87BANG SCORE
Knights and Merchants
banger · strategy · 2013
A lot of game for the money: about 40h, $9.99 (~$0.25/hr), 85% positive.
Better value than 88% of strategy games
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.
BANGER threshold
Already a BANGER at $9.99.
Buy it. The price is already a steal.
Real value
$0.25/hr over the 40h main story, $0.14/hr if you 100% it (70h).
Advertised
40h
main story (HowLongToBeat)
Completionist
70h
100% (HowLongToBeat)
$/hr (advertised)
$0.25/h
price ÷ advertised main-story hours
Price
$9.99
Reviews
85%
4,946 reviews
Players
1.5M
owners (estimate)
Released
2013
What drives the score
Value$0.25/hr
price per hour of game — the biggest driver
Reviews85% positive
gates the score — weak reviews cap it, strong reviews unlock a banger
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DeveloperTopware Interactive
PublisherTopware Interactive
Genrestrategy
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