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IndieRPGSimulationStrategyColony SimBase BuildingVoxelSurvivalManagement

813 playing

Peak in the last 24 hours: 1,609

Peak in the last 7 days: 1,991

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Game description

Build and manage your own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by wilderness. With detailed management, survival strategy, and a moddable sandbox world, Going Medieval challenges you to build the mightiest colony this side of the apocalypse.

Basic info

DeveloperFoxy Voxel
PublisherMythwright
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckPlayable
Release dateMar 17, 2026
Price

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Minimum specs

OSWindows 10 (64-bit)
ProcessorIntel Core i5-9400F or AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Memory8 GB
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (4 GB) or AMD Radeon RX 580 (4 GB)
Storage2 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 450 reviews from the past 1 year

77.4/ 100
Bottom 50%

Steam rating: Very Positive (89%)

Metacritic: 76 /100

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 25, 2026)

Building a medieval colony and keeping its settlers alive, Going Medieval scores 77.4 across 450 analyzed reviews.

👍 Strengths

159 reviews enjoy it, and the most upvoted calls it worth the money and time, with mod support adding more. 60 praise the creative freedom of the building system, and some also like the perk mechanics. 37 credit a small developer team that listens to the community and delivers substantial updates. Tech & Support ranks 362nd of 1399, and Gameplay appears in 66% of analyzed reviews.

👎 Where it falls short

53 reviews report bugs, with some describing broken settler AI that gets stuck or works through walls, and a few feel it is still unpolished after the full release. 39 criticize the controls and combat feel, with some pointing to archers that will not shoot, poor pathfinding and an unintuitive selection tool. 29 describe performance problems, saying the frame rate drops sharply as colonies grow larger. Content Volume ranks 844th of 1351, Pricing & Fairness ranks 858th of 1399, and Gameplay ranks 663rd of 1396.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“worth the money and time, good game that takes mods” · 159 reviews
“building system and perk mechanics are engaging” · 60 reviews
“small dev team actively listens to community, gathers feedback, delivers substantial updates” · 37 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 66% of reviews · Top 50% of the games we've analyzed

Freedom +2.58 · Room to explore, build, and play your own way
Positive “building system and perk mechanics are engaging” · 60 reviews
Negative “family mechanics completely missing, gutting roleplay and immersion of medieval era” · 14 reviews

Progression 19% · Difficulty 12% · Onboarding 15% · Strategy 25% · Controls & feel 18%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 16% of reviews · Bottom 30% of the games we've analyzed

World +2.54 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is
Positive “the game has soul and enchanting atmosphere” · 15 reviews
Negative “soulless game, everything well-made but boring and tedious” · 2 reviews

Story 2% · Characters 5%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 33% of reviews · Bottom 40% of the games we've analyzed

Variety -1.67 · Fresh content and situations versus repetition
Negative “limited event variety and repetitive gameplay loop” · 17 reviews

Volume 22% · Replayability 6%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 17% of reviews · Bottom 40% of the games we've analyzed

Visuals +2.41 · Graphics, art style, and animation
Positive “3D building with multiple style choices allows interesting constructs” · 36 reviews
Negative “incessant weather effects, foggy screen, graininess, terrible camera” · 4 reviews

Audio 3%

Playing with others, the community and servers

Not enough data — only 3% of reviews mention this.

Community +2.32 · Who you play with — how many, and how friendly

Playing together 1% · Servers & Connection 0%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 15% of reviews · Bottom 40% of the games we've analyzed

Balance -0.30 · Whether classes, weapons, and builds are evenly matched
Negative “last update allows AI to destroy stone walls, breaking core siege mechanic” · 13 reviews

Anti-cheat 0% · Pricing 4% · Matchmaking 0%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 45% of reviews · Top 30% of the games we've analyzed

Developer support +0.44 · Updates, patches, and how devs respond to players
Positive “small dev team actively listens to community, gathers feedback, delivers substantial updates” · 37 reviews
Negative “developers ignore feedback and add pain points with updates” · 7 reviews

Stability 19% · Performance 11%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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