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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 · Perspectives: First person, Third person

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!

Mount & Blade: Warband is a $19.99 Action and RPG game released in 2010, with an estimated 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 owners and Overwhelmingly Positive (98% of 172117 reviews).

3,080
playing now
98%
positive of 172k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
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)
1,432
Nexus mods (5.6M downloads)
4.43★
PlayStation Store rating (9,249 ratings)
81h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

3,080 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 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
  • · 3,080 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3,126 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~391/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 6.9M–14M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 172,455 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$4.99-75%
GOG$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 43 of 108 observed days · $18.70 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4.2k4.2k20182026Week 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: 323 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5.8k1.7k2026-09-15 11:00 — 3,390 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 2,535 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 1,932 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 3,805 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 3,431 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 1,719 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 2,577 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 3,589 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 1,931 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 3,778 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 4,149 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 1,652 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 3,044 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 4,799 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 2,614 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 3,237 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 4,697 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 2,515 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 2,288 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 4,522 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 3,231 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 2,038 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 3,080 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
11k2.7kJul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 4,140 · peak 7,803Dec 2012 — avg 3,114 · peak 6,996May 2013 — avg 3,320 · peak 7,258Oct 2013 — avg 3,215 · peak 10,143Mar 2014 — avg 3,690 · peak 8,620Aug 2014 — avg 5,451 · peak 10,222Jan 2015 — avg 8,199 · peak 19,472Jun 2015 — avg 7,390 · peak 15,835Nov 2015 — avg 5,213 · peak 11,959Apr 2016 — avg 6,122 · peak 12,461Sep 2016 — avg 6,612 · peak 13,538Feb 2017 — avg 6,995 · peak 13,796Jul 2017 — avg 8,543 · peak 15,220Dec 2017 — avg 6,539 · peak 12,997May 2018 — avg 6,450 · peak 11,349Oct 2018 — avg 6,145 · peak 11,149Mar 2019 — avg 6,645 · peak 11,490Aug 2019 — avg 7,047 · peak 11,948Jan 2020 — avg 7,952 · peak 12,949Jun 2020 — avg 4,206 · peak 6,983Nov 2020 — avg 4,148 · peak 7,287Apr 2021 — avg 4,017 · peak 6,734Sep 2021 — avg 3,522 · peak 5,984Feb 2022 — avg 4,416 · peak 7,659Jul 2022 — avg 4,611 · peak 7,399Dec 2022 — avg 4,007 · peak 6,885May 2023 — avg 3,232 · peak 5,626Oct 2023 — avg 3,138 · peak 5,655Mar 2024 — avg 6,595 · peak 15,899Aug 2024 — avg 3,692 · peak 6,393Jan 2025 — avg 3,747 · peak 6,249Jun 2025 — avg 3,256 · peak 5,826Nov 2025 — avg 3,095 · peak 5,478Apr 2026 — avg 3,037 · peak 5,679Aug 2026 — avg 3,286 · peak 5,607
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
20202026-09-222026-10-142026-09-22: 9 new positive2026-09-23: 10 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new negative2026-09-24: 14 new positive2026-09-24: 2 new negative2026-09-25: 7 new positive2026-09-25: 2 new negative2026-09-26: 5 new positive2026-09-27: 14 new positive2026-09-27: 2 new negative2026-09-28: 16 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 10 new positive2026-10-01: 11 new positive2026-10-02: 14 new positive2026-10-02: 2 new negative2026-10-03: 18 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 20 new positive2026-10-06: 10 new positive2026-10-06: 2 new negative2026-10-07: 16 new positive2026-10-08: 13 new positive2026-10-08: 2 new negative2026-10-09: 15 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new negative2026-10-10: 8 new positive2026-10-10: 2 new negative2026-10-12: 13 new positive2026-10-13: 20 new positive2026-10-14: 10 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$23.05$3.072015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — 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 $19.992026-09-30 — best price $4.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

286692026-05-30 — 113 pageviews2026-06-03 — 105 pageviews2026-06-07 — 90 pageviews2026-06-11 — 91 pageviews2026-06-15 — 133 pageviews2026-06-19 — 83 pageviews2026-06-23 — 82 pageviews2026-06-27 — 131 pageviews2026-07-01 — 114 pageviews2026-07-05 — 134 pageviews2026-07-09 — 149 pageviews2026-07-13 — 139 pageviews2026-07-17 — 139 pageviews2026-07-21 — 113 pageviews2026-07-25 — 286 pageviews2026-07-29 — 191 pageviews2026-08-02 — 145 pageviews2026-08-06 — 122 pageviews2026-08-10 — 140 pageviews2026-08-14 — 129 pageviews2026-08-18 — 133 pageviews2026-08-22 — 146 pageviews2026-08-26 — 135 pageviews2026-08-30 — 128 pageviews2026-09-03 — 139 pageviews2026-09-07 — 145 pageviews2026-09-11 — 114 pageviews2026-09-15 — 150 pageviews2026-09-19 — 100 pageviews2026-09-23 — 117 pageviews2026-09-27 — 155 pageviews2026-10-01 — 111 pageviews2026-10-05 — 107 pageviews2026-10-09 — 132 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

4502026-09-30 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 10:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 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

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2012-04-19, latest 2014-12-11 (Steam store data)

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.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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