Mount & Blade: Warband

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In a land torn asunder by incessant warfare, it is time to assemble your own band of hardened warriors and enter the fray. Lead your men into battle, expand your realm, and claim the ultimate prize: the throne of Calradia!

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Developer:
Taleworlds
Publisher:
Paradox Interactive
Release date:
31 March 2010
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Recent Steam reviews:
Overwhelmingly Positive (391)
All Steam reviews:
Overwhelmingly Positive (54767)

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Description

In a land torn asunder by incessant warfare, it is time to assemble your own band of hardened warriors and enter the fray. Lead your men into battle, expand your realm, and claim the ultimate prize: the throne of Calradia!

Mount & Blade: Warband is a stand alone expansion pack for the game that brought medieval battlefields to life with its realistic mounted combat and detailed fighting system.

  • Graphical overhaul: Support added for HDR, FSAA, depth of field, soft particles, tone mapping, and many other effects
  • New models with greater detail and high-quality textures
  • Multiplayer battles with up to 64 players. Multiplayer modes include Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, Conquest, Battle, and Siege
  • A campaign allowing you to become the ruler of a faction and convince lords to become your vassals
  • The ability to upgrade your companions to vassals by granting them lands
  • The ability to marry a lady of the realm for romance or cold political gain. Try to win a lady’s heart through poetry or bravery
  • Improved mechanics for soldier morale: Soldiers will break and run away if their morale gets too low
  • Pick any projectile off the battlefield for use as additional munitions
  • New motion-captured combat animations
  • Numerous improvements to the combat system: Your shield will still stop arrows even if you are not actively defending
  • The ability to play multiplayer matches on random maps as well as hand-designed ones
  • Multiplayer equipment system: Earn money by fighting opponents or accomplishing goals
  • The ability to use most throwing weapons in close combat: Switch to using a javelin as a short spear when the enemy gets close
  • Spend gold on more powerful equipment, using a carefully balanced system that will make combat more exciting without giving too much of an advantage to the leading team

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

OS *:
Windows® XP
Processor:
Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz or AMD 2.5 GHz
Memory:
512MB RAM
Graphics:
3D graphics card with 64MB RAM
Hard Drive:
100 MB available space
Sound:
Standard audio

recommended*

OS *:
Windows XP or greater
Processor:
Intel Core Duo 2.0 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+
Memory:
1GB RAM
Graphics:
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200, ATI Radeon 9600, or better
Hard Drive:
100MB available space
Sound:
Standard audio

User reviews

Corners Corner
Recommended | 29 May 2026
2036h played

Over 16 years after its release and Warband is still kicking, in large part due to the amazing modding community. Baller game, definitely worth the purchase, would highly recommend using WSE2 to run it though. 10/10 game

Helpful: 2
ScoopGuy
Recommended | 30 May 2026
112h played

This game is awesome. I bought it a long time ago but didn't get into it because I played the tutorial and was confused on how to play the game. My recommendation is to not play the tutorial. It is more of a gun range

Helpful: 2
fms+9
Recommended | 24 May 2026
114h played

What even is Warband? Warband is an open-world medieval sandbox where you role‑play as “Guy With Stick” trying to survive on the cursed continent of Calradia, a land where every faction is at war with everyone, always,

Helpful: 1
FilipeQ
Recommended | 31 May 2026
81.9h played

Few games have managed to achieve what Mount & Blade: Warband has. More than a decade after its release, it remains a beloved classic, not merely because of what the developers created, but because it was blessed with

Helpful: 0
Albertoersa
Recommended | 31 May 2026
42.9h played

Yes, it's old and the rather good sequel is out, but for me it's still worth it for the mods. The game still boasts: A unique gameplay loop that blends strategy, management and action. The graphics are old, not bad IMO.

Helpful: 0
Kingsnorlax
Recommended | 24 May 2026
78.2h played

rpg? moddable? open world? become warlord? mercenaries? or just a humble merchant? you can do it all here *wink* *wink*

Helpful: 1