Crusader Kings III

In the Medieval world, it is not only those with swords and royal blood that control the fate of nations. Far more folk will meet a trader or direct a caravan than ever sit on a throne. Precious goods flow through markets around the world steered by the canny and the unscrupulous. Buy low, sell high, and use the profit to find a power all your own. Build your treasure in Silk & Silver, a new Major Expansion for Crusader Kings III.

Coming on 17 November on Steam for PC, Crusader Kings III: Silk & Silver is a Major Expansion to Paradox Interactive’s celebrated grand strategy role-playing game about the medieval world. In Silk & Silver, players can lead a merchant company from humble beginnings and carve out a trade empire that brings materials from around the world. Silk & Silver also opens up Republic governments, such as Venice or Genoa, for play, as patrician families compete for power and renown.

Crusader Kings III: Silk and Silver Official Announcement Trailer

Crusader Kings III: Silk & Silver includes:

• New Government Type: Merchant: Lead a landless merchant family at the head of a trading company, rising from obscurity to greatness and using your wealth to advance the fortunes of your dynasty.
• A Nose for Profit: Seek out profitable Trade Routes for over 40 trade goods, slowly expanding the reach of your trade empire as your merchant company grows in renown and wealth.
• Decide your Merchant’s path: Choose one of three specializations, each with their own bonuses and unique content; move considerable amounts of goods as a Caravaneer, loan money to rulers as a Creditor or create new artifacts as an Artisan.
• Specialize and Thrive: Gain experience in traded goods to unlock bonuses and increase your business acumen to grow your company’s reputation.
• Lobby for Power: Use money and intrigue to sway nobles and royalty, seeking patrons who can strengthen your trade empire.
• Market Lockdown: Leverage your political influence to gain exclusive rights to trade select goods in Markets, or push out the competition by claiming a complete Monopoly.
• Expand Your Mansion: Direct your trading company from your base of operations. Spend gold and prestige to improve its grounds, growing your business with additional trade routes and gain an edge over rival traders.
• And more!

Crusader Kings III: Silk & Silver will be available on 17 November 2026 for the suggested retail price of $29.99/￡25.99/€29.99. It is also available as a part of Chapter V for Crusader Kings III.

It is said that you cannot serve both God and the World, but the devout must still live in the world. Therefore, the divine must find ways to thrive alongside the mundane. The secular may use the sword to compel obedience from the clerics, but those who speak for God can threaten an eternal punishment in return. Find your way through the political and religious conflicts of the Middle Ages in By God Alone, a new expansion pack for Crusader Kings III, available now. Crusader Kings III: By God Alone a core expansion for Paradox Interactive’s celebrated role-playing grand strategy game of the medieval world. This expansion, for the first time, gives players the opportunity to play as religious rulers and engage in the many crises and debates that characterized this time and place. Players can manipulate the tenets of the faith to expose and weaken a rival, make rulers or priests puppets to control, or pursue and advance heresies in the name of personal power.

Crusader Kings III: By God Alone Official Release Trailer

Crusader Kings III: By God Alone is available now on Steam for the suggested retail price of $19.99/£16.99/€19.99. It is also available as part of the Chapter V bundle for Crusader Kings III.

Many of the mightiest medieval rulers feared the judgment of an even greater power. But that greater power is also a distant one, its will only interpreted and imposed by mortals that claim to speak with divine authority. This is a semi-divine power that can be turned to mundane ends. The Church can be just one more avenue to glory and prestige. On 30 September, you can experience the drama and power of the medieval church in Crusader Kings III: By God Alone.

By God Alone, an upcoming core expansion for Crusader Kings III, introduces new ways to engage with religion and church politics. Focusing on the development of Christian leadership through the medieval era, By God Alone allows you to play theocratic landholders such as archbishops or even the Pope, guiding your flock, increasing church power and fattening your purse.

The expansion also adds many new ways for characters to interact with their religion, with new faith-based activities and a reworking of rites and tenets. You can follow the straight and narrow or defy the religious authorities and bend the faith to your own will. But beware. Mortal concerns and earthly power are not all that matters.

Crusader Kings III: By God Alone Announcement Trailer

Crusader Kings III: By God Alone includes:

• Playable Theocracies: Take control of landed realms headed by an archbishop or even the Pope himself. As the Papacy, new resources of power and wealth will be at your disposal.
• The Christian “Situation”: A new persistent Situation for Christian realms, allowing actions and decisions connected to the development and progress of the Faith. You can participate in Ecumenical Councils to decide on religious tenets and beliefs.
• Heresies: Religious rites that diverge too much from the standard Faith steal power and wealth from the Church and may be declared heretical, forcing you to either conform or rebel.
• The Great Schism: In the 867 game start, the Christian church will eventually reach a crossroads for the faith. This can result in the Great Schism, separating Western Catholicism from Eastern Orthodoxy.
• Monastic Holy Orders: Centers of both research and theological power, Monastic Holy Orders offer potent bonuses to those who host their headquarters. Chief among their offerings is spiritual fulfilment, for their prayers protect secular rulers from eternal damnation.
• Changes to Religious Tenets: Revisions to the tenet system in Crusader Kings III now center characters’ relationships to their faith and what is appropriate behavior within that faith. Follow heretical beliefs that push the boundary of what is accepted or have your personal preferences adopted and accepted through internal church politics.
• Spiritual Fulfillment system: Traits, actions and religious tenets work together to paint portraits of characters’ inner spirit and spiritual life. Sinful or virtuous actions are not merely a concern for stress, but can also affect relationships with God and concerns about the afterlife.
• Archdioceses: New clerical titles that have religious authority over a geographical region independent of the secular rulers’ lands.
• College of Cardinals: The Pope can appoint cardinals across Christendom. But, the struggle between secular and religious authority never ends – secular rulers can use their power to influence the appointment of Cardinals and the direction of the Church.
• Dynamic Holy Sites: Faiths can now dynamically change their holy sites as they grow and change over time.
• Cathedrals: Cathedrals can become the focal point for reverence of specific saints or other holy figures, leading to them becoming Holy Sites.
• Puppets: In order to interact with the political machinery of the church, secular rulers will be able to puppet clerical characters so they can act on their behalf.

And more!

Crusader Kings III: By God Alone will be available on 30 September 2026 and is part of Chapter V for Crusader Kings III. It will also be available as a standalone purchase the suggested retail price of $19.99/£16.99/€19.99.

More information about Crusader Kings III is available on the official Crusader Kings III website or on the games Steam page.

This year, Crusader Kings III will add new threads to the rich medieval tapestry players can weave. Today’s launch of Chapter V reveals the upcoming plans for Paradox Interactive’s celebrated grand-strategy role-playing game, including two expansions that highlight major new playstyle options and greater depth and historical flavor as well as a music pack and cosmetic pack that are available Today. Today, Crusader Kings III is also getting a major free update, adding new ways to find information about your game, with an improved ledger and other stat tracking, as well as more shortcuts, changes to the interface, new sound cues and more.

Crusader Kings III Chapter V Reveal Trailer

The two upcoming expansions, By God Alone and Silk & Silver, focus on aspects of the medieval world that the wider Crusader Kings community has wanted to see explored in more depth. By God Alone deepens the religious themes of the game, with more attention to the evolution of Christianity in Europe and how medieval secular rulers competed with the religious orders for power and wealth. Silk & Silver opens up merchant republics for play, letting you take the position of a medieval merchant rising to power through shrewd trading, political office, or noble patronage.

Crusader Kings III: Chapter V is available now, and it includes:

• Symbols of Authority: This clothing pack offers new crowns and headwear for European characters, including crowns inspired by some of the most glamorous heads of history. Available Today, this pack is instantly unlocked upon purchase of Chapter V.
• Songs of the Realm: Out now, this new Crusader Kings III Music Pack offers a wide variety of musical accompaniment to your empire-building and dynastic scheming. Songs of the Realm offers thirteen songs, a mix between remasters of Crusader Kings classics and adaptations of traditional European music. This Music Pack is the perfect soundtrack to while away the hours as you plot your next big move to secure your family’s hold on destiny.
• By God Alone: This Core Expansion for Crusader Kings III focuses on the religious life of your characters, with a special emphasis on new systems for Christian characters. Guide your dynasty through religious developments as the tenets of the faith evolve over the centuries, avoid or embrace heresies, navigate Schisms and Synods and watch your characters struggle with the demands of their religion. Coming later this year.
• Silk & Silver: This Major Expansion for Crusader Kings III focuses on medieval trade and the merchant families that ruled or financed great empires. Play as a merchant family with a mansion to maintain, earning gold through the trade of exotic goods. Compete for power in a merchant republic, where gold is more important than blood, or set up shop in a landed kingdom and finance its expansion. Push rival families out of the most valuable markets, establishing monopolies on important routes. Coming later this year.

Crusader Kings III: Chapter V is available now on for the suggested retail price of $43.99/ ￡36.99/€43.99. More information about Crusader Kings III is available on the official Crusader Kings III website or on the games Steam page.

Following on the successful subscription plans for other grand strategy games, like Hearts of Iron IV and Europa Universalis IV, Paradox Interactive is now offering Crusader Kings III and all of its content to players who’d prefer to play for a limited time or in a more budget-conscious manner.

Owners of the Crusader Kings III base game now have the opportunity to pay a monthly fee that opens all of the expanded content for the game – every expansion, every cosmetic or event pack. Everything.

Real strategy requires cunning, and if you’ve been reluctant to test your scheming ways on the grand medieval landscape of Crusader Kings III, this subscription will allow you to experience the many new events and decisions as well as fresh historical flavor and character, with new challenges drawn from the distant past.

Sign up now to enjoy:

• Expansions, adding new major features and dramatically transforming the game experience.
• Flavor packs, which highlight historic struggles in specific regions.
• Event packs with colorful new choices for your characters as they make their mark on history.
• Cosmetic content, including historical clothing styles for some regions and music packs for deeper immersion.
• Every content pack specifically designed for Crusader Kings III by established community modders and creators.
• All “instant unlock” content provided to Chapter owners throughout the life of Crusader Kings III.

Crusader Kings III subscriptions will start at $9.99USD/£8.49/€9.99 per month, with discounts for longer term subscriptions. Purchase the base game here on Steam and sign up for a subscription on the Steam Crusader Kings III subscription page.

Explore the dramatic history of East and Southeast Asia in “All Under Heaven”, a new major expansion pack for Crusader Kings III, available today. All Under Heaven, the largest Crusader Kings expansion to date, adds thousands of new provinces and characters in an ambitious addition to the game map. For the first time, Crusader Kings players will be able to rule the Celestial Government of China, the Empire of Japan and the temple kingdoms of Southeast Asia.

Crusader Kings III: All Under Heaven adds new government forms and cultural flavor to a deeply researched setting, years in the making. Have your characters excel in civil service examinations to climb the ranks of the Chinese bureaucracy, build family alliances to challenge the reigning powers in Japan or even become a god-king in Indochina, adding tributaries to your Mandala rule.

Crusader Kings III: All Under Heaven Release Trailer

Crusader Kings III: All Under Heaven is now available for the suggested retail price of $29.99/£24.99/€29.99. More information about Crusader Kings III is available on the official Crusader Kings III website or on the games Steam page.

Write New Histories of East Asia in All Under Heaven, Coming This Month

From the Great Wall to the great temple cities of Indochina, from the foothills of Mount Fuji to the river valleys of China, an infinite array of new adventures and stories awaits you in All Under Heaven, the largest expansion for Crusader Kings III to date. The newly expanded map presents a rich and colorful setting for imperial ambition, sacred duties and shadowy scheming with detailed representations of medieval China, Japan and Southeast Asia.

Coming on 28 October, All Under Heaven takes Paradox’s celebrated grand strategy role-playing series to entirely new settings, unseen in any previous Crusader Kings game. Keep a steady hand on the regional hegemon or manage the tumult of dynastic change in China. Revere the Yamato emperor and his regent in Japan, or pursue the path of the samurai warlord. Build a monumental temple facility in the jungles of Southeast Asia and compel weaker kingdoms to pay tribute to your greatness.

All Under Heaven also introduces Japanese as a supported language for Crusader Kings III, further expanding the international audience that has grown to support this royal game.

Crusader Kings III: All Under Heaven Announcement Trailer

Features of Crusader Kings III: All Under Heaven include:

China: The Mandate of Heaven

Japan: Rise of the Shogunate

Southeast Asia: God-Kings and Temple Empires

Explore the Silk Road, new Starting Bookmarks and Historical Flavor

And much more

Crusader Kings III: All Under Heaven will be available on 28 October 2025 for the suggested retail price of $29.99/£24.99/€29.99. It is also available as a part of the Crusader Kings III: Chapter IV expansion pass.

More information about Crusader Kings III is available on the official Crusader Kings III website or on the games Steam page.

The pomp and circumstance of royal celebrations come to life in Coronations, a new event pack for Crusader Kings III. This pack, included in the Chapter IV expansion pass for the game, gives your kings and emperors the choice of proclaiming their majesty and legitimizing their rule through a new activity and related events. Coronation ceremonies offer new opportunities for earning prestige and inciting envy in Paradox Interactive’s popular grand strategy role-playing game set in a deeply researched medieval world.

Watch the Crusader Kings III: Coronations Release Trailer HERE.

Key Features of Crusader Kings III: Coronations include:

New Activity: Coronations

Oaths

Crusader Kings III: Coronations is available now on Steam for the suggested retail price of $4.99/£4.29/€4.99. It is also available as part of the Crusader Kings III: Chapter IV Expansion Pass. More information about Crusader Kings III is available on the official Crusader Kings III website or on its Steam page.

Show Off Your Power in Coronations

It is one thing to inherit a crown, but another thing to own it. Demonstrate your command of pomp and circumstance in Coronations, a new event pack for Crusader Kings III, Paradox Interactive’s celebrated grand strategy role playing game about dynastic rivalry in the Medieval era, coming on September 09, 2025.

This event pack adds Coronations as a new in-game Activity. Gather your vassals in a grand ceremony so they can bear witness to your ascension to the throne, or use the cover of this majestic event to undermine or eliminate rivals at court. Use this sacred royal event to chart the course for your rule and set the tone for how you will govern.

Key Features:

Crusader Kings III: Coronations will be available on 09 September 2025 for the suggested retail price of $4.99/£4.29/€4.99. It is also available as part of the Crusader Kings III: Chapter IV pack. More information about Crusader Kings III is available on the official Crusader Kings III website.

Through astute diplomacy and seemingly invincible armies, the nomadic peoples of the Eurasian steppe altered the course of history. Empires were crushed under the thundering hooves of their horsemen as a Pax Mongolica guaranteed the safety of merchants and diplomats on the trade routes of a continent. Relive and rewrite the dramatic rise of the Nomadic realms in Khans of the Steppe, a new core expansion to Crusader Kings III, available now.

Watch the Crusader Kings III: Khans of the Steppe Release Trailer HERE.

Featuring a horde of new mechanics specifically designed to reflect the culture and society of Asia’s nomadic tribes, Khans of the Steppe adds even more historical flavor to Paradox Interactive’s best selling strategy role-playing game about the medieval world. Accumulate herds that will serve as the basis of your clan’s wealth, as you migrate in search of better pastures. Settle the succession through clan politics. And, most importantly, establish yourself as the Great Khan – the master of all that is under the sky.

Highlights of Crusader Kings III: Khans of the Steppe include:

Crusader Kings III: Khans of the Steppe is available now on Steam for the suggested retail price of $19.99/£16.75/€19.99, or as part of Crusader Kings III: Chapter IV. More information about Crusader Kings III is available on the official Crusader Kings III website.