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Chivalry: Medieval Warfare

Torn Banner Studios · 2012-10-16

SteamXboxMicrosoft Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Dec 01, 2015 (PlayStation 4), Feb 25, 2015 (Linux), Dec 03, 2014 (Xbox 360), Dec 01, 2015 (Xbox One), Feb 10, 2015 (PlayStation 3), Feb 25, 2015 (Mac)

Besiege castles and raid villages in Chivalry: Medieval Warfare, a fast-paced medieval first person slasher with a focus on multiplayer battles

26
playing now
83%
positive of 65k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (144 ratings)
19h
to beat · rushed 6h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

26 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 00:00 UTC (census sample)

Chivalry: Medieval Warfare is a multiplayer-focused hack and slash video game developed by Torn Banner Studios and published by Activision as their first commercial title. It was released on October 16, 2012, for Windows. The game is set in a fictional setting. The developers had confirmed that the game would be PC exclusive initially, but in October 2014, they confirmed that the game would be coming to PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in December 2014.

Trailer

Chivalry: Medieval Warfare trailer thumbnail

Chivalry: Medieval Warfare - Release Date Trailer

≈381,417 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 26 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 142 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~18/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (580 reviews).
  • · Top 3% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 2.6M–5.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 65,060 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00
Humble Store$4.99-80%
GamersGate$5.00-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.25 at GamersGate (2017-04-06) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 53 of 76 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
41541520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 261 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 415 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 165 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 258 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 391 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 128 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 362 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 412 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

8782026-08-06 21:00 — 52 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 15 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 18 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 49 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 17 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 18 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 87 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 21 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 42 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 48 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 8 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 11 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 53 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 14 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 18 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 38 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 12 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 22 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 58 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 13 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 17 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 59 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 33 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 12 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 43 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 32 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 10 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 30 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 26 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$30.83$0.002015-01-012026-08-282015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-03-06 — best price $9.152015-04-30 — best price $30.832015-06-18 — best price $16.372015-08-26 — best price $24.992015-11-16 — best price $24.992016-01-27 — best price $24.992016-03-29 — best price $4.992016-07-09 — best price $24.992016-10-17 — best price $24.992016-12-21 — best price $24.992017-03-28 — best price $24.992017-11-02 — best price $24.992018-02-13 — best price $3.742018-05-22 — best price $24.992018-11-15 — best price $3.742019-03-30 — best price $24.992019-08-29 — best price $3.752019-12-20 — best price $4.992020-04-23 — best price $2.812020-08-17 — best price $24.992020-12-22 — best price $4.992021-04-30 — best price $4.992021-09-06 — best price $4.002021-12-04 — best price $24.992022-03-10 — best price $24.992022-07-12 — best price $4.002022-11-21 — best price $4.992023-04-14 — best price $4.992023-08-18 — best price $4.992023-12-18 — best price $3.752024-05-01 — best price $4.992024-08-10 — best price $24.992025-01-02 — best price $24.992025-05-29 — best price $4.992025-10-20 — best price $24.992026-02-20 — best price $24.992026-07-11 — best price $18.712026-08-28 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

77262026-05-31 — 45 pageviews2026-06-03 — 35 pageviews2026-06-06 — 35 pageviews2026-06-09 — 46 pageviews2026-06-12 — 57 pageviews2026-06-15 — 40 pageviews2026-06-18 — 40 pageviews2026-06-21 — 49 pageviews2026-06-24 — 40 pageviews2026-06-27 — 74 pageviews2026-06-30 — 44 pageviews2026-07-03 — 52 pageviews2026-07-06 — 39 pageviews2026-07-09 — 49 pageviews2026-07-12 — 32 pageviews2026-07-15 — 43 pageviews2026-07-18 — 45 pageviews2026-07-21 — 44 pageviews2026-07-24 — 36 pageviews2026-07-27 — 38 pageviews2026-07-30 — 40 pageviews2026-08-02 — 37 pageviews2026-08-05 — 39 pageviews2026-08-08 — 48 pageviews2026-08-11 — 44 pageviews2026-08-14 — 59 pageviews2026-08-17 — 55 pageviews2026-08-20 — 41 pageviews2026-08-23 — 35 pageviews2026-08-26 — 56 pageviews2026-08-27 — 42 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

49
achievements tracked
29.9%
earned "Reach level 5"
6.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportMulti-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopValve Anti-Cheat enabledIncludes level editorRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing2 DLC

8 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Polish, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)71,5571%49
Xbox One (Xbox)2,2256%40
PS4 (PlayStation)2,16711%40
PS3 (PlayStation)78739%41

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

PvPGoreCo-opIndieActionViolentMedievalSwordplayHistoricalTeam-Based

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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