METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN
METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN
Game
Game2021Published by indie.io
Kingdom Wars 4
Developer Reverie World Studios
It's 1347, the time of the Hundred Years' War. In this historical grand strategy and RTS hybrid you play as one of 200 minor lords across medieval Europe, Africa or Middle East. Rise up to take over your Kingdom and be crowned, then fight to preserve your empire as Black Death descends on Europe. From the Steam store page
129 reactions from 1 source (Steam reviews) · newest Oct 5, 2026 · last updated Oct 7, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
64
Fresh
83 positive · 46 negative
95% range 56–72%
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| Steam reviews | 83 | 46 | 0 |
Steam's own rating
Mixed
158 of 241 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Audience reaction is mostly positive: 83 positive vs 46 negative reactions.
Many players praise the game's unique blend of RTS and grand strategy, with some calling it a mix of Medieval 2 Total War and Stronghold. The developers are frequently commended for their responsiveness and care, with one player noting a personal discussion with a developer who helped with a PC issue. [1][4][7]
However, a significant number of players criticise the game for being a recycled copy of previous Kingdom Wars titles, with bugs and crashes still present. Some allege the developers have sold the same game multiple times under different names, and note that promised features like a zombie mode have been delayed. [16][28][30][31][33]
Praised Unique RTS/4X blend · Developer responsiveness
Criticised Recycled content · Bugs and crashes · Broken promises
Summary drafted by an AI model from the 36 reactions it cites ([n] links open each post), then checked by code: every paragraph cites real posts and every quote is verbatim. Written Oct 7, 2026. Method
Reactions
60 of 129 · most liked firstYou know what? This game could fail. But it wont. You want to know why? Developers care Developers listen Developers work And i had a personal discussion with a developer about a previous game that had problem with my pc. I am literally a nobody and yet, he listened and helped me.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have to say, my opinion of the game and the dev team has really changed. I heard they were changing the game from being just about the Plague to be Renaissance and I was at first very upset. I was hostile about it too. It was not what I purchased. BUT: They offered me a full refund and said I could keep the game. Instead I asked for only a half refund if that was the case and they agreed. They paid me within minutes. That is a HUGE sign of good customer service/care and showed me that they…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🌎 Overview 🌏 A poor entry into he grand strategy genre that feels pretty recycled. Nothing really feels satisfying and the best two aspects of the game are the voice acting and the large map. I hope the game gets better. Score is at the bottom of the review, while you are down there, leave a like if you liked this review! [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/37072886/]Great reviews can be found at our curator page: Devils in the Detail Make a deal with the devil and join our…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you're looking for more of the same from MKW, you'll probably be happy. I was however disappointed that multiplayer was still only attack vs defend. Really wish they'd go with free building instead of building on plots also. I'm still going to give it a good review, because its not a bad game. The other games are not bad either. Sadly it is just not the game I'm looking for.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Edit. Well, well. I downloaded the latest. Just to make the point how flawed the game still is: I was attacked by artillery level 5. First battle. Of course the AI has every resource to upgrade an empty town from which the entire army just came. Yes, level 5 archers from not even a level one building. Of course they can build another wall and harvest resources again while half the town is mine. And yes, a few hundred deer walk about as if all the noise is normal. Oh and the delete saved…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Plague: Kingdom Wars is a very fun game that feels like someone took Medieval 2 TW and Stronghold and smashed them together. It is still early access and in Alpha stage but the potential this game has is staggering. Gameplay is split between a strategic overworld map similar to TW where you move your armies around, conduct diplomacy and upgrade your various cities and hamlets. Battles switch you to an RTS like system similar again to TW but with the addition of being able to build units,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hi , I have never reviewed a game on steam before despite using steam since 2007 when i first bought the orange box. This game made me want to review it. I have waited for this games promised updates, waited for any sort of plague mechanics to be implemented and waited for the promised dead rising mode. Time and again updates are delayed, and then promised all over again. I have asked for a refund and been rejected, this combined with a lack of any sort of fun to be taken from the experience…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Frankly, I'm disappointed. I love the game concepts, but between various bugs and certain important concepts not being flushed out (like how your army can be positioned over a town, but the AI can choose to attack your town and not your army, or how troops that have surrendered can still go on the offensive, but you can't attack them so you have un-targetable AI troops roaming the battlefield, etc). Frankly, I get that the devs are a very small team, but that is not an excuse for poor…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the game crashes all the time. The Dev's keep making new games instead of just making one good one. honestly if they put all this effort into the first game and all the improvements as DLC's/ updates, the game would have been a lot more popular and gained a following. Over all i do enjoy the game but can't recommend buying it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →honestly its not that bad of a game i like the first few hours sofar the tutorial is simple enough but doesnt control your game at all overall its a pretty good game!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →scam they sold the exact same game 5 times now
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →3/10 played 3 of these Kingdom Wars games now and they all seem to have the same bugs and problems
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a pos, it's amazing how the copy paste the same ♥♥♥♥♥♥ game and publish it under a different name
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After missing so many promised deadlines to get the zombies in I just don't trust the developer anymore, pretty generic game otherwise
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm glad that they seem to have fixed most of the bugs that were just absolutely game breaking before. There are still bugs, but the game is playable now. That being said, as the game stands, Medieval Kingdom Wars is still a more enjoyable experience in my opinion, to the point that there isn't much reason to bother with this installment.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →so far it's a bit "EHHH" i'm having a bit of a hard time getting into it, the camera movement is a bit "Janky" for now i'll leave it with a Positive review because i haven't played it for a fair amount of time yet, I could see this being a good game if i'm able to get into it properly and learn how everything works correctly... for now "i'm on the fence".. Edit: Final thoughts are as follows... The game could benefit from having faster game speeds, I adapted to the camera movement after some…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Well I got some hours and ill say it could be great but theres no troop variation between nations or west and east. It really kills the immersion. Wish there was a steam workshop to address that if reverie studios would not take it upon them selves.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Plague: Kingdom Wars Gameplay The Plague: Kingdom Wars puts you in the shoes of a ruler who has to maintain and prosper a kingdom in the times of the Plague. You are given the option to choose from various nationalities and all of them have their unique bonuses. The gameplay is your basic RTS formula, you build, collect resources, train armies and march on to conquer other lands. The difference here Is the titular Plague. The Plague is bound to hit your kingdom sooner or later and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →https://youtu.be/_B8-YDbm2xQ Firstly, I would like to thank the people behind this project for providing me with a key for this game for review purposes. +Nice music, and setting +Optional infected enemies +Forces strategy during skirmishes +Base building implemented in large scale campaign mode +Reminisces of Battle For Middle Earth -Disturbingly low performance -Overwhelming amount of factions to choose from -Campaign has no turns -Uninspiring graphics Reverie World Studios is back with…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Terrible controls, terrible audio, terrible game in general. I can't believe I let this one sit in my wishlist for months.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Firstly, you have to realise that this is not a triple A title and from what I gathered this game is made by 3 guys? At least from what I heard there's like only 3 developers. Taking that in consideration pretty good job. As a long time fan of strategy games this game has some unique stuff. Now I always wanted to leave a review for the game but didn't had a lot of free time (better to spend that free time gaming ;) ). So this is a review of the game version of February and March. I really liked…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its a very unique but good Strategy Game/RTS. The many many updates finally brought it to a very nice state, the battles feel cool and quite dynamic. They finally fixed the god awful pathfinding and response system!. If you ever looked for something else in a strategy game then try it out, I am especially hyped for the dead rising DLC even it though it will probably take ages to come out.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →better than total war if you want an in depth Siege battle this is the game for you.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you enjoy CK3 and Civilization style games but want to pay less you get Kingdom wars. You also do not get the quality of top-tier games, the UI is buggy and clunky which feels like early 2000s gameplay. There are interesting elements like the 'plague' but it's too easy to overcome; which ends up as a lost unique opportunity. The city development has some good concepts but gets extremely repetitive once you are on a campaign and need to constantly reconfigure cities that you captured.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →EA Grand strategy RTS + plague mechanics + wide selection of kingdoms = Build up towns and armies to conquer and defend your neighbors. Manage both on a world and city scale. Chickens count as units?! Follow our curator for similar games https://store.steampowered.com/curator/35180752-3-point-play/
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am enjoying this game quite a bit! I bought it today and have already spent 2 hours playing. You can enjoy the management as much as you like. It's also fun to enjoy a part of history.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Indie RTS game - the graphics look like something from the 90s, almost like Rome Total War but inferior to that. Gameplay is a bit weird. There is a massive cognitive overload. I think they need to hire some real good UI UX designers and build out their future games. 60 mins in - Game is slow, not sure if I can get stuck into it. Will revise my review if I do. Not sold on it yet.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An indie team, making a real time total war-lite strategy game. has a lot of promise, but I wished they used some off the shelf engine like Unity or Unreal, since they are dirt cheap these days. something like this, with build quality of Ancestors Legacy (which btw has a much simpler gameplay) would be a dream come true. I wish the devs notice this and realize the potential of what they have on their hands.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great Total War style gameplay and world map with more innovative ways to attack and defend. Graphics are not the best, but the production team actually cares about the players which is something of a rare gem these days.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i played this game 6 months ago i refunded it due to not understanding it (i was too yong) but i bought the game a couple of days ago and i got to say i love it coming from games like total war stronghold and many others. its such a unique game the animations graphics and ui may look bad but at the end of the day the gameplay of this game totally makes up for it great game keep it up developers
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a very fun game. The siege elements are especially fun. Unfortunately all that fun is undone by the sheer stupidity of the pathfinding and decision by units. If you a group of archer squads to attack a specific group, the pathfinding will cause the your archers to walk towards the enemy. Even though they don't need to in order to fire. The game crashes, lags and just plain refuses to work properly. "Customer service" also sucks. The only way I would EVER recommend this game, is if you like…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →fun game. has a lot that many rts/4x games are missing. 4x feature feels like flash. its a huge game so i imagine performance was a limiting factor there. crashes after every 3rd fight. love the game so i recommend. dont especially love the buggyness so i mentioned it here.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →How is this game any different then The kings Campaign or Medieval Kingdom wars? Why do I feel like they copy and paste the same game and change it's name??? It's a good game but I'm so confused. Please someone answer in the comments to this review
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i find it extremely disappointing that when i first bought this i was expecting the dead rising dlc (not to mention it was never originally called kingdom wars 4) to be there really close to release... but it never was... and still isnt... almost a full two years later and this company STILL hasnt nailed down the performance issues? how bad is your engine that you have to spend a year and a half + to just make your game perform at least decently? at this point i would scrap your engine and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am a game developer myself, with over 10 years of experience in Unity. First of all, Byzantines instead of speaking Greek, they speak some Arabic language. If you do not have Greek voice overs, just plain English would suffice. 1)The towns in campaign map have very small colliders, as a consequence much of the interaction with them is lost in crucial moments which is frustrating. You should add big colliders, which would be illuminated when the cursor is hovered on the cities. 2)The units…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →nice game and devs actually cares about the game!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its constantly being updated and fixed there very open to suggestions
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i have played both this and the other games they made i can tell u NONE of them are worth the asking price these devs abuse the Steam early access and RErelease the same game with MAYBY few changes DO NOT SUPPORT these devs EVERY single game of them use the same map or a variation on it
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is awesome, ravaging, ui/ux design is groundbreaking, that is if this game was from 2001, since its not and its published 2 years prior this date its freaking horrible, don't buy, don't consider, don't even think about it, whoever is making the game is clearly doesn't know much about game development and user experience or just doesn't care. Yes I am talking like its just 1 person is making this game because if they are more than 1 person making this game, something is clearly wrong…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In a nutshell, start small, build up and hopefully rule the (large) map. This is a nice game for players that like resource management decisions. It has a pause feature so you can decide how to proceed, then you can even accelerate time or slow it down, depending on your need. There is a helper who will walk you though the basics of your kingdom's management. I liked that the voice acting was high quality, in fact all the sound was very good quality. I like that I can see the developers are…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →fantastic game 9/10 little laggy at times it likes to stutter when opening menus but besides that super fun simple to learn i'd highly suggest doing the tutorial takes all but 10 minutes and helps alot
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Basically an upgrade of Medieval Kingdom Wars. Takes place during the period of the Hundred Years War. One can play as the English, French, or one of a number of other powers in the region and further east. Decent game. Recommend.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a fun experience, not as deep as total war, but fun in its own right. I saw someone describe this as total war-light and that seems pretty true imo.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →UPDATE 10/8/22: I will say I have out in some serious hours on this game. They are working hard to polish and make improvements to the game. Not bug free but I"m glad they are still putting in the effort to fix them. Update 1/20/21: Maybe wait it out a little bit before you give it a chance so you don"t get disappointed. But it is DEFINITELY worth giving it a shot some time This game needs some serious polishing but it has so much potential. The base elements of the game has everything i'm…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is amazing , if you like real time strategy games than this game is for you , its combination of many different strategy games , so its really real time strategy game that have its own unique style of gameplay and really exciting battles , great graphics , really well made game , big recommendation to play it
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a modern take on the gameplay of say Rise of Nations etc. The gameworld is nominally open world compared to the limited areas in the old classic. This is definitely a job well done for a strategy game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hey devs! Fantastic job making such a big game, I was already enjoying my campaign as portugal and only just confederated iberia around 10hrs in the MKW. Plague KW needs some polishing though! -Campaign maps still looks blurry and needs more refreshing colors because we are spending most of our time on campaign maps and it's tiring to look at all the dark and dead colors. -As a turk I find the troop names and variety and tiers to be quite incorrect, in fact they need a complete overhaul. You…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really wanted this to work out. But too clumsy and low end graphics. But I tried. Im sorry but i couldnt recommend this to anyone. The entire system of control is out of wack! until the revamp there controls and interaction reminds me of a hurried 1990s game that was never finished. And I was hoping! sigh Sounded like fun.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First time I've ever played a game with such a mixed interesting concept of RTS and over world. It's still a bit rough around the edges but it has a lot of potential down the line from the looks of it. It's a bit complicated to start at first but the tutorial helps you get a hang of it pretty quickly
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've got this game via discount, and this is right price for it. The concept is great. The bugs from KW3 are still here yet there are no critical ones and you can learn how to ignore them. Here are a few tips or surprises: 1) building in real-time sometimes costs no resources; enter a city, press pause, build or upgrade a few buildings, then exit; reload if resources are spent and try another city; 2) building in real-time or any battle reset month timer; thus you pay zero maintenance;…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This Game is very Slow and "Bulky" in all it's aspects...! It is NOT Total War and it is NOT Crusader Kings, it is something else entirely. It is very chunky and when you want to do fast moves with the mouse, the game doesn't pick up fast the choices you make. I wouldn't recommend to gamers that like to click and give orders fast in the Campaign Map or the Battle Map. It is like, it was made for 80year old gamers whose brain start to become slow with years, which I WOULD recommend this game to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Worst play ever. game crashed twice. the game cursor is not even stable to move. btw : im using i9 processor with GTX 3050 and 32gb ram im requesting for a refund on this game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is one of those games that you are unsure of but once you start playing you won't be able to stop.... super responsive dev team, very good price for the amount of content, and no bugs encountered. if you love strategy/management games, please pick this up.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a neutral review. I'll keep it short so here's the good first: Game concept is good. Good amount of factions. Music is well done. Developer is still and hopefully will keep updating the game. The bad: Unit voices are anything but good, no offense but honestly, it sounds like it was made by robots. Not many units available. Graphics and textures are mediocre at best, i'm one for that cares about visuals but damn... What i find personally bad but it is subjective: Too slowpaced…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played for 16 hrs and find pretty good medieval war game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Written By Hidden Gems Review : https://store.steampowered.com/curator/38624426/ The Plague: Kingdom Wars it's a historic strategy game adding zombies in the equation (if we want XD). It's a game based in the years 11xx, you can select any kingdom of that age of europe, in the video I selected the kingdom of Aragon for example. The game isn't so complete like other famous games like crusader kings III but there are pretty interesting options, you can manage the world map and later you can…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty good twist on the original MKW. Still has a lot of depth and very unique concepts to the game that many other modern RTS/Turn based hybrid games fail to grasp. Runs pretty smooth without any issues besides a minor one where I couldn't return back to the game after alt tabbing. Otherwise very enjoyable and highly recommended to anyone that's looking for something a bit unusual in the genre.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pure garbage. The tutorial doesn't even work.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really like this game even though it's a bit wonky, it is probably one of the best dark age RTS I have played in a long time. that said: I think the game still needs improvement. YES! As old as it is, it is still an awesome game and should be improved. graphics don't bother with them I would work more on strategy like landing bay/docs I would put a city next to everyone and an enemy army would not be able to get on land until it defeats what ever defenses you have standing in the way of the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Poorly coded. Animations are not smooth which annoys my brain to the point that I find it unplayable. Crashes too.
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