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Crusader Kings II
Crusader Kings II makes preserving a dynasty the heart of its medieval grand strategy: expand your domain, manage vassals, and navigate rivalries across generations. At the tracked low, it costs $0.00 at 
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Its player rating is 90% from 73,887 reviews. Consider whether political planning and succession appeal to you before buying, rather than judging the game by its historical setting alone. With English, French, German, and Spanish as interface languages and activation on DRM-Free, you can weigh the buying details against $0.00.
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01About Crusader Kings II
Guide a Christian dynasty through medieval Europe, managing succession, court intrigue, and rival lords. Expand your feudal domain, build prestige, and try to keep it intact across generations. Steam player rating: 90% from 73,887 reviews. Release date: February 14, 2012.
Credits
Developer
Paradox Development Studio
Publisher
Paradox Interactive
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$0.002023-08-12 · GOGBase game · same records as the chart above; USD history, not a regional Steam low.Language support
| Language | Interface | Subtitles | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Yes | — | — |
| French | Yes | — | — |
| German | Yes | — | — |
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| Language | Interface | Subtitles | Audio |
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Steam PC edition data · 2026-10-17
02Before you buy
Dynasty and rule
This historical grand-strategy game follows a Christian dynasty across generations as you expand a demesne and navigate court plots.
Modes and languages
The Steam PC listing specifies single-player and competitive multiplayer with up to 32 other players. Listed interface languages are English, French, German, and Spanish.
03Frequently asked questions
What is the game about?
You guide successive descendants of a Christian lord, seeking to preserve the dynasty and build its prestige.
Does it have multiplayer?
Yes. The Steam PC description specifies competitive multiplayer for up to 32 other players.
What period does a campaign cover?
A game can begin at any point from 1066 to 1337 and continue until 1453.
Popular Steam reviews
Native-language selection · 10 reviewsSelected helpful reviews in this language show both recommendations and criticisms. This selection does not represent the overall positive rating; opinions reflect the version reviewed.
RecommendedSteam player
Crusader Kings 2 is a complex grand strategy game. The most complicated game I've ever played. Be prepared to spend hours and I mean hours confused as hell, looking at youtube, the wiki and forums. Once it clicks though, it's awesome. Not for everyone, but its kinda like playing through 'real life' Game of Thrones (there's a game of thrones mod too). You control a land owning character starting on any date between 1066 and 1453 AD (The Old Gods DLC will push this starting date back to 867 if you wish). You can start as a powerful emperor or a lowly count. The map you play on is more or less Europe stretching into parts of Asia and Africa. Your sole goal in the game is to keep your bloodline going (and I believe holding land). Other than that, there isn't a win screen, there aren't defined goals, its open ended, you play until 1453AD and then the game ends (save exportable to Europa Universalis 4 to continue your game with the purchase of a DLC). You get a 'score', but that is just a rough estimate on how prestigious and pious your bloodline was. It's quite possible to have 400 years of super rewarding gameplay without getting a high score. This is a trend you will see me developing on and is a big part of what makes CKII so awesome. That's kinda hard to grasp, but it is less awkward than it sounds. The goals sort of present themselves naturally. You don't often sit there with no idea what to do (again, once you understand the game), you kind of always have something you're working towards. For a first time player this is usually just become as powerful as possible, i.e. aquire land, become a king, then become an emperor and expand your empire. If you're an advanced player you can set your own crazy goals, roleplay, or do other things to spice up the game. The game runs in 'real time', with a day going by a few times a minute on normal speed. You can fast forward and pause. Most of the time you will indeed be going through various menus. Arranging marriages, keeping tabs on powerful families, plotting assinations, acquiring territory through political shennigans, keeping your subjects happy, bringing in powerful characters to tutor the children of the realm and hold office, and much more. You can micromanage to your hearts content, play a more hands off style, or switch between the two. When combat breaks out, it is done by moving stacks of armys around the campaign map, meeting an opposing army will cause a battle. These really just compose of watching numbers go down, and kills go up, so if you're looking for Total War style combat you arent going to get it here. Don't be fooled though, many times I've been on the edge of my seat watching these numbers change. The combat system is quiet nuanced as well. To be the most effective you have many things to consider. Terrain bonuses, attrition penalties, appointing competant commanders from your realm, and more add depth. In all I highly recommend this game to anyone who has played something like Civ or Total War and fancy themself a strategy gamer, is looking for a challenege, and has a lot of patience. This is kinda the next step you can take into something quite a bit more complicated. That is the path I took into the game am loving it. The game is still actively having expansions and patches developed for it as of the writing of this review 11/25/2013. Full disclosure: Your reviewer has not quite finished a playthrough yet but am close. I have 120 hours playtime. I own the dlcs The Old Gods, Legacy of Rome, and the Europa Universalis 4 save converter. I solely purchased EU4 because of how much I enjoyed my crusader kings 2 game and wanted to continue playing my empire, I haven't even played it yet. Also: Don't buy for full price. Even though it is worth it, getting the game and all the dlc all at full price is pretty expensive. The base game is often on sale or in bundles. This is my first steam review so if you think this is helpful give the thumbs up and I'll do some more reviews. Hope you enjoyed reading.Show moreShow less
123.9 hours at review3,969 people found this helpful
Not recommendedSteam player
This is a good game. A fantastic game, even. To my knowledge it's never really been done before (besides crusader kings I, obviously) It's incredibly entertaining. You can do some absolutely hilarious things Is it worth 40 USD? Of course Does it cost 40 USD? Not quite Scroll up See that 'Downloadable content for this game' section? Click see all. Scroll down Yes, 194.49 218.46 USD. That's how much DLC is in this game. Remember all those youtube videos you watched? Remember how fun it looked? I can guarantee you most of the entertaining features you saw in that video are going to cost you at least another 5 USD each. Remember seeing that youtuber raiding england and pillaging all the churches as a viking warrior? 15 USD. Remember seeing them ruling mediterranean trade as the venetian republic? 10 USD. Remember how they conquered all of europe for the caliphate? 10 USD. Remember how they united india under one glorious empire? 15 USD. Remember how they designed their own character to conquer europe with? 5 USD. Remember how not all of the different nationalities looked exactly the same? That's going to cost you another 2 USD per portrait set. Remember how not all of the units looked exactly the same? 2 USD per unit set. Remember all of that different music in the background? That's going to set you back as well It's a great game Would it be worth 40 USD? Yes Is it worth 234.48 258.45 USD? No. Not at all. Which is why I couldn't possibly recommend it Now, if there were a way to play the full game without spending hundreds of your hard-earned (insert currency here), then it would be a different story... (EDIT) If you can catch it on a 75% sale like what's on until the 5th of october then that's a solid deal, just know that the 'collection' doesn't include all of the DLCs like you'd be forgiven for assumingShow moreShow less
27 hours at review1,065 people found this helpful
RecommendedSteam player
At the age of 16, my character developed a mad crush on a local girl. He crept into her room and banged her, then declared he loved her. 9 months later she gave birth to a child, he decided he didn't like it, smothered this child in its crib, pushed his lover off a balcony and then married a horny Greek princess and did it all over again until he commited suicide at the age of 72 because his son turned gay after coming back from a visit to Constantinople. Brilliant!Show moreShow less
411.5 hours at review1,909 people found this helpful
Not recommendedSteam player
Buy Crusader Kings II: Collection BUNDLE -15% Your Price: 222,09€ Oy vey what a bargain! Edit: rollback or not paracucks are still ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥Show moreShow less
36.7 hours at review781 people found this helpful
RecommendedSteam player
Meh, the fun only lasts for a little bit, so I didn't play for very long.Show moreShow less
2,484.5 hours at review1,883 people found this helpful
Not recommendedSteam player
I don't agree to the EULA in several ways. Might have to boykotboycott other Paradox Games if they have the same EULA. "...you...agree to be bound by its terms and conditions, including the provisions in Section 5 on collection of information" Yeah, not agreeing here. "This EULA incorporates by reference Paradox’s Privacy Policy (https://www.paradoxplaza.com/privacy)" Guess I have to go through this one, too. Section 5 (mentioned above: "...collect information from you when you use the Game. Such information includes your -> SteamID -> computer configuration -> gameplay behavior (wait, what!) and progress -> browser type -> platform type -> software usage This information is gathered periodically... to facilitate the provision of software updates, product support and other services related to the Game [AdTech companies maybe?]. On a bright side though they allow: "Create and make publicly available so called “Let´s Play Videos” containing the images and sounds of the Game... and ...the following copyright notice must be displayed prominently: “Game © Paradox Interactive AB www.paradoxplaza.com.” If soundtracks from the Game are used, the artist and/or composer of each soundtrack must be credited as well." "Make copies of the Game as may be necessary for backup and archival purposes." Privacy Policy over @ https://www.paradoxplaza.com/privacy-policy-static-info-ca.html doesn't need a cookie set (hell, it could be a static site right there as it's just text) but still complains about not being able to cross-site, and cross-device track me. I am supposed to check and enable this privacy violation: "Your browser is currently not set to accept cookies. Please turn this functionality on or check if you have another program set to block cookies." ♥♥♥♥ you. "Last update 2017-10-16; Changelog: - Collection of Personal Information/Game platform ID and other identifiers: the following Personal Information have been added to this Privacy Policy: IDFA (iOS), Advertiser ID (Android) and Google Play Advertising ID. A new part about ad networks and advertisements has also been added." "This Privacy Policy applies to websites operated by Paradox, ... , your use of our services, such as the Paradox Store, Paradox Forums and Paradox Accounts, and the use of our games or other products or applications ..." "...you agree and acknowledge that Paradox collects and processes Personal Information from you when: ... iii) playing our games ..." "We may also receive Personal Information about you when working with marketing partners or social media sites to match your Personal Information with information you have provided to such third party, in order to bring you more relevant advertising content." "... collect your Steam ID, PSN ID, Xbox ID, IDFA (iOS), Advertiser ID (Android), Paradox Account ID or other identifiers and game platform ID such as IP address, geo-location (based on your Internet Protocol (“IP”) address), Google Play Advertising ID, Windows Phone Device ID or MAC address which identify you, and we collect information about how you use our Services, for example which games you play, how often and for how long you play them, and other similar information about in-game activity. We may associate an IDFA (iOS) or Advertiser ID (Android) with Personal Information or with other persistent device identifiers (for example, MAC address, or IMEI) at any time." Last, but not least, cream of the crop: "Paradox... shares your Personal Information with third parties ... when service providers under contract help us provide services to you ... [and] ... when working with marketing partners or social media sites to match your Personal Information with information you have provided to such third party... [and] when your Personal Information has been anonymized and aggregated." They must not have read the studies, papers and research that shows that basically anything these days can easily be de-anonymized.Show moreShow less
0.1 hours at review748 people found this helpful
RecommendedSteam player
Noticed one day that my little boy turned gay all of a sudden. Couldn't think of any good reason for it, so I click on his "Relations" tab. And what do I see? My uncle, listed as my boy's "Lover." 10/10, would imprison and execute my pedophilic gay uncle again.Show moreShow less
391.8 hours at review1,492 people found this helpful
Not recommendedSteam player
DON'T BUY THIS GAME REPEAT DON'T BUY THIS GAME this coming from someone who was a HUGE fan of Paradox, due to EU2 - 3 and 4.. With this game PARADOX crossed a BIG FAT RED LINE in terms the way it markets its products Like a lot of people apparently, I was already a little bit annoyed with Paradox 's DLC policy, which was obviously "hooking" its customers by giving an "entry platform game" at a reasonable (but by no mean cheap!) price, and them making them pay again and again for bits of advanced rules at outrageous price. I could however accept it, because the "basic package" was indeed a playable and enjoyable game. In other terms, one could always choose whether or not to buy any of the proposed "expansions". Or so I believed... But what happened to me playing CKII is NOT ACCEPTABLE and is BUSINESS MALPRACTICE. After hours and hours of play, I found myself trapped into an chain of event which left no option than to convert to paganism, but then the game told me that I couldn't continue to play because I didn't but the "old gods" extension. This is a COMPLETE DEPARTURE from what I experienced with EU4 : the extensions were "add-on" whose absence never hindered my playing experience. Here, quite simply CKII declares your game "over" because you don't have the right DLC, and this after several hours of playing time. SO BASICALLY WHAT PARADOX SOLD ME AS A GAME WAS, IN FACT, A DEMO ! I bought CK2 for about 40 euros, but now in fact I have To shell out 15 more for this "old gods" extensions" which most probably only deals with a relatively minor aspect of the game. And if it happened once , I have every reason to believe that it will happen again, sometime in the future with some other aspect of the game... What price am I supposed to pay for a "fully playable version" 70 euros ? 100 euros ? more ? SINCE PARADOX DIDN'T DEAL HONESTLY WITH ME, I WILL NOT PAY A CENT MORE ! I won't buy the "old gods" DLC , or any other. PARADOX HAS PROBABLY LOST ME AS A CUSTOMER.Show moreShow less
28.2 hours at review692 people found this helpful
RecommendedSteam player
Daughter contracted syphilis. Made her marry my enemy and give him syphilis. 10/10 biological warfare simulatorShow moreShow less
15.6 hours at review1,464 people found this helpful
Not recommendedSteam player
Your DLC policy is possibly the worst one I have ever seen.Show moreShow less
113.4 hours at review480 people found this helpful
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