Knights of the Crusades

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Step into the thrilling era of the Crusades and forge your destiny in Knights of the Crusades . Combining real-time strategy, city-building, and sandbox gameplay, this immersive experience lets you rewrite history and lead a knightly order to glory.

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Developer:
Reverie World Studios, INC
Publisher:
indie.io
Release date:
06 September 2025
Recent Steam reviews:
Not specified
All Steam reviews:
Mostly Positive (155)

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Description

Step into the thrilling era of the Crusades and forge your destiny in Knights of the Crusades. Combining real-time strategy, city-building, and sandbox gameplay, this immersive experience lets you rewrite history and lead a knightly order to glory. Will you rise as a beacon of faith, or succumb to the challenges of a war-torn world?

  • Begin your adventure as a founding member of the legendary Templars or your custom Holy Order

  • Travel from Western Europe to the Holy Land to take part in the First Crusades

  • Become a founding father of the Holy Order

  • Capture and develop hamlets with dozens of essential structures

  • Navigate complex economy system with survival elements both in RTS and World Map modes

  • Generate resources like silver and piety, which are critical for expanding your influence and sustaining your armies.

  • Engage in epic RTS combat against AI armies on land and at sea.

  • Defend your hamlets, siege massive cities, and rewrite history through challenging scripted scenarios.

  • Transition into open-ended gameplay after the main campaign, capturing new territories and building alliances

  • Experience escalating challenges with Muslim, Slavic, and Christian AI factions vying for control of key regions

  • Lead campaigns in the Holy Land, Spain, North Africa, and Eastern Europe. Use strategy and diplomacy to secure alliances or crush your foes.

  • Participate in historical events, like the Reconquista or the defense of Edessa, and determine the fate of the Holy Land.

  • Explore a massive map filled with towns, cities, and pilgrim routes.

  • Navigate dynamic events, including naval battles, sieges, and AI faction wars.

  • Face challenges such as piety-driven resource systems, excommunication events, and escalating enemy attacks.

Will you rise to the challenge, expand your knightly order, and safeguard the future of Christendom? Knights of the Crusades invites you to embark on a grand journey of strategy, faith, and conquest.

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

Requirement 1:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *:
Windows 7
Processor:
2.4 GHz Dual Core
Memory:
3 GB RAM
Graphics:
NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 / ATI Radeon HD 6570
DirectX:
Version 11
Storage:
5 GB available space
Sound Card:
DirectX Compatible

recommended*

Requirement 1:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS:
Windows 10
Processor:
2.4 GHz Dual Core
Memory:
5 GB RAM
Graphics:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti / Radeon HD 6790
DirectX:
Version 11
Storage:
7 GB available space
Sound Card:
DirectX Compatible

User reviews

cookiepuncher
Not recommended | 27 Apr 2026
6.7h played

Edit: I looked into this company and the previous game. This is a scam!!! The previous game is exactly the same game. Same map, same interface, and the same issues. Just rebranded with different kings and cities etc. I

Helpful: 40
SeventhSeal
Not recommended | 09 Feb 2026
5.5h played

Constant game crashes and freezes, so bad I can't even Ctrl-Alt-Del the game to close it. I literally have to hard shutdown my computer and restart it. I really really want to like this game 100%, and if anything

Helpful: 20
Brother Stryker
Not recommended | 04 Jan 2026
1.2h played

Its just Kingdom Wars with a different name. Same sound effects, same gameplay mechanics, same everything. If you own any of the Kingdom Wars, i'd just go reinstall that instead of spending money on this clone.

Helpful: 34
Conte de Rigo
Not recommended | 06 Feb 2026
11.1h played

Cool game with early 2000's vibe, but is largely unfinished, lacks in basic mechanics, unstable, and very repeatative...don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it is worthless, but sure as hell ain't worth the

Helpful: 10
lars9898
Not recommended | 01 Nov 2025
20.4h played

Edit: sadly cant recommend the game anymore, there are so many things that dont work its in beta state at best, not even early access and for sure not a full release...the excuse of beeing a small indie studio is way

Helpful: 9
KoolAid
Not recommended | 13 Oct 2025
2.9h played

First, the good. This game has a fantastic setting and story. The mechanics are pretty cool and the battles are fun, if simplistic. It looks good and I had no issues with stuttering. The bad. The game crashes

Helpful: 11