Action · October 25, 2022

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord (2022)

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The horns sound, the ravens gather. An empire is torn by civil war. Beyond its borders, new kingdoms rise. Gird on your sword, don your armour, summon your followers and ride forth to win glory on the battlefields of Calradia. Establish your hegemony and create a new world out of the ashes of the old. Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord is the eagerly awaited sequel to the critically acclaimed medieval combat simulator and role-playing game, Mount & Blade: Warband. Create and develop a character that matches your play style as you explore, raid and conquer your way across a vast medieval sandbox where no two playthroughs are the same. Raise armies, engage in politics, trade, craft weapons, recruit companions and manage your fiefdom as you attempt to establish your clan among the nobility of Calradia. Command and fight alongside your troops in first- or third-person in huge real-time battles using Mount & Blade’s deep but intuitive skill-based directional combat system. Put your combat prowess to the test against players from all over the world in multi-player PvP, including ranked matchmaking and casual game modes, or host your own server with the Mount & Blade II: Dedicated Server files. Customise the game to experience an entirely different adventure using the Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord - Modding Kit and share your creations with others through Steam Workshop.

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Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume264.4k Steam reviewsTop 2% in Action
Positive rating88% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 46%
Metacritic77/100Genre average 77 — top 56% of Action titles
Concurrent peak14.5k playersTop 2% in Action by live player count
Engagement hours163 h averageTop 2% for session depth among Action

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Medieval · 2.5k
  • Strategy · 2.3k
  • Open World · 2.2k
  • RPG · 2.0k
  • War · 2.0k
  • Sandbox · 1.7k
  • Multiplayer · 1.6k
  • Singleplayer · 1.3k
  • Action · 1.2k
  • Character Customization · 1.1k
  • Simulation · 1.1k
  • Moddable · 1.0k
  • Adventure · 991
  • Horses · 908
  • Realistic · 860

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Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

  • English volume_up
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Turkish
  • Traditional Chinese
  • French
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Polish
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Russian
  • Spanish - Latin America

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • German

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player
  • PvP
  • Online PvP

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Workshop
  • Steam Cloud
  • Remote Play on Tablet

Input & Comfort

  • Partial Controller Support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Includes level editor
  • Family Sharing

Reception Metrics

Steam community

88%Very Positive · 264.4k reviews

232.7k positive · 31.7k negative

Metacritic

77/100 critic aggregate

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Curator recommendations

217.0k

Peak concurrent players

14.5k

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

163h

extensive (100+ hours)

Median

77h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

14h

Current engagement

Achievements

50

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateOct 25, 2022
DeveloperTaleWorlds Entertainment
Base price$24.99 -50%
DLC / Add-ons3 released
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners10M–100M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support

Content Notes

This game is set in a fictional medieval world where the player assumes the role of an adventurer. The player engages in fights and battles and may kill or dispatch enemies and possibly horses using swords, axes, bows and other melee and ranged weapons. The game shows blood effects and rag-doll integrated death animations. Player can purchase wine and ale,…

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