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The First Templar - Steam Special Edition
Developer Haemimont Games
The First Templar is an action-adventure video game developed by Haemimont Games and published by Kalypso Media for the Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows. It was released on both platforms in May 2011 in Europe and North America. The First Templar follows the story of two characters: French Templar Celian d'Arestide and his companion, Marie d'Ibelin, a noble lady declared a heretic by the Dominican Inquisition. Taking… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
182 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Sep 28, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
65
Fresh
118 positive · 63 negative
95% range 58–72%
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| Steam reviews | 118 | 63 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
1 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
749 of 1,044 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 182 · most liked firstBuyer beware, this game requires account creation & key activation through a non-functional Kalypso launcher. I recommend getting it on GOG as a third party won't prevent you from playing on that platform.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I cannot believe how many accounts and terms of services are required to play this game, and then it appears to be integrated with facebook. all for a low tier co-op game. I wanted to remote play with a friend but it became to inconvenient with how many times i received the "server timed out message while attempting to create the THIRD account it took to play online. Feels like a scam. Looked sketchy. Uninstalled and posted this warning.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I suggest not buying this. It needs an online profile to play offline single player... 3rd Party Kalypso No warning of this on Steam
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This turned out to be a fun action RPG despite a little bit of clunkyness and some questionable voice acting choices. The graphics look a little rough for it's release year but if you can get past that it's a nice change of pace from the usual settings. Combat was fun even though there's not a lot to it and the puzzle parts were enjoyable. The story seems a little rough but not bad overall. If you are looking for a decent cheap RPG to kill a good bit of time with, consider giving this one a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not a good game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Information / Review English The First Templar - Steam Special Edition is an action-adventure developed by Haemimont Games. Gameplay / Story The King of France, the Inquisition and the Templars are fighting for the Holy Grail. The First Templar stages a warrior and a lady who must uncover the mystery of the Order of the Knights Templar and go in search of the Holy Grail. One player, multiple forms of combat. Take control of one of the two protagonists in battle or fight cooperatively with…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Listen, any other developer pulling this crap , such as Konami or Ubisoft, they would get flamed. Requiring an account to play by your self, offline, is unacceptable in a single player game, specially in such a dated game that has launcher problems.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is an awesome game that tells you about the stories of Knight Templars ..how and why they were created you will play as the first Templar of order...and you will face many challenges in your journey ..game have 3 protagonists..a main one called Celian and 2 others Roland and Marie ..Celian will be the character you will always have and others will be like a second character in chapters without spoil anything will be more with Marie..you can play this game alone and switch characters…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Can't even pass through the unecessary annoying Kalypso launcher, need an account to play a 14 year old singleplayer game that don't even work, just crash, great
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Used to be great game. Now I can't run it, because Calypso wants another launcher and an account for a single-player game. ♥♥♥♥ you, Calypso.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The gameplay is quite stiff and repetitive, all the missions are almost the same and fighting doesn't bring much joy. I bought this game when it was still fresh and i regret every penny.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Forces me to register an account, and then promptly proceeds to crash. I've tried several different fixes that are posted in the community, but none worked.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Well, if you guys want to play this game on window 10, make sure you do these things: _ Go to the game location and open TFT Properties _ Change to tap "Compatibility" _ Tick on "Run this program in compatility mode for", select Windows 7 _ Tick on "Reduced color mode", select 16-bit (65536) color _ Tick on "Disable fullscreen optimizations" and "Run this program as an administrator" _ Then hit "OK" Enjoy :))
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →HOW TO BY PASS THE LAUNCHER 1. Go to (C:) Windows\System32\drivers\etc. 2. Open hosts with a text editor running as administrator. 3. Add the following line at the bottom: 127.0.0.1 launcher01.kalypsomedia.com. If the option to open as administrator is not there, move the file to your desktop, open and edit it there, and then place it back into the original folder.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unfortunately, an update broken this game. It now requires logging in through a launcher that does not work.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game NEEDS a third party registration, one where you have to ACCEPT a user agreement, accepting they will collect data from you with stuff like invisible pictures in emails that collect data from you etc. Totally fishy and unnecessary.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game would be better without a 3rd party installer.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The First Templar is a scintillating tale regarding a brave noble knight, who travels throughout the English isles, ruthlessly slaughtering Anglo heretics who desecrate the land with their presence. Do you not recall the days when Welsh younglings were able to frolic about in the serene wind, when elders were allowed a moment of respite and dined on chocolate brownies, when pregnant mothers were not abducted by crazed, rabid Saesnegs, who wished to invoke the hybrid spirit of Longshanks and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Kalypso Media Digital. ♥♥♥♥ publisher which I refuse to have anything to do with. Usually you have to let people know on the store page if a registration on a 3rd party platform is required to even play the game. Nowhere on the store page do they tell you that. If you agree to their terms, they pull all kinda of info from your system, hardware and so on. They wat you to link a facebook account......what more do I have to say? I am disgusted by this publisher. Might have been…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought this game so my wife and I could play it together. The devs disabled co-op, so that is useless. I wish I could return this
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you want to buy a game, then they want the steam key added before you play. I am fine with that. Then you have to make an account that request to have access to your data. If you do not check the option you can not play. I checked the option so at least I could try the game. At this point i'm kinda pissed about the time it taking just to play this game. I hit continue and now, I need a confirmation email that has not arrived in over 10 minutes. Uninstall and request money back.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Online doesn't work and there's no mention of this on the store page.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Too much DRM, and no warnings about that fact whatsoever (unless you read the right user reviews). Didn't gaben say that to defeat video game piracy, one must offer a better service than the pirates?
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →At first glance, it's a cheap, low-budget Assassin's Creed knock-off. However, it's actually a pretty competent slasher/action adventure mash-up. Sure, voice acting is atrocious, animations are lifeless, but story itself is pretty interesting. Gameplay loop is very simplistic, but for some reason it's addicting and fun to play. I really like this game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game won't let you play unless you do the following: 1. Buy the game (it is not your game remember that) 2. Put key into launcher 3. Make an account 4. Sign Legal Notice 5. Hope the game launches (some people have crashes game is just not worth it for some people or i will even go as far as saying just buy an xbox 360 to play this.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No way to play together online. You need to register for a 3rd party page: Kalypso. After registering for that page, you can't connect to it. Trying to play on a higher resolution makes the game crash. I have a fairly new and powerful pc. Don't buy this game!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Co-op in remote play doesn't work.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First: To get rid of the Kalypso launcher and the CD-Key query, read TobSENs community guide "How to Fix the Kalypso Launcher Issue and Bugs". Second: To not get missing textures or graphic bugs set the graphic option "Scene Resolution: Medium". Don't put it to High or you will get graphic problems. The game itself starts a little slow, but after the 3rd or 4th chapter the story and the protagonist got me hooked. It is a nice reimagining of the Templar story with a nice angle. The combat…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Requires setup of a seperate launcher account asking for email. (fine whatever) Requires then further setting up of an ingame account, which never works due to a connection error timeout. What's the point of needing to log in to 3 accounts in order to play? Steam, Kalypso, and then an additional ingame account? Only makes it impossible to play online. Never actually got to play this, so it's not even worth if on sale. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The main issue is with the Kalypso launcher required to start the game. This is completely messed up. I found a way to bypass that nonsense by scrolling with the scroll wheel over the launcher that magically starts the game with no account creation required at all [it worked for me at least]. Once you get the game started, you will not be disappointed - its a great experience. This game was created prior to concept of 'Modern Audiences' and as such is a great old fashioned 'gamer's game'.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This meant to be a co-op game and in solo the AI sucks. There are nice execution animations and seems to be a decent hack'n'slash but controls are janky. You cannot change sensitivity and you have to use invert camera angle which doesn't feel natural. At least Kalypso removed their god-awful launcher though the game still wants you to create a Kalypso account if you want to play co-op. Just leave this game in dusty shelves of the past and move along. It does not worth it even for free.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"The Grail, Celian. Where did you hide it?!" In Short : it's a well-thought attempt of Witcher 2 + Black-Ops. (You might understand it if you play it). almost all aspect (story,art,graphic,sound) of the game is good, the AI companion and its control is okay. (and a possible fun coop if you have friends). Sad part : it has 3rd party launcher. definitely worth to try (you don't have to be a christian to enjoy it)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →⢸⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉ ⡷⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⡇⠢⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⡇⠀⠀⠈⠑⢦⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Are you winning son? ⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠖⠒⠒⠒⢤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⢦⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⢸⠀⠀⣀⢤⣼⣀⡠⠤⠤⠼⠤⡄⠀ ⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⢄⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⢸⠀⠀⠑⡤⠤⡒⠒⠒⡊⠙⡏⠀⢀⠀ ⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠑⠢⡄⠀ ⢸⠀⠀⠀⠇⠀⣀⣀⣀⣀⢀⠧⠟⠁ ⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀ ⢸⠀⠀⠀⠸⣀⠀⠀⠈⢉⠟⠓⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⢸ ⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢱⡖⠋⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⢸ ⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⢺⠧⢄⣀⠀⠀⣀⣀⠀⠀ ⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⢸ ⢸⠀⠀⠀⣠⠃⢸⠀⠀⠈⠉⡽⠿⠯⡆ ⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸ ⢸⠀⠀⣰⠁⠀⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⠉⠀⠀ ⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸ ⢸⠀⠀⠣⠀⠀⢸⢄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⢸ ⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⠀⢇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⢸ ⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡌⠀⠈⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⢸…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You know what, I will reccommend this game because well, it is a very good game worthy of praise. Now the controls are VERY SIMPLE. Its no Dragon Age ok? But Im sure you didn't buy it expecting that. When I bought it I was sort of thinking about a Nicholas Cage/Ron Pearlman movie where the two of them are Templars througout all the battles of history, and I was Praying it would be like that. But it does Not too badly......... You will have many more, much more polished games that do this…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cant even play the game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An Underrated RPG Gem, Perfect for new gamer 📖 Great storyline, historical and fantasy elements intertwine, which you can both learn sth and enjoy the game along the way. 🎮 Great Gameplay: smooth controls & consisted of various aspects such as skills, blocking, combos. Moreover, the game are pretty well design that it is suited for both solo and coop playthrough. 🎵 Great soundtracks & voice - acting. ❌ However, The downside of the game is its technical problems. When starting…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Feels like an early Ps3/360 game. Not anything groundbreaking for me, but everyone saying that this game is garbage or a rip-off is being incredibly harsh. The game uses a launcher, but it's not anything you have to run independently, and it took me less than a minute to make a Kalypso account, that is saved into the launcher, so you only have to hit play. These small issues aside, I knew I was going to want to complete this game within my first 30 minutes of playing. The dialogue is a bit…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →unfortunately not playable i have micro freeze every few seconds and the whole game hangs but the fights go on in the background, unfortunately many others have the problem too and i couldn't find a solution
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Apology for angry rant attitude but you will see why shortly... Game has its own pathetic launcher. That you have to sign up with to play the game - pathetic is it not? I think it is + you might have issue with launching the game after registering due to pathetic launcher and either look online or on the steam directly for solutions. Pathetic, even have to write this review is pathetic. Everything is pathetic, even saying pathetic is pathetic. + By registering, you will explicitly have to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A great Action RPG even in 2020. 9/10. Sure the graphics is a bit dated, but still pleasant, but the story is 20h long, there are a lot of missions/chapters, some levels quite long... there is a nice mixture of fighting, riddles and traps, with some secrets... The story is about the Templars, finding the grail, but there are also some small nice stories told... Many criticized the speech, but the English voices were good, I really enjoyed the story, and the characters grew on you... To top…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Praying to the Lord refill life 10/10 French girlfriend 10/10. Game ummm 6/10.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Now it is forcing me to sign up to play the game?
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Another coop game brought back by Remote Play Together I played through this with my bro in coop. For whatever reason the controls were weird with his control mappings being different from mine but we did manage to play through it. (It used to have online multiplayer as well so if you know a way to play online multiplayer games after the servers shut down, that may work for you.) https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3384352995 Gameplay This game is an action RPG with…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →cant play, requires 3rd party kalypso. buggy
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Stopped just short of 3 hours in. Gameplay although dated isn't all that bad honestly. Takes quick thinking to block attacks in a 360 radius around you without getting wacked to death but is very doable. If you intend to play with a gamepad I would skip this one as not all of the controls work. For example you cannot execute people when they are on the ground due to there isn't a bind for it and there are others as well. So unfortunately this one gets a thumbs down. Wanted to see it through as…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →yes its a old game but I like it, didn't play it back in the day on my 360, was surprisingly fun, like the finishing moves animations considering the age of the game, no you wont want to complete it in a straight run, enjoyable for a hour or so gets a little repetitive so I keep coming back to it to finish more levels, I'm old so I still like old games with dated graphics, though I hate when new games don't make enough effort with graphics, older games they used all kinds of tricks to make…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is janky in every aspect, be it gameplay, presentation or vocie acting. Still, it is a very enjoyable action-adventure with decent combat, linear levels with a few side objectives and some interesting puzzles. As a side note: the online servers are dead, so you can only play local co-op.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good game. I didn't expect how good of combat system and story of this game to be. When on sale, you should buy it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →> Long game > Bad physics > Bugs > Stories barely make sense Old game cant blame
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played this game on the xbox360 few years back and loved it. Sure the game’s graphics are closer to xbox original however its a fun hack and slash RPG nonetheless with skill trees and loot chests. I say it’s sort of a bootleg watered down version of the older series of assassin creed but with more puzzles. I like the fact you can change characters at any moment to defeat different types of enemies thanks to the different gameplay styles of each character. The First Templar is a Cute,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The biggest CON upfront is this game requires an account, email, password and login each time to play after you already purchased it on Steam. If you forget your email and create a second account you will receive a "key already in use" error, so be sure to write down what email account you used when you signed up the first time. I really enjoy anything to do with the Night's Templars. This game isn't exactly historically accurate, but pretty close. The Templars actually accepted all beliefs…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →+ Setting (Knights templars - say no more) + Voice acting + Multi-character gameplay - Very linear, could have been a nice open world - Puzzles could be a little more engaging - Character development (Skills are hidden until you get the nearest skill - Why!?) Yeah, it's good. Not great, though with a little more design it could have been an excellent game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An classic medieval action game that is particularly enjoyable in co-op. The combat is straightforward, but the campaign offers a nice little story and a respectable amount of content for its age. 100% steam achievements Time : 31.3H Completion Difficulty : 4/10 Playthroughs : 1 Missables : None DLC Required : Yes included Guide Recommended : Yes Notable requirements : Complete the game on hard, complete every bonuses objectif, complete all arena without being hit.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've always been fond of bad games. There's something about them that brings me joy. You could argue this is a fundamentally broken and borderline unplayable game. And i'd partially agree with that. The setting is what really kept me engaged with this game. The gameplay mechanics itself are very much a product of it's era and while they aren't amazing it's serviceable and gets you from point A to B. The story very much like the setting is what carried this. TLDR: if the setting interests you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've played and enjoyed this game on pc and wish that I could use a cotroller with it. Maybe the steam deck can make that happen
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got this game in a Mystery games bunble. Game mechanics are old, screen resolution cannot do 2k. and you have 3rd party launcher Kalypso where you need to create account to play single player. Too much going on to bother any longer
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I would really recommend the game. Great immersive story given with dignity to European history it really deserves. The gameplay is really great and includes both combat and puzzles. Still good graphic (keep in mind the year the game was released). To add some ctiticism, I would say there are minor correction to the story, but they are really minor.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I play this game in year 2020. This 2011 game does not have the best graphics, the best combat control, the best CG action capturing, or the best story line. But everything is fine, nothing is bad, and it's fun to play. Metacritic and YouTube say this is a bad game. I would agree if it was at its original price of $45. But it's a $2.99 game now. If you get The First Templar in your library, go play this and you won't regret.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Graphics are dated, animations stiff , the sounddesign underdeveloped & fighting mechanics kinda meh and yet I had a lot of fun playing it in 2020. It has an interesting setting, nice enviroments and an ok story you wanna see through (or at least I did). Couldve used better loot ie loot other than cosmetics or temporary buffs and even if its just ~12hrs it has it length in the 2nd half. Get it on sale.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Well, I remembered this game better than it really is. Animations are simply terrible even for its time. Same can be said about overall fight mechanics. Story also seemed nothing special for a little time I managed to play. And who came up with the idea to force users register accounts online in order to play single player game?
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