King's Bounty: Warriors of the North
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Game
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King's Bounty: The Legend
Developer Katauri Interactive
King's Bounty: The Legend (Russian: King's Bounty: Легенда о рыцаре) is a tactical role-playing video game developed by Russian studio Katauri Interactive and published by 1C Company for Microsoft Windows in 2008 and Mac OS X in 2012. The game is based upon the King's Bounty property released by New World Computing in 1990, and blends elements of the original game with a modernized interface and gameplay elements.… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
231 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
80
LovedLoved
139 positive · 35 negative
95% range 73–85%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 139 | 35 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 10 | 1 | 38 |
| Lemmy * | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
1,094 of 1,279 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
81% recommend · 141 yes, 33 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 174 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (3,674 of 4,055 positive).
Players praise the game's charm, tactical combat, and sense of adventure. [1][2][3] Some reviewers note the game can be repetitive and unforgiving. [4][5][6] Several players criticize the addition of a launcher to an old game. [7][8][9]
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Representative posts
- [7]
they are adding a useless ad-riddled launcher without any valuable update to the game. Could've done achievements and widescreen support instead of a launcher but oh well. https://steamcommunity.com/games/25900/announcements/detail/501717042106204501
- [1]
King's Bounty: The Legend is by far my favorite in the series. It's so good. This year, 2026 at the time of this writing, they have improved support on modern PCs and Steam achievements are on the way. Nice to see this 2008 game getting more attention!
- [2]
The game is one of those that just makes you smile. The colorful world, the silly humor, the relaxing yet tactical battles all come together in a really enjoyable way. I first played it around 2009 or 2010, thanks to a CD that came with a gaming magazine. Had no idea what I was getting into, but I ended up completely hooked. I still replay it from time to time, and it holds up really well. Out of all the games in …
- [4]
King's Bounty: The Legend was not a game I expected to enjoy because it's so different from what I was expecting. I have an appreciation for turn based games, mainly because I am slow and boring, but the first few times I tried King's Bounty's battle system I was left feeling put off. Easily the biggest annoyance comes in learning your limits; it's far too easy for enemies to absolutely decimate your forces, and …
- [3]
King’s Bounty: The Legend is a standout entry in the tactical turn-based strategy and role-playing genre, marrying old-school sensibilities with modern design in a way that both honors its roots and establishes its own distinct identity. Developed by Katauri Interactive and released in 2008, the game is a spiritual successor to the 1990 classic King’s Bounty—a precursor to the Heroes of Might and Magic series. What …
Summarised from 34 of the 227 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 12, 2026. How summaries are made
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King's Bounty: The Legend sits at 80% positive across 174 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
The IGN review of King's Bounty: The Legend praised the combat system, noting its depth and the need for players to stay alert. Highlighted negatives included the ostensible lack of balance in the difficulty of fights, with some foes being impossibly difficult to defeat in an area of otherwise relatively weak opponents. Overall, though, the title garnered a score of 8.1/10, and the review concluded: "While King's Bounty has some issues, there's a lot to like about the game". The GameSpy review highlighted the larger variety of different troops available in the game, which along with the role-playing customization elements, help the game to feel fresh. As with the IGN review, the GameSpy…
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Reactions
60 of 231 · most liked firstthey are adding a useless ad-riddled launcher without any valuable update to the game. Could've done achievements and widescreen support instead of a launcher but oh well. https://steamcommunity.com/games/25900/announcements/detail/501717042106204501
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →it's one of the first games i fell in love with when i was a kid and somewhere along the line i picked it back up as a web-based game, so it remains one of the 2 games I'm halfway competent at still playing. (the other one is King's Bounty)
positive · AI labelView post →Game Boy Color has these wonderful ports (I guess they can be called official "demakes") of Heroes of Might & Magic games that feel like a missing link between Heroes and King's Bounty. First game is basically Heroes 1, but the second game is more like Heroes Greatest Hits.
neutral · AI labelView post →The psychopaths that own the rights to this game plan to add a launcher to a 17 year old title. For no other reason than they're psychopaths. Just a gentle reminder that 'postponed indefinitely' does not mean the same thing as 'cancelled permanently'. Postponed - Delayed Indefinitely - For a time that we aren't yet sure of So it's been delayed until they think they can get away with it again. Sorry, this review stands.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →King's Bounty: The Legend is by far my favorite in the series. It's so good. This year, 2026 at the time of this writing, they have improved support on modern PCs and Steam achievements are on the way. Nice to see this 2008 game getting more attention!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The King's Bounty game are on deep discount on Steam, and if you like turn based my army of monsters fights yours combat it's really good. The story is such that I click click past it at this point. It's not bad or anything just trite and only sometimes amusing. But the games, solid fun.
neutral · AI labelView post →I've seen someone else mention these, but I have to recommend them as well: **Maniac Mansion** (1987). It's the first SCUMM (_Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion_) engine game that all its successors use (Indy 3 & 4, Monkey Island, Sam and Max Hit The Road, etc). Really hard game play from what I can remember, and it has a sequel too, Day of the Tentacle (1993), which is absolutely hilarious. **Laser Squad** (1988) was among my favourites growing up, they are the precursor to UFO/XCOM…
neutral · AI labelView post →So after opening my steam library today I was greeted by King’s Bounty’s developers or publisher’s (whatever) announcement to implement their “new launcher” to the game – a what.. almost 20year old game at this point? So yeah, usually I wouldn’t give a ♥♥♥♥, yet another useless bloatware created purely out of greed, big whoop... Except for my untarnished regard for those games, despite not having touched King’s Bounty in years AND that tone and how they framed that ad, it kinda caught my…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Well, Fantasy Roundstrategie has 3 big Names. First we have HEROES OF MIGHT AND MAGIC. The Game that brought us the "Just one more move, one more move…." addicting Feeling. HEROES OF MIGHT AND MAGIC got 7 Parts and since today the new (old) one: OLDEN ERA. Second we have DISCIPLES that got his latest Part: DOMINATION this Year in February. And third we have this! Welcome to KINGS BOUNTY: THE LEGEND! KINGS BOUNTY first appeared in 1990 and is considered a precursor to HEROES OF MIGHT AND…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →💔I first played this game when it came out in 2008💔 💔I consider it a legendary game of its time💔 💔That's why I recommend her💔
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. (5/20) King's Bounty #GameChallenge #Games #GameDev #PromoSky
neutral · AI labelView post →Adding in a sneaky way to advertise to people playing a 20-year-old game. What a trash company.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I do NOT want or need another damned launcher. And to add insult to injury, we have to use it just to able to disable it... like, WHAT?? Shame on you. Trash company.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is a good game. A really really good game. But the practice of retroactively adding useless ad-bloated launchers should stop. Current IP holders didn't even update the game for high definition and didn't fix stuff like hard to read fonts but they will be adding their own launcher on monday.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The suit who decided to add a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ launcher needs to be beaten like a human pinata. Go to hell.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hi, I'm a 17-year-old Italian guy who first played the game in 2014, when I was just 6. I'm writing this review because I'm very fond of this game; I think I'm one of the most played users in the world, having played about 20 full games. I think it's an incredible game, with a crazy story, a game that never gets boring and keeps you glued to the screen for hours. On a scale of 1 to 10, I give it an 11, the first, and in my opinion, best, title in the King's Bounty series.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Heya folks, here's a 2nd short featuring King's Bounty II by Fulqrum Games/Publishing. I've made a lot of progress in the game today, I'm actually a lot further into it than this part as well. #kingsbounty2 #videogames #indiegames #rpg #shorts
neutral · AI labelView post →See, this is how you get bad reviews. Just retroactively add a bad launcher to a decades old game for absolutely no reason. Do not buy, it's likely none of the money goes to the original developers if this is how they act.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is great :) ----- original negative review below, changed because of the developers rolling back decision to add a launcher to the game ------ Adding a launcher to a nearly 20 year old game (even if you can just disable it) is just a bad move. Future games, sure go ahead and let people decide on it going forward, but keep it away from old or existing games. Why would you ever use old games as a testing platform for something you know people will hate (admitted by the fact a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Heya folks, here's a 1st short featuring King's Bounty: The Legend by Fulqrum Publishing. This boss is from the 2nd major area in the game, but I'm currently on the 3rd major area. I started this game years ago as well. #kingsbountythelegend #videogames #indiegames #rpg #shorts
neutral · AI labelView post →I really don't appreciate you (the publisher and/ or developer) adding a launcher that is not advantageous to the consumer at all and doen't add anything to the game itself. ... and to do that to such an old and beloved game is just sad! Thus, I feel I have no other choice than to boycott your products and thus your practices. Have a good day!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Greetings everyone! We are continuing to add negative reviews to the existing catalogue. This time, it’s King’s Bounty’s turn. The update with the negative review included will be rolled out on Saturday. Don’t panic! First of all, there is no need to create any additional trash launchers to recieve even more negative reviews. This negative review works seamlessly with your trash launcher while not collecting any personal data. Secondly, if you don’t want to receive more negative…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Greedy idiots added a malware launcher. Avoid and boycott them.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun game. Obligatory negative review because the publisher is doing some shady ♥♥♥♥.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is one of those that just makes you smile. The colorful world, the silly humor, the relaxing yet tactical battles all come together in a really enjoyable way. I first played it around 2009 or 2010, thanks to a CD that came with a gaming magazine. Had no idea what I was getting into, but I ended up completely hooked. I still replay it from time to time, and it holds up really well. Out of all the games in the series, this one still feels the most special.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I grew up watching my dad play this game, so there's definitely some nostalgia involved, but even without that I think King's Bounty: The Legend is still one of the best fantasy strategy RPGs out there. What I love most is the freedom in how you can approach the game. The three classes (Warrior, Mage and Paladin) all play differently. I usually gravitate towards Mage because of the insane spellcasting potential, especially with abilities like Higher Magic letting you cast twice per turn. It's…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fantastic mix of light CRPG progression and HOMM-style resource management and exploration, King's Bounty: Legend is a great, satisfying RPG with a few rough edges that are mostly evened out in later entries. Two things I wished I knew sooner that will help newer players: 1.) You can right click enemy units to gauge their strength 2.) You can make notes on the map to help mark points of interest, very useful to help monitor where quest-givers are +3 classes that diverge meaningfully +Lots…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do not necro old games just to add adware launchers to them. This game was great before; leave it be. UPDATE: They listened! So for an actual review: It's a tactical turn-based game with a whole lot of charm. You can tell the original devs (1C) put a whole lot of love and hard work into it. Maybe not the most polished game ever, but it's great in its own special way. Also, you can choose to turn a lady into a zombie so she can be with her lover forever. 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fulqrum Launcher coming to Kings Bounty!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Stay away from the entire publisher. These games used to be good but now they are just adware. This is why piracy is on the rise.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Devs recently started releasing fixes and updates to the extend they even added achievements, such a w
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Edit: they backtracked after backlash, review stays for tryign to pull this garabage in the first place. Why yes I LOVE paying for something so you can add a 3rd party launcher YEARS after the fact to advertise your other products to me. Take your 3rd party launcher and shove it so far up your rectum it enters your brainstem.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For #RandomGameSaturday - a giant collector's box of King's Bounty The Legend (The Legend About Knight in home market) - when 1C got rights for KB from dead 3DO/NWC, they hired Katauri Interactive to make a new series of games. A great fairy tale #RPG adventure with #HoMM - style combat
positive · AI labelView post →King's Bounty: The Legend Gets Achievements and Steam Workshop at 18.
neutral · AI labelView post →Great game, I love it. Maybe a little bit too repetitive and too manyfights, but an awesome world and great units. Also incredible that they released a big patch with achievements and higher resolution after 20 years. Thanks!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →King's Bounty: The Legend was not a game I expected to enjoy because it's so different from what I was expecting. I have an appreciation for turn based games, mainly because I am slow and boring, but the first few times I tried King's Bounty's battle system I was left feeling put off. Easily the biggest annoyance comes in learning your limits; it's far too easy for enemies to absolutely decimate your forces, and you'll spend a lot of time running back to places to buy more. The game is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →King’s Bounty: The Legend is a standout entry in the tactical turn-based strategy and role-playing genre, marrying old-school sensibilities with modern design in a way that both honors its roots and establishes its own distinct identity. Developed by Katauri Interactive and released in 2008, the game is a spiritual successor to the 1990 classic King’s Bounty—a precursor to the Heroes of Might and Magic series. What it delivers is a richly imagined fantasy world filled with humor, charm, and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't recommend this game. Why? Because if you played one King's Bounty game you've played all of them. The first game I played was Armored Princess and it is a lot better than this one, though the UI is relatively the same. I managed to beat Armored Princess and it took me awfully long time to do it (around 70+ hr), and I'm not saying it's a bad game, on the contrary I think it's a great old-school RPG, but these games are becoming overwhelmed as the time goes forward, some would even…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like to think of the King’s Bounty games as the RPG version of Heroes of Might and Magic. If you enjoy the character-building aspects of HoMM but could do without the town management, individual maps as well as map-based missions, this franchise might be for you. The greatest strength of these games is the sense of grand adventure, they tend to nail the feel of a zero to hero journey. I haven't played King's Bounty 2, so I can't speak on that one, but the other KB games have that going on…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →When white man made games
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →over 22 year, no update and some how you guys dare to push a bs laucher???? do i love it??? sure, bring it on, i love to ♥♥♥♥ it with my PHd.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →We finished King's Bounty on the Genesis! Great game. Looking forward to playing the Heroes of Might and Magic series! #retro #segagenesis #twitch #twitchstreamer
positive · AI labelView post →Heya folks, here's a 3rd short featuring King's Bounty II by Fulqrum Games/Publishing. This short focuses on some combat, and is around where I left off last night. I hope to complete the game today as well. #kingsbounty2 #videogames #indiegames #rpg #shorts
neutral · AI labelView post →Heya folks, here's a set of screenshots featuring King's Bounty II by Fulqrum Games/Publishing. I just spent the last... 4-5h playing the game while watching some classic Doctor Who. Still lots of quests to complete yet though. #kingsbounty #videogames #indiegames #rpg #screenshots
neutral · AI labelView post →My antivirus blocked this game from trying to access my OneDrive, this is a huge security issue. I have 111 minutes on this game and it crashed when I went into a battle. There is no autosave, so I probably lost about an hour of work. I do not want this game anymore nor the security issues it is popping up. I got this on sale, and I want my 3$ back. I did not hit 2 full hours, and I'm not touching this game or series again, even for free.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is actually great, however, the clowns who have the rights to it in year of our lord 2026 are not - in this AI slop of a blog post https://steamcommunity.com/app/25900/eventcomments/561408759868493961 they say that you shouldn't "try to trick us with AI-generated text". Yeah, you really shouldn't. As no one should support whoever the hell you are behind the LLMs, if there even is anyone.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very good strategy game. It has a memorable soundtrack and entertaining quests.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Although this is from 2008, I like it more then songs of conquest. Good game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pushing adware onto players SEVENTEEN YEARS after the game was released is absolutely scummy behaviour on the part of Fulqrum Publishing.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The title screen slaps, the graphics hold up nicely, the combat is fantastic, the music is AMAZING. This game is insane.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I enjoy the older RPG. This game has much more options/depth than most.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Started King's Bounty II today. After 90 minutes of play, I guess it's pretty okay...I'm a little miffed that the game is forcing me to remember things without a glossary to refer to 😑 Anyways, here is Countess Katharine, a mage and all around girlboss...some might even call her bitchy 😂
neutral · AI labelView post →Heya folks, here's a 4th and final short featuring King's Bounty II by Fulqrum Games/Publishing. Well, I've officially completed the game! It's also the first completion of 2025, there's plenty more to come as well. #kingsbounty2 #videogames #indiegames #rpg #shorts
neutral · AI labelView post →Broken Alliance, is an indie turn-based adventure strategy game with RPG elements, inspired by old-school classics like King's Bounty, Heroes of Might and Magic, Age of Wonders, Master of Magic... all with a fresh deckbuilding twist. store.steampowered.com/app/1704180/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Using generative AI in any capacity is a humiliating decision for any developer, and one that signals a deep disinterest in your own work. But using it for meaningless achievements and community posts for a 20+ year old game feels like sprinkling dandruff and powdered piss as a garnish for an otherwise totally serviceable meal. Why even do it in the first place?
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A classic. Must be played if you are a HoMM fan. The recent achievements are pretty challenging; but they will force you to rediscover a game which did not grow old, on the contrary!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →www.twitch.tv/sabriel_zann I'm back from the dentist once more, fed, watered, rested and ready for more King's Bounty: The Legend. I deeply appreciate the people who've popped by to see me play this game. I know it's probably not the most exciting thing in the world but it's very dear to me. ❤️
positive · AI labelView post →Must try, even off sale.A unmatched formula of Turn Based Strategy with high degree of RPG personalization and infinite replayability and challage for those who want more - all nicely wrapped within a charming art style and story. And now recieving updates for modern systems.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'll compare this to the last strategy-turned-RPG from 2000-2010 I played: Etherlords 2. It was truly a golden era of beautiful units, worlds and icons and you could immerse in a fantasy world after hard thinking about some intresting numbers. This game is nowhere as deep (which is better for people filtered by Etherlords 2): the fights feel similar to each other, and it doesn't even matter that much which units you put into your army, although there are some cool synergies to discover. In…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For anyone struggling to understand quite how this game plays... I was in the same boat! I got these games (5 of them I think?) in a super cheap bundle. Long and short of it... this is a really great game! If (big if) you are a fan of the old Heroes of Might and Magic series and want something slightly more modern but with a similar spirit. The overland map plays out in a more modern 3d fashion and also isn't turn based. It's click to move, but you can hold the mouse and just have your…
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