Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth

Platforms

• Microsoft Windows

• macOS
• Linux

Genres

• point-and-click adventure

• adventure game^*

Play modes

• single-player video game

Players by platform

• Microsoft Windows^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  1^*

Content classifications

• ESRB · Microsoft Windows^*

  Classification

  M - Mature^*

Engines

• Visionaire Studio

Localized titles

• Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• Linux^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

Store genres

• Adventure^*
• Casual^*
• Indie^*

Game features

• Single-player^*
• Steam Achievements^*
• Full controller support^*
• Steam Trading Cards^*
• Steam Cloud^*
• Remote Play on TV^*
• Family Sharing^*

Interface languages

• English^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• French^*
• Italian^*
• German^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Spanish - Spain^*
• Polish^*
• Russian^*
• Simplified Chinese^*
• Traditional Chinese^*
• Turkish^*

Audio languages

• English^*
• German^*
• Turkish^*

Community tags · historical

• Choices Matter^*

  Votes · historical

  206^*

• Adventure^*

  Votes · historical

  190^*

• Story Rich^*

  Votes · historical

  187^*

• Visual Novel^*

  Votes · historical

  187^*

• Point & Click^*

  Votes · historical

  186^*

• Medieval^*

  Votes · historical

  178^*

• Indie^*

  Votes · historical

  127^*

• Interactive Fiction^*

  Votes · historical

  118^*

• Casual^*

  Votes · historical

  115^*

• Based On A Novel^*

  Votes · historical

  108^*

• Atmospheric^*

  Votes · historical

  98^*

• Singleplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  95^*

• Historical^*

  Votes · historical

  68^*

• Great Soundtrack^*

  Votes · historical

  56^*

• Violent^*

  Votes · historical

  32^*

• Female Protagonist^*

  Votes · historical

  28^*

• Hand-drawn^*

  Votes · historical

  27^*

• Choose Your Own Adventure^*

  Votes · historical

  18^*

• RPG^*

  Votes · historical

  18^*

• 2D^*

  Votes · historical

  16^*

System requirements

• macOS · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Mac OSX 10.7^*

  Processor alternatives

  2,6 Ghz Intel Core i5^*

  Memory

  4 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  Intel Iris 550^*

  Storage

  13500 MB available space^*

  Audio hardware

  16 bit^*

• Linux · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Ubuntu 14.04 or newer^*

  Processor alternatives

  2.8 Ghz Dual Core CPU^*

  Memory

  4 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  AMD Radeon HD 6670, GeForce GTX 200 series with at least 1GB and proprietary drivers, latest OpenGL driver^*

  Storage

  13500 MB available space^*

  Audio hardware

  Sound Card with latest drivers^*

• Windows · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Win 7, 8, 10, 32/64-bit^*

  Processor alternatives

  2.8 Ghz Dual Core CPU^*

  Memory

  4 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  AMD Radeon HD 6670, GeForce GTX 200 series with at least 1GB^*

  Graphics API

  Version 9.0^*

  Storage

  13500 MB available space^*

  Audio hardware

  DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card with latest drivers^*

• Windows · Recommended^*

  Graphics alternatives

  AMD R7 200 series, GeForce GTX 500 series^*

  Processor alternatives

  Quad Core CPU^*

  Memory

  4 GB^*

• Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27^*

  Memory

  4 GB^*

Compatibility and community reports

• Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*

  Compatibility category

  Unsupported^*

• Controller support · 2026-06-27^*

  Controller support

  Full^*

• Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*

  Community Linux compatibility tier

  Gold^*

  Reports

  10^*

  Community confidence

  moderate^*

Developers

• Daedalic Entertainment

Publishers

• Daedalic Entertainment

• 2017-08-15

  Date precision

  Exact date

• 2017-08-16 · Microsoft Windows^*

  Release date

  2017-08-16^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows^*

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  Aug 15, 2017^*

Detailed specifications