Mount and Blade Complete Collection

Mount and Blade Complete Collection is a PC package of medieval action RPGs and strategy sandboxes, but the current Steam storefront name is Mount & Blade Legacy Collection. The older Complete Collection label remains useful for searches, while the former GOG Complete Collection package is not currently listed as an active store product in the checked catalog.

The collection is built around TaleWorlds Entertainment's distinctive blend of personal combat, party management, open-world travel, and faction politics. It is not one unified campaign. Instead, it brings together several related games with different settings, progression systems, and multiplayer features.

From lone adventurer to battlefield commander

The original Mount & Blade establishes the central loop. You create a character, travel across Calradia, accept work, fight bandits or rival armies, recruit soldiers, and improve your standing with local factions. The world is a free-form sandbox rather than a tightly scripted adventure, so progress comes from choosing where to go and which opportunities to pursue.

Combat is played directly from a first-person or third-person perspective. Weapon direction, timing, reach, shields, mounted momentum, and projectile arcs all matter. Horseback combat is a defining feature, allowing cavalry charges, mounted archery, and fast repositioning instead of treating the army as an abstract menu.

Your party is more than a list of statistics. Recruits can be trained into stronger troop types, companions provide specialized skills and personalities, and morale can affect whether soldiers stay effective. The long-term loop is about turning limited resources into a reliable warband while avoiding battles that your current force cannot survive.

Sieges, tournaments, trade, quests, and faction relationships give the sandbox several ways to make money and reputation. There is no single correct role. You can work as a mercenary, serve a lord, build influence through diplomacy, or eventually pursue territorial power.

What changes between the included games

Mount & Blade: Warband is the collection's most important entry for many PC players. It refines the combat, expands political options, adds the ability to become the ruler of a faction, and supports multiplayer battles with modes such as Siege, Battle, Conquest, Team Deathmatch, and Capture the Flag.

Warband also makes the kingdom-building arc more explicit. You can recruit companions, grant them land, persuade lords to join your cause, marry for personal or political reasons, and manage the consequences of low morale. The result is a campaign where a minor skirmish can eventually connect to a war for control of Calradia.

With Fire & Sword shifts the tone away from a purely medieval weapon set. Firearms, grenades, polearms, and gunpowder-era faction warfare change how encounters work, making positioning and ranged fire more important than in the original sword-focused sandbox. Its setting and equipment give the collection a different historical flavor rather than simply adding another Calradia campaign.

Viking Conquest Reforged Edition adds a harsher northern setting with a more structured campaign alongside sandbox play. Its emphasis on faction conflict, travel, leadership, and seafaring makes it a strong choice for players who want more narrative direction without abandoning the series' party-based battles and open-ended progression.

Napoleonic Wars is a multiplayer-focused expansion for Warband. It replaces the usual medieval battlefield with muskets, artillery, cavalry, and organized formations, producing a more coordinated style of combat built around timing volleys, holding lines, and supporting officers or specialized roles.

Content model and current collection naming

On Steam, Mount & Blade Legacy Collection is a paid bundle containing five listed products: Mount & Blade, Mount & Blade: Warband, Mount & Blade: Warband - Napoleonic Wars, Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword, and Mount & Blade: Warband - Viking Conquest Reforged Edition.

This is not a free-to-play package and it does not operate as a single modern definitive edition. Each item remains a separate game or expansion with its own executable, modes, language coverage, and compatibility details. The bundle discount is therefore most useful for players who want the complete legacy lineup rather than only Warband.

The name difference matters when shopping. Searches for “Mount and Blade Complete Collection” can lead to older retailer listings, archived bundle references, or the unavailable GOG package, while Steam currently presents the active bundle as Legacy Collection.

The package also should not be confused with Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord. Bannerlord is a separate sequel-era title with its own store listing and systems. It is not the same product as the legacy collection, even though both use Calradia and share the series' action-strategy foundation.

Who should play it

This collection suits PC players who want emergent campaigns, direct melee control, army growth, and medieval politics without being forced through a fixed heroic storyline. It is especially appealing if you enjoy games where losing a battle can create a new problem instead of simply loading the previous checkpoint.

It is also a good fit for players who enjoy experimenting with troop compositions. Infantry, archers, cavalry, firearms, companions, and faction units behave differently, so building an effective party is part of the strategy rather than a cosmetic choice.

Players seeking cinematic presentation, fully voiced storytelling, or a tightly paced campaign should set expectations accordingly. The older interfaces are functional rather than modern, and the sandbox design often expects you to create your own goals.

Those who prefer character-driven medieval realism can compare its first-person combat and historical atmosphere with grounded medieval RPGs such as Kingdom Come: Deliverance Royal Edition, although that game is a directed single-player adventure rather than a warband-management sandbox.

PC features, input, and ecosystem

The current Steam bundle advertises single-player, multiplayer, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop, Family Sharing, and an included level editor at the package level. Steam also warns that listed features may not be supported by every item, so players should check the individual game before assuming a specific mode or tool applies across the collection.

Warband is the main PC platform feature story because of its long-running mod ecosystem and Workshop support. Custom modules can alter factions, maps, equipment, campaigns, and even the setting, turning the base sandbox into a very different experience when a compatible mod is installed.

Input is best treated as keyboard-and-mouse focused, especially for directional attacks, mounted control, party commands, and menus. Controller support is not advertised consistently across every item in the bundle, so a controller should not be treated as a guaranteed collection-wide feature.

Localization varies by game. Steam lists English plus combinations of German, French, Spanish, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Turkish, Japanese, and Simplified or Traditional Chinese across the package, but the exact language set is not identical for every included title.

Steam is the current storefront route for the active Legacy Collection. The older GOG editions are notable for their DRM-free positioning, but the complete package is not currently available there as a single active catalog product based on the storefront status checked.

Similar medieval strategy RPGs on PC

The closest comparison is not a conventional action RPG. Mount & Blade's unusual identity comes from combining real-time character combat with campaign-map movement, recruitment, faction relations, and army command.

Players more interested in dynasty politics than swordplay may prefer character-driven medieval grand strategy like Crusader Kings III Royal Edition. Crusader Kings offers deeper inheritance and diplomacy systems, while Mount & Blade places you physically inside the battles and asks you to manage a much smaller warband.

For a more tactical and story-led alternative, turn-based Viking leadership RPGs such as Expeditions: Viking emphasize party decisions, companion relationships, and deliberate combat rather than mounted real-time action.

These comparisons highlight the collection's gap in the market: few PC games let you swing your own weapon, issue orders to a growing army, negotiate with factions, and pursue a kingdom within the same campaign structure.

Mount and Blade Complete Collection FAQ

What is the current name of Mount and Blade Complete Collection?

The current Steam bundle is called Mount & Blade Legacy Collection. “Mount and Blade Complete Collection” is an older or retailer-style name that still matches common search intent.

What games are included in the Legacy Collection?

The Steam bundle lists Mount & Blade, Mount & Blade: Warband, Warband - Napoleonic Wars, With Fire & Sword, and Warband - Viking Conquest Reforged Edition.

Is Warband included?

Yes. Warband is included as a separate full game and is generally the collection's central entry for players interested in faction politics, kingdom management, mods, and multiplayer battles.

Does the collection include multiplayer?

Yes, but multiplayer availability differs by item. Warband supports several competitive modes, while Napoleonic Wars is specifically built around organized multiplayer firearms combat. Do not assume every title shares the same online feature set.

Does it support mods on PC?

Warband has the strongest mod support, including Steam Workshop integration and a broad community-made module ecosystem. Mod compatibility is tied to the specific game and version, not automatically shared by the entire collection.

Does the collection have full controller support?

No collection-wide promise should be made. The games are traditionally designed around keyboard and mouse input, and Steam's bundle listing does not establish uniform controller support for every included title.