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Knights of the Crusades

Medieval strategy with holy orders, town building, and real-time battles

Reverie World Studios · Published by indie.io · Released Sep 6, 2025

IndieSimulationStrategy

AI-generated content disclosed

Reviews
Mixed
69% of 183
Recent reviews
Not enough recent
Players
0
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
1 week ago
Oct 29, 2026
Minimum PC
GeForce GT 530
3 GB RAM · 5 GB disk
Full requirements

What is Knights of the Crusades?

A single-player strategy game set during the Crusades, combining a world map with settlement building and real-time battles. You lead the Templars or a custom holy order toward the Holy Land, capturing hamlets, managing resources and armies, and fighting sieges. After the campaign, play continues with open-ended expansion and alliances.

For you if...

  • +you like switching between world-map strategy and real-time battles
  • +you want to build settlements while managing a holy order
  • +you prefer open-ended expansion after a campaign

Not for you if...

  • −you want multiplayer strategy matches
  • −you prefer battles without resource or settlement management

What players say

69% of 183 reviews are positive

Players praise the Crusades setting and the mix of world-map strategy, settlement management, and real-time battles. They frequently report crashes and freezes; some also call the mechanics unfinished or repetitive and compare the game to the developer's earlier titles.

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Knights of the Crusades system requirements

Minimum: GeForce GT 530, 3 GB RAM, 5 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Windows 7
Processor
2.4 GHz Dual Core
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 / ATI Radeon HD 6570
Memory
3 GB RAM
Storage
5 GB available space
DirectX
Version 11

Recommended

OS
Windows 10
Processor
2.4 GHz Dual Core
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti / Radeon HD 6790
Memory
5 GB RAM
Storage
7 GB available space
DirectX
Version 11

Does Knights of the Crusades have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does Knights of the Crusades run on Steam Deck?

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

  • 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 configuration is not performant
  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Achievements
41
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal.

Does Knights of the Crusades use AI-generated content?

Yes. The developers disclose AI-generated content on the game's Steam page:

Small number of AI tools was used in development. For help with historical research, translation and upscaling store page art.

The statement mentions: Text & translationsStore page & marketing

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 Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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