Peasant Royale (PC) Review

 

Peasant Royale is a new Medieval based Battle Royale Game, which released during Christmas and New Year of 2023 on Steam.

The developers describe the game as: "Peasant Royale is what all fans of the battle royale genre have been waiting for, for so long. Medieval Battle Royale with up to 50 players on one huge map.

• More than a hundred items.
• Smooth and realistic melee combat.
• Exciting ranged combat.
• Resource management.

Peasant Royale masterfully combines both ranged and melee combat systems... Enter into exciting duels with other players and finally become the last one standing!"

Well... Peasant Royale is indeed a Medieval Battle Royale Game. Melee and Ranged Combat do exist... And I actually was the last one standing in my first match of the game! The rest of the description is just marketing gibberish.

The Visuals of the game are quite simple and the map is, despite having a decent size, way too empty. There are some medieval villages and castles, but they feel completly lifeless and void of many things. In between these places there is also not much to see or discover. The map might be a decent prototype of a pre-pre-Alpha of a game.

Melee and ranged combat does feel clunky. Most players I met were therefore focusing on ranged combat. The throwing spears and arrows seemed to work okay. The throwing axes however were irritating, since you can't see where they were actually landing. The UI however was simple, but got the job done. The gameplay overall isn't terrible or horribly broken, but there is also no real reason to play this game. There are many better medival based combat games out there. 

 

Result:

I think it is obvious, that this game was made by a very small team or even single developer. I applaude their vision and respect their effort. This however doesn't change the fact, that I can't generally recommend this game. Everything in Peasant Royale is too janky and basic to commend the game, but fans of Medieval based games might try it out for a few laughs. It at least has the scuffed Medieval BR charme going for it. Everybody else should rather check out games, like Chivalry 2, Mordhau or even Pirates, Vikings and Knights 2.

 

4.5/10