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Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
A strategy/action RPG. Create a character, engage in diplomacy, craft, trade and conquer new lands in a vast medieval sandbox. Raise armies to lead into battle and command and fight alongside your troops in massive real-time battles using a deep but intuitive skill-based combat system.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
65 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Good game with some hiccups. People mention a lot of QOL things that need to be added, and I agree. Mods make the experience a lot smoother, but the base game isn't bad or anything like that. The most recent DLC (The…”
“Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord has incredible potential, which makes its current state even more frustrating. The core gameplay is genuinely enjoyable — building your party, progressing with companions, and roleplaying…”
“This game is super easy to run, very nice touch with the morale break, and not like hollywood, where they bravily fight to the last. Very adjustable formations, HUGE battles, with little to no lag on my medium end…”
14 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Somehow I never get bored of this game lol. I take breaks for months, then come back, add some mods, and it feels like I’m part of a medieval movie. The only thing they still need to add is a co-op mode so I can beat…”
“best battle sim/castlebuilder IMO takes low requirements for specs and very highly mad capable have probably 1000+hrs between all systems great game.”
“Addictively fun, the community works really hard on mods as well so you can trust that if vanilla gets boring theres plenty of add ons to try.”
6 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Good game with some hiccups. People mention a lot of QOL things that need to be added, and I agree. Mods make the experience a lot smoother, but the base game isn't bad or anything like that. The most recent DLC (The…”
“Addictively fun, the community works really hard on mods as well so you can trust that if vanilla gets boring theres plenty of add ons to try.”
“It's taken a while but I think we've finally gotten the point where Bannerlord is superior to Warband. A big milestone for the devs and the modders who helped make the game interesting and exciting”
5 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Listen i been a M&B fan since childhood but as amazing as this game is, the flaws very quickly start to add up. I wish steam had a meh review option. It's a good game, riddled with flaws that I wouldn't enjoy if i…”
“really good and nice and long fun story and really good graphics and troops and with mods is even better.”
“Unique in its genre, this game drops you into a richly detailed, romanticized medieval world where you forge your own story through a remarkably deep political and economic system. The combat physics are breathtaking,…”
5 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“I have played this game for hours on end. It is very difficult at first. This game will fufill all of your needs to command armies, siege castles, and eventually become the king of your own kingdom. The game is…”
“First played in 2021 (after warband), easily my 2nd fav game oat (behind my childhood goat Skyrim). I've easily sunk 400 hours into this game over the years on different accounts. Its a game that you keep coming back…”
“Unique in its genre, this game drops you into a richly detailed, romanticized medieval world where you forge your own story through a remarkably deep political and economic system. The combat physics are breathtaking,…”
22 of the 104 reviews raise this · 14 of them still recommend the game.
“Vanilla is missing so much basic features that it's almost unreasonable to play the game without mods, but mods make your game crash every 10-20 minutes particularly during saving. Its almost like the devs resent you…”
“9/10 if the devs weren't so lazy. Good features from warband is somehow not available in this game? (Lord defects to your kingdom, lord action suggestion etc). Basically this game is quite reliant on mods as a sandbox…”
“Came back to this game since launch and played it for several hours to get a feel on how it's changed. There are some QOL upgrades, but it still remains as busted as it was on release. Siege warfare is a big issue for…”
19 of the 104 reviews raise this · 10 of them still recommend the game.
“Vanilla is missing so much basic features that it's almost unreasonable to play the game without mods, but mods make your game crash every 10-20 minutes particularly during saving. Its almost like the devs resent you…”
“Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord has incredible potential, which makes its current state even more frustrating. The core gameplay is genuinely enjoyable — building your party, progressing with companions, and roleplaying…”
“currently can't even play the game because when i press play on steam and game launcher the game not opening. worse it mess up steam and task manager so i restart pc. reinstalling game not working, looking for help on…”
16 of the 104 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“Vanilla is missing so much basic features that it's almost unreasonable to play the game without mods, but mods make your game crash every 10-20 minutes particularly during saving. Its almost like the devs resent you…”
“Good game with some hiccups. People mention a lot of QOL things that need to be added, and I agree. Mods make the experience a lot smoother, but the base game isn't bad or anything like that. The most recent DLC (The…”
“Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord has incredible potential, which makes its current state even more frustrating. The core gameplay is genuinely enjoyable — building your party, progressing with companions, and roleplaying…”
7 of the 104 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“The game is a good game But we need a PVE multiplayer co-op mode, not a half-finished DLC!!!”
“Somehow I never get bored of this game lol. I take breaks for months, then come back, add some mods, and it feels like I’m part of a medieval movie. The only thing they still need to add is a co-op mode so I can beat…”
“Yes i would highly recommend this game. There is allot of great mods. Soon to be some Coop mods. Bannerlord Online though might be a game to avoid right now sadly since it seems very toxic people been given Admin roles…”
5 of the 104 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Overall, the game is great, just very bland without mods, and very overpriced for the content included. Deffo buy on sale, but if you dont mind older games then absolutely play M&B Warband. I will always LOVE M&B buttt,…”
“why did there rush this game it just fight build an arm and fight some more where is all the upgrades for the villager castle's and towns...... now warband had all the upgrades but bannerlord dos not il say this is not…”
“fun with mods. the modding community adding more content than the developers. if your going to buy it i reccomend waiting till a good sale.”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 87.9% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“Only buy with discount or refund in mind. game can be fun and totally frustrating at times. which to me makes the price i have to pay for this game way to high. It just feels like it lacks that level of love and care you see in other games that would make it a polished…”
— a player, Steam review · 802 hrs played“This game is great, get it for sandbox mode and set off with your band of merry men, QoL mods are a must, skip the DLC for now - the devs have a game to fix first”
— a player, Steam review · 85 hrs played“I'm addicted, the battles are second to none and the depth to the tatics is great. I come back for another run always, Bannerlord is a second life where you can be as big or small as your ambitions set, with a variety of cultures inspired by peoples of history. Sadly lacks some…”
— a player, Steam review · 1,883 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:06 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
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.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Patch Notes - WS v1.2.7 / BL v1.4.7
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Patch Notes - WS v1.2.6 / BL v1.4.6
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Patch Notes - WS v1.2.5 / BL v1.4.5
Greetings Warriors of Calradia, War Sails v1.2.5 and Bannerlord v1.4.5 are now live on PC, with the console release planned for early June, once the release process for them concludes.Join us in watch
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Medieval · Strategy · Open World · RPG · War · Sandbox · Multiplayer · Singleplayer · Action · Character Customization · Simulation · Moddable (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop · Partial Controller Support |
| Languages | English * , Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Traditional Chinese, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, German * |
| Achievements | 50 |
| Estimated owners | 10,000,000 – 20,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.taleworlds.com/en/Games/Bannerlord |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 (64-bit only) Processor: Intel® Core™ i3-8100 / AMD Ryzen™ 3 1200 / Snapdragon X Elite Memory: 6 GB RAM Graphics: Intel® UHD Graphics 630 / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 660 2GB / AMD Radeon™ HD 7850 2GB Storage: 60 GB available space Additional Notes: Integrated GPUs require additional 2GB of system RAM.