The armourer
Lose a bout and your harness is ransomed. Buy it back, patch it, or win a better one off the next fool.
A medieval jousting career sim · PC
Knightmaster
Break lances. Take ransoms. Carry your scars.
And when your knight finally falls, his squire rides on.
- Free demo · Nov 2026
- Release · 2027
- Windows · Steam
Closed alpha · October 2026
Ride in the first tourney
We're looking for alpha testers to joust, break things and tell us what hurts. Leave your email and we'll send you a key and a short survey when the gates open. No spam, no newsletter — one email per milestone, and you can leave any time.
The year is 1173
You don't play a knight.
You manage a career.
Sir Aldric Thornwald is past his prime, short on silver and long on old injuries. Pick his tourneys, buy and lose armour, trade horses, flatter rivals — and decide, pass after pass, how much he is willing to risk.
Every lance you break pays. Every fall costs. Knights age, learn from what they actually do, and carry every wound into the next season. Nobody lives forever — and Knightmaster doesn't pretend otherwise.
- I
The Tilt
Secret choices before every pass, then one split-second call: strike or pull.
- II
The Fair
Armourers, horse traders, heralds, barbers, rivals with long memories.
- III
The Legacy
Death is not game over. Your squire inherits the name — and the debts.
Pillar I
The Tilt
Two riders, one barrier, three passes. Before each charge both knights commit in secret — then the lane decides.
- Aim the shield for a safe point, the body for two, or the helm for three — if it holds.
- Guard high, middle or low. Read your rival; he is reading you.
- Lance light, balanced or heavy. Heavy lances unhorse. Light ones break clean.
- Give Yourself — commit everything. Far more likely to unhorse him. Far more likely to get hurt.
- Strike or pull in the last moment before impact.
Try a pass
Pick your line. Your rival picks his. Odds are adapted from the game's combat tables and simplified for the browser.
Choose your line and charge.
- You
- 0
- Rival
- 0
- Pass
- 0 / 3
Hand-made, low-poly, all in-engine
Every gallop is a decision you can't take back.
Knightmaster is built in Godot by a solo developer. Everything on this page is a real in-game capture — no pre-rendered trailers, no generated art.
“Fall in the first pass and you lose the horse. Fall in the third and you might lose the knight.”
Pillar II
The Fair
Between bouts, the tourney ground is a town. Walk it, haggle in it, get patched up in it.
The horse trader
Coursers, destriers and nags. Unhorse a rival in the first pass and his mount is yours.
The herald
Reads your arms, cries your name, and knows who is riding where this season.
The barber-surgeon
Stitches, splints, beards and a fresh cut for the heir. Some wounds never fully close.
The cookfire
A good meal before the lists steadies the hand. Fortune tellers, farriers and beggars share the lane.
The rivals
Around sixty circuit knights who remember every insult, every ransom, every lance you broke on them.
Faces of the circuit
Harness, from padding to plate
Padded & leather
Mail
Plate
Horses worth fighting for
Pillar III
Death is a season, not a game over.
Every pass carries a tiny chance of catastrophe. Aim for the helm, give yourself, ride heavy — and that chance climbs. Ride every tourney like it's your last, and it may be.
When your knight dies, his squire inherits the name, the house, the horses that survived and the debts that did too. The circuit remembers the father. It will judge the son. There is no save to reload — the game autosaves every moment.
| Riding style | Median age at the end | Median seasons |
|---|---|---|
| Cautious | 45 | 17 |
| Balanced | 42 | 14 |
| Risky | 31 | 4 |
| Reckless | 29 | 2 |
Know your rivals
- The Crusher rides heavy and aims to unhorse.
- The Technician hits the same spot, pass after pass.
- The Green Boy is fearless, wild, and dangerous to you both.
- The Old Wolf has seen your trick before. Twice.
- The Showman plays to the stands — and the stands pay him.
In-game captures
Screens from the lists
The road to release
Roadmap
Closed alpha
First testers ride. Keys and a short survey go out to the alpha list.
Steam page
Store page goes live. Wishlists open.
Demo
A first-season slice: about thirty minutes on the circuit.
Steam Next Fest
Public demo, feedback, and a lot of broken lances.
Release
The full career — and every heir after it.
Questions from the stands
What kind of game is Knightmaster?
A single-player career sim about a jousting knight. Half of it is the tilt — tactical, simultaneous choices and a timing call each pass. The other half is the life around it: money, gear, horses, rivals, injuries, ageing, and the heir who takes over when you're gone.
When is it coming out, and how much will it cost?
A demo is planned for November 2026 and the full release for 2027 on Steam, at a fair indie price.
How do I get into the alpha?
Leave your email in the sign-up box. Alpha keys go out in waves by email together with a short survey.
Which platforms?
Windows PC via Steam at launch. Other platforms aren't planned yet.
Can my knight really die?
Yes. Rarely, if you ride carefully — often, if you don't. Death passes everything to your squire, and the circuit carries on with him.
Is there AI-generated art in the game?
No. Every model and screenshot here comes from the game itself, built in Godot.
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The herald is calling your name.
Wishlist on Steam to hear the moment the demo lands — or sign up to ride in the alpha now.