Besiege is an indie developed by Spiderling Games, released 18 February 2020 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
What Besiege is
Besiege is an indie game developed by Spiderling Games and released in 2020. It was published by Playdigious. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Besiege is a vehicle-building sandbox video game based around medieval siege engines, developed and published by Spiderling Studios. It was released for Windows, macOS and Linux in February 2020 at the conclusion of a five-year long early access phase. A console version for Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S was released in February 2022, and an expansion pack titled The Splintered Sea was announced in April 2024. A version for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and Switch was released on December 12, 2024. The game has received widespread praise, citing the wide range of experimentation available to players.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, historical, sandbox and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 54 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Besiege holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 85% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2020 averaged 73, so it scored 12 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 82, across 78 votes.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2.2Ghz Dual Core, 4 GB RAM and 1 GB Dedicated VRAM. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 3GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Besiege launched on 18 February 2020, within three weeks of Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Black Mesa, Dreams and Call of Duty: Warzone. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Black Mesa, Dreams, Call of Duty: Warzone.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Besiege yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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