Going Medieval — Steam Gift

Going Medieval — raise a medieval fortress and carry a handful of survivors through winter, plague and raids

Going Medieval is a colony-sim and survival strategy where, after a plague wiped out most of the world, you lead a small band of people into a land the wild has taken back. There's no king, no guilds and no ready-made walls — just forest, hard winters, raiders, and your call on what this settlement becomes. You dig terraces straight into the hillside, raise a multi-storey keep, plant fields, brew ale, treat the wounded and hold the line when people come to take everything you've built. Here you buy Going Medieval as a Steam gift: once delivered, the game lands in your Steam library for good.

What Going Medieval actually is

This isn't "build a pretty castle for a screenshot." Going Medieval is about managing people and resources right at the edge. Every settler has their own traits, skills, mood and needs: one wants warmth by the hearth, another wants faith and a chapel, a third just wants a decent meal and sleep instead of gnawing raw turnips in a cellar. You assign jobs, build workshops, set up chains from quarrying stone and ore to the smithy and carpenter, and make sure nobody freezes or falls ill when winter hits.

3D fortresses and terraces dug into the hill

The standout feature is true vertical terrain. You don't just drop houses on a flat plane: you carve into the slope, build cellar ice-houses, raise walls several storeys high, run staircases and galleries, and place firing platforms above the gates. Defense grows out of that — a well-designed fortress with tight chokepoints, terrain traps and archers on the upper tiers can win a fight before the enemy even reaches you.

Winter, food and disease are your real enemies

Raiders come rarely; hunger and cold come constantly. Summer is short — you have to bring in the harvest, stockpile firewood, salt and ferment supplies so the settlement survives the cold months. Wounds fester, fevers spread, and poor hygiene hits everyone at once. So Going Medieval is a game of planning ahead: did you build an infirmary, do you have a healer, are there enough warm clothes and food stores when it's below freezing outside.

Full 2026 release: it left Early Access

Going Medieval launched into Early Access on June 1, 2021 and grew alongside its players for years, adding biomes, professions, enemies and systems. On March 17, 2026 it hit its full 1.0 release — this is a finished game, not a work-in-progress. Buying now gets you the mature version with all the accumulated content, full Steam Workshop mod support and a stable base. Early Access is part of the game's history, not a reason to buy "for later."

Mods and replayability

Maps are procedurally generated, with different biomes and starting conditions each run, so no two playthroughs are alike. On top of that sits full Steam Workshop support: new items, professions, art, rebalancing and total conversions install in a couple of clicks straight from Steam. If vanilla content isn't enough, the modding community covers almost any request.

What you get: the Going Medieval Steam gift

This is the full base game, delivered as a Steam gift through the supplier's bot. After ordering, the game lands on your Steam account and stays yours forever — it's an outright purchase, not a rental or subscription. You don't need to crack anything, install third-party launchers or keep anything running: receive the gift, accept it in Steam, play.

Gift region and your account — the key condition

The most important thing with any Steam gift: your Steam account region must match the gift region, otherwise Steam simply won't let you accept it. We offer Going Medieval across a set of regions — at checkout, pick the option that matches your account's country. The second hard rule: the game must not already be in your library — Steam won't let you accept a gift for a game you already own. If you're unsure of your account region, you can see it in your Steam account settings.

How delivery works

You provide a Steam friend invite link and your account region, place the order, and the supplier's bot takes over. It adds itself as your friend, sends the gift and leaves your friend list once it's delivered — you don't need to accept anything manually. Steam Guard isn't required, and the account doesn't need any prior activity. Delivery usually takes a couple of minutes from checkout, but that's a guideline, not a guaranteed deadline.

System requirements and Steam Deck

Going Medieval runs on PC under Windows (64-bit). It's a single-player game — there's no multiplayer, this is a fully solo colony-sim. On Steam Deck and Linux it runs through the Proton compatibility layer, like many Windows titles; check the Steam store page for the latest Deck verification status, but the gift itself doesn't depend on where you play — it binds to your account, and the rest is up to you.

Similar games in our catalog

If the settlement-management and survival vibe clicks, also check out Manor Lords — a medieval city-builder with economy and battles, RimWorld — the benchmark colony-sim built around your settlers' stories, and Frostpunk — a harsh city-survival game set in an endless winter where every choice has a cost.

The short version

Going Medieval is a deep, honestly tough game about growing a fortress from nothing and holding it. You get the full version forever in your Steam library, delivery runs through a gift bot in a couple of minutes, and all you need is a matching account region and to not already own the game. After that — it's a shovel, walls, and a long winter ahead.