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Mount & Blade: Warband cover art

Mount & Blade: Warband

TaleWorlds Entertainment · 2010-03-31

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Sep 16, 2016 (Xbox One), Sep 16, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Mar 31, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 31, 2010 (Mac), Mar 31, 2010 (Linux)

In a land torn asunder by incessant warfare, it is time to assemble your own band of hardened warriors and enter the fray. Lead your men into battle, expand your realm, and claim the ultimate prize: the throne of Calradia!

2,178
playing now
98%
positive of 172k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
69/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
85/100
IGDB user rating (401 ratings)
81h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

2,178 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 00:00 UTC (census sample)

Mount & Blade: Warband is the standalone expansion pack to the strategy action role-playing video game Mount & Blade. Announced in January 2009, the game was developed by the Turkish company TaleWorlds Entertainment and was published by Paradox Interactive on March 30, 2010. The game is available as a direct download from the TaleWorlds website, through the Steam digital distribution software, as a DRM-free version from GOG.com, or as a DVD with required online activation. The macOS and Linux versions were released on July 10, 2014, through Steam.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 2,178 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3,576 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~447/week).
  • · Review velocity up 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 6.9M–14M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 171,981 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$18.49-8%
GOG$19.99
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.29 at GreenManGaming (2019-01-28) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 37 of 77 observed days · $18.70 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4.2k4.2k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 856 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 614 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 467 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 609 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 485 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 620 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 718 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 521 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 393 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 326 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2,128 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 686 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 606 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 515 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 378 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 355 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 418 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2,170 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2,917 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 407 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 947 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 4,194 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3,056 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3,041 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2,281 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 3,806 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3,184 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1,319 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1,374 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1,471 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 891 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 796 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1,204 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,540 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1,900 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1,572 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1,460 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1,031 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 882 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1,032 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,170 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,268 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 814 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 665 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 699 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,326 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,279 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,154 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 931 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 779 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 621 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 631 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,312 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1,208 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 792 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 810 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 709 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1,260 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 848 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 932 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 646 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 731 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 592 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 532 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 512 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 891 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 669 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 459 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 455 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,135 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 646 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 620 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 426 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,986 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 733 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 544 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 689 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 849 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 563 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 483 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 431 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 513 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 636 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 588 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 416 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 536 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 385 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 361 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 445 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 512 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 377 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 349 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 467 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 429 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 580 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 453 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 315 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 427 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 437 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 397 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 348 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 493 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5.2k1.9k2026-08-06 21:00 — 2,479 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 2,582 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 4,400 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 2,709 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 2,950 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 4,778 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 2,956 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 3,206 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 5,186 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 2,852 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 2,490 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 4,616 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 2,560 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 2,634 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 4,832 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 2,506 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 2,497 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 4,828 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 3,371 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 2,567 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 3,923 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 3,463 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 2,552 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 4,440 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 3,519 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 2,070 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 3,316 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 3,828 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 2,178 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$23.05$3.072015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $3.712015-04-03 — best price $9.592015-06-10 — best price $19.992015-09-03 — best price $6.792016-01-01 — best price $4.992016-02-13 — best price $14.242016-07-14 — best price $3.752016-11-29 — best price $4.992017-04-03 — best price $6.662017-07-10 — best price $14.992017-11-22 — best price $5.092018-04-03 — best price $13.492018-07-16 — best price $13.492018-11-15 — best price $7.982019-02-22 — best price $5.002019-05-24 — best price $13.492019-10-09 — best price $4.992020-01-09 — best price $7.992020-03-03 — best price $19.992020-07-22 — best price $4.992020-09-19 — best price $19.992020-11-14 — best price $19.992021-01-23 — best price $16.882021-04-29 — best price $19.992021-08-09 — best price $19.992021-12-15 — best price $5.002022-04-04 — best price $19.992022-08-11 — best price $4.572023-01-18 — best price $21.532023-08-28 — best price $4.992024-03-15 — best price $5.002024-07-31 — best price $19.992024-12-12 — best price $4.242025-03-21 — best price $16.792025-09-04 — best price $18.702025-12-02 — best price $4.582026-08-12 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

286692026-05-30 — 113 pageviews2026-06-02 — 81 pageviews2026-06-05 — 120 pageviews2026-06-08 — 114 pageviews2026-06-11 — 91 pageviews2026-06-14 — 130 pageviews2026-06-17 — 69 pageviews2026-06-20 — 96 pageviews2026-06-23 — 82 pageviews2026-06-26 — 266 pageviews2026-06-29 — 154 pageviews2026-07-02 — 129 pageviews2026-07-05 — 134 pageviews2026-07-08 — 184 pageviews2026-07-11 — 141 pageviews2026-07-14 — 122 pageviews2026-07-17 — 139 pageviews2026-07-20 — 96 pageviews2026-07-23 — 125 pageviews2026-07-26 — 234 pageviews2026-07-29 — 191 pageviews2026-08-01 — 128 pageviews2026-08-04 — 134 pageviews2026-08-07 — 135 pageviews2026-08-10 — 140 pageviews2026-08-13 — 138 pageviews2026-08-16 — 132 pageviews2026-08-19 — 102 pageviews2026-08-22 — 146 pageviews2026-08-25 — 125 pageviews2026-08-27 — 136 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

3102026-08-28 10:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 31 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
51.5%
earned "Community Service"
19.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopFamily Sharing2 DLC

10 supported languages: English, Czech, French, German, Hungarian, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Turkish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)69,0363%80
PS4 (PlayStation)8,3262%57
Xbox One (Xbox)7,5250%56

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

RPGActionHorsesSandboxMedievalMilitaryModdableStrategyAdventureRealistic

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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