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Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord

TaleWorlds Entertainment · 2022-10-25

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ActionIndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Mar 30, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 25, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Oct 25, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Oct 25, 2022 (Xbox One), Oct 25, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S)

A strategy/action RPG. Create a character, engage in diplomacy, craft, trade and conquer new lands in a vast medieval sandbox. Raise armies to lead into battle and command and fight alongside your troops in massive real-time battles using a deep but intuitive skill-based combat system.

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord is an Action, Indie, RPG, Simulation game released in 2022, priced at $49.99, with an estimated 10,000,000 .. 20,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 295474 reviews).

48,604
playing now
88%
positive of 297k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
10,000,000–20,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3,949
twitch viewers (latest)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (156 ratings)
76/100
opencritic · strong · 68% recommend
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$49.99
steam price (US)

48,604 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord is a strategy action role-playing video game developed and published by TaleWorlds Entertainment and co-published by Prime Matter. It is a prequel to Mount & Blade: Warband, a stand-alone expansion for the 2008 game Mount & Blade. Bannerlord takes place 173 years before its predecessor, with a setting inspired by the Migration Period. Bannerlord was announced in 2012. An early access version of the game was released on March 27, 2020 and quickly became the largest launch of the year on Steam, achieving nearly 250,000 concurrent players on Steam. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on October 25, 2022.

Health check

Thriving
  • · 48,604 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 15,350 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,919/week).
  • · Review velocity up 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (62,174 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.9M–13M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 296,766 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$49.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $12.49 at WinGameStore (2021-11-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $49.99 · on sale 41 of 73 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
56k56k20202026Week of 2020-03-01: 17,278 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2,597 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 55,623 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6,551 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 7,533 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1,594 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3,236 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 747 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2,651 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 596 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2,163 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 475 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2,113 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 453 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1,952 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 368 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 6,417 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 377 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2,504 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 424 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2,266 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 386 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1,780 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 402 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1,741 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 323 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1,629 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 329 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1,802 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 375 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,513 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 357 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,853 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 417 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,601 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 407 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1,271 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 235 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1,266 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 296 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,824 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 298 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2,390 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 376 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2,234 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 336 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1,431 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 206 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1,298 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 199 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1,344 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 203 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1,208 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 223 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,692 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 327 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1,580 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 282 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1,612 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 407 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1,444 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 330 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2,523 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 678 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 7,251 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 679 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1,854 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 416 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,793 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 258 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1,160 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 134 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1,374 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 259 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1,024 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 161 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 936 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 130 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 906 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 129 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,893 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 248 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1,115 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 148 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 973 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 166 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 863 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 173 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,917 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 218 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,744 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 270 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,565 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 250 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,052 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 207 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,699 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 269 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,123 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 180 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 961 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 171 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,294 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 230 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,730 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 325 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,142 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 203 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1,119 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 173 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 930 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 145 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,153 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 157 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,755 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 270 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,479 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 268 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 932 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 178 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,281 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 315 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 963 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 133 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 865 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,401 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 212 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,623 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 215 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1,033 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 151 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1,323 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 175 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,593 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 186 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2,114 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 451 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2,705 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 703 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,614 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 377 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1,192 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 185 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,353 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 270 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,460 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 259 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,297 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 250 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,141 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 273 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,903 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 368 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 36 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

49k17k2026-08-06 16:00 — 32,664 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 20,712 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 22,099 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 37,583 players2026-08-09 04:00 — 25,266 players2026-08-09 19:00 — 32,115 players2026-08-10 10:00 — 25,284 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 17,312 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 33,532 players2026-08-12 07:00 — 20,748 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 20,237 players2026-08-13 13:00 — 33,701 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 19,153 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 28,282 players2026-08-15 10:00 — 31,517 players2026-08-16 01:00 — 21,194 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 41,321 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 21,716 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 21,614 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 36,550 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 19,510 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 28,986 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 27,107 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 18,535 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 39,046 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 29,634 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 27,190 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 46,775 players2026-08-24 04:00 — 21,428 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 32,325 players2026-08-25 10:00 — 28,451 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 20,025 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 38,989 players2026-08-27 08:00 — 24,720 players2026-08-27 23:00 — 19,971 players2026-08-28 14:00 — 41,622 players2026-08-29 05:00 — 26,831 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 33,252 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 41,619 players2026-08-30 15:00 — 48,604 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Chart history

#59#802026-08-062026-08-302026-08-06 — #802026-08-07 — #802026-08-08 — #802026-08-09 — #802026-08-10 — #802026-08-11 — #802026-08-12 — #672026-08-13 — #652026-08-14 — #652026-08-15 — #652026-08-16 — #642026-08-17 — #622026-08-18 — #622026-08-19 — #632026-08-20 — #642026-08-21 — #622026-08-22 — #622026-08-23 — #622026-08-24 — #612026-08-25 — #592026-08-26 — #592026-08-27 — #592026-08-28 — #592026-08-29 — #592026-08-30 — #61
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
1071072026-08-072026-08-302026-08-07: 61 new positive2026-08-07: 3 new negative2026-08-08: 67 new positive2026-08-08: 5 new negative2026-08-09: 64 new positive2026-08-09: 7 new negative2026-08-10: 107 new positive2026-08-11: 95 new positive2026-08-11: 16 new negative2026-08-12: 49 new positive2026-08-12: 8 new negative2026-08-14: 67 new positive2026-08-14: 6 new negative2026-08-15: 72 new positive2026-08-16: 55 new positive2026-08-16: 4 new negative2026-08-17: 75 new positive2026-08-17: 4 new negative2026-08-18: 53 new positive2026-08-18: 9 new negative2026-08-19: 60 new positive2026-08-19: 13 new negative2026-08-20: 64 new positive2026-08-20: 7 new negative2026-08-21: 61 new positive2026-08-22: 70 new positive2026-08-22: 10 new negative2026-08-23: 64 new positive2026-08-23: 19 new negative2026-08-24: 76 new positive2026-08-24: 9 new negative2026-08-25: 62 new positive2026-08-25: 11 new negative2026-08-26: 71 new positive2026-08-26: 7 new negative2026-08-28: 65 new positive2026-08-28: 11 new negative2026-08-29: 63 new positive2026-08-29: 4 new negative2026-08-30: 77 new positive2026-08-30: 10 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$51.16$0.002018-01-092026-08-262018-01-09 — best price $0.002020-05-31 — best price $48.992020-07-08 — best price $49.992020-08-03 — best price $44.992020-09-03 — best price $44.992020-10-01 — best price $39.992020-11-04 — best price $49.992020-12-01 — best price $49.992021-01-07 — best price $44.892021-02-13 — best price $38.482021-03-23 — best price $49.992021-04-22 — best price $39.992021-05-18 — best price $44.992021-07-13 — best price $41.992021-09-01 — best price $44.992021-11-02 — best price $40.982022-01-01 — best price $49.992022-02-22 — best price $49.992022-04-08 — best price $49.992022-06-07 — best price $49.992022-09-06 — best price $49.992022-12-22 — best price $34.992023-03-23 — best price $49.992023-07-21 — best price $39.992023-10-07 — best price $49.992024-01-24 — best price $39.992024-04-26 — best price $49.992024-07-14 — best price $49.992024-09-19 — best price $38.692024-12-02 — best price $29.412024-12-27 — best price $24.422025-03-21 — best price $41.992025-07-17 — best price $24.992025-11-20 — best price $42.992026-02-05 — best price $49.992026-04-30 — best price $49.992026-08-26 — best price $49.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6252672026-05-13 — 318 pageviews2026-05-16 — 313 pageviews2026-05-19 — 290 pageviews2026-05-22 — 301 pageviews2026-05-25 — 334 pageviews2026-05-28 — 359 pageviews2026-05-31 — 409 pageviews2026-06-03 — 350 pageviews2026-06-06 — 401 pageviews2026-06-09 — 392 pageviews2026-06-12 — 622 pageviews2026-06-15 — 347 pageviews2026-06-18 — 356 pageviews2026-06-21 — 452 pageviews2026-06-24 — 334 pageviews2026-06-27 — 478 pageviews2026-06-30 — 368 pageviews2026-07-03 — 401 pageviews2026-07-06 — 463 pageviews2026-07-09 — 452 pageviews2026-07-12 — 373 pageviews2026-07-15 — 356 pageviews2026-07-18 — 442 pageviews2026-07-21 — 374 pageviews2026-07-24 — 460 pageviews2026-07-27 — 467 pageviews2026-07-30 — 446 pageviews2026-08-02 — 454 pageviews2026-08-05 — 401 pageviews2026-08-08 — 590 pageviews2026-08-11 — 482 pageviews2026-08-14 — 483 pageviews2026-08-17 — 439 pageviews2026-08-20 — 379 pageviews2026-08-23 — 501 pageviews2026-08-24 — 411 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

3.9k382026-08-26 19:15 — 465 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 283 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 96 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 71 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 63 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 182 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 41 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 3,521 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 247 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 70 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 120 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 88 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 93 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 151 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 355 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 134 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 612 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 319 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 72 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 48 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 107 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 164 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 150 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 219 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 311 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 79 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 45 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 48 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 92 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 147 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 3,949 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
54%
earned "Lawbringer"
5.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudIncludes level editor3 DLC

12 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Traditional Chinese, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Spanish - Latin America

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)26,7961%50
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)7,6940%51
PS5 (PlayStation)5,2710%51
PS4 (PlayStation)2,3380%51

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

RPGWarActionHorsesSandboxMedievalModdableStrategyAdventureRealistic

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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