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Knights and Merchants

Topware Interactive · 2013-10-14

SteamGOG

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 14, 2013 (Mac), Oct 14, 2013 (Linux), Nov 26, 2001 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

KNIGHTS and MERCHANTS recreates the era of the Middle Ages. Apart from the purely fictitious geography of our world, all game elements and scenes are based on the Anglo-Saxon period, 1200 A.D. And we haven't used imaginary elements like fabled creatures, either. The player takes on the role of an ordinary captain in the Palace Guard.

Knights and Merchants is a Simulation, Strategy game released in 2013, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and Very Positive (85% of 4959 reviews).

20
playing now
85%
positive of 5.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
IGDB user rating (23 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

20 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Knights and Merchants: The Shattered Kingdom, known as simply Knights and Merchants, is a medieval-time based real-time strategy (RTS) video game. It was developed by Joymania Entertainment and published by TopWare Interactive in 1998. The player takes the role of the captain of the palace guards and leads the soldiers and citizens to victory. An expansion pack was released in 2001, titled Knights and Merchants: The Peasants Rebellion.

Trailer

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Health check

Quietly active
  • · 20 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 106 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~13/week).
  • · Review velocity up 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 16,804 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 198k–397k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,959 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.99-60%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.53 at Savemi (2019-10-26) · bundled 13×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 100 of 120 observed days · $3.46 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
393920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

133182026-09-15 12:00 — 68 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 87 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 21 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 86 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 133 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 22 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 62 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 110 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 34 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 79 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 94 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 37 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 35 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 76 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 78 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 33 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 78 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 73 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 22 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 106 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 108 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 29 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 72 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 20 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
17815Oct 2013Aug 2026Oct 2013 — avg 75 · peak 212Feb 2014 — avg 20 · peak 48Jun 2014 — avg 18 · peak 51Oct 2014 — avg 43 · peak 150Feb 2015 — avg 69 · peak 610Jun 2015 — avg 74 · peak 171Oct 2015 — avg 73 · peak 180Feb 2016 — avg 66 · peak 138Jun 2016 — avg 47 · peak 103Oct 2016 — avg 45 · peak 99Feb 2017 — avg 62 · peak 155Jun 2017 — avg 56 · peak 159Oct 2017 — avg 60 · peak 147Feb 2018 — avg 134 · peak 1,209Jun 2018 — avg 84 · peak 3,120Oct 2018 — avg 63 · peak 304Feb 2019 — avg 166 · peak 7,450Jun 2019 — avg 83 · peak 1,038Oct 2019 — avg 68 · peak 581Feb 2020 — avg 99 · peak 870Jun 2020 — avg 70 · peak 258Oct 2020 — avg 79 · peak 204Feb 2021 — avg 79 · peak 181Jun 2021 — avg 54 · peak 114Oct 2021 — avg 70 · peak 596Feb 2022 — avg 75 · peak 151Jun 2022 — avg 59 · peak 131Oct 2022 — avg 63 · peak 136Feb 2023 — avg 75 · peak 183Jun 2023 — avg 56 · peak 127Oct 2023 — avg 68 · peak 171Feb 2024 — avg 72 · peak 159Jun 2024 — avg 58 · peak 139Oct 2024 — avg 68 · peak 145Feb 2025 — avg 74 · peak 158Jun 2025 — avg 69 · peak 278Oct 2025 — avg 68 · peak 150Feb 2026 — avg 98 · peak 659Jun 2026 — avg 64 · peak 294Aug 2026 — avg 69 · peak 141
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.702015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $1.742015-05-18 — best price $0.742015-11-30 — best price $2.572016-06-07 — best price $5.992017-04-12 — best price $2.102017-10-16 — best price $6.992018-04-09 — best price $2.092018-09-26 — best price $5.872019-03-10 — best price $6.992019-07-09 — best price $6.992019-12-30 — best price $5.942020-05-26 — best price $6.192020-07-19 — best price $6.992020-09-07 — best price $6.992020-10-28 — best price $6.992021-01-04 — best price $5.992021-02-19 — best price $6.992021-04-07 — best price $6.992021-06-05 — best price $6.192021-12-01 — best price $2.392022-04-05 — best price $6.192022-07-25 — best price $6.992022-11-29 — best price $5.072023-02-10 — best price $1.502023-06-06 — best price $6.192023-09-13 — best price $6.192024-02-03 — best price $6.992024-05-15 — best price $9.992024-08-22 — best price $5.132024-11-18 — best price $4.992025-05-10 — best price $9.992025-10-20 — best price $4.992026-03-30 — best price $3.992026-06-26 — best price $2.092026-09-16 — best price $3.992026-10-15 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

147172026-06-01 — 42 pageviews2026-06-05 — 23 pageviews2026-06-09 — 25 pageviews2026-06-13 — 32 pageviews2026-06-17 — 40 pageviews2026-06-21 — 37 pageviews2026-06-25 — 28 pageviews2026-06-29 — 24 pageviews2026-07-03 — 32 pageviews2026-07-07 — 31 pageviews2026-07-11 — 37 pageviews2026-07-15 — 25 pageviews2026-07-19 — 33 pageviews2026-07-23 — 24 pageviews2026-07-27 — 19 pageviews2026-07-31 — 31 pageviews2026-08-04 — 20 pageviews2026-08-08 — 33 pageviews2026-08-12 — 32 pageviews2026-08-16 — 37 pageviews2026-08-20 — 26 pageviews2026-08-24 — 46 pageviews2026-08-28 — 38 pageviews2026-09-01 — 43 pageviews2026-09-05 — 21 pageviews2026-09-09 — 25 pageviews2026-09-13 — 44 pageviews2026-09-17 — 17 pageviews2026-09-21 — 30 pageviews2026-09-25 — 38 pageviews2026-09-29 — 35 pageviews2026-10-03 — 29 pageviews2026-10-07 — 41 pageviews2026-10-11 — 33 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Hungarian, Polish, Russian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-12-19 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

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

Player tags

RTSClassicMedievalStrategyColony SimHistoricalManagementOld SchoolSimulationMultiplayer

Census log

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

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