Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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12th century, England: In a time of poverty and war, a small town begins the construction of a cathedral to claim wealth and safety for its people. In their struggle to survive, lives and destinies intertwine. Based on Ken Follett's world-bestseller ‘The Pillars of the Earth’.

Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth is a choices matter, adventure and story rich game developed and published by Daedalic Entertainment.
Released on August 15th 2017 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 10 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Turkish.

It has received 7,079 reviews of which 6,557 were positive and 522 were negative resulting in a rating of 9.0 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 1.99€ on Steam with a 90% discount, but you can find it for 0.40€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth into these genres:

Choices Matter Adventure Story Rich Visual Novel Point & Click Medieval Indie Interactive Fiction Casual Based On A Novel Atmospheric Singleplayer Historical Great Soundtrack Violent Female Protagonist Hand-drawn Choose Your Own Adventure RPG 2D

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS *: Win 7, 8, 10, 32/64-bit
Processor: 2.8 Ghz Dual Core CPU
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6670, GeForce GTX 200 series with at least 1GB
DirectX: Version 9.0
Storage: 13500 MB available space
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card with latest drivers

MacOS

OS: Mac OSX 10.7
Processor: 2,6 Ghz Intel Core i5
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Intel Iris 550
Storage: 13500 MB available space
Sound Card: 16 bit

Linux

OS: Ubuntu 14.04 or newer
Processor: 2.8 Ghz Dual Core CPU
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6670, GeForce GTX 200 series with at least 1GB and proprietary drivers, latest OpenGL driver
Storage: 13500 MB available space
Sound Card: Sound Card with latest drivers

User reviews & Ratings

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Dec. 2025

• Multiple-perspective narrative. The pace in the first few chapters is kind of slow. • Ecclesiastical influence, royal rivalries, family feuds, faith crisis, tons of Christian elements. • Many missable achievements, but still possible to get 100% on a single playthrough. • Treat it as a work of fiction, not as something that needs to be historically accurate. Good visual and sound design, point-and-click gameplay with a few easy QTEs, quite simple puzzles to let you focus more on the story itself. But if you're really not into the story, this lack of gameplay variety could bore you easily. The storyline is deeper than I expected, but easy to catch up since all the information you need to know is already given in the game. I really like how later chapters introduce details that echo earlier sections. For example, I accidentally let venison spoil, and the characters still remember it and bring it up many years later:^ This game doesn't have a chapter select so when the story is finished, there's no way to rewind except through your save slot. It's a bit of a shame that I can't rewatch certain plots.

Sept. 2025

A really solid visual novel with great art and storytelling. It takes a little while to get going, but once it does, it really pulls you in. Every choice feels meaningful, and the twists and turns keep things exciting. Definitely worth your time.

Sept. 2025

If you enjoyed Pentiment, you'll likely enjoy this. Follow multiple people on their fragmented perspectives of an intertwined story. Point-and-click controls. Choices matter but it's largely on rails. Kind of a slow burn but interesting enough to keep people who enjoy this genre going. Only half-way through at a little over 9 hours and looking forward to the remaining half. EDIT: Just finished and the second half is even better than the first.

Aug. 2025

This was a great adaptation of a compelling story, and I feel like I should have paid a lot more for it than I did. It was a fairly long game and a labor of love, and I would highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys story-based games and/or quality historical fiction. The characters were complex and memorable, the voice acting was great, and somehow your decisions felt like they had weight even though the outcomes are obviously predetermined. If you can scoop this gem up on sale, definitely do, but imo it's worth whatever the original cost to support the studio and the folks who adapted this so well and lovingly.

April 2025

A quite solid and entertaining game! The gameplay is very interactive, yet doesn't include any difficult puzzles or mechanisms (with the exception of a few tricky QTEs), hence it's pretty chill altogether. I really like the medieval setting and find the world-building to be very well-done; it made it simple for me to get immersed in the setting. The plot itself is certainly decent too, it includes a variety of story-aspects that get beautifully connected with each other. I especially loved the main reveal, as well as the epic & brutal moments and honestly wish that the game showed more of the horror and anguish. Meanwhile I perceived the less serious scenes to be frequently too long in comparison to scenes of high plot relevance, I still liked to get more insight into the daily life and such (though that whole romance arc was actually incredibly unnecessary, in my opinion). Another thing I'd like to mention is that the game is straight-up hilarious like 80% of the time, I admittedly couldn't take plenty of scenes seriously because they got that hyperbolic drama element, however I was captivated by the story regardless, additionally the actual comedy scenes were simply extra funny to me. Overall this was a very pleasant experience and I had plenty of fun exploring the worldsetting and watching the events unfold. I personally perceived some pacing issues, due to some events/chapters being either too brief or too extensive, but besides that the plot is great!

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Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth is currently priced at 1.99€ on Steam.

Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth is currently available at a 90% discount. You can purchase it for 1.99€ on Steam.

Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth received 6,557 positive votes out of a total of 7,079 achieving a rating of 8.97.

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Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth was developed and published by Daedalic Entertainment.

Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth is a single-player game.

There is a DLC available for Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth. Explore additional content available for Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth on Steam.

Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

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Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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