King's Bounty: Warriors of the North
Viking fantasy strategy RPG with turn-based battles against undead armies
Fulqrum Publishing · Released Oct 25, 2012
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 79% of 2,067
- Recent reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 78% of 19 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 69
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 11 years ago
- Jan 12, 2015
Metacritic: 74/100 (critic reviews)
What is King's Bounty: Warriors of the North?
In this standalone fantasy strategy RPG, you play Olaf, a Viking defending northern Endoria against an undead invasion. You explore islands and strongholds in real time, prepare an army, and fight turn-based tactical battles using rune bonuses and Valkyrie abilities.
For you if...
- +you want a long single-player fantasy campaign
- +you enjoy experimenting with varied troops, spells, and skills
- +you favor tactical battles that reward planning and positioning
Not for you if...
- −you prefer fast action over turn-based army battles
- −you want a short campaign with little exploration
What players say
79% of 2,067 reviews are positive · 78% of 19 in the last 30 days
Players praise the tactical battles, troop variety, and long campaign. Many report frequent crashes, particularly later in the game, while some describe quests that block progress or battles that grow repetitive.
Screenshots and trailer
King's Bounty: Warriors of the North system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows XP/Vista/7
- Processor
- 2.6 GHz and better
- Graphics
- nVidia GeForce 6600 with 128 Mb VRAM or similar AMD card
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM
- Storage
- 8 GB HD space
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 7
- Processor
- 3 GHz and better
- Graphics
- nVidia or AMD card with 512 Mb VRAM or more
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 8 GB HD space
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Achievements
- 64
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Playable
- 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
- Display output has nonblocking issues
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Tags
- RPG
- Strategy
- Turn-Based Strategy
- Tactical
- Turn-Based
- Strategy RPG
- Fantasy
- Tactical RPG
- Vikings
- Hex Grid
- Adventure
- Singleplayer
Recent updates
- Jan 12, 2015 · Ice and Fire DLC updated to version 1.3
- Jan 12, 2015 · Ice and Fire DLC updated to version 1.3
- May 20, 2014 · Ice and Fire DLC - Major Update
- May 20, 2014 · Ice and Fire DLC - Major Update
- Feb 21, 2014 · Ice and Fire DLC Update Released
1 DLC available.
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