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Going Medieval Build and manage your own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by wilderness. With detailed management, survival strategy, and a moddable sandbox world, Going Medieval challenges you to build the mightiest colony this side of the apocalypse.
Players on Steam, last 48 hours| Poll | Players |
|---|---|
| 14:26 UTC | 1,081 |
| 10:25 UTC | 832 |
| 06:24 UTC | 641 |
| 02:23 UTC | 771 |
| 4 Nov, 22:23 UTC | 1,109 |
| 4 Nov, 18:22 UTC | 1,359 |
| 4 Nov, 14:21 UTC | 1,198 |
| 4 Nov, 10:20 UTC | 906 |
| 4 Nov, 06:19 UTC | 649 |
| 4 Nov, 02:17 UTC | 803 |
| 3 Nov, 22:17 UTC | 1,120 |
Player counts over time, as we observed them.
Source: Steam Web API, ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers. Full methodology
Player Retention| Month | Avg players | Kept | Compared with other games |
|---|---|---|---|
| LaunchMarch 2026 | 2,874 | — | The busier of its first two months |
| 3 months onJune 2026 | 1,454 | 51% | Holds players well (better than 79% of 9,250 other games) |
| 12 months onMarch 2027 | — | — | Not over yet |
Going Medieval kept 51% of the average players it had at its launch in March 2026 after 3 months. Monthly averages, ranked against every game we can score. How we count
Players By Month| Month | Average | Change | Change % | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026Nov 2026 (so far) | 1,099 | −17 | −1.5% | 1,949 |
| October 2026Oct 2026 (from 19 Oct) | 1,116 | −76 | −6.4% | 2,067 |
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 1,192 | −31 | −2.6% | 2,260 |
| August 2026Aug 2026 | 1,224 | −200 | −14% | 2,309 |
| July 2026Jul 2026 | 1,423 | −31 | −2.1% | 2,542 |
| June 2026Jun 2026 | 1,454 | −326 | −18.3% | 2,529 |
| May 2026May 2026 | 1,780 | −1,094 | −38.1% | 3,371 |
| April 2026Apr 2026 | 2,874 | +269 | +10.3% | 5,840 |
| March 2026Mar 2026 | 2,605 | +1,782 | +216.4% | 8,052 |
| February 2026Feb 2026 | 824 | +11 | +1.3% | 1,489 |
| January 2026Jan 2026 | 813 | +66 | +8.8% | 1,502 |
| December 2025Dec 2025 | 747 | −15 | −2% | 1,269 |
| November 2025Nov 2025 | 762 | −69 | −8.3% | 1,347 |
| October 2025Oct 2025 | 831 | −7 | −0.8% | 1,524 |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 838 | −304 | −26.6% | 1,621 |
| August 2025Aug 2025 | 1,142 | +67 | +6.2% | 2,309 |
| July 2025Jul 2025 | 1,076 | +266 | +32.9% | 2,141 |
| June 2025Jun 2025 | 809 | −42 | −4.9% | 1,373 |
| May 2025May 2025 | 851 | +104 | +14% | 1,548 |
| April 2025Apr 2025 | 747 | −99 | −11.7% | 1,439 |
| March 2025Mar 2025 | 845 | +22 | +2.6% | 1,457 |
| February 2025Feb 2025 | 824 | −223 | −21.3% | 1,535 |
| January 2025Jan 2025 | 1,047 | +44 | +4.4% | 1,857 |
| December 2024Dec 2024 | 1,003 | +86 | +9.4% | 1,751 |
| Month | Average | Change | Change % | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2024Nov 2024 | 917 | +11 | +1.2% | 1,790 |
| October 2024Oct 2024 | 907 | +188 | +26.1% | 1,899 |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 719 | −117 | −14.1% | 1,239 |
| August 2024Aug 2024 | 836 | +96 | +13% | 1,488 |
| July 2024Jul 2024 | 740 | −190 | −20.4% | 1,323 |
| June 2024Jun 2024 | 930 | +153 | +19.8% | 1,829 |
| May 2024May 2024 | 777 | −265 | −25.5% | 1,411 |
| April 2024Apr 2024 | 1,042 | −133 | −11.3% | 2,023 |
| March 2024Mar 2024 | 1,175 | +353 | +42.9% | 2,327 |
| February 2024Feb 2024 | 822 | −226 | −21.6% | 1,419 |
| January 2024Jan 2024 | 1,049 | −157 | −13% | 1,952 |
| December 2023Dec 2023 | 1,206 | +122 | +11.2% | 2,062 |
| November 2023Nov 2023 | 1,084 | +263 | +31.9% | 2,660 |
| October 2023Oct 2023 | 822 | −8 | −1% | 1,410 |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 830 | −103 | −11.1% | 1,446 |
| August 2023Aug 2023 | 933 | −84 | −8.2% | 1,594 |
| July 2023Jul 2023 | 1,017 | −244 | −19.3% | 1,664 |
| June 2023Jun 2023 | 1,261 | +463 | +57.9% | 2,447 |
| May 2023May 2023 | 799 | −113 | −12.4% | 1,290 |
| April 2023Apr 2023 | 911 | −82 | −8.3% | 1,593 |
| March 2023Mar 2023 | 994 | −140 | −12.3% | 1,826 |
| February 2023Feb 2023 | 1,133 | +189 | +20% | 2,008 |
| January 2023Jan 2023 | 944 | +5 | +0.6% | 1,680 |
| December 2022Dec 2022 | 939 | −216 | −18.7% | 1,523 |
| November 2022Nov 2022 | 1,155 | +295 | +34.3% | 2,304 |
| October 2022Oct 2022 | 860 | +101 | +13.3% | 1,494 |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 759 | −223 | −22.7% | 1,362 |
| August 2022Aug 2022 | 982 | −264 | −21.2% | 2,041 |
| July 2022Jul 2022 | 1,246 | −832 | −40% | 1,956 |
| June 2022Jun 2022 | 2,077 | +1,104 | +113.5% | 5,170 |
| May 2022May 2022 | 973 | +122 | +14.3% | 1,584 |
| April 2022Apr 2022 | 851 | +71 | +9.1% | 1,618 |
| March 2022Mar 2022 | 780 | −311 | −28.5% | 1,258 |
| February 2022Feb 2022 | 1,092 | +154 | +16.5% | 2,034 |
| January 2022Jan 2022 | 937 | +20 | +2.1% | 1,608 |
| December 2021Dec 2021 | 917 | −63 | −6.4% | 1,410 |
| November 2021Nov 2021 | 980 | −320 | −24.6% | 1,670 |
| October 2021Oct 2021 | 1,300 | +124 | +10.5% | 3,256 |
| September 2021Sept 2021 | 1,177 | −549 | −31.8% | 2,104 |
| August 2021Aug 2021 | 1,725 | −298 | −14.7% | 3,130 |
| July 2021Jul 2021 | 2,024 | −4,049 | −66.7% | 3,659 |
| June 2021Jun 2021 | 6,073 | — | — | 14,583 |
Average and peak concurrent players each month, and the change in average players from the month before. Months before October 2026 are from a licensed historical archive.
Update ImpactExperimental Branch Patch (1.2.16) (26 Oct 2026): Players peaked at 1.8× the week before's average. In the week after, players averaged 5% more than the week before. Another update came 2 days later, so that week is partly its doing.
| Update | Peak After | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Patch Notes (1.2.17)29 Oct 2026 · week before: 6.8 of 7 days; 6.9 of 7 days so far | 1,949 (1.7×) | −3% |
| Experimental Branch Patch (1.2.17)29 Oct 2026 · week before: 6.9 of 7 days; 6.9 of 7 days so far; next update a day later | 1,949 (1.6×) | −3% |
| Patch Notes (1.2.16)28 Oct 2026 · week before: 6.8 of 7 days; 6.9 of 7 days so far; next update a day later | 1,949 (1.6×) | −5% |
| Experimental Branch Patch (1.2.16)26 Oct 2026 · week before: 6.9 of 7 days; next update 2 days later | 1,949 (1.8×) | +5% |
| Patch Notes (1.2.14)26 Oct 2026 · week before: 6.7 of 7 days; next update a day later | 1,949 (1.8×) | +4% |
| Experimental Branch Patch (1.2.14)22 Oct 2026 · week before: 2.8 of 7 days; next update 4 days later | 2,067 (2.1×) | +21% |
Average players over the 7 days before and after each update post, and the most at once in the week after. Updates since we started counting this game’s players. How we count
