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Bellfortis

Bellfortis

Bellfortis is a strategy game from the early Middle Ages. Expand your kingdom, use politics and power. Strategic planning on the map alternates with realtime battles of armies. Play as a grand strategy or on smaller local maps, build, recruit armies and fight!

Released Jun 19, 2025 Developer Rake in Grass Platforms Windows Early AccessStrategyMedievalGrand StrategyHistorical
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-05-19)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

91.4%positive151 reviews
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“Bellfortis https://youtu.be/ZAEKsN1Ukg4?si=wU1VsiSKILqp5nCU Medieval campaign strategy tactical warfare”

— a player, Steam review · 39 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Initial rating after 4 hours of play: 7.5/10. I haven't even finished my first game yet, but I can confidently say that this is the "baby's first grand strategy game" that I've been looking for! After starting the game I read through all the menus that explained all the…”

— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“It's like a Total War-lite. Fun game with campaigns that only last a few hours. It feels like the original Medieval: Total War. It's simple and plays like a board game while still having complexity in the form of population, technology, a council, and diplomacy”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

25achievements
14.3%median completion
0.9%rarest: Lover
73.4% of players 54.1% of players 40.4% of players 32.7% of players 28.7% of players 26.1% of players 22.5% of players 22.3% of players 18.7% of players 16.7% of players 15.8% of players 15.3% of players 14.3% of players 14.2% of players 14.0% of players 12.3% of players 10.9% of players 9.5% of players 8.1% of players 8.0% of players 7.8% of players 6.4% of players 5.3% of players 3.9% of players 0.9% of players 73.4% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
73.4%First blood — Win at least one battle.
54.1%Businessman — Earn 1000 gold in one turn.
40.4%Commander — Win 10 battles.
Rarest badges of honor
0.9%Lover — Get 10 foreign kingdoms by getting married.
3.9%Machiavelli game — Have a spy in at least 20 provinces at once.
5.3%Dear King — Complete the 50 quests set by your nobility.

Latest official news

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Sep 26, 2026
Update 1.4.2 (2)

Fixed issue with menu buttons, such as incorrect detection of the X button for closing windows.

Sep 25, 2026
Update 1.4.2

These are unique battles that never actually took place - clashes between completely different worlds separated by thousands of kilometers and hundreds of years: In the first battle, as a Frankish gen

Jun 17, 2026
Update 1.4.1

Hi! Update 1.4.1 fixes several bugs, such as the GUI "crashing" when an enemy captures your active province. Most importantly, however, it introduces a new video library, which should resolve issues f

May 20, 2026
Update 1.3.4

The new 1.3.4 update is primarily technical - it improves gamepad controls. The controls have been redesigned, with the addition of help menus, a gamepad window, and more. Why gamepad controls for a s

Apr 29, 2026
Update 1.3.2

New crash hotfix.

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresIndie, Strategy
Player tagsEarly Access · Strategy · Medieval · Grand Strategy · Historical · Turn-Based Strategy · Indie · War · RTS · Tactical · Singleplayer · Turn-Based Tactics (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Includes level editor · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, French, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Czech, German, Simplified Chinese, Hungarian
Achievements25
Official sitehttp://www.rakeingrass.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7/8/10/11 64-bit Processor: Dual Core 2.0 GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: OpenGL 3.2 compatible Storage: 150 MB available space