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Medieval Blacksmith is a single player role playing game with medieval and historical themes. It was developed by OGO Play and was released on April 14, 2025. It received positive reviews from players.

You are a blacksmith with no past in the cruel lands where feudalism reigns. In this dark land where morality is dictated by the cold steel, the weapons you forge will determine not only your fate but also the destiny of others. In this adventure, which begins in a ruined shop with no prior knowledge, you will encounter interesting people and witness their compelling stories. As you master y…

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81%Audience ScoreBased on 406 reviews
story29 positive mentions
grinding23 negative mentions

  • The blacksmithing mechanics are deep, realistic, and satisfying, providing a strong sense of immersion and creative freedom in weapon design.
  • The game features a rich and engaging story with unique characters and meaningful player choices that impact the gameplay and narrative.
  • There is a broad range of activities beyond smithing, such as mining, managing slaves, and arena combat, offering a varied gameplay experience.
  • The game's story and dialogue are often poorly written, crude, and can be frustrating with forced choices that lead to sudden game overs and repetitive reloading.
  • The game suffers from technical issues including frequent crashes, save system problems, performance drops, and clunky UI that detracts from the experience.
  • Gameplay can be overly grindy and tedious, with unbalanced economy mechanics that incentivize repetitive crafting of certain high-value items and some frustrating game design decisions like mandatory slavery.
  • story

    150 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    19% positive mentions, 65% neutral mentions, 16% negative mentions

    The game's story offers a surprisingly deep and interactive narrative for a blacksmith simulator, with unique NPC characters and some player choices influencing outcomes, though often in limited or railroaded ways. While some find the plot entertaining, complex, and a refreshing break from typical crafting games, others criticize it for poor writing, awkward dialogue, forced story engagement, and punishing quest design that can disrupt gameplay progression. Overall, the story adds flavor and variety but is not essential, as players can choose to focus on blacksmithing without fully engaging with the narrative.

    • “The mechanics are fun, and the story is honestly enthralling.”
    • “You can choose to just make weapons and sell them or play out the story, and wow I was not expecting such a complex, interactive story from this.”
    • “The story line of the game is incredibly interesting and the choices you get in the game are actually difficult and thought-provoking. They actually impact the story of the game and how you play.”
    • “The writing is dull and juvenile, which isn't a problem until the game insists on dragging you out of the shop over & over for the 'story.' I tapped out when I had no choice but to agree that I was 'the chosen one' of the god of tools and the big quest was revealed to be raising an army of zealots to drive out a population of war refugees.”
    • “The story and dialogue is just, god awful, and unskippable.”
    • “This was intended to be a 50/50 review, that was until I just realized how incomprehensibly stupid the quest design is in this game. Conveniently she murdered me as I slept the following night with absolutely no recourse or plot dynamic to prevent it. So ultimately, as a consequence of being blindsided with a totally vague and arbitrary plot event, I lost 12+ hours of progression. 12 hours of meticulous weapon crafting, all because the quest design is pathetically linear and unintelligent. This level of quest design here is markedly worse than freeware visual-novels I've played.”
  • gameplay

    73 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    42% positive mentions, 44% neutral mentions, 14% negative mentions

    The gameplay centers on a detailed and satisfying blacksmithing mechanic that players find immersive and realistic, with intuitive crafting processes and customization. However, it can feel slow, grindy, and sometimes tedious, with a steep learning curve and occasional balance and pacing issues that hinder accessibility and progression. Despite some flaws and additional mechanics that feel underdeveloped or poorly integrated, the core blacksmithing gameplay remains engaging and the main highlight for fans of simulation and crafting genres.

    • “From gathering the ore to smelting it, to designing the weapon, shaping the handle on a lathe, to smacking the metal, the game has some awesome mechanics.”
    • “The mechanics are really intuitive and interactive, the customization and skill tree are easy to use, and the dialogue options are hilarious.”
    • “After playing every possible blacksmith simulator and plenty of games based on crafting or containing any crafting mechanics, I must admit that this game wins in "realism".”
    • “Whilst I do enjoy the game and intend to continue playing it, there are a lot of gameplay flaws that really make it hard to like.”
    • “The mechanics are incredibly tedious — crafting even basic items feels like a repetitive chore.”
    • “I would like to say that the game is an enjoyable experience, however it remains quite unpolished and frankly quite rushed, and the gameplay is a tad bit tedious and confusing at times.”
  • grinding

    24 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 4% neutral mentions, 96% negative mentions

    Grinding in the game is widely described as tedious, repetitive, and click-heavy, particularly in mining and crafting mechanics that often feel slow and unrewarding. While some appreciate the immersive blacksmithing experience and depth, many find the grind frustrating, with poorly balanced rewards and frequent setbacks making progression feel like a chore. Nonetheless, a few players find the time investment worthwhile for the creative and addictive aspects despite the overall grind.

    • “The game is very grindy and click-heavy, doesn't properly reward weapons that take more work and materials, incentivizing you to craft nothing but daggers, and the ores are prized in a silly way such that you want to sell exclusively golden daggers, or whatever alloy is most expensive, rather than whatever metal makes the best weapon.”
    • “The mechanics are incredibly tedious — crafting even basic items feels like a repetitive chore.”
    • “The tedious nature of making a blade sucks even more when the blade fails and you need to remake it for a quest.”
  • humor

    19 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    95% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 5% negative mentions

    The humor in the game is widely praised for its funny, charming, and sometimes darkly sadistic writing, with witty dialogue and amusing customer interactions adding to the experience. Players appreciate the playful and clever jokes, entertaining references, and humorous community engagement, making the gameplay both fun and engaging. While some find a few dialogues cheesy or less effective, overall the humor enhances the game's appeal and charm.

    • “The dialogue is hilarious at times and pretty easy to relate to.”
    • “The mechanics are really intuitive and interactive, the customization and skill tree are easy to use, and the dialogue options are hilarious.”
    • “Funny dialogue, chill gameplay and the ability to design your own weapons was great.”
    • “Is this supposed to be funny?”
  • graphics

    9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    44% positive mentions, 23% neutral mentions, 33% negative mentions

    The graphics receive mixed feedback, with some praising the high level of detail and immersive atmosphere, while others criticize optimization issues and describe the visuals as simplistic or resembling asset flips. Performance problems and crashes, even on high-end hardware, have been reported despite attempts to lower settings. Overall, the graphics balance decent quality with technical challenges affecting the experience.

    • “This is an amazing game with the best graphics, soundtracks, and the most realistic gameplay. It is definitely worth the money and a jewel of a game, showcasing the best of a medieval blacksmith simulator.”
    • “Extremely high attention to detail, good graphics, great atmosphere, an absolute joy to play.”
    • “Simple graphics so it runs really smooth even on my laptop, very addicting, super relaxing, satisfying ASMR, super fun and interesting.”
    • “I want to love this game so much but the optimization is trash; on the blacksmith, my 3060ti runs between 60% and 80% usage on medium graphics and crashes multiple times.”
    • “Graphically, it looks like an asset flip.”
    • “Simple graphics, so it runs really smoothly even on my laptop.”
  • optimization

    8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    25% positive mentions, 37% neutral mentions, 38% negative mentions

    Optimization for the game is generally poor, with frequent performance issues such as low framerates, crashes, and FPS drops in specific areas despite decent hardware. While some users find performance acceptable for casual play, many experience significant unoptimized segments that hinder gameplay smoothness.

    • “Performance is just fine out of the box (I'm not a power gamer).”
    • “A little un-optimized and FPS dips in some areas, mainly the exit of the cave and the backyard of the blacksmith shop for some reason.”
    • “I want to love this game so much but the optimization is trash. In the blacksmith, my 3060ti runs between 60% and 80% usage on medium graphics and crashes multiple times.”
    • “Performance was a nightmare.”
    • “The trailer gave me very high hopes but the gameplay itself did not quite match up, and the game ran at quite a low framerate which tells me it is not that optimized.”
  • music

    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 33% neutral mentions, 17% negative mentions

    The music in the game is widely praised, with many users describing the soundtrack as outstanding and enhancing the immersive experience. While generally enjoyed for its quality and atmosphere, some minor issues like occasional glitches have been noted. Overall, the soundtrack is considered a strong and memorable aspect of the game.

    • “Soundtrack is an absolute baller.”
    • “This is an amazing game with the best graphics, soundtracks, and the most realistic gameplay. It is definitely worth the money and should be valued even more, as it is an absolute jewel of a game. More than just a blacksmith simulator, it is a life simulator for a blacksmith in the medieval period. Highly recommended!”
    • “Great soundtrack.”
    • “Besides music glitching, some special orders are rocket science but I managed them all.”
  • atmosphere

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    67% positive mentions, 33% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The atmosphere received mixed feedback, with some users praising its detailed graphics and immersive, relaxing vibe, especially in specific settings like the forge at night, while others felt major areas of the map appeared unfinished, detracting from the overall ambiance.

    • “Extremely high attention to detail, good graphics, great atmosphere, an absolute joy to play.”
    • “The atmosphere of being at your forge after dark is pretty chill.”
  • stability

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    Reviews for stability are mixed, with some users experiencing numerous bugs and glitches, while others report a smooth, glitch-free experience. Overall, the game's stability appears inconsistent across different players.

    • “Garbage buggy game.”
    • “Way too buggy to be released.”
  • emotional

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Users express strong negative emotions, feeling frustrated and disappointed due to a perceived loss of investment in the game. This has led to a complete disengagement from playing.

  • replayability

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game offers strong replayability through meaningful choices and multiple approaches, allowing players to tailor their experience by limiting or easing challenges.

    • “Due to having actual choices and approaching the game in different ways (you can limit yourself or make it easier as well), I think the replayability is also nice.”
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Play Times

39h Median play time
39h Average play time
20-75h Spent by most gamers
*Based on 4 analyzed playthroughs
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Medieval Blacksmith is a role playing game with medieval and historical themes. Common tags for Medieval Blacksmith include first-person, indie, trading, educational, life sim and others.

Medieval Blacksmith is available on PC and Windows.

On average players spend around 39 hours playing Medieval Blacksmith.

Medieval Blacksmith was released on April 14, 2025.

Medieval Blacksmith was developed by OGO Play.

Medieval Blacksmith has received positive reviews from players. Most players liked Medieval Blacksmith for its story but disliked it for its grinding.

Medieval Blacksmith is a single player game.

Similar games include Bladesong, Fantasy Blacksmith, Medieval Crafter: Blacksmith, Potion Craft, Master Bladesmith and others.