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Games like Mount & Blade: Warband

If Mount & Blade: Warband is your kind of game, the closest matches are Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword, Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord and Viking Frontiers — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its deep customization through mods, rich multiplayer experience and immersive. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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Mount & Blade: Warband is a medieval action-RPG released in 2010 by TaleWorlds Entertainment, available for $19.99. Set in the fictional land of Calradia, it combines open-world exploration with role-playing elements in a historical-fantasy setting. Players can build their own band of warriors, lead armies into tactical battles where positioning matters, and compete in multiplayer battles. Reviewers highlight the immersive nature of the experience, while players describe it as nostalgic. The game supports extensive modding that enables deep customization, and critics note its rich multiplayer experience. It runs as Playable on Steam Deck and holds a 98% positive rating from over 54,000 Steam reviews.

About Mount & Blade: Warband: In a land torn asunder by incessant warfare, it is time to assemble your own band of hardened warriors and enter the fray. Lead your men into battle, expand your realm, and claim the ultimate prize: the throne of Calradia!

2010ActionRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableMetacritic 78Windows · macOS · Linuxby TaleWorlds Entertainment
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Players who liked Mount & Blade: Warband also play

Steam players who put hours into Mount & Blade: Warband also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Mount & Blade: Warband.

    Top pick for Mount & Blade: Warband fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Mount & Blade: Warband.

    The standalone expansion for Mount & Blade! With Fire & Sword builds and expands upon the highly regarded combat system from Mount & Blade: Warband. Firearms have been introduced to the battlefield.

    2011ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord

    WHY THIS

    Shares mod support and an immersive mood with Mount & Blade: Warband.

    Second-strongest match for Mount & Blade: Warband fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Mount & Blade: Warband.

    A strategy/action RPG. Create a character, engage in diplomacy, craft, trade and conquer new lands in a vast medieval sandbox. Raise armies to lead into battle and command and fight alongside your troops in massive real-time battles using a deep but intuitive skill-based combat system.

    2022ActionStrategyIndie49.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Viking Frontiers

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Mount & Blade: Warband fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Mount & Blade: Warband.

    Survival of your people - that's the only thing that matters. Become the leader of a newly founded Viking settlement and lead it to safety and glory. Gather, build, craft, hunt, raid and follow your Gods to endure hardships of nature and save your clan from violent destruction.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Kinstrife

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Mount & Blade: Warband fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Mount & Blade: Warband.

    Medieval strategy RPG with revolutionary physically simulated combat. Become a wandering knight, journeying to castles and towns in your quest for fortune & glory, fighting in battles & tournaments. Build your wealth, equipment & following - and carve out your destiny in a time of strife!

    ActionSimulationRPGSteam ↗
  5. Knights of Light: The Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Mount & Blade: Warband fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Mount & Blade: Warband.

    Action adventure role playing game during medieval age in Middle East. Story is based on a historical battle at the 7th century in Iraq. Inspired by The Witcher and Mount & Blade with a rich story with two playable characters. Relive the battle events and lead your troops to victory.

    2020ActionAdventureRPG24.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Mount & Blade

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Mount & Blade: Warband.

    Ranked #6 for Mount & Blade: Warband fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Mount & Blade: Warband.

    Calradia is a land at war, offering great riches and even greater dangers to adventurers and mercenaries that flock to shed their blood on its soil. With courage and a strong sword, an unknown stranger can make a name as a warrior. Free-form sand-box gameplay.

    2008IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Kingdom Come: Deliverance

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Mount & Blade: Warband.

    Ranked #7 for Mount & Blade: Warband fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Mount & Blade: Warband.

    Story-driven open-world RPG that immerses you in an epic adventure in the Holy Roman Empire. Avenge your parents' death as you battle invading forces, go on game-changing quests, and make influential choices. Explore castles, forests, villages and other realistic settings in medieval Bohemia!

    2018ActionAdventureRPG29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Kingdom Come: Deliverance II

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Mount & Blade: Warband fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Mount & Blade: Warband.

    A thrilling story-driven action RPG, with a rich open world, set in 15th century Medieval Europe. Experience the ultimate medieval adventure - through the eyes of young Henry - as you embark on a journey of epic proportions.

    2025ActionAdventureRPG59.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Mount & Blade: Warband

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord

    WHY THIS

    Shares mod support and an immersive mood with Mount & Blade: Warband.

    Reviewers of Mount & Blade: Warband cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Mount & Blade: Warband.

    A strategy/action RPG. Create a character, engage in diplomacy, craft, trade and conquer new lands in a vast medieval sandbox. Raise armies to lead into battle and command and fight alongside your troops in massive real-time battles using a deep but intuitive skill-based combat system.

    2022ActionStrategyIndie49.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Mount & Blade: Warband.

    Reviewers of Mount & Blade: Warband cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars sends the player into the heroic XIX century where they assume the role of a commander to take part in the massive historical battles for the supremacy over Europe.

    2011Strategy4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Fire and Steel

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Mount & Blade: Warband cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    Fire & Steel is the first chapter of a fast-paced, old-school, arcade aerial shooter where you burn down the mighty armies of World War II as young Dragon Aiden!

    20216.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. MORDHAU

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Mount & Blade: Warband cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Mount & Blade: Warband.

    MORDHAU is a multiplayer medieval slasher. Create your mercenary and fight in brutal battles where you will experience fast paced combat, castle sieges, cavalry charges, and more.

    2019ActionIndie29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Age of Viking Conquest

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Mount & Blade: Warband cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    Age of Viking Conquest is a conquest strategy simulation about vikings invasions across Europe... and elsewhere

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Oblivion

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Mount & Blade: Warband cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    Oblivion is a short, story-driven first-person horror game. Uncover the truth hidden within an abandoned school — but beware, some memories were never meant to return.

    2025IndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Lord of the Rings: War in the North

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Mount & Blade: Warband.

    Reviewers of Mount & Blade: Warband cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with Mount & Blade: Warband.

    Work together or die alone in this epic quest to turn the tides in the War of the Ring.

    2011ActionRPGSteam ↗
  8. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Mount & Blade: Warband cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with Mount & Blade: Warband.

    Embody the superhuman skill and brutality of a Space Marine. Unleash deadly abilities and devastating weaponry to obliterate the relentless Tyranid swarms. Defend the Imperium in spectacular third-person action in solo or multiplayer modes.

    2024ActionAdventureRPG59.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Mount & Blade: Warband at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Mount & Blade: Warband on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Mount & Blade: Warband.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Mount & Blade: Warband on Steam right now. Shares Action with Mount & Blade: Warband.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Mount & Blade: Warband on Steam right now. Shares Action with Mount & Blade: Warband.

    Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Mount & Blade: Warband on Steam right now. Shares Action with Mount & Blade: Warband.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Mount & Blade: Warband on Steam right now. Shares Action with Mount & Blade: Warband.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Mount & Blade: Warband on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Mount & Blade: Warband.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Mount & Blade: Warband on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Mount & Blade: Warband.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Mount & Blade: Warband on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Mount & Blade: Warband.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Mount & Blade: Warband.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Mount & Blade: Warband.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Mount & Blade: Warband.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Mount & Blade: Warband.

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from TaleWorlds Entertainment

Other recommendable Steam games by TaleWorlds Entertainment, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord

    WHY THIS

    Shares mod support and an immersive mood with Mount & Blade: Warband.

    Another title from TaleWorlds Entertainment, the studio behind Mount & Blade: Warband. Shares Action with Mount & Blade: Warband.

    A strategy/action RPG. Create a character, engage in diplomacy, craft, trade and conquer new lands in a vast medieval sandbox. Raise armies to lead into battle and command and fight alongside your troops in massive real-time battles using a deep but intuitive skill-based combat system.

    2022ActionStrategyIndie49.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Mount & Blade: Warband.

    Another title from TaleWorlds Entertainment, the studio behind Mount & Blade: Warband. Shares Action and RPG with Mount & Blade: Warband.

    The standalone expansion for Mount & Blade! With Fire & Sword builds and expands upon the highly regarded combat system from Mount & Blade: Warband. Firearms have been introduced to the battlefield.

    2011ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Mount & Blade

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Mount & Blade: Warband.

    Another title from TaleWorlds Entertainment, the studio behind Mount & Blade: Warband. Shares RPG with Mount & Blade: Warband.

    Calradia is a land at war, offering great riches and even greater dangers to adventurers and mercenaries that flock to shed their blood on its soil. With courage and a strong sword, an unknown stranger can make a name as a warrior. Free-form sand-box gameplay.

    2008IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Mount & Blade: Warband

Does Mount & Blade: Warband run on Steam Deck?
Mount & Blade: Warband is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Mount & Blade: Warband cost?
Mount & Blade: Warband is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Mount & Blade: Warband have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Mount & Blade: Warband supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player).
What games are most similar to Mount & Blade: Warband?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Mount & Blade: Warband are Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword, Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord, Viking Frontiers.
Who developed Mount & Blade: Warband?
Mount & Blade: Warband was developed by TaleWorlds Entertainment.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Mount & Blade: Warband.

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