The Best Medieval Games for Xbox One

Update 24 April 2024: Teared added at rank #43.

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Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord is an expansive open-world RPG/strategy hybrid set in a Medieval world. You lead a rag-tag group of mercenaries and gradually build up your forces, recruiting more troops, improving the quality of your army and taking on ambitious tasks. As you progress through the game you can choose to live a peaceful life or aim to become a powerful ruler with the ultimate goal of becoming the new ruler of Calradia.

• In-depth character creator
• Intense melee combat and tactical battles
• Thousands of hours of potential gameplay
• emergent storytelling and replayability
• Sandbox mode with customizable scenarios
• Multiplayer modes for instant action distraction

• Difficult console controls
• old-fashioned character models
• overwhelming opening hours

• medieval
• sandbox
• battle
• rpg
• strategy
• combat
• war
• horses
• fight
• open-world
• tactical

Good match + 82 Bad match - 128

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Pentiment can be seen as a educational game set in the 15th century, combining point-and-click adventure with role-playing elements and a branching narrative. It follows Andreas Mahler as he tries to clear his friend's name while uncovering the secrets of a small Bavarian town.

• Captivating story
• Immersive atmosphere
• Beautiful visuals and sound
• Interesting characters and dialogue
• Deep RPG elements and replayability

• Limited number of puzzles which are not particularly challenging

• historical
• narrative
• mystery
• medieval
• rpg
• choices
• book
• crime
• adventure
• detective
• education
• story
• fiction
• stylized
• local

Good match + 27 Bad match - 69

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The Vale: Shadow of the Crown is an RPG that relies solely on auditory perception to create an immersive experience for both those with vision impairments and those without. It follows Alex, a princess born blind who has been banished to the borderlands of her kingdom, as she attempts to reunite with her brother while supernatural forces attempt to prevent her from succeeding.

• Incredible immersion
• Sold gameplay mechanics
• Phenomenal sound direction and fascinating story and characters
• Forgiving approach to failure
• Creative "do over" experience for story proposes

• Requires some level of patience
• Gamers with hearing impairments might not be able to enjoy the title

• rpg
• medieval
• action-adventure
• narrative
• archery
• drama
• emotional
• combat
• fantasy
• swordplay
• story
• audio
• hunting
• magic
• adventure

Good match + 38 Bad match - 66

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In Wartales, you will lead a group of mercenaries through an open-world medieval landscape, filled with treasure and mysteries to uncover. Customize your team with specialized skills and equipment, as you traverse a vast terrain via horseback or on foot. With a turn-based combat system, anticipate encountering various enemies requiring strategic planning and coordination for success. Bond with your fellow comrades and celebrate an accomplished day of pillaging with a well-earned feast. In this harsh world, will you endure and prosper? Play Wartales and find out!

• Exciting turn-based combat
• Extensive customization options
• Immersive map interactions
• Amusing lock picking and puzzle-solving
• Enticing exploration opportunities

• Harsh early-game difficulty
• Repetitive late-game combat
• No horse-riding option for faster travel
• Lack of hints for in-game quests
• Troop deployment is somewhat illogical

• turn-based
• rpg
• tactical
• open-world
• medieval
• combat
• battle
• survival
• strategy
• fight
• cooperative
• sandbox
• low-fantasy
• crafting
• exploration

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Besiege is a physics based building game in which you construct medieval siege engines. Battle your way through a 54 level singleplayer campaign, unleash chaos with your friends in multiplayer, create your own worlds with the level editor, customize your game with mods through the workshop.

• sandbox
• building
• physics
• medieval
• destruction
• lego
• science
• vehicle
• funny
• humor
• editor
• level
• gilliam
• relaxing
• strategy

Good match + 42 Bad match - 55

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In Kingdom Two Crowns, players must work in the brand-new solo or co-op campaign mode to build their kingdom and secure it from the threat of the Greed. Experience new technology, units, enemies, mounts, and secrets in the next evolution of the award-winning micro strategy franchise!

• micro
• medieval
• pixel
• colony
• strategy
• side-scrolling
• cooperative
• base-building
• tower-defense
• city-building
• simulation
• building
• scroller
• survival
• 2d

Good match + 24 Bad match - 22

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Follow the grim tale of young Amicia and her little brother Hugo, in a heartrending journey through the darkest hours of history.

• stealth
• medieval
• story
• dark
• atmospheric
• survival
• third-person
• adventure
• horror
• emotional
• historical
• action-adventure
• violent

Good match + 16 Bad match - 6

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Graveyard Keeper is a hilarious and morbidly funny game where you manage your own graveyard. You'll have to make tough ethical choices and manage your resources as you grind up corpses to sell the local butcher and explore dungeons. The game is addictive, unique, and perfect for RPG enthusiasts looking for something different.

• Challenging gameplay that rewards strategic thinking
• Engaging story with a rich world to explore
• Good graphics and sound design
• Decent game time
• Reasonably priced

• Can be too grindy for some players
• Endgame content is lacking
• Lack of polish in certain areas

• farming
• medieval
• simulation
• cemetery
• management
• crafting
• pixel
• local
• match-three
• sims
• zombies
• noir

Good match + 102 Bad match - 259

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Lead Abby the string puppet through a bruised, but beautiful fairy tale world in this cinematic adventure. Solve riddles, evade traps and shake off pursuers on the way to find freedom. Can Abby take control of her fate with all the strings attached?

• platform
• puzzle
• well-written
• narration
• wholesome
• medieval
• 2.5d
• short
• cinematic
• scroller
• atmospheric
• story
• fantasy
• theater
• physics

Good match + 136 Bad match - 300

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• choices
• life
• medieval
• card
• humor
• visual-novel
• simulation
• multiple-endings
• dark
• hand-drawn
• magic
• 2d
• funny
• cute
• family-friendly

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