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Game2024Published by indie.io
Renaissance Kingdom Wars
Developer Reverie World Studios
The year is 1510. As wars rage across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, it is the age of gunpowder and mercenaries - that changed the course of history. You can do it as well, going from a leader of men to the ruler of an empire in this unique mix of RTS and grand strategy. From the Steam store page
96 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Mastodon) · newest Jul 27, 2026 · last updated Oct 7, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
72
Fresh
68 positive · 26 negative
95% range 63–80%
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Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
123 of 171 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Mixed reception: praised for ambition but criticised for reusing assets and bugs.
Many players enjoy the game's mix of RTS, city-building, and grand strategy, calling it a fun throwback to older titles. Some highlight its historical accuracy and engaging gameplay, with one fan noting it 'brought a smile to my face'. [1][15][13]
However, a significant number of critics allege the developer reuses assets from previous Kingdom Wars games and fails to fix longstanding bugs. Some call it 'copy and paste' and accuse the company of abandoning games after release, with one stating 'this is fake early access, pump and dump TRASH!' [27][28][30][31]
Praised ambitious mix of RTS and strategy · historical accuracy · engaging gameplay
Criticised asset reuse · bugs and pathfinding issues · developer practices
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 96 · most liked firstDont buy anything from this company, they just copy and paste the same games with a few tweaks and a lot of promises and they have NEVER completed a game before wanting to sell you the next one, this type of company makes you understand the lay offs on the tech industry and so many going out of business. JUST LOOK AT HIS RECORD! He makes the same game over and over, HE WILL make another game and release it at fullprice in 2025, its just what he does.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this is like the sixth "kingdom wars" game they have released in the past 5 years. this is fake early access, pump and dump TRASH!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game series, from Medieval II to now, has experienced a Renaissance, but they haven't made many improvements. They haven't even done proper research or restoration of basic Renaissance-era technology or armor. They've only added two so-called iconic elements to represent the Renaissance: firearms and cannons. As for other unit types, there is no visual change at all. Renaissance-era soldiers are still wearing mid-medieval armor and clothing. The AI is stiff, and there doesn't seem to be…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Another copy and paste Kingdom Wars game. Heavily reuse art assets of previous game. Although the game claimed to be set in 1510, all melee infantry and cavalry units, along with characters, have 3d models look like in 13th century, they all wear mid-medieval era chain mails and nasal helmets/great helmets. This is a clear evidence of reusing assets from past games. And "early renaissance army are medieval-ish" is not an excuse, people in 1510 just don't look like this. Yes, compare to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →When is the "2000 retro look" excuse going to stop being used? i very much like the idea of your games and that's why i keep buying them, but i will take longer and longer to buy the next version and buy at a cheaper price every time. You have not done a proper improvement to your "in-house engine" first iteration of the game, the same bugs, same glitches, you added a few features here or there but nothing i would call an improvement. If you are unable to improve your engine just use one of the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I barely have any time or any joy left to play games these days, but this brought a smile to my face. It is a clear labour of love and elaborates on aspects of warfare that are seldom explored, like building, setting up a camp for a siege, pike & shot dynamics, among others. The developers are sincere, and history fans will just scream at the monitor, "Why don't you have a conquest of the New World DLC when this gmae would perfectly represent its dynamics?!" I definitely recommend. It is a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Renaissance Kingdom Wars is a very welcome addition to the Kingdom Wars franchise. I have only played 40 hours or so, but have been involved in countless battles -- for expansion and for survival -- and am still learning what the best mix of forces for my armies should be. In the previous Kingdom Wars -- Kingdom Wars 4 -- my favorite armies consisted of 8 Templar Knights and 8 Cavalry, along with a Battering Ram, 2 Horse Carts and a cow. I could have used Hospitaller Knights and the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This developer is a predator who shouldnt be allowed on steam. sells a new game every 6 months that is essentially the same exact game on a terrible engine. no support and updates afterwards. insane how many games steam has allowed this guy to publish
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Will never purchase a game from this company again, they charge money release the same game 1000x over and stop updating it after a while, while pretending they care about the game until they abandon it
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Like many others have said, while some of it is enjoyable, the simple flaws should have been solved in previous iterations. Do NOT support this company.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played for roughly over an hour and I must say it definitely looks promising. It is still very clunky, animations look weird, sound is a bit bugged sometimes but if they keep at it they can make this a very fun experience. It is a bit of a mixture of Mount and Blade and Total War. You can capture settlements with your armies then build up those settlements in real time too! In terms of graphics it is probably not very everyone as it gives of a feeling akin to older early 2000s strategy games…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Settlement gets attacked, have main army outside to reinforce. Game decided to give control of main army to AI, which proceeds to lose my best units with retarded actions (putting hand cannoneers on the front line while pulling melee troops back to the map border) and even kills MY OWN GARRISON with MY OWN F-ING CANNONS. Manage to somehow wipe out the entire enemy army despite this and capture their entire camp, even survive until the timer runs out, but the battle doesn't end. "Guess I have…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The concept is okay, but the rendering, especially of sprites is three generations behind. The cut scenes would have you believe that this is not the case. City management is not an improvement over earlier versions and adding 'Renaissance' doesn't make the game any better.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The developer is gonna change kiev to kyiv because a left wing extremist called him a nazi and threaten with a negative review. I cannot support people who cave to people like that. The game crashed the first hour of gameplay among a few other things which i might have been able to overlook.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am the man in my late 30s and I like games that are like this, strategic, fun and classic....like a chess game. Developer did their own type of strategy for this medieval type game and i love it. Thumbs up!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →These ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ dudes literally re-release this same exact game every few months with world map changes and call it a new game. Do not buy, do not support their other titles, if you have the ability - refund them.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love the concept of this game. I love playing as Spain. I love the idea of water battles. A few days ago I tried a water battle....HORRIBLE, truly horrible. My cannons could not move at all, and didnt even fire at targets in range. Cav also could not move, so over 50% of my army was immobilised and sat still until death. I reloaded the battle multiple times to see if it was player error....nope just bugs. Today I saw that the update fixed a lot....so I decided to give it another shot. NOW…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →These guys are basically the Soldak Entertainment of RTS games. They make these retro-looking, iterative games, each one building somewhat on the last, probably on their own wacky proprietary engine. Very distinctive look (I actually really like it, but it is NOT modern), and an even more distinctive approach to the genre. It's very siege-based: each battle plays out like a compact AOE match or something, with walls and various buildings for production, recruitment, etc. that can be built and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is my first time playing this game, and overall, it's decent. However, there are several issues and features I'd like to see addressed or added: • Unit Pathfinding Issues: Units sometimes refuse to move or fail to attack enemies effectively, leading to unnecessary casualties. • Siege Battle Problems: Lack of control over where artillery spawns can result in them being placed in vulnerable positions, such as in front of walls or outside defensive structures. Playable area in defensive…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →hohooooooo boys, this game handles like '65 chevy with nooo ♥♥♥♥♥♥' breaks edit: the developer tried to add me to get me to change my review on the scam, so i'll go ahead and unpack what i mean.. you don't know this; but this engine, this game, is a free open sourced ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ from like 2010. every click feels like a mis-click, it uses the EXACT SAME WORLD ASSETS as 10 different strategy games, with MINOR reskins, like adding a helmet to a unit or something to make it "renaissance" this…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Verry good game long and fun ive only played 7 hours so far and im loving it the grathics may seem bad but understandable for how mutch there is and going on genuinely worth it especially even when its on sale if you like banner loard total war rome and game like that you will enjoy this game 100% such a good game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The actual gameplay is fantastic. Like a cross between mount and blade bannerlord and mannor lords. However, the game runs very poorly. Several stutters, no resolution options, and worst of all, the game will constantly crash. Definitely wait for full release on this one, or at least until they fix the performance issues.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very cool game. Once I was able to set up a borderless windowed setup the graphics stabilized (full-screen was a bit problematic w/ motion blur) and things became very enjoyable. Battles are quite fun and I found the tutorial easy to follow and informative. Looking forward to digging in to the campaign proper.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Start as a lowly mercenary Start taking hamlets from the king. Bribe him in gold less valuable than the hamlets themselves so he forgives you. Build up your towns and military force Start besieging his larger settlements. Run out of supply carts to continue siege.. Lift the siege Buy more supply carts from the settlement you just besieged Continue siege until settlement is taken. Bribe the king with gold to assure him we are indeed cool and there's nothing to worry about homie. Repeat process…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'll echo what the other positive reviews have said; you might be into this game if you're into Mount & Blade, Total War, or even Age of Empires... but especially if you're into the Early Modern era (1500-1600) with its matchlocks, pikes, galleons, and floppy hats. The game is still very unstable though -- it booted up with the wrong resolution and even crashed out of the tutorial without a save (which means I lost all of my progress). That's fine though, since I hope stability is top priority.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Long time fan of the series of games by Reverie World Studios. Interesting mix of RTS and grand strategy, but definitely full of, so called, Eurojank. I can definitely see constant iteration and slow improvements over the years, but still this is a super niche title. If you like to dabble into RTS, experience basic strategic map campaign and slowly build your kingdom then you will find something here, however take into consideration it is a indie title, done by micro team. Temper your…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good game, nice and smooth gameplay so far, it's only just released to early access so we can expect some hick-ups: If you are using multi screen I highly recommend sticking to windowed mode. About the Game: The game is based in the 1500's, there are a lot of factions you can choose from to play. You have lots of options on how to play, including playing as Pirates, conflicts on both Land and Sea. Graphics/Visuals: The game has what I would call dumbed-down graphics (despite when I…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →At the title screen, the devs are very upfront that this is an indie game by a small team. With that, there's always little quirks that come with that, but none that bothered me in the overall gameplay. I grew up playing games like Civilization III and V (I missed a couple in between), as well as RTS games like Command and Conquer of various iterations. I felt whisked back to an earlier time with this game, something you don't see too often nowadays. You won't find fancy graphics or the latest…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is History accurate, graphics are great, Cut scenes are well done and have had a great time playing since i started it. Props to the dev team who put this together will def be looking to buy more of their games in the future
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Renaissance Kingdom Wars, developed by Reverie World Studios and published by indie.io, is an ambitious grand strategy and real-time tactics game set during the tumultuous Renaissance period of 1510. Players are thrust into a dynamic and living world, beginning as a lowly mercenary captain and striving to carve out their own empire through military conquest, diplomacy, and economic mastery. The game offers a detailed depiction of Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, with hundreds of settlements…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game! If you like games like Age of Empires then this game is for you. Its simple to pick up while offering complexity and deep immersion. The game is a mixture of RTS, City Building, Resource management and is really engaging. The music is another positive element as well! Highly recommend!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Promising mix of RTS and traditional economic strategy games. Great throwback to old school RTS games. Looking forward to seeing it develop.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was excited to try this game, but in the first minI already saw that ITS NOT POSSIBLE to zoom in the battlefield or just a tiny bit. Thats an absolute no go. Deinstalled
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Super fun game for a small indie dev team, support these guys!!!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Quite a fun indie RTS! Especially for the price.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Multiplayer does not work, neither player is synced to what the other player is doing, will re-review once MP is working,
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good RTS well worth the price imo. The game could use some QOL improvements like troop upgrading & a more friendly UI. But if you like RTS games I think you'll find the game worth the price.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Love this indie game. It's very chill but pulls you in like a good book. I think it has good combination of RTS, diplomacy and world strategy.I love the size of the map and the possibilities it brings. Something in this game brings warm memories of the old strategy games I used to play.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this isn't the kind of game i usually play, but this was recommended to me because i like turn based strategy games. the art style is charming, and reminds me of things i used to watch my dad play when i as a kid. if you're new to this kind of gaming i recommend the tutorial because it helped my novice ass figure out what to do. the voice acting is great and i do love sending little guys off to sack cities and butcher chickens. so if you want to sack cities this might be the game for you!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Super disappointing. Nothing more to say...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →New next generation "Kingdom Wars" (now starting from the year 1510...) . And it's a (very) good one ! You can start with complete Tutorial OR a small tutorial in 'Campaign' Mode, up to you.. With the last you go on in the Campaign after you end that tutorial. Later (or immidiatly) you have several play-options to test your skills :P * NO bugs so far & all works fine. Sure for a lot of hours pleasure in playing this one.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Only an hour in, its kinda of like Mount and Blade and Total War. Definitely gives those early 2000's vibes just like it says on the description! :3
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very fun game, if you're into the Total War series you will fit right into this. Siege battles are the highlight of the game, better done even than Total War itself lately *Cough Warhammer 3 Cough* and you'll be playing lots of them, as even small hamlets are protected by armies and walls. It doesn't take long to rise up the ranks, and you can use the victories from the many armies that will come to fight you to quickly build up and expand. Your main goal should be to become the king of your…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ya so when I get to the battle the screnen just goes dark and the city map down i the corner showes the window jumping from one corner to the next. So for me atm unplayable
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is like a really poorly made hybrid between AOE 3 and total war. The quality of this game is so poor that I can't believe it was made in late 2024, it's more like a late 1994 standard.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like it a lot, I don't know why people knock it just drink ten beers and chill out
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The proactive stance the developer is taking to refine his game for his playerbase is honestly enough for me to recommend fans of the prior games to give Renaissance a shot.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hey all ! Just my review for this recently released game. Initially found the graphics very 90s but once you get used to them it adds to the games charm. The game play is excellent and I love the fact that you start as a lowly commander without any property to speak of. However in the tutorial it guides you in acquiring your first hamlet and the rest as they say dear reader is history. I do Believe the devs have a potentially great game here. I hope they continue to add to it and with…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Honestly I just started playing... but this game is literally everything I wanted Age of Empires III to be back when I was a kid. Highly highly highly recommend Thanks you dev team for making this absolute gem ♥️
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is an ok game, but still has a lot of work to be done to live up to the previous games in the franchise. Additionally, ever since I did a YouTube video for them the developers have been spamming friend requests at me here on Steam. Very annoying
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For a early release game this shows alot of promise, though it has its flaws. This game is rich in story an offers a variety of strategy. This game seems to itch that need for kingdom building, army training , farming mayhem. Reminds me alot fo older titles like Age of Empires and Civilization. Enough nostalgia to make ya day dream , yet enough new age ideas introduce to bring you a new way to play strategically.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've been playing Renaissance Kingdom Wars since its release and have clocked in countless hours. Developed by Reverie World Studios, this real-time strategy (RTS) game set in the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance offers a deep and engaging experience. Personal Experience From the moment I started, I was hooked by the combination of city-building, grand strategy, and real-time battles. The game lets you start with a small settlement and develop it into a thriving city. Constructing…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is in a good state at early access I am enjoying whats there. I am very interested to see where this gose.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Honestly, it just isn't for me. Combat doesn't really make sense other than "send unit to smash other unit." Its a fine game and it looks like it will be promising, but I think this game will suffer from an identity crisis due to having RTS and grand strategy. I don't really think the RTS fights should include base building when fighting in the field either it seems way out of place. I get that armies were supported by peasants and other aspects to keep them running, but it seems like its…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Haven't played a RTS in a VERY long time. Watched a couple friends stream this game in discord earlier and I had to instantly buy. Threw me right back into my childhood! Great game overall! Voice acting is great , lore is familiar ( assuming you know world history ) , graphics throw me back to 2000s vibes and overall a straightforward game! 9/10!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice start to A.E, looking forward to watching this game grow.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Handful of small bugs but if you liked Kingdoms War 4 then you'll like this new and refreshing twist
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sadly each game just seems to be largely a copy and paste. They change the year but overall the gameplay and graphics stay the same. I have at least 3 of their games alone on Steam and they are all a carbon copy.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →a fun game. You build your empire and fight battles. The game looks great and shows places like Europe and Africa. You start with a small army and try to become a ruler. You use resources, make friends, and fight with cool weapons.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →honestly a pretty solid game and worth the price!!
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