Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord

Medieval sandbox RPG combining personal combat with army command

TaleWorlds Entertainment · Released Oct 25, 2022

Reviews: Very Positive; 88% of 298K
Recent reviews: Very Positive; 87% of 1,325 in 30 days
Playing now: 20K; right now
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 1 month ago; Aug 19, 2026

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

88% of 297,875 reviews are positive · 87% of 1,325 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.

Screenshots and trailer

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord system requirements

As published by the developer.

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.

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 50
Steam features: Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards

Steam Deck: Playable

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

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Full audio: English. Text only: Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Traditional Chinese, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, German.