Knights and Merchants

Buy85%

Very Positive · 5k player reviews · Medium confidence

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

Steam Deck Unrated
  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Topware Interactive · Strategy · Oct 14, 2013

Player review score
85%
Very Positive
Price
$9.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

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

Achievements
0
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
9
Full audio4 of 9
Subtitles9 of 9

Should I buy Knights and Merchants?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 43 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 32 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Difficulty: 17 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 23 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 14 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 5k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
55% of themes are praise27% are divided18% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
43 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
If you like old school RTS and haven't tried K&M ... it's cheap, it's a classic, you'll get 100's of hours of gameplay out of it, and I think it's worth recommending!
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
32 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The concept is simple, the graphics a little dated, but still good enough, the sounds are simple and your minions make cute little comments when ordered to do something.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
17 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
With the Remake you also get 3 new campaigns created by players, for players, that are very challenging and not for the feint-hearted which include dynamic scripting and many improvements over the original campaigns in terms of difficulty.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
17 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The story is great, the games brings many old feelings and the music still is nice (though not the same as in the original game, which I liked more).
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
16 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The game’s soundtrack complements the atmosphere with pleasant, period-appropriate music that never feels intrusive.
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
8 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Coded from scratch, as the original code was never released, Krom and Lewin have recreated this masterpiece, fixed bugs, allowed speed up buttons, a pause button and some new maps and a totally new and improved multiplayer!

Theme by theme

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

Players love
Gameplay43 reviews
Graphics32 reviews
Difficulty17 reviews
Story17 reviews
Audio16 reviews
Multiplayer8 reviews
Divided opinion
Combat
91% still recommend
Interface
50% still recommend
Monetization
33% still recommend
Players complain
Crashes
65% still recommend
Bugs
57% still recommend

What you get

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

Play modes

  • Multi-player
  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$9.99

The lowest we've tracked is $4.99.

8 points recordedtoday · $9.99

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