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Going Medieval

Going Medieval

Foxy Voxel · released Mar 17, 2026

IndieRPGSimulationStrategy

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.

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82
VGC Score
■Stablehigh confidence▲ +9 since launch

launched at 72, updates lifted it to 82

anchored at patch: “Experimental Branch Patch (1.1.20)” (4d ago)

72%
At launch
89%
Steam all-time
n/a
Press
67%
Player sentiment
80%
Recent sentiment

Screenshots & trailers

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)––0
All-time Steam reviews89%831000
Metacritic user ratings––0
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)80%74129
Calibration prior (typical game)–7250

Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Aug 28, 2026) · 27 reviews sampled · 129 total reviews in window · weighted 15.6 up / 8.2 down · computed 9h ago · full methodology →

Patch history

  1. Experimental Branch Patch (1.1.20)
    Aug 28, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  2. Patch Notes (1.1.19)
    Aug 14, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  3. Experimental Branch Patch (1.1.19)
    Aug 13, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  4. Experimental Branch Patch (1.1.18)
    Aug 12, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  5. Experimental Branch Patch (1.1.16)
    Aug 11, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  6. Experimental Branch Patch (1.1.15)
    Aug 5, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  7. Patch Notes (1.1.13)
    Jul 30, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  8. Experimental Branch Patch (1.1.13)
    Jul 29, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  9. Patch Notes (1.1.12)
    Jul 23, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  10. Experimental Branch Patch (1.1.12)
    Jul 22, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  11. Patch Notes (1.1.11)
    Jul 16, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  12. Experimental Branch Patch (1.1.11)
    Jul 16, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  13. Experimental Branch Patch (1.1.10)
    Jul 15, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  14. Patch Notes (1.1.9)
    Jul 10, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  15. Experimental Branch Patch (1.1.9)
    Jul 9, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  16. Quality of Life Update
    Jul 9, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  17. Experimental Branch Patch (1.1.7)
    Jul 7, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  18. Experimental Branch Patch (1.1.6)
    Jul 3, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  19. Experimental Branch Patch (1.1.5)
    Jul 1, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  20. Experimental Branch Patch (1.1.3)
    Jun 30, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  21. Experimental Branch Patch (1.1.2)
    Jun 29, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  22. Patch Notes (1.0.105)
    Jun 24, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  23. Experimental Branch Patch (1.0.102)
    Jun 17, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  24. Patch Notes (1.0.103)
    Jun 17, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  25. Experimental Branch Patch (1.0.101)
    Jun 16, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  26. Patch Notes (1.0.100)
    Jun 9, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  27. Experimental Branch Patch (1.0.97)
    Jun 2, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  28. Experimental Branch Patch (1.0.95)
    Jun 1, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  29. Patch Notes (1.0.92)
    May 26, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  30. Experimental Branch Patch (1.0.93)
    May 25, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  31. Patch Notes (1.0.90)
    May 20, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  32. Experimental Branch Patch (1.0.91)
    May 20, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  33. Experimental Branch Patch (1.0.89)
    May 13, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  34. Patch Notes (1.0.88)
    May 13, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  35. Patch Notes (1.0.84)
    May 7, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  36. Experimental Branch Patch (1.0.87)
    May 6, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  37. Experimental Branch Patch (1.0.86)
    May 4, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  38. Experimental Branch Patch (1.0.85)
    Apr 30, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  39. Regular Patch (1.0.82) & Experimental Patch (1.0.83)
    Apr 27, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  40. Experimental Branch Patch (1.0.81)
    Apr 24, 2026significant · resets scoring window

…and 47 earlier patch announcements.