Crusader Kings III on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

Love, fight, scheme, and claim greatness. Determine your noble house’s legacy in the sprawling grand strategy of Crusader Kings III. Death is only the beginning as you guide your dynasty’s bloodline in the rich and larger-than-life simulation of the Middle Ages.

Crusader Kings III is a strategy, medieval and grand strategy game developed by Paradox Development Studio and published by Paradox Interactive.
Released on September 01st 2020 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 8 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Korean and Polish.

It has received 124,131 reviews of which 112,162 were positive and 11,969 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 49.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 11.15€ on Instant Gaming.


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Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows® 10 Home 64 bit
  • Processor: Intel® Core™ i3-2120 / AMD® FX 6350
  • Memory: 6 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 660 (2GB) / AMD® Radeon™ HD 7870 (2GB) / Intel® Iris Pro™ 580 / Intel® Iris® Plus G7 / AMD® Radeon™ Vega 11
  • Storage: 8 GB available space
MacOS
  • OS: Catalina (MAC OS X 10.15)
  • Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-7820HQ
  • Memory: 12 GB RAM
  • Graphics: AMD® Radeon™ PRO 560 (4 GB)
  • Storage: 8 GB available space
Linux
  • OS: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  • Processor: Intel® Core™ i3-2120 / AMD® FX 6350
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 660 (2GB) / AMD® Radeon™ HD 7870 (2GB) / Intel® Iris Pro™ 580 / Intel® Iris® Plus G7 / AMD® Radeon™ Vega 11
  • Storage: 8 GB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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Feb. 2025
Be me start as a petty king and gains land Plague infects the land and I ignore it Die My young son inherits the throne dies from the same plague moments later My daughter takes the throne Immediately factions try to overthrow her Defeat all factions and stabilise the land and the kingdom is stronger than ever Die from plague again 10/10
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Jan. 2025
Absolutely one of the best autistic revisionist history time sinks to ever exist. One massive suggestion would include the renaming of cities captured by one culture in said culture's name for said city. I think this would allow for more comprehension and understanding of how cultures view one another and the possible claim fabrication could become that much more justified.
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Oct. 2024
80 hours in this game and just scratch the surface. Still so much to learn. The first 40 hours in-game time I didn't know what the fuck I was doing. I spend hours watching youtube guides but didn't really understand because it was packed with so much information. I later found this one below and this was a huge help: Beginner's Guide to CK3 Even Grandma Would Understand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujHYkZ0Ba_A&list=PLtLh7oY6l6_85up88dosi7Ih49MHCR0RX&index=1 This video was right video
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Sept. 2024
This is the best video game I've ever played. Gamers who love medieval history and storytelling - this is it. I've played countless games over years and I remember every single one vividly. Perfect blend of character-driven roleplaying and grand strategy. THE game.
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Aug. 2024
Game's great. You play not as the country, but as the ruler of the country's family. No other game does it as well, not even close. Ignore the haters. the game rocks.
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Crusader Kings III
8.9
112,162
11,969
Online players
18,902
Developer
Paradox Development Studio
Publisher
Paradox Interactive
Release 01 Sep 2020
Platforms
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