Mount & Blade
Mount & Blade
Game
Game2011
Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword
Developer TaleWorlds Entertainment
Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword (Turkish: Mount & Blade: Ateş ve Kılıç, Russian: Mount & Blade: Огнем и мечом) is a stand-alone expansion for the action role-playing video game Mount & Blade. The game is developed by Sich Studio and TaleWorlds and was published by Paradox Interactive in Europe. The game and its storyline is loosely based on the novel With Fire and Sword by Henryk Sienkiewicz, depicting Poland's… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
276 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
76
LovedLoved
115 positive · 37 negative
95% range 68–82%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 115 | 37 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 14 | 0 | 93 |
| Lemmy * | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 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 Positive
3,379 of 4,086 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
76% recommend · 122 yes, 38 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 160 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (12,356 of 14,073 positive).
Players appreciate the unique 17th-century Eastern European setting and the addition of firearms to the Mount & Blade formula. [1][2][3] Some reviewers find the game buggy and note that activation servers are down, making it unplayable for some. [4][5][6] Fans of the series enjoy the historical factions and the challenge, though it is considered less polished than Warband. [7][8][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [4]
Don't buy. The Key-Authentication server and website both are down and the game tells you don't own the game you have paid for! For months, no update, patch, news and announcement from the developers either. Such disrespect toward the owners. Guess negative review is the only language game companies understand these days ...
- [1]
When gunshots cut through the sound of pounding hooves, the romance of the Middle Ages does not vanish, but only grows thicker, like smoke. Chivalry does not disappear, either. It simply has a much shorter lifespan.
- [3]
Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword is the weird middle child of the franchise – not quite a sequel, not quite a mod, but still better than most of the junk that tries to do what it does. If you like muskets, cavalry charges, and dying instantly because some peasant sniped your horse with a flintlock pistol, you’re in the right place. This one ditches the medieval sandbox of Warband and drops you into a gritty …
- [8]
It's a fun game, I definitely recommend it if you like strategy games. Even more so if you like Eastern European history. Not as polished as warband but still decent, i'd rate it 8.5/10.
- [2]
When adding period appropriate firearms to a base game that never needed them to thrive, the result is only a small boost to the overall experience. Fortunately, With Fire & Sword brings more than just muskets it introduces a new landmass, factions, and weapons. Still, these additions don’t fundamentally change the Mount & Blade formula. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, since the addictive core mechanics remain …
Summarised from 34 of the 263 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 10, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
76% of the 160 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword. The complaint that keeps coming up: game-breaking bugs and crashes require mods. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Critics, per Wikipedia
With Fire & Sword received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. GameZone said, "Mount & Blade: With Fire and Sword is the right fit for anyone interested in sweeping historical epics as well as incredibly complex and realistic RPGs. A fantastic entry for fans of the genre." However, many players complained about the aiming mechanics, and some players on Steam complained that Mount & Blade: With Fire and Sword was "more like additional content for classic mode than its own game".
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 276 · most liked firstIf anyone wants a great chill out game I would recommend Mount & Blade 2 Bannerlord where you basically tool around and unsuccessfully try to get women to marry you, which is also what I do but I’d like to think I’m pretty chill
neutral · AI labelView post →Wine 11.6 Brings Android Driver Work, Game Mod Fixes. >The Wine Project, a compatibility layer that allows Linux and macOS users to run Windows applications, has released version 11.6, the sixth maintenance update in the stable 11.x series. Key updates include early work on reviving Wine’s Android driver. > >The update resolves crashes and regressions affecting Diablo IV, Cyberpunk 2077, Minecraft Windows 10 Edition, Google Earth Installer, Mount & Blade: Warband, and HWiNFO 8.24. > >For Linux…
neutral · AI labelView post →Single player, open world, fantasy, RPG games. I mean the niche best known for Bethesda's The Elder Scrolls III, IV and V. 1. (Fantasy) The setting is a fictional world with fantastical elements, and a comparable level of societal progress as the 1600s or earlier. 2. (Character Creation) You create your own role: character and class. It is a permanent character. 3. (Action) You have direct control over your characters actions in real time. 4. (Open World / Sandbox) You aren't forced to do…
neutral · AI labelView post →Ipek Yavuz has passed away - one of the married duo behind the Mount & Blade games. One of the indie OGs, for sure. I'll always remember their photos posted on TW forums, of her husband in pyjamas with his feet on the desk and her smiling. I thought it was so cool two people could just make a game.
neutral · AI labelView post →* [*Oxygen Not Included*](https://store.steampowered.com/app/457140/Oxygen_Not_Included/) * [*Caves of Qud*](https://store.steampowered.com/app/333640/Caves_of_Qud/) * [*Fallout 4*](https://store.steampowered.com/app/377160/Fallout_4/). A lot of this is going to be due to mods. * [*Wargame: Red Dragon*](https://store.steampowered.com/app/251060/Wargame_Red_Dragon/). Intended to be played multiplayer; I played it single-player. *Steel Division II* is a far better single-player choice if…
neutral · AI labelView post →When gunshots cut through the sound of pounding hooves, the romance of the Middle Ages does not vanish, but only grows thicker, like smoke. Chivalry does not disappear, either. It simply has a much shorter lifespan.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Lincoln Game: Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord Dev: TaleWorlds 🇹🇷 Release: October 25, 2022 Mod: Dell'Arte Della Guerra
neutral · AI labelView post →Greb's live taking part in some siege warfare in 10 mins at - www.twitch.tv/iggymaid It's been practicing a bit since last week and has learned a few more game mechanics, it's itching to get a hold of some siege weapons so watch out 😨 #vtuber #twitch #Mount&Blade #Bannerlord
neutral · AI labelView post →For those who aren't familiar with this game, it's in the same genre as Mount & Blade, but with spaceships instead of horses. Or Sid Meier's Pirates, but spaceships instead of pirate ships. Definitely one of those "I'll just make one more quick cargo run..." type of games. This update looks great. In additional to new strategy options through diplomacy, they're also tweaking how ships handle.
neutral · AI labelView post →i love steam's game labels. yes sure Mount & Blade 2 is "now available". that game has been out for 3 years. this cloud of mold spores is freshly baked bread
neutral · AI labelView post →Today we're trying out a Game of Thrones Overhaul mod for Mount & Blade Bannerlord! My goal is to get toasted by a dragon live now twitch.tv/criken
neutral · AI labelView post →Show your resolve! It's a new stream schedule! This week, we'll be returning to the usual Monster Hunter Wilds and Mount & Blade: Warband, and questing in The Den in Fallout 2! On the weekend, we'll be starting the second game of The Great Ace Attorney duology! Let's do our best! ✨⚔️
neutral · AI labelView post →Kyiv Game: Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword Developer: Sich Studio 🇺🇦 Release: December 4, 2009
neutral · AI labelView post →I like Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord. I shouldn't get into this game just yet because if I told you my in game hours to main quest ratio in kingdom come deliverance 2 it may as well be skyrim but... Yeah this is good. 👍🏻
positive · AI labelView post →Would you like a game like Mount & Blade, but in space? I'm making a tactical RPG game featuring a living economy, a unique combat system, and a bit of diplomacy. Wishlist it on Steam if you like the idea ⬇️ store.steampowered.com/app/3024370/... #indiegame #indiedev #ebitengine
neutral · AI labelView post →Mount & Blade II. It's really not that great of a game, and I would only recommend it with massive caveats, but I still have hundreds of hours in it because it scratches a very specific hitch I have for that kind of sandbox game.
neutral · AI labelView post →Unlike the majority, I prefer WFAS over Warband which really is an unpopular opinion. I'm a man of principle though and so many things about this title really grip my interest in this game. 1. The Factions The factions are my favourite and very historically significant for Europe. The Muscovites, Cossacks, Swedes, Khanate, ect are exceptionally well written and represented with historical accuracy. 2. The Difficulty WFAS is HARD in comparison to M&B and M&B: Warband. Mostly because of the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →one of the funnier things in my steam library is that i have like 600 hours in Mount & Blade Warband and like maybe only 10 of those are playing the original game, the rest is all Viking Conquest I could give a fuck about Calradia, I'm here to conquer Cirren Ceaster for Jarl Rathbarth Ragnarsson
neutral · AI labelView post →Just tried HighFleet for the first time, damn that game is IMMERSIVE af. Feels like Mount & Blade with badass ships.
neutral · AI labelView post →Fuck you King Harlaus from the hit game Mount & Blade: Warband
neutral · AI labelView post →The game is afoot! It's a new stream schedule! This week, we'll be hunting and looting in Monster Hunter Wilds and Mount & Blade: Warband, and tackling the final gym in our Pokemon X Nuzlocke! On the weekend, court will be back in session in The Great Ace Attorney! Let's do our best! ✨⚔️
neutral · AI labelView post →Live now with Mount & Blade: Warband! I've always heard praises for this game series, but never had the time to check out any of the games. Let's change that tonight! It's time to mount and blade! ✨⚔️ www.twitch.tv/luminouslyiii
neutral · AI labelView post →Nobody reads my reviews anyway. I'll throw in a recipe for Varenyky. Recipe for Potato Dumplings (Varenyky) Ingredients: For the dough: Wheat flour – 500 g Water – 200 ml Egg – 1 Salt – 1 tsp For the filling: Potatoes – 1 kg Onions – 2 Lard or butter – 50 g Salt – to taste Ground black pepper – to taste Preparation steps: Making the dough: Sifting the flour: Sift the flour into a large bowl. Making the dough: Add salt and the egg to the flour. Gradually pour in the water, constantly stirring.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →When adding period appropriate firearms to a base game that never needed them to thrive, the result is only a small boost to the overall experience. Fortunately, With Fire & Sword brings more than just muskets it introduces a new landmass, factions, and weapons. Still, these additions don’t fundamentally change the Mount & Blade formula. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, since the addictive core mechanics remain intact. The Mount & Blade series has never been known for storytelling or…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is part of why I enjoy checking these games, they come from a very different "canon" and pool of references. It takes a while, but you can see the lineages. And it's not just Chinese-only stuff. Mount & Blade is a Turkish game, but had far more influence in Chinese RPGs than anywhere else.
neutral · AI labelView post →game opinions - Wartales: overworld mode is like polished Mount & Blade, surprisingly good... the just-ok battles show why rpgs need magic - Sea of Stars: pretty slow first hour so far, should've cut like half of it - Mosa Lina: wish this had a chill mode with unlimited ammo? let me sandbox more
neutral · AI labelView post →New game week! It's a new stream schedule! This week, we'll be continuing our Monster Hunter Wilds and Mount & Blade: Warband streams, and tackling more challenges in our Pokemon X Nuzlocke! On the weekend, we'll be starting The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles! Let's do our best! ✨⚔️
neutral · AI labelView post →Take a look! It's a new stream schedule! This week, we'll be doing more Monster Hunter Wilds, more Mount & Blade: Warband, and challenging the second gym in our Pokemon X Nuzlocke! On the weekend, we'll be finishing the base game of Hollow Knight and starting the final DLC! Let's do our best! ✨⚔️
neutral · AI labelView post →Has anyone ever wanted to play a #game that combines “The Sims” + “Rim World” + “Stardew Valley” & “Mount & Blade” inside an #openworld #RPG? I’m a solo dev currently working on just that! I’m about a year in development with a few more to go, but if this sounds interesting please follow. #indiegame
neutral · AI labelView post →Don't buy. The Key-Authentication server and website both are down and the game tells you don't own the game you have paid for! For months, no update, patch, news and announcement from the developers either. Such disrespect toward the owners. Guess negative review is the only language game companies understand these days ...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Star Citizen didn't start that trend. Star Citizen was one of the "me too" games that jumped into crowdfunding after Mount & Blade saw success with the model. The only way SC has changed gaming is by being a joke the way Duke Nukem Forever was.
neutral · AI labelView post →Forgot about Mount & Blade franchise because it's largely a strategy game. Forgot about Zomboid too because it's largely a survival game. Still, both are very much action, open world and rpg. Guess they go into A tier?
neutral · AI labelView post →8 Games Leaving XBOX Game Pass on July 31 • Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord • Whiskerwood (Game Preview) • Crusader Kings III • Sniper Elite: Resistance • Back to the Dawn • Celeste • Rain World • My Friendly Neighborhood
neutral · AI labelView post →after owning this game for years all of a sudden they say i have to activate a game key when steam says i own the game. i bought this game years ago and had no problem until now and the problem renders my game unplayable. beware
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was playing Warframe and got the Duviri mission where you herd space sheep and one of my squad was like “who put this crap in Warframe, this is like a bad mission from Mount & Blade” and I’m like, my friend, this is Warframe, if there’s a game mechanic, you’re going to see it here
neutral · AI labelView post →Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword is the weird middle child of the franchise – not quite a sequel, not quite a mod, but still better than most of the junk that tries to do what it does. If you like muskets, cavalry charges, and dying instantly because some peasant sniped your horse with a flintlock pistol, you’re in the right place. This one ditches the medieval sandbox of Warband and drops you into a gritty 17th-century Eastern Europe setting with real historical factions. It’s grim, it’s…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →♥♥♥♥ off auth servers are down and i cant play my game that i bought over 10 YEAR AGO ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Whenever I play any game that wants to immerse me in a world, I'd rather the world feel like it doesn't care that I'm there. I don't find power fantasies all that fun, I want to be able to be just some schmuck lol Probably why I've played a lot of Mount & Blade
neutral · AI labelView post →Trying out new Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord DLC, War Sails! We're going on a ship and looting! Live at: www.twitch.tv/yeoden #vtuber #warsails
neutral · AI labelView post →You got me at Mount & Blade. I also played 100s of hours of Elite Dangerous, though they seem quite different.
neutral · AI labelView post →Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord I've owned this game since it came out but never got around to playing it for very long because I didn't like the campaign mode. Now that they released a Warband style sandbox I'm absolutely down to clown for this
neutral · AI labelView post →My army starved, my horse got shot, my wife left me for a Polish noble, and the game said ‘Victory!’ Truly historical.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Towards the end of the Cossacks questline, I was finally made Marshal of the Hetmanate. I then called to arms all my valorous brothers, to aid me in an epic, daring campaign aimed to conquer both the Tsardom and the Khanate's lands. Most of the Lords who joined stayed only for a short time, evidently preoccupied with other matters within our realm. Only a couple of faithful subjects remained with me throughout the whole ordeal. And so we endured, back to back, fighting strenuosly, whether…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hello there! I'm Mustafa, I do game engine stuff. Currently working at Splash Damage on Project Astrid. Before that I worked on Mount&Blade series(engine programming, console ports). I also have this weird hobby of "collecting PC tech between 1995-2005 and doing retrocoding experiments on them" 😊.
neutral · AI labelView post →Side Quests is back & this episode's host is game designer and denizen of the medieval land of Calradia, @harpersfaerie.bsky.social! The game she is talking about today is Mount & Blade: Warband by TaleWorlds Entertainment, Paradox Interactive and Ravenscourt. funandgames.libsyn.com/side-quests-...
neutral · AI labelView post →This is one of the most fun games I ever played. I can completely submerge myself into the world of the trilogy. I usually played on the side of the Polish Commonwealth, out of sentiment, but I recently tried the black mace quest, helping the usurper Radziwiłł, it was so much fun! I unfortunatly failed at taking Kijów, and lost Wilno while doing that, so both black mace and great lithuania quest were lost. At least instantly afterwards I made peace with the commonwealth and they invited me to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After 20 Hours and a dozen chances I just can't anymore. This game is a broken and buggy mess even with mods well what little that exist. Its a shame cause early gunpower is still a era that's slept on in gaming.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Check out our review for 'Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord – War Sails' 🎮 #gaming #review #gamedev #games #videogames
neutral · AI labelView post →Born to Line. Eastern Europe is a ♥♥♥♥. 1650 kill em all. I am a musketeer. 232,232,444 dead infantry men.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Definitely recommend playing or replaying old games. I've recently put hours into replaying Morrowind and Jedi Academy. The main game I've been playing lately is Mount & Blade Warband from 2010. Got it for a couple $ and have been loving it. I missed it when it came out and recently a friend had been talking a lot about how much fun it used to be. I have played a few newer AAA games that I uninstalled after a few hours. Sure there's some great new games, especially from small publishers or…
positive · AI labelView post →It's a fun game, I definitely recommend it if you like strategy games. Even more so if you like Eastern European history. Not as polished as warband but still decent, i'd rate it 8.5/10.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Used to be a decent game, came back to it and give it another shot but the "Activation Servers are down" so there is no point in buying this. Very sad!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Mount and Blade- Fire and Sword feels close to Warband in gameplay but takes it in a different direction. The time period moves forward to the age of gunpowder, so battles play out differently. You still build armies, trade, and fight for power, but firearms change the rhythm of combat quite a bit. Compared to Warband, it feels less balanced. The muskets and pistols are a nice change, but early on they are slow, inaccurate, and clunky to use. It takes longer to find the same kind of flow…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So the Mount & Blade 2 team gave me a key to War Sails But not to the main game XD So instead we'll be doing Dave the Diver today, and once I have access to M&B 2 we'll do that then :3
neutral · AI labelView post →We're joining the #SteamAutumnSale!🍂 Check our #indiegame #gamedeals👇 🚀BEYOND MANKIND (85%) a sci-fi ARPG where you reclaim Earth: store.steampowered.com/app/1301590/... ⚔VIKING CONQUEST DLC for Mount & Blade (75%) a strategy game where you live like a viking: store.steampowered.com/app/321300/M...
neutral · AI labelView post →Although not as complete as Warband, WFAS still is better than bannerlord.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Can not be activated. "unable to connect to the activation server"...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Firstly i would like to say. Remake would make this a god-tier or add this as DLC to bannerlord with more mechanics & additions, oh i will be in love not gonna lie. Let's start my thoughts & Overall about the game. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=292622139 Mount & Blade with Fire & Sword is probly underrated game of 2011 while warband was the main game and main fun for all of us. This game is pushed under the rug for no reason. Mods were no where to see. Yes there was…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Live with Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord War Sails. We've leveled up to where we can be mercenaries, so that's what we're going to do! twitch.tv/jimorian #Bannerlord #WarSails #Twitch #LiveStream
neutral · AI labelView post →This game makes me sick: I can't get enough of standing on a castle rampart with a two handed sword waiting for the enemy to climb the ladders and see the heads rolling one by one. Truly majestic! Reading the book With Fire & Sword (written by dear Henryk Sienkiewicz) in parallel gives room for a level of immersion I can't even explain. It is like living in a different era. I don't even want to play anything else anymore. This is called a job well done. 10/10 U.I. I admit that I needed time…
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