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Crusader Kings · LUDEX

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Real Time Strategy (RTS)Simulator Strategy

Crusader Kings

Paradox Development Studio · Auran Games

86Critics4.2/5Thursday, July 15, 2004

Release

Thursday, July 15, 2004

Critic score

86/100

Platform families

2

Connected releases

Core game only

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Inside Crusader Kings

What it is

Gather prestige and piety and the world will whisper your name in awe. Will you co-opt other monarchs, and the Pope, under your leadership to liberate the Holy Land? Do you have what it takes to become a Crusader King?

Play styles

Single player · Multiplayer

Perspective

Bird view / Isometric

Themes

Historical · Warfare

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Who made it

Auran Games
Publisher
CyberFront
Publisher
Pan Vision
Publisher
Strategy First
Publisher
Virtual Programming
Publisher
Paradox Interactive
Publisher
Paradox Development Studio
Developer
Coderus
Porting

Built with

Europa

Platforms

PC (Microsoft Windows)
Mac

Release history

Jul 15, 2004PC (Microsoft Windows)
Aug 27, 2004PC (Microsoft Windows)
Sep 28, 2004PC (Microsoft Windows)
May 05, 2005Mac
Mar 28, 2008PC (Microsoft Windows)

Themes & modes

HistoricalWarfareSingle playerMultiplayer

Tags

assassin
grand strategy
medieval
europe
real-time
diplomacy
historical figures in fictional settings

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86

Metascore

Critic aggregate

4.2/5· 14 ratings

Details

Released: Thursday, July 15, 2004
Developer: Paradox Development Studio
Publishers: Auran Games,CyberFront,Pan Vision,Strategy First,Virtual Programming,Paradox Interactive
Additional work: Coderus
Franchise: Crusader Kings
Engine: Europa
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Also known as: Ristirüütlite Kuningad, Крестоносцы, 十字军之王, Europa Universalis: Mroczne Wieki
In player libraries: 15

Platforms

PCPC
macOS

Genres

Real Time Strategy (RTS)Simulator Strategy

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