Crusader Kings 3  

Knights, priests and spymasters are yours to command in a rich historical world. Expand the reach of your power, while securing the future of your dynasty.

• HISTORY

Choose a royal or noble house from a number of realms on a map that stretches from Iceland to India, from the Arctic Circle to Central Africa. Guide a dynasty through the centuries, ensuring the security and power of each new generation. Gather new lands and titles to cement your legacy. Be a pious king to bring the religious powers to your side, or strike out on your own, designing your own splinter religion and earning everlasting fame or eternal damnation. Knights, peasant revolts, pilgrimages, Viking raiders...experience the drama and pageantry of the Middle Ages.

• CHARACTER

Adopt one of five different lifestyles, perfecting your skills in military strategy or kingdom management. Acquire character traits that will guide your actions, but beware if you act against your nature! The stress from denying your truest self could bring a new host of troubles! Choose appropriate guardians for your heirs, or train them yourself. But what do you do if the legal heir is not quite up to the job? Violent characters may develop a fearsome reputation, cowering your timid subjects into obedience with the dread you inspire.

• WARFARE

Recruit man-at-arms units and powerful knights to supplement your royal levies. Research new technologies to increase the wealth and military might of your realm. Hire mercenaries and Holy Orders for your major wars. Supplement your income with ransomed prisoners or raiding parties on neighboring realms.

• INTRIGUE

Use your spymaster to discover plots against your dynasty and your rule. Recruit agents to assist your schemes to undermine or murder anyone who stands between you and power. Seduce other characters for love or political power. Gather information for blackmailing purposes or call in favors whenever your plans need an extra bit of influence.

• Shape Your Dynasty

Guide unique characters through history, choosing lifestyles best suited to their personalities and your ambitions.

• Rewrite Medieval History

Dynasties will change and adapt to changes in family and politics, swimming in a rich world of religious faith and royal pageantry.

• Experience High Drama

Live stories of romance, bravery, duplicity and greed in a richly detailed medieval sandbox.

• Choose Your Setting

Start as Holy Roman Emperor, a Viking king, a Byzantine noble, an Arab caliph or any of thousands of other possibilities.

• Saints and Sinners

Defend your faith against heretics and non-believers, or establish your own splinter religion.

• Hundreds of Events

Educate your children, dodge fiendish plots, seek out new wisdom, embark on sacred pilgrimages, and much more.