Crusader Kings III: Tours & Tournaments

Last updated: 2025-08-03

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  • Immersive travel and tours enhance peacetime gameplay.
  • Strong emergent storytelling through new activities.
  • Deeper knight and entourage mechanics.
  • Spectacular new visuals improve game experience.
  • DLC overpriced for content.
  • Persistent bugs and glitches remain.
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Emotions

Satisfaction28%Disappointment23%Frustration22%Excitement7%Anger4%
Reviews
(sample size)
199
Helpful reviews
73%
Unhelpful reviews
27%
Protest reviews
1%
Positive points
380
Negative points
319
Gameplay points
114
Perf. points
3
Rec. points
86
Misc points
20
Point
Immersive travel and tours
Description
The new travel system and grand tours allow rulers to physically traverse their realms, impacting vassals, collecting taxes, and engaging in diplomatic missions. This adds a crucial layer of immersion and strategic decision-making, making the kingdom feel more tangible.
Importance
96%
Enriched peacetime gameplay
Description
The DLC significantly enriches peacetime gameplay by providing numerous new activities, events, and interactions. This addresses the previous lack of content during truces or periods without warfare, making the game more engaging and varied throughout its duration.
Importance
88%
Best DLC, core expansion
Description
The DLC is widely considered the best expansion for Crusader Kings III, significantly enhancing the core gameplay and setting a new standard for future content. It adds substantial depth and replayability, particularly in role-playing and peacetime activities.
Importance
85%
Strong emergent storytelling
Description
The expansion greatly enhances the game's ability to generate emergent, character-driven stories. Player choices during activities and travel lead to meaningful consequences, fostering deeper emotional connections and unique narrative experiences.
Importance
79%
Strategic grand weddings
Description
Grand Weddings are a valuable addition, serving as a strategic tool for securing powerful alliances, gaining legitimacy, and even manipulating or eliminating rival dynasties. They offer a non-military solution to various in-game challenges.
Importance
78%
Deeper knight and entourage mechanics
Description
The mechanics for knights and entourages have been deepened, allowing players to bring specific characters to activities and witness their development through event chains, fostering rivalries, friendships, and unique personal stories.
Importance
76%
Spectacular new visuals
Description
The DLC introduces spectacular new clothing and armor designs, enhancing the visual appeal and historical authenticity of characters and events, particularly within the tournament system.
Importance
74%
Substantial free update
Description
A substantial portion of the new mechanics and improvements, including the fundamental travel system, were delivered as a free update alongside the paid DLC, providing significant value to all players.
Importance
73%
Engaging tournaments and knights
Description
Tournaments are a major highlight, offering diverse competitions, valuable rewards (artifacts, prestige), and opportunities for character development and social interaction. Knight accolades further personalize knights, making them more memorable and impactful.
Importance
24%