DOS-era games where half the difficulty is figuring out which pixe...
Bushido
DOS1983 Ebenel enterprises
Step into feudal Japan with Bushido, a game that tries to simulate samurai life on a machine barely capable of rendering a convincing circle. Still, there’s something charming in its ambition. You duel, you train, you try to...
James Clavell's Shogun
DOS1989 Infocom
James Clavell's Shogun, a text adventure game developed by Infocom and released in 1989. Infocom was known for its interactive fiction games, and "James Clavell's Shogun" was one of its later releases.This text adventure game is b...
Machiavelli the Prince
DOS1995protected Holistic Design
Castle master
DOS1990 Incentive Software
Legions
Windows 3.xMac OS1994 Mindscape