The Guild 3
Released Jun 2022
The Guild 3 is a fascinating trade and life simulation that takes place during the late Middle Ages. Step into the shoes of a citizen, acquire businesses and mansions, produce goods and trade them, start intrigues in politics and society, love, hate, bribe, fight and live through good and bad times!
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All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Steam $29.99
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Evaluation
The Guild 3 exited Early Access and launched as version 1.0 on June 14, 2022. Following the launch, the developer published a dev diary on August 2, 2022 confirming that the collaboration with developer Purple Lamp was ending with the upcoming patch 1.0.4 (targeting end of August / early September 2022). That post also mentioned THQ Nordic's intention to eventually add a map editor, but explicitly noted they were making no promises beyond eventually delivering that feature at some unspecified future point.
There have been no further developer posts about The Guild 3 itself after August 2022. The map editor mentioned in that post was never formally announced as committed DLC, came with explicit caveats ("we cannot and will not promise anything"), and was framed as a vague aspiration rather than a committed roadmap item. No DLC beyond the soundtrack has been listed on the store, and no post-launch content has shipped.
The developer's recent activity (2025–2026) has been entirely focused on a new title in the franchise, *The Guild – Europa 1410*, developed by Ashborne Games, which entered Early Access on July 16, 2026. This successor title effectively represents where ongoing Guild franchise development has moved. There is no indication that The Guild 3 will receive further updates.
With one major release milestone (the 1.0 launch), a clear developer communication that Purple Lamp's work was concluding with patch 1.0.4, and no further announcements or content since, The Guild 3 is a complete product. The completion date is estimated as September 1, 2022, reflecting when patch 1.0.4 — the final stated update — was expected to ship.
Evidence
Developer confirmed patch 1.0.4 would be the last update in collaboration with Purple Lamp, with a small team to work on an eventual map editor. No promises made about the editor's delivery. This is the last official communication about The Guild 3.
The Guild 3 officially launched as version 1.0, graduating from Early Access.
Content
1 of 1 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
THQ Nordic
Achievements
26
Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op · PvP
About this game
We find ourselves in middle Europe of the year 1400. The dark middle ages, once dominated through nobles and clergy, ends and a new era begins: the age of the free cities of trading and of the free mind!
In The Guild 3 you create a family dynasty which can last for centuries. While the world around you and your dynasty rearrange itself again and again - all non-player figures make their own decisions - you have to prove your skills in handicrafts and trading, at social occasion and finally in politics and in malicious intrigues.
The Guild 3 is a unique mixture of economic simulation, strategy game, historical life simulation and role playing game in real time 3D, with atmospheric voice recording and medieval soundtrack.

In The Guild 3 you create a family dynasty which can last for centuries. While the world around you and your dynasty rearrange itself again and again - all non-player figures make their own decisions - you have to prove your skills in handicrafts and trading, at social occasion and finally in politics and in malicious intrigues.
The Guild 3 is a unique mixture of economic simulation, strategy game, historical life simulation and role playing game in real time 3D, with atmospheric voice recording and medieval soundtrack.
- Guide your avatar and his or her family to acquire wealth and influence
- Become an honest craftsman, trade, start romances, bribe officials or thow bombs and poison your enemies - it's up to you how you amass more and more power
- Acquire titles, take positions in town council offices and join a guild
- Ranging professions, a complex skill tree and many unlockable actions and bonuses
- 13 unique scenario maps based on authentic historical locations in Central and Northern Europe
- Day and night cycle and seasons that influence game events
- Play against AI dynasties or friends in multiplayer matches

Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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