The Guild 3
Medieval dynasty simulation mixing business, politics, family, and intrigue
Purple Lamp, GolemLabs · Published by THQ Nordic · Released Jun 14, 2022
- Reviews
- Mixed
- 60% of 8,027
- Recent reviews
- Mixed
- 45% of 22 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 107
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 2 months ago
- Jul 22, 2026
Metacritic: 65/100 (critic reviews)
What is The Guild 3?
A real-time 3D economic strategy, life simulation, and RPG set in Central and Northern Europe around 1400. You guide a family dynasty across generations by practicing trades, running businesses, forming relationships, entering politics, and undermining rivals across scenario maps in solo or multiplayer matches.
For you if...
- +you enjoy combining economic management, family, and politics
- +you want a medieval sandbox playable with friends
- +you like managing a dynasty across multiple generations
Not for you if...
- −you want action-focused combat instead of economic management
- −you prefer a guided story over open-ended sandbox play
What players say
60% of 8,027 reviews are positive · 45% of 22 in the last 30 days
Players praise the mix of business management, family relationships, politics, and multiplayer with friends. Common complaints are that development stopped while the game still felt unfinished, and that its systems become shallow and repetitive; players also criticize weak AI, a clunky interface, and multiplayer connectivity.
Screenshots and trailer
The Guild 3 system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7, 8, Windows 10 (64 bit), Windows 11 (64 bit)
- Processor
- Intel Core i3 4000 series, AMD FX 6000 series
- Graphics
- Dedicated GPU with 4 GB (GeForce GTX 970 or Radeon RX570)
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 8 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 7, 8, Windows 10 (64 bit), Windows 11 (64 bit)
- Processor
- Intel Core i7-4790, AMD FX-8350
- Graphics
- Dedicated GPU with 8 GB (GeForce GTX 1050 Ti or Radeon RX570)
- Memory
- 16 GB RAM
- Storage
- 8 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
- 26
- Steam features
- Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing
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
Full audio: English, German. Text only: French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Hungarian.
Tags
- Economy
- Life Sim
- Medieval
- Simulation
- Strategy
- RPG
- Multiplayer
- Open World
- Sandbox
- Building
- Singleplayer
- Survival
- Management
- Trading
- Resource Management
- Historical
Recent updates
- Jul 22, 2026 · The Guild - Europa 1410: Demo Update #1
- Jun 30, 2023 · Patch notes for version 1.0.7 “Editor and Modding” - June 30th, 2023
- Dec 21, 2022 · Patch notes for version 1.0.5 “Multiplayer Update” - December 21st, 2022
- Dec 2, 2022 · DevDiary #33 “Patch in December” - December 2022
- Aug 30, 2022 · Patch notes for version 1.0.4 “Ninety Two” - August 30th, 2022
1 DLC available.
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