Crusader Kings II

Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.

Crusader Kings II is a grand strategy, strategy and medieval game developed by Paradox Development Studio and published by Paradox Interactive.
Released on February 14th 2012 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 4 languages: English, French, German and Spanish - Spain.

It has received 73,246 reviews of which 66,038 were positive and 7,208 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. 😎

The game is free to play on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Crusader Kings II into these genres:

Grand Strategy Strategy Medieval Historical Political Sim Simulation RPG Sandbox Multiplayer Politics Diplomacy Singleplayer Replay Value Real-Time with Pause Moddable Political Free to Play Character Customization RTS Great Soundtrack

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS: Win7 64-bit
Processor: Intel® Pentium® IV 2.4 GHz or AMD 3500+
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Hard Disk Space: 2 GB
Video Card: NVIDIA® GeForce 8800 or ATI Radeon® X1900, 512mb graphics memory required.
DirectX®: 9.0c
Sound: Direct X-compatible sound card
Additional: 3-button mouse and keyboard

MacOS

OS: 10.11 (El Capitan)
Processor: Intel Core Duo Processor (2GHz or better)
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Hard Disk Space: 2 GB
Video Card: ATI Radeon HD 6750 / NVIDIA GeForce 320 / NVIDIA GeForce
9600 or higher, 1024MB graphics memory required

Linux

OS: Ubuntu 16.04 x64
Processor: IntelR PentiumR IV 2.4 GHz or AMD 3500+
Memory: 4 GB
Hard disk space: 2 Gb
Video Card: ATI Radeon HD 6750 / NVIDIA GeForce 320 / NVIDIA GeForce
> 9600 or higher, 1024MB graphics memory required.

Reviews

Explore reviews from Steam users sharing their experiences and what they love about the game.

Dec. 2024

Stil miles better than CK3 in any way possible except the graphics. Far far superior to it's successor.

Oct. 2024

With all the DLCs, Crusader Kings 2 is a real fat, juicy duck in the medieval sandbox universe. At the moment it is "still" better than Crusader Kings 3, but I think in the future CK3 will stand out even more thanks to DLCs. There is somehow more going on in the CK2 universe (with all the DLCs). It's still fun to play a game here and there. No matter what I start, I always stick with the Norsemen. I prefer plundering. Anyway, you can lose a lot of time in here. You click around and somehow half the day is already over...

July 2024

>i serve the hre loyally for generations >my rulers provide quality service on the emperor's council, well liked by nearly everyone, one of them became a saint >i help defend southern italy from the byzantines and muhammadians >a syphilis ridden lunatic revokes all of my titles and no one comes to my defense 10/10 game

June 2024

If you feel like you have too much free time in your life and need a way to have that all disappear, this is the experience for you. With just an ounce of fantasy you can make believe entire Game of Thrones level plots in a medieval Europe, Africa, and Asia or other add-on/mod world of your desire.

Jan. 2024

my empire crumbled because i was left handed and my vassal didn't like that so he started a civil war and my herculean son was killed in combat, so when i died my idiot ugly son succeeded the throne and immediately got deposed with no surviving children

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Free to play

8.9

66,038

7,208

Online players

1,753

Developer

Paradox Development Studio

Publisher

Paradox Interactive

Release 14 Feb 2012

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