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RDBK Studios · 2025 · Windows

Steam: 52 % positive of 1,134 reviews, as of Oct 28

Renown is an intense medieval multiplayer survival experience set in a vast, ever-evolving world. Whether alone or rallying allies, gather resources, build powerful strongholds, and engage in brutal battles for dominance.

24 games that play like Renown and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Reign Of Kings, Medieval Dynasty and Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord.

Player tags

  • Survival
  • Crafting
  • Multiplayer
  • Open World
  • Open World Survival Craft
  • Medieval
  • PvP
  • Building
Map region: Survival & Crafting
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Steam reviews

What players say

Most recent reviewers do not recommend Renown: they cite a nearly empty player base, dead servers, janky combat and a lead developer's departure.

Many reviewers say the game has promise: the medieval base building, crafting and PvP mix appeals to them, and some like the armour and the historically inspired weapons. Some players also praise the updates that improved combat and added new content. Most complaints are about the state of the game itself: many players report that servers are empty or dead, that combat feels clumsy or gutted, and that optimisation, bugs and frequent map wipes make progress feel pointless. Many reviewers also criticise the developers, saying the original lead programmer was removed from the project and was not paid, and that community feedback was ignored or moderated away. Compared with Steam's overall totals, these recent reviews are much more negative, and most do not recommend the game.

Praised

  • Base building and crafting

    Players enjoy the base building and crafting systems and find them satisfying to learn and use.

    Some players
  • Medieval setting and armour

    Reviewers like the historically inspired weapons and armour and the medieval look of the game.

    A few players
  • Responsive developer updates

    Players say recent updates improved the combat and added content, and they appreciate the developers' responsiveness.

    A few players

Criticised

  • Empty, dead servers

    Reviewers report almost no players online, empty servers and dead populations, so the game feels pointless to play.

    Many players
  • Clunky, gutted combat

    Players find the combat janky, slow or stamina-based, and say it lost the depth they hoped for.

    Many players
  • Developer dispute and firing

    Reviewers criticise the removal of the original lead programmer, unpaid wages and royalties, and moderation of critical community members.

    Many players
  • Performance, bugs and wipes

    Players report poor optimisation, crashes, bugs and frequent map wipes that erase progress.

    Many players
Who it suits
For players who like sandbox survival and PvP who accept an unfinished game and are willing to wait for a populated server.
Who should skip it
Those who want a populated multiplayer game, polished combat or a stable experience should skip it, given the empty servers and the developer dispute.

Summarised by AI from 80 Steam reviews (English, helpful and recent), as of Oct 28, 2026.

Best matches

Plays and looks like Renown

These games are close to it by gameplay and by look, so they appear in both lists below.

By gameplay

Plays like Renown

Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

More matches

  1. Mount & Blade90 % positive of 5,331Shared: Open World · Medieval · Sandbox
  2. Mount & Blade: Warband96 % positive of 135,790Shared: Open World · Medieval · Sandbox
  3. Life is Feudal: Your Own65 % positive of 8,806Shared: Survival · Crafting · Open World
  4. Soulmask75 % positive of 18,611Shared: Survival · Crafting · Open World
  5. V Rising89 % positive of 111,013Shared: Survival · Crafting · Open World
  6. Smalland: Survive the Wilds81 % positive of 8,159Shared: Survival · Crafting · Open World
  7. ASKA79 % positive of 10,592Shared: Survival · Crafting · Open World Survival Craft
  8. Rend52 % positive of 1,559Shared: Survival · Crafting · Open World
  9. SCUM73 % positive of 99,049Shared: Survival · Crafting · Open World
  10. Wartales85 % positive of 32,494Shared: Survival · Open World · Medieval
  11. Chivalry: Medieval Warfare83 % positive of 44,455Shared: Medieval · PvP · First-Person
  12. Life is Feudal: MMO40 % positive of 7,354Shared: Survival · Crafting · Open World

By look

Looks like Renown

Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

More matches

  1. Hellish Quart87 % positive of 8,157
  2. Wartales85 % positive of 32,494
  3. Manor Lords83 % positive of 78,085
  4. Reign Of Kings55 % positive of 11,829
  5. The Blood of Dawnwalker86 % positive of 21,107
  6. Life is Feudal: MMO40 % positive of 7,354
  7. Hellsplit: Arena83 % positive of 3,736
  8. Mortal Online 259 % positive of 11,135
  9. Blade and Sorcery95 % positive of 59,319
  10. Game of Thrones: Kingsroad65 % positive of 8,123
  11. Robber Knight63 % positive of 287
  12. LIZARDS MUST DIE 294 % positive of 2,250

At a glance

What games like Renown have in common

  • The tags they share most often with Renown: Survival (20 of 24), Open World (20) and Crafting (18).
  • They came out between 2008 and 2026, 5 of them after Renown (2025).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Mount & Blade: Warband (96 % positive of 135,790).

How these matches work

Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.

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