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Pirates, Vikings, and Knights II

Pirates, Vikings, and Knights II boasts a unique three-team symmetry and a myriad of colorful characters to promote exciting, strategic, and fun gameplay. It features several game modes, each requiring its own…

10 August 2025 Free to play

Pirates, Vikings, and Knights II is an indie developed by Octoshark Studios, released 10 August 2025 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It is free to play.

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What Pirates, Vikings, and Knights II is

Pirates, Vikings, and Knights II is an indie game developed by Octoshark Studios and released in 2025. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Source.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Pirates, Vikings and Knights II is a free-to-play multiplayer team-based first-person action video game, developed as a total conversion modification on Valve proprietary Source engine. The game was released in beta development stages, with its first public release on 1 January 2007. The first full version of the game was released on 8 August 2025.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and historical. There are 294 achievements to unlock.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 1.7 GHz Processor or better and 512 MB RAM. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 10GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Pirates, Vikings, and Knights II launched on 10 August 2025, within three weeks of Mafia: The Old Country, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers and Shinobi: Art of Vengeance.

Released around the same time: Mafia: The Old Country, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, Shinobi: Art of Vengeance.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Pirates, Vikings, and Knights II — frequently asked questions

When did Pirates, Vikings, and Knights II come out?
Pirates, Vikings, and Knights II was released on 10 August 2025 for Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
Is Pirates, Vikings, and Knights II free?
Yes — Pirates, Vikings, and Knights II is free to play.
What are the minimum PC requirements for Pirates, Vikings, and Knights II?
At minimum, Pirates, Vikings, and Knights II needs 1.7 GHz Processor or better, 512 MB RAM, 10 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is Pirates, Vikings, and Knights II?
The PC version needs about 10 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("10 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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