Going Medieval
Medieval colony sim with multilevel building and siege defense
Foxy Voxel · Published by Mythwright · Released Mar 17, 2026
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 89% of 21K
- Recent reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 77% of 116 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 813
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 1 day ago
- Sep 21, 2026
Free demo available, 12 playing it now: get the demo.
Metacritic: 76/100 (critic reviews)
What is Going Medieval?
A single-player colony simulation set after a plague devastates civilization. You manage settlers’ jobs and needs, gather materials, research and craft technology, and build above or below ground on randomly generated multilevel maps while defending the settlement from raiders and beasts.
For you if...
- +you enjoy designing castles across multiple vertical levels
- +you want detailed settler jobs, skills, and needs
- +you prefer single-player sandbox colony management
Not for you if...
- −you want multiplayer settlement building
- −you need family and lineage systems for settlers
- −you prefer fast-paced, combat-focused strategy
What players say
89% of 21,442 reviews are positive · 77% of 116 in the last 30 days
Players praise the flexible multilevel castle building, terrain manipulation, and management of distinct settlers. Common complaints focus on poor pathfinding, unreliable combat and defensive behavior, and the lack of families or lineages; some players also find progression thin after the settlement is established.
Screenshots and trailer
Going Medieval system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10 (64-bit)
- Processor
- Intel Core i5-9400F or AMD Ryzen 5 2600
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (4 GB) or AMD Radeon RX 580 (4 GB)
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10 / Windows 11 (64-bit)
- Processor
- Intel Core i5-10600K / i7-10700 or AMD Ryzen 5 3600 XT
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super / RTX 2060 or AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
- Memory
- 16 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 94
- Steam features
- Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Playable
- Default controller config not fully functional
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: English, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Polish, Turkish.
Tags
- Colony Sim
- Base Building
- Strategy
- Voxel
- Survival
- Management
- City Builder
- Singleplayer
- Sandbox
- Nature
- RTS
- Economy
- Moddable
- Historical
- Real Time Tactics
- Simulation
Recent updates
- Sep 21, 2026 · Experimental Branch Patch (1.2.6)
- Sep 18, 2026 · Experimental Branch Patch (1.2.5)
- Sep 17, 2026 · Experimental Branch Patch (1.2.3)
- Sep 16, 2026 · Experimental Branch Patch (1.2.1)
- Aug 28, 2026 · Experimental Branch Patch (1.1.20)
2 DLC available.
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