PCGame

Mount & Blade

Open-world medieval RPG about mounted combat and commanding armies

TaleWorlds Entertainment · Released Nov 3, 2008

IndieRPG

Reviews
Very Positive
92% of 6,730
Recent reviews
Very Positive
90% of 11 in 30 days
Playing now
51
right now
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update
Unknown
no patch notes found

Free demo available, 0 playing it now: get the demo.

Metacritic: 72/100 (critic reviews)

What is Mount & Blade?

A third-person, open-world medieval RPG set in Calradia, a land at war, where you start as an unknown adventurer. You travel between villages, towns, and castles, fight on foot or horseback, and can become an army commander or own settlements.

For you if...

  • +you like setting your own goals in a sandbox
  • +you enjoy medieval combat on foot and horseback

Not for you if...

  • you want a guided story with fixed objectives
  • you expect modern-looking graphics from a medieval RPG

What players say

92% of 6,730 reviews are positive · 90% of 11 in the last 30 days

Players praise the freedom to shape a military career, large battles, and mods. Many recommend Warband instead for its additional content; some also describe clumsy combat and report crashes or freezes.

Screenshots and trailer

Mount & Blade

Mount & Blade system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS
Windows 2000/XP/Vista
Graphics
Graphics card with at least 64 MB memory
Memory
512 MB of RAM
Storage
700 MB of hard disk space.

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Steam features
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
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Text only: English, German, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Czech.

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