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Medieval Engineers

Keen Software House · 2015-02-19

SteamGOG

ActionIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person, Third person

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!

Medieval Engineers is a $9.99 Action, Indie, Simulation and Strategy game released in 2015, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and Mixed (52% of 7325 reviews).

10
playing now
52%
positive of 7.3k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

10 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 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.

Trailer

Medieval Engineers trailer thumbnail

Medieval Engineers - Castle Siege trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 10 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 6% of 27,727 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 183k–440k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,327 total reviews — how this is computed.

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

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 25 of 47 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

2812026-09-15 13:00 — 10 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 17 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 8 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 13 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 28 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 19 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 11 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 13 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 19 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 14 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 10 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 14 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 19 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 13 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 18 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 7 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 15 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 19 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
56412Feb 2015Aug 2026Feb 2015 — avg 564 · peak 3,926Jun 2015 — avg 192 · peak 673Oct 2015 — avg 69 · peak 140Feb 2016 — avg 46 · peak 116Jun 2016 — avg 40 · peak 83Oct 2016 — avg 102 · peak 441Feb 2017 — avg 115 · peak 236Jun 2017 — avg 158 · peak 318Oct 2017 — avg 193 · peak 434Feb 2018 — avg 258 · peak 589Jun 2018 — avg 185 · peak 384Oct 2018 — avg 217 · peak 479Feb 2019 — avg 247 · peak 603Jun 2019 — avg 125 · peak 242Oct 2019 — avg 93 · peak 198Feb 2020 — avg 104 · peak 245Jun 2020 — avg 71 · peak 161Oct 2020 — avg 71 · peak 148Feb 2021 — avg 66 · peak 131Jun 2021 — avg 39 · peak 80Oct 2021 — avg 35 · peak 82Feb 2022 — avg 37 · peak 78Jun 2022 — avg 43 · peak 83Oct 2022 — avg 43 · peak 100Feb 2023 — avg 40 · peak 84Jun 2023 — avg 29 · peak 58Oct 2023 — avg 26 · peak 59Feb 2024 — avg 26 · peak 63Jun 2024 — avg 19 · peak 41Oct 2024 — avg 17 · peak 42Feb 2025 — avg 17 · peak 40Jun 2025 — avg 22 · peak 51Oct 2025 — avg 15 · peak 39Feb 2026 — avg 17 · peak 47Jun 2026 — avg 12 · peak 34Aug 2026 — avg 14 · peak 42
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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

2332026-05-31 — 16 pageviews2026-06-04 — 23 pageviews2026-06-08 — 7 pageviews2026-06-12 — 10 pageviews2026-06-16 — 9 pageviews2026-06-20 — 11 pageviews2026-06-24 — 5 pageviews2026-06-28 — 12 pageviews2026-07-02 — 10 pageviews2026-07-06 — 10 pageviews2026-07-10 — 4 pageviews2026-07-14 — 9 pageviews2026-07-18 — 5 pageviews2026-07-22 — 6 pageviews2026-07-26 — 6 pageviews2026-07-30 — 5 pageviews2026-08-03 — 6 pageviews2026-08-07 — 9 pageviews2026-08-11 — 12 pageviews2026-08-15 — 11 pageviews2026-08-19 — 10 pageviews2026-08-23 — 16 pageviews2026-08-27 — 6 pageviews2026-08-31 — 9 pageviews2026-09-04 — 7 pageviews2026-09-08 — 9 pageviews2026-09-12 — 3 pageviews2026-09-16 — 7 pageviews2026-09-20 — 8 pageviews2026-09-24 — 7 pageviews2026-09-28 — 14 pageviews2026-10-02 — 8 pageviews2026-10-06 — 3 pageviews2026-10-10 — 8 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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released (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

IndieActionPhysicsSandboxBuildingCraftingMedievalStrategySurvivalOpen World

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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