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Blacksmith Master
Manage your own medieval smithy in Blacksmith Master and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Relaxing shop management” (70 of 103 reviews) and “Active ongoing development” (16); the most common complaint is “Repetitive shallow management” (27). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-30 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
70 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“A very well-made management game. It starts off very simple, but the progression is huge. At some point, your forge looks more like a factory than a forge, with lots of employees and an entire production line to manage.…”
“Starting around mid-game I mostly had the game running in the background to grind out resources and gold. There is a lot of potential for min-maxing with the employee traits, but it's not required at all. It's a good…”
“This game is a solid choice if you want to have something up in the background. It's not as good as it's sister game Tavern Master, but it's still fun. However, after a certain point it feels a bit grindy and it takes…”
16 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“this is a good manager game. has depth without being hopelessly complicated. dev is active. game is good.”
“So far I've enjoyed this game, I really like the concept and I think for the most part its executed well. And seeing as how the last update was in February as of writing this review I'm hopeful that the game will…”
“the game is progressing well its a fun game”
13 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“A very well-made management game. It starts off very simple, but the progression is huge. At some point, your forge looks more like a factory than a forge, with lots of employees and an entire production line to manage.…”
“I would recommend this game wholeheartedly, I very much enjoyed my time playing the game. Overall I played for exactly how long it took me to get the last Mastery point and thus the last achievement, My playtime doesnt…”
“Very nice. Not too fast, not too slow”
9 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“This game is pretty good. It gets pretty grindy towards the back end of the game but I didn't mind it too much. 100%'d the game in less than 20 hours. Bought the game for $10 so I'd say I got my moneys worth. Would…”
“Overall a fun game, even with its flaws Picked this up for $10 on sale and definitely feel like I got my money’s worth. The game has a lot of systems with varying levels of complexity. It starts off very simple and a…”
“It scratches the right place in terms of optimizations (and of course we all love good old swords and shields crafting). Interesting little touch there with the first person thingy. Overall gets somewhat repetitive and…”
9 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I have played in both normal and sandbox just to see how far you can go with the game. Honestly it is surprising for an EA game. I have not encountered any game breaking bug and it is more or less balanced. Yes there…”
“12 hrs in and really enjoying it. Making a profit doesnt seem difficult on normal mode but your options for expansion the challenge of seeing how efficiently and quickly you can upgrade your business keep it fun.”
“Recommend with the caveat that this is way more of a management than a sim game, which I didn't realize. Yes, you can stand in and make stuff as the blacksmiths, but that's about it. It's more about leveling up your…”
27 of the 103 reviews raise this · 13 of them still recommend the game.
“Extremely simple gaming loop, a very boring and uniform grind.”
“This game has all the problems of Tavern Master, and then some, but with none of the charm. The game starts out easily enough, but by day 100 your smithy will probably look more like, operate like, a sweatshop; and it…”
“Fun for some time ~20hours but it gets into extremely boring loop, very limited content.”
16 of the 103 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.
“Extremely simple gaming loop, a very boring and uniform grind.”
“Fun for some time ~20hours but it gets into extremely boring loop, very limited content.”
“Top 10 worst games I bought. It's mindless and turns what could be a great 4-8 hour game into a 50 hour game”
11 of the 103 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“I have mixed feelings, i do want to recommend this game but I don't think its ready for early access. I have played many games in this genre and it is missing features that seem small but really matter. For ex. I could…”
“So far I've enjoyed this game, I really like the concept and I think for the most part its executed well. And seeing as how the last update was in February as of writing this review I'm hopeful that the game will…”
“Pretty Good game overall, Late game fps starts to stutter due to shop and high amount of customers but if you just do merchants and not the shop aspect the game runs better but be warn it is a pain in the butt to get…”
10 of the 103 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“Extremely simple gaming loop, a very boring and uniform grind.”
“Fun for some time ~20hours but it gets into extremely boring loop, very limited content.”
“Top 10 worst games I bought. It's mindless and turns what could be a great 4-8 hour game into a 50 hour game”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“This game has all the problems of Tavern Master, and then some, but with none of the charm. The game starts out easily enough, but by day 100 your smithy will probably look more like, operate like, a sweatshop; and it…”
“Basic mechanics are pretty much the same as Tavern Master but the strategy is completely different. It's as good as Tavern Master and vice versa if you haven't tried Tavern Master yet. There is a little bit more of a…”
“its a cool game but hard to make the cash i must be doing something wrong.”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 83.6% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“There really isn't much gameplay after 15 "days" or so. Selling to customer is useless. There is a good idea here, would like to see... more.”
— a player, Steam review · 22 hrs played“fun game thats worth it when half off, but it quickly becomes very slow and grindy. You experience 70% of what the game has to offer in the first two hours, and its a fun first two hours, but unlocking the rest of the game just takes a very, very long time.”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played“This review is completely opinionated. Overall the game runs fine and can offer satisfying gameplay towards specific folks. I just have a hard time recommending this game. It's a cool idea with some nice concepts but it just doesn't feel fun to play for me. It feels more like a…”
— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs playedPlayer activity
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Achievement stats
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Simulation, Strategy, Early Access |
| Player tags | Strategy · Simulation · Management · Base-Building · Building · City Builder · Resource Management · Economy · Colony Sim · Moddable · Sandbox · Open World (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Adjustable Text Size · Camera Comfort · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty · Mouse Only Option |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Czech, Polish, Russian, Hungarian, Ukrainian, Thai |
| Achievements | 72 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows® 10 (64-bit) Processor: Intel® Pentium® G3250 (dual-core) / AMD® FX-Series™ FX-8350 (quad-core) Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 650 (1 GB) / AMD® Radeon™ HD 7770 (1 GB) DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 2 GB available space