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Steam app 253900 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 19:32 UTC

Knights and Merchants

KNIGHTS and MERCHANTS recreates the era of the Middle Ages. Apart from the purely fictitious geography of our world, all game elements and scenes are based on the Anglo-Saxon period, 1200 A.D. And we haven't used imaginary elements like fabled creatures, either. The player takes on the role of an ordinary captain in the Palace Guard.

Knights and Merchants Steam header artwork
Topware InteractiveTopware Interactive
117playing now
12824-hour peak
7,450all-time peak
64average, last 30 days

The last 30 days

−4.1Gain−6%% gain141Peak

717 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.

0387611415213 Aug18 Aug23 Aug28 Aug02 Sep07 Sep12 SepThursday 13 August 202692 peakFriday 14 August 202687 peakSaturday 15 August 2026119 peakSunday 16 August 2026131 peakMonday 17 August 2026112 peakTuesday 18 August 2026133 peakWednesday 19 August 2026120 peakThursday 20 August 2026115 peakFriday 21 August 2026115 peakSaturday 22 August 2026113 peakSunday 23 August 2026138 peakMonday 24 August 2026113 peakTuesday 25 August 2026127 peakWednesday 26 August 2026116 peakThursday 27 August 202691 peakFriday 28 August 2026122 peakSaturday 29 August 2026110 peakSunday 30 August 2026141 peakMonday 31 August 2026117 peakTuesday 01 September 202697 peakWednesday 02 September 2026113 peakThursday 03 September 2026103 peakFriday 04 September 2026118 peakSaturday 05 September 2026132 peakSunday 06 September 2026121 peakMonday 07 September 2026121 peakTuesday 08 September 2026110 peakWednesday 09 September 2026119 peakThursday 10 September 2026107 peakFriday 11 September 2026128 peakSaturday 12 September 2026117 peak
Daily peakEvery hourly sample

All time

156 months, October 2013 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.

02k4k6k8k201320152018202020222024October 2013212 monthly peakNovember 201380 monthly peakDecember 201373 monthly peakJanuary 201468 monthly peakFebruary 201448 monthly peakMarch 201465 monthly peakApril 201493 monthly peakMay 201453 monthly peakJune 201451 monthly peakJuly 201449 monthly peakAugust 2014157 monthly peakSeptember 2014186 monthly peakOctober 2014150 monthly peakNovember 2014113 monthly peakDecember 2014108 monthly peakJanuary 2015152 monthly peakFebruary 2015610 monthly peakMarch 2015275 monthly peakApril 2015213 monthly peakMay 2015118 monthly peakJune 2015171 monthly peakJuly 2015112 monthly peakAugust 2015180 monthly peakSeptember 2015137 monthly peakOctober 2015180 monthly peakNovember 2015334 monthly peakDecember 2015289 monthly peakJanuary 2016161 monthly peakFebruary 2016138 monthly peakMarch 2016164 monthly peakApril 2016108 monthly peakMay 2016101 monthly peakJune 2016103 monthly peakJuly 2016127 monthly peakAugust 2016170 monthly peakSeptember 2016112 monthly peakOctober 201699 monthly peakNovember 2016302 monthly peakDecember 2016128 monthly peakJanuary 2017164 monthly peakFebruary 2017155 monthly peakMarch 2017186 monthly peakApril 2017136 monthly peakMay 2017201 monthly peakJune 2017159 monthly peakJuly 2017485 monthly peakAugust 20171,159 monthly peakSeptember 2017925 monthly peakOctober 2017147 monthly peakNovember 20173,223 monthly peakDecember 2017660 monthly peakJanuary 2018750 monthly peakFebruary 20181,209 monthly peakMarch 20181,404 monthly peakApril 2018800 monthly peakMay 2018451 monthly peakJune 20183,120 monthly peakJuly 20181,823 monthly peakAugust 2018543 monthly peakSeptember 20182,576 monthly peakOctober 2018304 monthly peakNovember 2018776 monthly peakDecember 2018597 monthly peakJanuary 2019458 monthly peakFebruary 20197,450 monthly peakMarch 2019946 monthly peakApril 2019521 monthly peakMay 20192,940 monthly peakJune 20191,038 monthly peakJuly 20194,904 monthly peakAugust 20192,486 monthly peakSeptember 20191,041 monthly peakOctober 2019581 monthly peakNovember 20192,465 monthly peakDecember 20191,063 monthly peakJanuary 20203,872 monthly peakFebruary 2020870 monthly peakMarch 20203,189 monthly peakApril 2020430 monthly peakMay 2020379 monthly peakJune 2020258 monthly peakJuly 2020271 monthly peakAugust 2020279 monthly peakSeptember 2020307 monthly peakOctober 2020204 monthly peakNovember 2020279 monthly peakDecember 2020241 monthly peakJanuary 2021188 monthly peakFebruary 2021181 monthly peakMarch 2021167 monthly peakApril 2021169 monthly peakMay 2021141 monthly peakJune 2021114 monthly peakJuly 2021124 monthly peakAugust 2021126 monthly peakSeptember 2021123 monthly peakOctober 2021596 monthly peakNovember 2021711 monthly peakDecember 2021821 monthly peakJanuary 2022169 monthly peakFebruary 2022151 monthly peakMarch 2022136 monthly peakApril 2022466 monthly peakMay 2022140 monthly peakJune 2022131 monthly peakJuly 2022454 monthly peakAugust 2022200 monthly peakSeptember 20221,163 monthly peakOctober 2022136 monthly peakNovember 2022161 monthly peakDecember 2022161 monthly peakJanuary 2023162 monthly peakFebruary 2023183 monthly peakMarch 2023173 monthly peakApril 2023159 monthly peakMay 2023132 monthly peakJune 2023127 monthly peakJuly 2023120 monthly peakAugust 2023129 monthly peakSeptember 2023130 monthly peakOctober 2023171 monthly peakNovember 2023163 monthly peakDecember 2023186 monthly peakJanuary 2024164 monthly peakFebruary 2024159 monthly peakMarch 2024158 monthly peakApril 2024143 monthly peakMay 2024131 monthly peakJune 2024139 monthly peakJuly 2024140 monthly peakAugust 2024123 monthly peakSeptember 2024172 monthly peakOctober 2024145 monthly peakNovember 2024164 monthly peakDecember 2024188 monthly peakJanuary 2025172 monthly peakFebruary 2025158 monthly peakMarch 2025154 monthly peakApril 2025161 monthly peakMay 2025280 monthly peakJune 2025278 monthly peakJuly 2025148 monthly peakAugust 2025296 monthly peakSeptember 2025141 monthly peakOctober 2025150 monthly peakNovember 20251,946 monthly peakDecember 2025367 monthly peakJanuary 2026183 monthly peakFebruary 2026659 monthly peakMarch 20261,016 monthly peakApril 20261,091 monthly peakMay 2026143 monthly peakJune 2026294 monthly peakJuly 2026129 monthly peakAugust 2026141 monthly peakSeptember 2026132 monthly peak
Monthly peak

The last four months

Show:

The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.

03876114152July 2026August 2026September 2026October 2026July 2026129 peak — daily detail belowAugust 2026141 peak — hourly detail belowSeptember 2026132 peak — hourly detail below
Monthly peakHas finer data

July 2026

31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.

0357010413901 Jul06 Jul11 Jul16 Jul21 Jul26 Jul31 JulWednesday 01 July 202697 peakThursday 02 July 2026116 peakFriday 03 July 202697 peakSaturday 04 July 2026120 peakSunday 05 July 2026128 peakMonday 06 July 2026108 peakTuesday 07 July 202698 peakWednesday 08 July 202697 peakThursday 09 July 2026108 peakFriday 10 July 202697 peakSaturday 11 July 2026110 peakSunday 12 July 2026125 peakMonday 13 July 2026109 peakTuesday 14 July 202693 peakWednesday 15 July 2026108 peakThursday 16 July 202690 peakFriday 17 July 202698 peakSaturday 18 July 2026112 peakSunday 19 July 2026129 peakMonday 20 July 202697 peakTuesday 21 July 2026110 peakWednesday 22 July 2026117 peakThursday 23 July 2026112 peakFriday 24 July 2026107 peakSaturday 25 July 2026101 peakSunday 26 July 2026120 peakMonday 27 July 2026122 peakTuesday 28 July 2026114 peakWednesday 29 July 2026117 peakThursday 30 July 2026105 peakFriday 31 July 2026103 peak

August 2026

31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 436 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.

0387611415201 Aug06 Aug11 Aug16 Aug21 Aug26 Aug31 AugSaturday 01 August 2026119 peakSunday 02 August 2026127 peakMonday 03 August 2026119 peakTuesday 04 August 2026120 peakWednesday 05 August 2026117 peakThursday 06 August 2026105 peakFriday 07 August 2026111 peakSaturday 08 August 2026116 peakSunday 09 August 2026127 peakMonday 10 August 2026115 peakTuesday 11 August 2026132 peakWednesday 12 August 2026116 peakThursday 13 August 202699 peakFriday 14 August 202687 peakSaturday 15 August 2026119 peakSunday 16 August 2026131 peakMonday 17 August 2026112 peakTuesday 18 August 2026133 peakWednesday 19 August 2026120 peakThursday 20 August 2026115 peakFriday 21 August 2026115 peakSaturday 22 August 2026113 peakSunday 23 August 2026138 peakMonday 24 August 2026113 peakTuesday 25 August 2026127 peakWednesday 26 August 2026116 peakThursday 27 August 202691 peakFriday 28 August 2026122 peakSaturday 29 August 2026110 peakSunday 30 August 2026141 peakMonday 31 August 2026117 peak

September 2026

12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 281 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.

0367110714301 Sep03 Sep05 Sep07 Sep09 Sep11 SepTuesday 01 September 202697 peakWednesday 02 September 2026113 peakThursday 03 September 2026103 peakFriday 04 September 2026118 peakSaturday 05 September 2026132 peakSunday 06 September 2026121 peakMonday 07 September 2026121 peakTuesday 08 September 2026110 peakWednesday 09 September 2026119 peakThursday 10 September 2026107 peakFriday 11 September 2026128 peakSaturday 12 September 2026117 peak

October 2026

Knights and Merchants was released on 14 Oct, 2013.

Not out yet.There is nothing to draw for this month.
Nothing here is interpolated or estimated; where a sample is missing the line is broken.

Game information

Updated 12 Sep 2026, 19:32 UTC
App ID
253900
Last updated
17 Dec 2018 build 3404581
Developer
Topware Interactive
Publisher
Topware Interactive
Release date
14 Oct, 2013
Platforms
WindowsmacOSLinux
Download size
367 MB
Install size
522 MB
Genres
Simulation, Strategy
Game modes
Single-player, Multi-player
Controller support
Unknown

Features & support

Steam features

Steam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

Controllers & input

Accessibility

Popular tags

StrategyColony SimMedievalCity BuilderRTSSimulationClassicSingleplayerHistoricalMultiplayerResource ManagementOld SchoolGreat SoundtrackManagementDifficult2DEconomyNostalgiaAction1990's
About this gameFull description from Steam
KNIGHTS and MERCHANTS recreates the era of the Middle Ages. Apart from the purely fictitious geography of our world, all game elements and scenes are based on the Anglo-Saxon period, 1200 A.D. And we haven't used imaginary elements like fabled creatures, either. The player takes on the role of an ordinary captain in the Palace Guard. A conspiracy against the king catapults the captain into a situation where he finds himself responsible for the defence of the last royal province. This is all that remains of the shattered kingdom, which has been split into numerous small principalities and fiefdoms. And now even the king himself, ensconced in his capital, is threatened by enemy armies. This is the starting point of your Middle Ages adventure. Now you must win back all those provinces which once belonged to your king. THE SHATTERED KINGDOM: After many battles, a former kingdom has been divided into many small principalities and earldoms. The kingís troops were pushed back into one last royal province, and the rulers of the other provinces waged terrible, destructive wars against one another. The whole land fell into a state of chaos and now the former royal capital itself is under siege by the armies of the rebel lords. You belong to the last remaining group of loyal kingís men, and have been commanded to go to the king in view of the imminent attack. THE PEASANTS REBELLION: Build a prosperous settlement with a complete economy. Arm your troops and meet the enemy on the battle field! Master these tasks and the King’s subjects will be able to live in peace and freedom again. GAME FEATURES: Middle ages simulation and Real-time strategy 2 campaigns "The Shattered Kingdom" and "The Peasants Rebellion" with a total of 34 missions Skirmish Mode and 10 Multiplayer-Maps About 25 different types of buildings More than a dozen different types of characters Over 10 different troop types, including archers, scouts, knights, bowman and barbarians Multiplayer battles with up to 6 players in LAN or through the Internet New Musical Score
Content & age ratings2 regional ratings

Regional ratings

ESRBeViolence
PEGI12Violence · Bad language
System requirementsMinimum and recommended hardware

Minimum

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 Processor: Intel or AMD Singlecore CPU Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: 3D graphics card with DirectX 9.0c support DirectX: Version 9.0c Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 500 MB available space Sound Card: DirectX compatible Stereo Soundcard Additional Notes: Keyboard, Mouse

Recommended

Recommended: OS *: Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 Processor: Intel or AMD Singlecore CPU Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: 3D graphics card with DirectX 9.0c support DirectX: Version 9.0c Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 500 MB available space Sound Card: DirectX compatible Stereo Soundcard Additional Notes: Keyboard, Mouse

macOS

Minimum: OS: Mac OS X 10.7 or higher Processor: Intel Mac Single Core CPU Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: 3D graphics card with 128 MB RAM Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 500 MB available space Sound Card: required Additional Notes: Keyboard, Mouse Recommended: OS: Mac OS X 10.8 or higher Processor: Intel Mac Single Core CPU 2.0 GHz Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: 3D graphics card with 128 MB RAM Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 500 MB available space Sound Card: required Additional Notes: Keyboard, Mouse

Linux

Minimum: OS: Ubuntu 12.04 or SteamOS Processor: Intel or AMD Singlecore CPU Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: 3D graphics card with OpenGL support Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 500 MB available space Sound Card: required Additional Notes: Keyboard, Mouse Recommended: OS: Ubuntu 15.10 or SteamOS Processor: Intel or AMD Singlecore CPU Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: 3D graphics card with OpenGL support Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 500 MB available space Sound Card: required Additional Notes: Keyboard, Mouse
Supported languages9 languages
LanguageFull audio
English●
French●
German●
Spanish - Spain
Dutch
Hungarian
Polish
Russian
Czech●

A blank audio cell means full audio was not marked in the returned language list.

Screenshots & trailersScreenshots and trailers

Trailers

AchievementsTotal count and selected achievements

5 developer announcements, Feb 2015 to Dec 2018 · times in UTC

December

  1. Digital Deluxe Content Released!

    The KNIGHTS and MERCHANTS DIGITAL DELUXE CONTENT includes: The Art of Knights and Merchants consisting of - Digital Artbook (36 pages) - Two Maps and Full-HD Wallpaper - Poster Art - Sliding Puzzle Game (Windows only) - Cheats - Official…

    Raidor [dph]

August

  1. Now available for Mac OSX !

    Today we released a Wine Port for Mac OSX.

    Raidor [dph]
  2. Now available for Mac OSX !

    Today we released a Wine Port for Mac OSX.

    Patch notes

February

  1. Trading Cards released!

    6 cards, 6 profile backgrounds, badge and 7 emoticons are available now. Drop rate is 15 Minutes.

    Raidor [dph]
  2. Trading Cards released!

    6 cards, 6 profile backgrounds, badge and 7 emoticons are available now. Drop rate is 15 Minutes.

    Patch notes

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