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Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord

Medieval sandbox RPG combining personal combat with army command

TaleWorlds Entertainment · Released Oct 25, 2022

ActionIndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Reviews
Very Positive
86% of 244K
Recent reviews
Very Positive
89% of 1,538 in 30 days
Players
20K
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
2 months ago
Aug 19, 2026
Minimum PC
GTX 660
6 GB RAM · 60 GB disk
Full requirements

Metacritic: 77/100 (critic reviews)

What is Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord?

An open-world medieval action RPG and strategy simulation set in Calradia, where an empire is divided by civil war. You create a character, travel the sandbox, recruit and command armies, trade, raid, manage fiefs, and fight beside your troops in real-time battles from first- or third-person perspectives. Multiplayer includes online PvP matches.

For you if...

  • +you want large real-time battles with direct combat
  • +you prefer open-ended progression over a scripted path
  • +you enjoy modifying sandbox games with community creations

Not for you if...

  • −you want deep diplomacy and detailed character relationships
  • −you prefer a guided campaign with varied quests
  • −you expect cooperative play in the campaign

What players say

86% of 243,859 reviews are positive · 89% of 1,538 in the last 30 days

Players most often praise the scale of battles, hands-on combat, and the rise from a small party to leading armies and taking castles. They frequently describe the base game as shallow or unfinished, citing weak diplomacy and AI, sparse dialogue and quests, and repetitive late-game play; some also report instability and updates disrupting mods.

Players over time

▼ -3% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 30,104 players on Sep 21, 2026.

Show the data
DayPlayers
Nov 7, 202620,309
Nov 6, 202613,841
Nov 5, 202613,623
Nov 4, 202614,611
Nov 3, 202614,446
Nov 2, 202614,258
Nov 1, 202623,472
Oct 31, 202621,204
Oct 30, 202614,743
Oct 29, 202614,858
Oct 28, 202614,241
Oct 27, 202613,887
Oct 26, 202614,889
Oct 25, 202620,727
Oct 24, 202617,415
Oct 23, 202613,894
Oct 22, 202613,813
Oct 21, 202613,901
Oct 20, 202614,291
Oct 18, 202620,464
Oct 17, 202618,716
Oct 16, 202614,375
Oct 15, 202614,513
Oct 14, 202614,743
Oct 13, 202614,994
Oct 11, 202620,260
Oct 10, 202616,577
Oct 9, 202615,187
Oct 8, 202614,478
Oct 7, 202617,057
Oct 6, 202616,910
Oct 4, 202619,396
Oct 3, 202617,763
Oct 2, 202615,942
Oct 1, 202616,292
Sep 30, 202614,248
Sep 29, 202614,319
Sep 27, 202619,036
Sep 26, 202617,670
Sep 25, 202617,504
Sep 24, 202614,493
Sep 23, 202620,456
Sep 23, 202613,996
Sep 22, 202613,841
Sep 21, 202630,104

How many players finish Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord?

5.2% of Steam players have unlocked «Freedom!», the achievement for finishing the main story.

Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.

Screenshots and trailer

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord screenshot 1

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord system requirements

Minimum: GTX 660, 6 GB RAM, 60 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Windows 7 (64-bit only)
Processor
Intel® Core™ i3-8100 / AMD Ryzen™ 3 1200 / Snapdragon X Elite
Graphics
Intel® UHD Graphics 630 / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 660 2GB / AMD Radeon™ HD 7850 2GB
Memory
6 GB RAM
Storage
60 GB available space
Notes
Integrated GPUs require additional 2GB of system RAM.

Recommended

OS
Windows 10 (64-bit only)
Processor
Intel® Core™ i5-9600K / AMD Ryzen™ 5 3600X
Graphics
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 3GB / AMD Radeon™ RX 580
Memory
8 GB RAM
Storage
60 GB available space

Does Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord have co-op or multiplayer?

Yes: PvP online. It also has a single-player mode.

Does Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • The launcher or setup tool may need the touchscreen or virtual keyboard
  • 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
  • Shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
  • External controllers are not supported for the primary player

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Achievements
50
Steam features
Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Traditional Chinese, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, German.

Does Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Nov 6, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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Recent updates

3 DLC available.

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