The Guild Gold Edition
Released Sep 2014
It’s the year 1400- the late Middle Ages. Europe sees the dawn of the golden age of the new departures and the free spirit. Under the rule of the bourgeoisie and businessmen, more and more towns are emerging from the clutches of the aristocracy and are achieving independence, power and wealth.
74% positive · 603 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Evaluation
The Guild Gold Edition is a classic re-release that bundles the original The Guild game together with its expansion pack. It was made available on Steam on September 9, 2014. The store description explicitly states it "includes the original game plus its expansion pack," indicating this is a complete, packaged product with no additional content intended.
The two developer news posts associated with this store page relate entirely to The Guild 3 — a separate, successor game — not to The Guild Gold Edition itself. The June 14, 2022 post announced The Guild 3's full release out of Early Access, and the September 26, 2017 post announced The Guild 3's entry into Early Access. Neither post contains any communication about updates, new content, or future plans for The Guild Gold Edition.
This game launched as a finished, bundled product combining a legacy title and its expansion. There is no post-launch update history, no announced future content, and no indication from the developer that anything further is planned for it. It is complete as shipped.
Evidence
Store description states the game 'includes the original game plus its expansion pack' — a classic bundle presented as a complete package
Post announces the full release of The Guild 3, a separate successor title — not related to The Guild Gold Edition
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
THQ Nordic
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Unsupported
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer
About this game
It’s the year 1400- the late Middle Ages. Europe sees the dawn of the golden age of the new departures and the free spirit. Under the rule of the bourgeoisie and businessmen, more and more towns are emerging from the clutches of the aristocracy and are achieving independence, power and wealth. New businesses are flourishing, bringing financial strength and political influence to a growing economy.
However, life in the narrow, overpopulated alleyways and streets of the towns also has its downsides: epidemics and diseases are spreading, and thieves and highwaymen lie in wait to get their piece of the wealth. Now you can try your hand in these exciting times of change. Will you head down the path of an honest craftsman or a dubious priest? It’s your choice.
However, life in the narrow, overpopulated alleyways and streets of the towns also has its downsides: epidemics and diseases are spreading, and thieves and highwaymen lie in wait to get their piece of the wealth. Now you can try your hand in these exciting times of change. Will you head down the path of an honest craftsman or a dubious priest? It’s your choice.
The Story:
At the age of 13, you leave your parents, go to the city to learn a job and aiming to build your own trade empire at the time of real commercial and though exchanges expansion. You choose the city, each one has its difficulty level, you choose your parents, whose respective jobs predispose you to have specific qualities, and you choose your business among the old fashionned Middle Age jobs. Run your own business, manage your workers properly as to be the more productive you can, and hire guards to protect your goods... Because even if you get better than the competitors, they can destroy your work and your goods... That's the difficult world of business affairs!Key features:
- Includes the original game plus its expansion pack
- Blackmail, kidnap, sabotage or buy your way into a higher position in the government
- Choose your job according to your qualities, your city and the local religion, hire workers and protect them, and protect your goods from bandits and competitors
- One of the best Middle Age commercial simulation
- Don't be stopped by your avatar's death : manage your commercial empire through generations!
- A great history revision of this wonderful period : trade expansion, land discoveries, the different religions finally work together
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Last evaluated Jun 20, 2026
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