Toeing the line between full-on castle manager and tactical action game, you’ll spend as much time establishing economic stability as you will launching attacks on your enemy’s base. As the Stronghold name suggests, the series spotlights the logistical challenges and long, drawn-out standoffs of siege warfare. Stronghold Crusader 2 is the sequel to the 2002 medieval RTS that explored the Holy Roman Empire’s multiple divinely-ordained campaigns for conquest into the Middle East.
Stronghold Crusader 2 Stronghold Crusader 2 It’s tough work for meager pay, but there are opportunities for the right enterprising mind to make big bucks.ĭisgusting yet irrefutably charming, Graveyard Keeper is Stardew Valley as a medieval black comedy that asks you the real questions, like: do the dead really need all their organs? And why is burger meat so expensive when you’ve got all these cadavers laying around? Your answers to those questions and other ethical dilemmas will shape how you play the game and affect the lives of the villagers around you, too.ġ4. In Graveyard Keeper, you’re a young man put in charge of managing the graveyard behind a church, which means you spend your days dusting off headstones and making space for the newly deceased.
The medieval period wasn’t just about sword-swinging and kingdom-building, as the quirky management-sim Graveyard Keeper would like to remind you.
Platform(s): PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, iOS, Android
