Knights of the Crusades

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Title: Knights of the Crusades
Genre: Indie , Simulation , Strategy

Developer: Reverie World Studios

Publisher: indie.io

Franchise: indie.io

Release Date: Sep 6, 2025
Early Access Release Date: May 5, 2025

About This Game

Step into the thrilling era of the Crusades and forge your destiny in Knights of the Crusades . Combining real-time strategy, city-building, and sandbox gameplay, this immersive experience lets you rewrite history and lead a knightly order to glory. Will you rise as a beacon of faith, or succumb to the challenges of a war-torn world?

• Begin your adventure as a founding member of the legendary Templars or your custom Holy Order

• Travel from Western Europe to the Holy Land to take part in the First Crusades

• Become a founding father of the Holy Order

• Capture and develop hamlets with dozens of essential structures

• Navigate complex economy system with survival elements both in RTS and World Map modes

• Generate resources like silver and piety, which are critical for expanding your influence and sustaining your armies.

• Engage in epic RTS combat against AI armies on land and at sea.

• Defend your hamlets, siege massive cities, and rewrite history through challenging scripted scenarios.

• Transition into open-ended gameplay after the main campaign, capturing new territories and building alliances

• Experience escalating challenges with Muslim, Slavic, and Christian AI factions vying for control of key regions

• Lead campaigns in the Holy Land, Spain, North Africa, and Eastern Europe. Use strategy and diplomacy to secure alliances or crush your foes.

• Participate in historical events, like the Reconquista or the defense of Edessa, and determine the fate of the Holy Land.

• Explore a massive map filled with towns, cities, and pilgrim routes.

• Navigate dynamic events, including naval battles, sieges, and AI faction wars.

• Face challenges such as piety-driven resource systems, excommunication events, and escalating enemy attacks.

Will you rise to the challenge, expand your knightly order, and safeguard the future of Christendom? Knights of the Crusades invites you to embark on a grand journey of strategy, faith, and conquest.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

Small number of AI tools was used in development. For help with historical research, translation and upscaling store page art.

System Requirements

Windows

* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.

Minimum:

• Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  
• OS *: Windows 7
  
• Processor: 2.4 GHz Dual Core
  
• Memory: 3 GB RAM
  
• Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 / ATI Radeon HD 6570
  
• DirectX: Version 11
  
• Storage: 5 GB available space
  
• Sound Card: DirectX Compatible

Recommended:

• Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  
• OS: Windows 10
  
• Processor: 2.4 GHz Dual Core
  
• Memory: 5 GB RAM
  
• Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti / Radeon HD 6790
  
• DirectX: Version 11
  
• Storage: 7 GB available space
  
• Sound Card: DirectX Compatible

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