Crown Wars: The Black Prince

Wait60%

Mixed · 729 player reviews · Medium confidence

It depends on what you're after.

Artefacts Studio · RPG · May 23, 2024

Player review score
60%
Mixed
Price
$39.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
30
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
11
Full audio2 of 11
Subtitles11 of 11

Should I buy Crown Wars: The Black Prince?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 79 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 67 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Characters: 22 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 40 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Story: 39 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 36 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 729 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 257 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
33% of themes are praise8% are divided59% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
79 of 257 sampled reviews raised it
Despite these, a set of complimentary TBT combat mechanics, plus a streamlined and relevant strategy layer make for good bed fellows.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
67 of 257 sampled reviews raised it
Maintain a roster of characters with a good amount of customisation including static upgrades of armour and weapons (and there are many different weapon styles to equip your characters with e.g. mace, halberd, dirk and so on) mixed with binary skills choices per level.
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
22 of 257 sampled reviews raised it
Customization and Difficulty: Character customization is adequate, and the game offers a challenging experience with customizable difficulty settings.
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
3 of 257 sampled reviews raised it
I am not sure what people are talking about only getting 60 fps, people talking about stuttering and memory eating game....i do not have a single issue running this game and i do not have stuttering or frame drops.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay79 reviews
Combat67 reviews
Characters22 reviews
Performance3 reviews
Divided opinion
Audio
71% still recommend
Players complain
Difficulty
75% still recommend
Story
69% still recommend
Crashes
67% still recommend
Graphics
58% still recommend
Bugs
65% still recommend
Optimization
25% still recommend
Interface
50% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • Partial Controller Support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckUnsupported
SteamOSPlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$39.99

The lowest we've tracked is $1.99.

12 months agotoday · $39.99

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