March of Empires

Medieval MMO strategy with castle building and alliance warfare

Gameloft · Released Dec 11, 2017

Massively Multiplayer RPG Strategy Free To Play

Reviews: Mixed; 62% of 1,868
Recent reviews: Mostly Negative; 35% of 17 in 30 days
Playing now: 587; right now
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 3 weeks ago; Aug 26, 2026

What is March of Empires?

In this free-to-play medieval MMO strategy game, you construct and fortify a castle, train armies, fight barbarians and other players, and conquer territory in an online realm. You choose a ruler and champion, join alliances, complete quests, craft equipment, and compete for castles that grant realm-wide political powers.

For you if...

+you enjoy gradual castle building and army progression
+you want competitive PvP shaped by alliance politics
+you like managing formations, seasons, and territory

Not for you if...

−you prefer short matches over long-term kingdom growth
−you want a solo strategy game without PvP
−you dislike alliances influencing competitive progress

What players say

62% of 1,868 reviews are positive · 35% of 17 in the last 30 days

Players praise the depth of long-term decisions, alliance teamwork, and steady rewards. The dominant complaint is aggressive pay-to-progress monetization that leaves nonpaying and lower-spending players unable to compete in PvP; players also report bugs, crashes, bots, and interface problems after recent updates.

Screenshots and trailer

March of Empires system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 7 SP1 or newer
Processor: Intel Core i3 or AMD Equivalent
Graphics: NVIDIA Geforce 210
Memory: 3 GB RAM
Storage: 2 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: 87
Steam features: Family Sharing, In-app purchases

Steam Deck: Playable

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
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Portuguese - Portugal.