A truly amazing game. It is one of those games that will hold your attention for years to come.

I remember walking into a very old Poundland type of shop when I was younger, about a year or so after it was released in the early 2000's, and there it was, lying in a discount basket. We bought it for our almighty Windows 95/98 machine. It was one of the best games I had ever played, although I was very young, 6/7 years old, and not very good at it, but it was epic and still is today.

Betrayed by one of your own, you must set out to defeat the enemies of your land with those still loyal. Building villages, towns and cities, to defeat your enemies. This is no easy game. It requires time, patience, knowledge and did I mention, time?

Strategy is extremely important. You cannot mass produce the same troops, not unless you want destroyed by archers and militia. Speaking of armies, it is important that you keep a steady flow of resources, as your serfs are the most important people you can create. They take raw resources to buildings so that food and weapons can be created, to then be transferred to your castle or storehouse. Every character you can create serves importance, resources are limited and sometimes time is as well, as the enemy A.I. will attack and will be ruthless towards you the further into the game you get.

I must mention KaMRemake.com here, not because I've been asked to, but because of the work they have put into the Remake. Coded from scratch, as the original code was never released, Krom and Lewin have recreated this masterpiece, fixed bugs, allowed speed up buttons, a pause button and some new maps and a totally new and improved multiplayer! With the Remake you also get 3 new campaigns created by players, for players, that are very challenging and not for the feint-hearted which include dynamic scripting and many improvements over the original campaigns in terms of difficulty.

Download the Remake, you will not be disappointed - the steam release of the game is very unfriendly and barely functional, not to mention that it doesn't even have the original soundtrack.

Update regarding the KaM Remake:
If you want the definitive vanilla experience, download the r6720 version which includes extra campaigns and multiplayer.

If you want to experience new changes and experimental features:
Download the latest beta versions which contain changes to units (such as weaker archers as they were originally overpowered), further AI improvements, troop changes, QoL additions and more maps and campaigns.

If you are into strategic fighting and building games, you NEED to get this now!