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 ...

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...

Tristan Pinball

DOS1991 Littlewing

The Settlers

DOS1993protected Blue Byte Software

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...

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...

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 ...

Castles

DOS1991protected Quicksilver Software

Chasm: The Rift

DOS1997 Action Forms

Castles 2: Siege and Conquest

DOSMac OS1992protected Quicksilver Software

The Settlers II: Veni, Vidi, Vici

DOSMac OS1996protected Blue Byte Software

The Black Cauldron

DOS1986freeware Sierra On-Line

Nobunaga's Ambition

DOS1988 KOEI

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...

Spirit of Excalibur

DOS1990 Synergistic Software

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...

Machiavelli the Prince

DOS1995protected Holistic Design

Realms

DOS1991 Graftgold

Battle Chess 2: Chinese Chess

DOS1990protected Interplay Productions

In Battle Chess 2: Chinese Chess (1990), the classic formula gets an eastern makeover—complete with new rules, a new board, and a fresh batch of animated fatalities. If you thought regular chess was confusing, welcome to xia...

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...

Nobunaga's Ambition 2

DOS1989 KOEI

Lords of the Realm

DOSWindows XP/98/951994protected 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.

Lords of the Realm 3

Windows XP/98/952004protected Impressions Games

Merchant Prince

DOS1993 Holistic Design

Eric the Unready

DOS1993protected Legend Entertainment

Knight Games

DOS1988 Mastertronic

Olympic games were something back in the 80s and the 90s: Winter Games, Summer Games, California Games, anything-you-can-think-of games. Some imaginative developer thought that the world needed a different kind of "multisport" act...

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...

Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2000protected Nihilistic Software

Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption is an action role-playing game released in 2000 by Nihilistic Software and published by Activision. It is based on the "Vampire: The Masquerade" tabletop RPG by White Wolf Publishing. The ...