Knights and Merchants
Worth it · Strategy · 2013
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
WAIT.
Worth it today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 60% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$9.99Worth it
Typical seasonal cut
$3.9960% offWorth it
- Cost per hourS
- $0.25/hr
- Reviews▼
- 85% of 4,977
- Genre rank
- Top 4% Strategy
Holding it back: Reviews
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $3.99 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 40h
- To 100%
- 56h 1.4x the story
Price and sales
- Sales
- 113 on record
- Typical cut
- 50% off
- Steam low
- $0.83 December 2015
- Sale every
- 36d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 23 now
- Cheaper than
- 29% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 89% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story
The value story
Across all 113 discounts in the 13 years tracked, the median cut is 50 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 6 days ago.
Its score sits in the top 4 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 71 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 89 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition ($14.99, scores 75) beats it on value, while it beats Settlement Survival ($19.99, scores 68).
More about Knights and Merchants
Of the 436 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 1 comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 74 percent of the 526 reviews written there were positive, against 85 percent overall, and those are 19 percent of everything written about it.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Last discount ended 6 days ago.
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
KNIGHTS and MERCHANTS recreates the era of the Middle Ages. Apart from the purely fictitious geography of our world, all game elements and scenes are based on the Anglo-Saxon period, 1200 A.D. And we haven't used imaginary elements like fabled creatures, either. The player takes on the role of an ordinary captain in the Palace Guard.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, 3D graphics card with DirectX 9.0c support, 502 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Knights and Merchants scores 71/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/253900/knights-and-merchantsReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 31, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.