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Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2011

Should you play it?

The standalone expansion for Mount & Blade! With Fire & Sword builds and expands upon the highly regarded combat system from Mount & Blade: Warband. Firearms have been introduced to the battlefield.

What works

  • Historical setting and narrative depth
  • Immersive and challenging combat with firearms
  • Large open world with faction dynamics
  • Deep army and resource management
  • Multiplayer modes with cooperative and competitive play

Things to keep in mind

  • Dated graphics and animations
  • Some bugs and ai issues
  • Lack of official russian localization
  • Steep learning curve for new players
  • Limited mod support compared to warband

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Battlefield™ 1

  • Isonzo

  • Total War: SHOGUN 2

  • Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition

  • Arma 3

  • Tannenberg

More fantastical

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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story, Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fantasy.

Last update: 04/08/2026