Knights and Merchants

Knights and Merchants

Steam Deck · unrated

Topware Interactive · Strategy · Oct 14, 2013

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $9.99. It has been as low as $4.99.

85%
Very Positive
5k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Graphics: 34 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 28 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 18 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 27 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 26 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 18 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 5k player reviews · updated 5 days ago

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
45% of themes are praise22% are divided33% are caveats
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
While it doesn’t overhaul the graphics or UI in a major way, it does offer better compatibility with modern operating systems and higher resolutions.
34 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The core gameplay revolves around building and managing a medieval economy, with military strategy serving as a natural outgrowth of your production chain.
28 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The game’s soundtrack complements the atmosphere with pleasant, period-appropriate music that never feels intrusive.
18 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise 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!
10 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Graphics34 reviews
Gameplay28 reviews
Audio18 reviews
Multiplayer10 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Story and characters32 reviews
91%
Difficulty12 reviews
100%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat27 reviews
85%
Crashes26 reviews
69%
Bugs18 reviews
56%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

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Currently $9.99. The lowest we've tracked is $4.99.

6 points recordedtoday · $9.99

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Player review score
85%
Very Positive
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