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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.

Most popular medieval games

Age of Empires 2: The Age of Kings
strategyWindows XP/98/95
Empire Earth
strategyWindows XP/98/95
  • age-of-empires-2-04
    Windows XP/98/951999protecteddemo4.3/5 Ensemble Studios
  • empire-earth-06
    Windows XP/98/952001protected4.3/5 Stainless Steel Studios
  • elvira1mistress-1
    DOS19904/5 Horror Soft
  • serfcity-6
    DOS1993protected4.2/5 Blue Byte Software
  • battlechess-1
    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.

  • spiritexc-1
    DOS19903.8/5 Synergistic Software
  • settlers-2-04
    DOSMac1996protected3.9/5 Blue Byte Software
  • la-abadia-del-crimen-03
    DOS19874.1/5 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.

  • chasmrift-2
    DOS19974.1/5 Action Forms
  • tristanpinball-1
    DOS19914.1/5 Littlewing
  • darklands-3
    DOSLinuxWindows XP/98/95Mac1992protected3.9/5 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 of that kind and beauty. The original game box contained a huge manual with info on european folklore (including the live...

  • vampire-redemption-02
    Windows XP/98/95Mac2000protected4.1/5 Nihilistic Software
  • nobungasambition-3
    DOS19883.7/5 KOEI
  • knightmare-2
    DOS19863.6/5 Konami
  • castlemaster-1
    DOS19904/5 Incentive Software
  • nobunaga-ambition-2-03
    DOS19893.9/5 KOEI
  • patrician2-01
    Windows XP/98/952000protected4.1/5 ASCARON Entertainment
  • castles-5
    DOS1991protected4.1/5 Quicksilver Software
  • js-shogun-02
    DOS19894.2/5 Infocom
  • castlemaster2-1
    DOS19904/5 Incentive Software
  • knight-games-05
    DOS19883.9/5 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" action game and came up with he idea behind Knight Games.

  • conquests-of-the-longbow-01
    DOS1991protected4.2/5 Sierra On-Line
  • conquests-of-camelot-03
    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.

  • blackcrown-2
    DOS19953.8/5
  • santaparavia-2
    DOS19883.7/5 Starsoft Development
  • blackcauldron-1
    DOS1986freeware3.8/5 Sierra On-Line
  • castles2-3
    DOSMac1992protected4.2/5 Quicksilver Software
  • battlechess2-1
    DOS1990protected3.8/5 Interplay Productions
  • vlad-tepes-dracula-02
    Windows XP/98/9519972.5/5 ComputerHouse
  • kaiser-03
    DOS19923.9/5