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Crusader Kings II

Crusader Kings II

Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.

Released Feb 14, 2012 Developer Paradox Development Studio Publisher Paradox Interactive Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Grand StrategyStrategyMedievalHistoricalPolitical Sim
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

89.9%positive73,809 reviews

What reviewers agree on

Praised
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Counted across 102 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 89.9% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20

Recommended · 60 found this helpful

“Teaching my friend how to play this game. I slept with his wife many times and fathered 2 of his 3 kids turned them all into cultist I then logged onto steam and launched CK2”

— a player, Steam review · 63 hrs played
Recommended · 21 found this helpful

“If you subscribe for a month, then cancel, you get all the dlcs for just $5 Also the game is good”

— a player, Steam review · 153 hrs played
Recommended · 18 found this helpful

“I'm too dumb to get the full enjoyment of Crusader Kings II, but that's fine because if I start saving now I'll be able to afford the hundreds of dollars worth of DLC by the time I finally understand the base game.”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:52 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

1,337playing at last check
1,67624-hour peak
140,269all-time peak
0 10k 20k 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 10.1k avg · Apr 2018

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

161achievements
1.7%median completion
1.2%rarest: What Could Have Been
14.5% of players 7.4% of players 7.2% of players 6.7% of players 6.0% of players 5.6% of players 5.5% of players 5.5% of players 5.3% of players 5.2% of players 4.9% of players 4.3% of players 4.1% of players 3.8% of players 3.6% of players 3.4% of players 3.3% of players 3.3% of players 3.1% of players 2.7% of players 2.7% of players 2.6% of players 2.6% of players 2.5% of players 2.4% of players 2.3% of players 2.3% of players 2.3% of players 2.2% of players 2.2% of players 2.2% of players 2.2% of players 2.1% of players 2.1% of players 2.0% of players 2.0% of players 1.9% of players 1.8% of players 1.7% of players 1.7% of players 1.7% of players 1.7% of players 1.7% of players 1.7% of players 1.6% of players 1.6% of players 1.6% of players 1.6% of players 1.5% of players 1.5% of players 1.5% of players 1.5% of players 1.5% of players 1.5% of players 1.5% of players 1.5% of players 1.5% of players 1.5% of players 1.4% of players 1.4% of players 14.5% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
14.5%The Marriage Game — Marry another character
9.9%Full House — Sire five children
7.4%Royal Blood — Achieve a score of 10,000
Rarest badges of honor
1.2%What Could Have Been — Start a Random World with all possible settings set to ‘Random’ and play for 200 years.
1.2%Under the Power of the Eternal Heaven — As a member of the Ashina clan, solidify your divinity by ruling as Religious Head of the Reformed Tengri religion.
1.2%Smash the Patriarchy — As female Messalian/Bogomilist/Cathar Ruler own all 5 baronies which make up the Orthodox Pentarchies and have a female temple holder control them.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

Freecurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
Freelowest since tracking began2026-07-11

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Sep 28, 2021
Hotfix Patch 3.3.5.1

Hi all! We received reports that our recent patch caused problems with the Crusader Kings II: Europa Universalis IV Converter DLC, and may have affected several mods as well. Thanks for letting us kno

Sep 16, 2021
CKII Subscription Service Update

Hi all! We have a small update we’d like to share with you about the subscription service for Crusader Kings II. There are many players out there who are only discovering CKII now, through our subscri

Feb 18, 2021
CKII Subscription Service

Howdy all, Sorry for the surprise information after not hearing from us for a while, but we have some super cool stuff to tell you. We are glad to bring you the launch of a new subscription service to

Feb 08, 2021
Patch for MAC users: OSX Big Sur

Hello Kings & Queens! We have published a patch addressing the launch issues for MAC users, on OSX Big Sur. Crusader Kings II now handles Big Sur, so you can now dive again in-game with your preferred

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresRPG, Simulation, Strategy, Free To Play
Player tagsGrand Strategy · Strategy · Medieval · Historical · Political Sim · Simulation · RPG · Sandbox · Multiplayer · Politics · Diplomacy · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Steam Trading Cards
LanguagesEnglish, French, German, Spanish - Spain
Achievements161
Estimated owners2,000,000 – 5,000,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.crusaderkings.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

OS: Win7 64-bit Processor: Intel® Pentium® IV 2.4 GHz or AMD 3500+ Memory: 4 GB RAM Hard Disk Space: 2 GB Video Card: NVIDIA® GeForce 8800 or ATI Radeon® X1900, 512mb graphics memory required. DirectX®: 9.0c Sound: Direct X-compatible sound card Additional: 3-button mouse and keyboard