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Citadels
Developer Games Distillery s.r.o.
Citadels is a real-time strategy video game developed by Games Distillery and published by bitComposer Games. Based on a loose interpretation of the King Arthur tale, players are tasked with restoring the honor, glory and reign of the Arthurian line. With two separate campaigns, players are given the choice of seeing the Good or Evil side of the war, as they carve a path into an uncertain future for the King and his… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
274 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Oct 22, 2026 · last updated Oct 23, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
8
Rotten
14 positive · 159 negative
95% range 5–13%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 14 | 159 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 29 | 1 | 56 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 0 | 2 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Negative
35 of 278 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
8% recommend · 15 yes, 163 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 178 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Negative (75 of 494 positive).
Some players note the game has a good concept but is poorly executed. [1][2][3]
Liked
Representative posts
- [4]
Honestly, most of the reviews are negative. But in my opinion the game is really good even with its cons. This game is definently comparable to Lord of the Rings Battle for Middle Earth 2. The gameplay is mostly the same, but you can control each warrior, you have more choise in building, more ressources to gather, etc. There are obviously some cons if there are mostly negative reviews. - Typically, I have a GTX 980 …
- [13]
Absolutely unplayable in its current state. Nearly every aspect from UI to AI is fundamentally flawed and bugged. Patches were promised and never delivered. ** GAME IS NO LONGER IN DEVELOPMENT ** ** GAME IS NO LONGER IN DEVELOPMENT ** ** GAME IS NO LONGER IN DEVELOPMENT ** ** GAME IS NO LONGER IN DEVELOPMENT ** ** GAME IS NO LONGER IN DEVELOPMENT ** DO NOT SPEND YOUR MONEY HERE.
- [2]
So this game had the potential to be great, but everything they tried to do was simply implemented horribly. I tried to see the positives in this game to no avail. My rant/review shall now commence. You'd imagine that the wall and citadel construction would have been done right since it's the bloody title of the game.. well guess again, it's horrendous and inexplicably complicated and bugy. (also for some reason, …
- [7]
Absolute trash, never again will I purchase a game from this company. They showed a great game, it is visually appealing, but thats where it ends, I have a high end gaming rig that can run just about anything, but this junkware keeps crashing. Never been able to finish the first level without multiple restarts and crashes, luckily I learned to save very frequently. Absolute no for recommending this. Not even if it …
- [3]
I kept coming back to this game hoping it would be improved. It had such potential. Unfortunately, every single bug remains from when I first bought it when it first became avaialble to now. Peasants will suddenly bug out and stop what they should be doing, buildings will be halted in mid-construction with no way of demolishing them or completing them, and various other issues crop up on a regular basis with no …
Summarised from 35 of the 264 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Players who liked Citadels talk about good concept and potential; those who didn't talk about frequent crashes and freezing. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Citadels was met with negative reception. It has a Metacritic score of 20. Common complaints, associated with Citadels, include "pathing" issues, basic real-time strategy features missing or underdeveloped, basic commands are very unresponsive, tedious gameplay elements and poor tutorial and in-game instructions.
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 274 · most liked firstAbsolutely unplayable in its current state. Nearly every aspect from UI to AI is fundamentally flawed and bugged. Patches were promised and never delivered. ** GAME IS NO LONGER IN DEVELOPMENT ** ** GAME IS NO LONGER IN DEVELOPMENT ** ** GAME IS NO LONGER IN DEVELOPMENT ** ** GAME IS NO LONGER IN DEVELOPMENT ** ** GAME IS NO LONGER IN DEVELOPMENT ** DO NOT SPEND YOUR MONEY HERE.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is terrible. The videos and screenshots are deceptive, making the game appear to be of a higher quality than it actually is. The graphics are low quality, the UI is badly programmed, and there is no tutorial, making it difficult to learn how to play. $40 is incredibly overpriced for this.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Edit: Dec 2022 On sale for a 1.49...It's not much, still not worth it. As I say below, there is a good concept here...putting aside the "jank" and not being able to build walls properly for a stronghold/castle.. The real problem is, after first few battle maps you play, some don't load right and there is no way to finish them. The later you get in the game, the more common this happens, I think it was the only 5th or 6th mission the objective wasn't on the map. Probably most of my hours were…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So this game had the potential to be great, but everything they tried to do was simply implemented horribly. I tried to see the positives in this game to no avail. My rant/review shall now commence. You'd imagine that the wall and citadel construction would have been done right since it's the bloody title of the game.. well guess again, it's horrendous and inexplicably complicated and bugy. (also for some reason, the further away you place your wall, the less fps you have, I don't understand…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Absolute trash, never again will I purchase a game from this company. They showed a great game, it is visually appealing, but thats where it ends, I have a high end gaming rig that can run just about anything, but this junkware keeps crashing. Never been able to finish the first level without multiple restarts and crashes, luckily I learned to save very frequently. Absolute no for recommending this. Not even if it were free would I recommend it as it only causes serious frustration. May 12,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I would love to have my money back on this games as it is unplayable. It locks up both of the computers I own. The lack of an autosave feature in a game with this many issues is appaling.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No tutorial, cursor not worling properly, no explanations on how things works... don't buy this game...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I kept coming back to this game hoping it would be improved. It had such potential. Unfortunately, every single bug remains from when I first bought it when it first became avaialble to now. Peasants will suddenly bug out and stop what they should be doing, buildings will be halted in mid-construction with no way of demolishing them or completing them, and various other issues crop up on a regular basis with no workarounds that I could find. Do yourself a favor and save your money.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →False advertising and poor execution make for one of the worst strategy games to date.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Abandon-ware at it's worst. Do not waste your money on this unfinished, unpatched mess.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hah... I remember when this hit the store page and it was in my face. I was young and foolish and bought it with out waiting on reviews. Chriiiiist this is an awful game? Can I get a full refund almost 10 years later with 37 mins of play time?
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Learning how to play Citadels this morning. #boardgames
neutral · AI labelView post →Quite possibly... Sorry. Definately, the worse game I have ever had the misfortune to buy. Save the money you would spend on this game and buy the equivalent amount of salt. Now poor the salt in a bath then turn on the taps. The salt will last a lot longer then you would do playing (I say "playing" in a very loose sence as you cannot actually play it!) the useless game. And the benefit of doing this will be to clean out the waste pipe from your bath. So a double bonus.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game is terrible. Luckily I had no problems with crashing through nearly the entire first level (although I did crash near the end). Outside of that, however, the design on this game was just COMPLETE trash. I had no damn clue what I was supposed to be doing the entire time, how do I gather resources? what the hell are my peons doing? What? I'm under attack? Where? Make a wall? What? how? Oh, I can't make a wall anywhere but here. oh they just go around the wall.. Even MAKING the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →UI and AI is terrible, looks pretty enough and great concept...frustrating to play!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Another example of Devolpers taking the money and running.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dont do it...dont ever buy it. It's not finished, it's incomplete, and the developer is done with it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A top 10 is so stressful so this is always subject to change based on recency bias but OFF THE DOME: Duel for Middle Earth Citadels Fake Artist Goes to New York Harmonies Splendor Duel Azul Modern Art Coup Railroad Ink XCOM Board Game Uggghhhhh yeah
neutral · AI labelView post →I am a huge fan of RTS games, this one sucks. Dont buy.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Now...this game makes you sad. The onliest good thing are the screenshots on the store page. The rest is far worse. You plain simply can't build a nice castle. Especially not when there is something as horrible as water or a cliff nearby. The units move strange. There is no fun at all. I am angry, annoyed and forced myself to learn the name of the publisher and producer to make sure I never buy anything from these guys again.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is unfinished and should be removed..its a total scam.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Citadels is a fun tabletop game! but i played the 3-player version of the game, and it definitely is a lot more manageable than a 7-8 player game. i hope i get to play again weeee
positive · AI labelView post →I would like this game more if it didnt crash so frequently
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After trying to play this game quite a few times. I got up to the 3rd level. And it kept freezing. The AI of your units is so bad that they all seem to find the dumbest way of doing things. Then run straight at the enemy castle and get killed. The ability to select what you want by clicking on it normally gets something near by and not what you want. Drives you insane. I would not even buy this on sale. I can not recommend this to anyone. Well maybe if they fix the bugs I could. But will see.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Could be fun..if I could play for more than 8 minutes at a time. Crashes continuously. Can't believe Steam still allows it to be sold. Shame on you Steam.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →crash so frequently i got bored with it DO NOT BUY
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As previous commenters said: It's unplayable! DO NOT BUY!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →cant even get past first mission, absolutely horrible show from the developers... do not ever buy this game no matter how cheap it is
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the first level was ok. i got through with no bugs. the second level didn`t do jack and refused to let me do anything useful. skirmish crashed. 40 bucks for a tech demo. 0.01 for the gameplay 39.99 for a meh graphics engine
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →BOUGHT THIS GAME YEARS AGO. STAY AWAY, DO NOT BUY
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A very poor RTS, full of bugs and lacking in featuers. It would have been bad even in the late 90's to expect anyone to buy for this in 2015 is laughable.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's like the screenshots are from a whole other game...Nah I didn't like it. At all.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just watch WTF is Citadels by Total Biscuit on Youtube. He pretty much somes it up.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Today was our 5th wedding anniversary. Traditional gift: Wood 😏 Jokes aside was a nice day. Went for breakfast and had a banana-churro Belgian baffle! Then we came home and game servers were down so we dissected a card game called Citadels 1v1 while the dog snoozed. Life is *deep-calm-sigh 😊
neutral · AI labelView post →Can you believe this crap was, at one point, over $30? I can.....................:(
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I can't see coursor - impossible to play :(((
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game looks so great in screenshots, but is such a let-down to play :( I, of course, ignored all the negative reviews because it just looked so purty. Huge mistake. This game is not worth the cost of entry.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great turn out for Ladies+ Table at @gamesandstuffmd.bsky.social tonight! The group keeps growing and it is so great to make new friends every other week. We played Spots, Citadels, Wingspan, River Valley Glassworks, Barenpark, and Trekking National Parks.
neutral · AI labelView post →Just so, so, so broken.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Still crashes. very slow , clutter interface never got past 2nd mission. worst buy in a very long time. half a dozen patches no real improvment.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bad game. Don't waste your time with this one. Go play Strongholds
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Absolutely terrible game. good points: ---------------- bad points: -terrible AI - extremly bad graphics (screenshots look like a completely different game) -buggy as all hell, half of the game mechanics are glitched or don't work at all -unstable framerate (intel I7, 16gb ram, gtx 860m) -majorly overpriced, worth 5 at max. and the list goes on.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ninth family game for Christmas is a seven-player session of Citadels including @kbowenwriter.bsky.social @raptor788.bsky.social @arctick9.bsky.social - crazy hidden identity game when seven out of eight roles are in play
neutral · AI labelView post →[Patch Notes] 0.1.1 Patch Notes. #### 0.1.1 Patch Notes This patch contains new endgame tower maps, checkpoints for map areas, respawn attemps for the Arbiter of Ash, as well as many monster changes, unique changes, improvements and bug fixes. **Endgame Changes** - Added 4 new Tower Map areas: Alpine Ridge, Bluff, Mesa, and Sinking Spire. - The Lost Towers Map area has also been revamped. - To address the problem of only having one attempt at the Arbiter of Ash Boss fight, you will now…
neutral · AI labelView post →Don't Buy it! Even if you love castle/turtle game with building elements. DON'T!!! This game got more bugs than Blizz Servers on launch days!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →crashes constantly
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This was a game that had a lot of potential. Never could play it. Full of bugs, and it appears it was abandoned early on.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →so lot people saying game sucks and what not, in fact I recall trying to play it on windows and it was broken. Just put over a hour into it in Linux and its working fine. The combat system is retarded though, so dont waste your time with this
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Are you looking for a medival game with great design and clever AI? Well then! ...keep looking. Just stop and turn around. I am serious. I know my "game time" says what? 10min? But its at least 2-3hours. I just sat there, trying to figure out what the heck I was supposed to do. Such as resources... why arent my people doing what I tell them to? My people just stand there and does nothing when i tell them to do something. Its like the developers decided "meh, lets release and hope stupid…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The pathing in this game is an abomination, it's really unplayable. . .
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not worth $40!! Wasnt when it came out either!!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm managing to keep up some steam behind my Play Something Old series of posts. This time I've taken a look back at one of my first, and still one of my favourite games - Citadels. The butterscotch gold tokens are too good, and the game still holds up today punchboard.co.uk/play-somethi...
positive · AI labelView post →Another great evening of games, Space Team, Citadels, Flip 7 (With a Vengance) and our usual finish game, Love Letter. #boardgames #tabletopgames #nerdlings
neutral · AI labelView post →One more week to back FLAILS & CITADELS Pocket on the Game Crafter crowd sale! The more backers, the better the price for everyone. 👍 It is a grimdark open-world adventure in a mint tin box, which can also serve as an expansion for DOOM PILGRIM Pocket. ⚔💀⚔ www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/fl...
neutral · AI labelView post →In some European countries, Citadels (one of my all-time favourite board games) is called Machiavelli, and that's a way better description of the game! #Citadels #Machiavelli #BoardGames #CardGames
positive · AI labelView post →Yesterday, played Citadels and Secrets. Secrets is definitely one of my favourite party games. This week, Spirit Island (best board game ever imho) and some Marvel Champions on tabletop simulator. Last week also played some Radlands and Watergate for some one vs one fun. Haven't played Brass in a while, should set up a group for that at some point.
neutral · AI labelView post →Worst game ever. Nothing more needs to be said, The original AOE puts this game to shame. For someone to try and sell this game is a crime. The devs are probablly enjoying all that money and laughing on a beach somewhere.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →DO NOT BUY 0/10 To make the review short, you might as well buy Stronghold or Age of Empire. For a strategy game it's just way too simple in my opinion. Building and Unit choice is very limited and you can experience everything in 3 missions. It brings nothing new to the genre and it's not improving on anything.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hey nerds: I’m trying to identify a game I used to play ~20 years ago. It was a card game and I think it was marketed as being similar to Citadels. It was kind of medieval-themed and had characters with powers that did things, like I think there was a witch and a king and stuff. Ringing any bells?
neutral · AI labelView post →Our June 2026 plays. I randomly brought Citadels to the meetup, and it has been a hit. There is an amusing meta game forming. I also revisited the West Kingdom after a too-long hiatus. It got me contemplating buying Viscounts, since I haven't tried the trilogy finale. #bgstats #boardgames
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