15 Best Medieval Strategy Games of All Time

Quick Review15. Medieval: Kingdom Wars14. Expeditions: Viking13. Vedelem: The Golden Horde12. The King’s Crusade11. Banished10. Ancestors Legacy9. Stronghold Crusader HD7. Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition6. Sengoku Jidai: Shadow of the Shogun5. Knights of Honor4. Nobunaga’s Ambition: Sphere of Influence3. Field of Glory 2: Medieval2. Total War: Shogun 21. Crusader Kings 3The Medieval period in human history is, curiously, one of the least covered eras in the strategy genre, with the vast majority of Medieval strategy games that do explore the Middle Ages centering around either Europe’s High Middle Ages or the Japanese Sengoku Jidai (Warring States) period. The Medieval aesthetic has found massive success in fantasy strategy gaming, but that’s a conversation for a different time.The dearth of strategy games covering the Medieval period does mean that there’s a goldmine of potential for developers to unleash their creativity and love for history. This also means the few high qualit...