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Medieval Engineers cover art

Medieval Engineers

Keen Software House · 2015-02-19

SteamGOG

ActionIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Feb 19, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Medieval Engineers is a sandbox game about engineering, construction and the maintenance of architectural works and mechanical equipment using medieval technology. Players build castles; construct mechanical devices and underground mining. There is an entire planet to explore!

18
playing now
52%
positive of 7.3k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

18 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Medieval Engineers is a voxel-based sandbox computer game set on an unnamed Earth-like planetoid without water that can be explored, mined, manipulated, and deformed. It was developed and published by Czech developer Keen Software House. On February 19, 2015, Medieval Engineers was released as an early access game on the Steam platform, and the full version was released on March 17, 2020.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 18 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 87 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~11/week).
  • · Review velocity up 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (324 reviews).
  • · Top 13% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 183k–439k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,322 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$8.89-11%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2026-04-20) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 28 of 55 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
27727720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 277 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2442026-08-06 23:00 — 16 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 7 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 12 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 13 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 21 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 15 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 13 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 18 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 14 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 8 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 14 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 9 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 15 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 15 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 18 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 19 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 9 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 12 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 21 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 9 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 23 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 21 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 11 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 9 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 22 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 18 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$28.53$2.492015-02-202026-08-172015-02-20 — best price $18.492015-12-01 — best price $19.992016-02-05 — best price $12.992016-12-26 — best price $11.992017-10-16 — best price $7.762018-04-02 — best price $19.992018-10-30 — best price $7.992019-02-25 — best price $19.992019-08-05 — best price $11.012019-11-08 — best price $6.322020-01-14 — best price $13.992020-02-28 — best price $5.002020-05-25 — best price $9.992020-07-03 — best price $9.992020-08-15 — best price $9.992020-10-05 — best price $9.992020-11-13 — best price $9.992021-01-01 — best price $8.892021-02-12 — best price $8.892021-03-28 — best price $9.992021-05-12 — best price $8.892021-08-06 — best price $19.992021-11-22 — best price $6.992022-03-28 — best price $6.992022-09-07 — best price $2.992023-01-16 — best price $6.992023-07-21 — best price $6.382023-12-15 — best price $13.992024-03-25 — best price $11.992024-08-10 — best price $19.992024-12-02 — best price $9.992025-03-28 — best price $2.992025-08-29 — best price $7.862026-03-11 — best price $3.992026-08-17 — best price $8.89
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2322026-05-31 — 16 pageviews2026-06-03 — 10 pageviews2026-06-06 — 11 pageviews2026-06-09 — 6 pageviews2026-06-12 — 10 pageviews2026-06-15 — 4 pageviews2026-06-18 — 14 pageviews2026-06-21 — 5 pageviews2026-06-24 — 5 pageviews2026-06-27 — 21 pageviews2026-06-30 — 11 pageviews2026-07-03 — 15 pageviews2026-07-06 — 10 pageviews2026-07-09 — 11 pageviews2026-07-12 — 14 pageviews2026-07-15 — 7 pageviews2026-07-18 — 5 pageviews2026-07-21 — 10 pageviews2026-07-24 — 7 pageviews2026-07-27 — 9 pageviews2026-07-30 — 5 pageviews2026-08-02 — 10 pageviews2026-08-05 — 5 pageviews2026-08-08 — 10 pageviews2026-08-11 — 12 pageviews2026-08-14 — 6 pageviews2026-08-17 — 8 pageviews2026-08-20 — 8 pageviews2026-08-23 — 16 pageviews2026-08-26 — 6 pageviews2026-08-28 — 7 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam WorkshopPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

2 supported languages: English, German

Player tags

IndieActionPhysicsSandboxBuildingCraftingMedievalStrategySurvivalOpen World

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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