The Guild II
Skip · Strategy · 2010
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 32, under the fair line, at $9.99.
- Cost per hourS
- $0.80/hr
- Reviews▼
- 71% of 849
- Critics
- 61 players 10 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 44% Strategy
Holding it back: Reviews
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 12.5h
- To 100%
- 48.8h 3.9x the story
Price and sales
- Sales
- 94 on record
- Typical cut
- 75% off
- Steam low
- $0.99 September 2019
- Sale every
- 45d last September 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 2 now
- Cheaper than
- 29% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 37% of its genre
Price and player charts
Players
- Players online
- 2 when we last checked, on Oct 27, 07:56 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
The value story
The value story
94 discounts in the 14 years on record, a median of 75 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Its score sits in the top 44 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 71 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 63 percent. Among the games that feel like it, The Guild II Renaissance ($9.99, scores 60) beats it on value, while it beats The Guild 3 ($29.99, scores 10).
More about The Guild II
61 from critics against 71 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.
Inside the two-hour refund window, 53 percent of the 138 reviews written there were positive, against 71 percent overall, and those are 23 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 12.5 hours; clearing it takes 49, which is 3.9 times the campaign.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 31 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
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
What players say
Believe in fairness, and you'll get crushed. To survive, you have to question power.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
The Guild II is an unusually ambitious blend of life simulation, economic management, and political strategy developed by 4HEAD Studios and published by THQ Nordic that places the player not above history, but directly inside it. Rather than casting you as an abstract ruler or omniscient manager, the game asks you to live a life in a medieval city, navigating commerce, relationships, reputation, and power from the...
I recall playing this game years ago before steam was a thing... and while I'm not saying that it's because of a steam port that t his game is unplayable I would think that some bugs would have been fixed or support updates to happen. I get it. It's an older game and comes with quirks but actions like healing or combat getting stuck for days, not resetting with multiple reloads are off-putting. If you choose to play...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
The Guild 2 is the shining successor of the ultra successful medieval life sim, Europe 1400. The Guild 2 is a unique mixture of RPG and life simulation in an immersive middle ages scenario. The player and his party become part of history and can even change it in real-time. Go back to the dark middle ages and found a new dynasty!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, DirectX9 capable graphics adapter with Pixelshader Model 1.1. Windows only.
No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
The Guild II scores 32/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/39650/the-guild-iiReviews 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 Nov 6, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.