The Guild 3

Purple Lamp GolemLabs · THQ Nordic

Released: Jun 14, 2022
Platforms: Windows
Last updated: 05 Sep 2026, 02:43 GMT

Updates & announcements

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20 Aug 2026Developer post
Europa 1410’s EA Release Date and Clarifying Our Vision
Dear Friends of The Guild, We are excited to announce that The Guild 1 Remake: Europa 1410 will launch into Early Access in exactly four weeks, on the 17th of September . We will also update the demo on the same day, so its content is on par with the Early Access version of the m
Dear Friends of The Guild,
[p align="start"]We are excited to announce that The Guild 1 Remake: Europa 1410 will launch into Early Access in exactly four weeks, on the 17th of September. We will also update the demo on the same day, so its content is on par with the Early Access version of the main game. This is a huge milestone for us, and we cannot wait to see the game in your hands.
[p align="start"]But wait, what's that about the name? Wasn't the game just called The Guild - Europa 1410? Yes, that's right: The Guild - Europa 1410 is being renamed to The Guild 1 Remake: Europa 1410.
With this name change, we hope to clearly communicate that our game is inspired by the first Guild game, namely Europa 1400: The Guild. Though the later Guild games have their own identities and atmospheres, and many in the community have grown to love The Guild 2 and The Guild 3, the later Guild games and their life sim elements are not the primary points of reference for Europa 1410. We want to make this distinction clear from the name, as our mechanics and systems are reminiscent of the first Guild game: an economic simulator set in medieval times, focusing on managing your business, dynasty, and politics from a strategic perspective, rather than by directly controlling your characters. Players will know from the get-go what they can expect in Europa 1410, as well as our goals and vision as a development team.
What’s changing?
[p align="start"]Along with our game’s name, you will also see the following changes:
Our key art has been updated to reflect our new name and better depict what the gameplay will be like
Our logo has been updated to show The Guild 1 Remake: Europa 1410
The Steam store page has been renamed to reflect the name change
Our demo will be updated regularly and accessible on Steam through the main game’s Steam page
[p align="start"]The demo originally had its own Steam page, separate from the main game. As part of this transition, we’ve decided to bring the demo and the full game together under one Steam page - giving us one central place for the community to follow development and play the demo. We plan to keep the demo updated throughout Early Access and beyond, so we hope that you keep an eye out and keep track of Europa 1410 and our development progress!
[p align="start"]This transition has also given us an opportunity to reflect on the feedback we’ve received so far. We know that some members of the community entered the world of The Guild through the 2nd or the 3rd game in the series, and came to Europa 1410 with nostalgia from the latter games.
[p align="start"]This brought about expectations for our game to be similar to The Guild 2 or 3, and we completely understand that our fans may have been disappointed to find out that Europa 1410 is inspired by Europa 1400: The Guild. These views helped us recognize that we could have communicated more clearly, and we hope The Guild 1 Remake: Europa 1410 helps us work towards clarity in our vision and aims.
[p align="start"]At the same time, we want to acknowledge the many players who recognized what we're working towards. From the beginning, we sought to make a game inspired by Europa 1400 - this is what we have always tried to communicate. We have seen community members speak up in support of Europa 1410, as these players have voiced their excitement that we have returned to the roots of The Guild series, bringing back and expanding upon the beloved economic sim that was released in the early 2000s.
[p align="start"]For our passionate community who’ve supported us from the beginning: thank you, from the bottom of our hearts! Your support means a lot to our small team, especially when discussions around our demo and Europa 1410 have sometimes been dominated by expectations for a game similar to later games of The Guild series.
[p align="start"]Ultimately, we want the game to be seen and reviewed based on what we are setting out to create. We also want players to be able to make an informed decision about whether that vision is the Guild experience they are looking for.
[p align="start"]With Early Access coming on the 17th of September, we felt that this was the right moment to transition to The Guild 1 Remake: Europa 1410, so that everyone in the community knows what kind of Guild game they can expect. Fans of the first Guild game can also look forward to the return of Aart Veder, who is reprising his role as the narrator in German!
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Thank you for following our journey so far, for playing our demo, and sharing your feedback. We hope you stay with us throughout our Early Access journey - we’re excited to build The Guild 1 Remake: Europa 1410 together with you, our passionate community!
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31 Jul 2026Developer post
Economy and Events in The Guild - Europa 1410
Greetings, aspiring business owners! Welcome to our 7th dev diary! Last time we talked about goods and items ; now we want to expand on this and focus on in-game economy and the effects of global events on your playthrough. These are two of the most discussed topics since the rel
22 Jul 2026Developer post
The Guild - Europa 1410: Demo Update #1
Hear ye, hear ye! We bring an update to the demo of The Guild - Europa 1410, with additions and fixes alike. The most notable addition is a new map named Herle, part of the duchy of Brabant. In 1410, Herle was a fortified church; today it is part of the Dutch city of Heerlen. Her
Hear ye, hear ye!
[p align="start"]We bring an update to the demo of The Guild - Europa 1410, with additions and fixes alike.
[p align="start"]The most notable addition is a new map named Herle, part of the duchy of Brabant. In 1410, Herle was a fortified church; today it is part of the Dutch city of Heerlen. Herle is a small and cozy settlement, and it serves as a tutorial map to help onboard new players, together with tutorial goals to guide newcomers to The Guild.
A birds-eye view of Herle
[p align="start"]In addition to this new map, the most important additions of this update are:
[p align="start"]Tutorial tasks
[p align="start"]If you play the game on our new tutorial map of Herle, you will get small tasks that make it easier for you to find your bearings and get a good understanding of the game. Herle is a small map, designed to keep you focused on the essentials of the game.
[p align="start"]A new filtering system for highlighting buildings
[p align="start"]You can now select what is highlighted by the building overlay and choose to filter by your buildings, all profession buildings, all city-owned or private structures, residences or resource sites such as mines or woodland areas.
[p align="start"]New and tweaked animations to reflect the activities of workers
[p align="start"]Workers are now visibly working on their tasks, and every task has been assigned a set of animations.
[p align="start"]This is a first iteration; we will continue to improve and add more animations for tasks and activities in future updates.
[p align="start"]We wanted to address the most-mentioned feedback from the community so far with this update, so we focused on adding an improved onboarding experience with Herle, building outlines and highlight tweaks to be less meddlesome, as well as a new system for animations to reflect worker activities.
We're excited for you to jump into our demo update! Give it a try here: https://thqn.net/tge-demo-steam
In case you experience any issues or encounter any bugs, we would appreciate it if you could report them using the following link: https://bugreporting.thqnordic.com/#/projects/197/the-guild-europa-1410/add-issue
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[p align="start"]Of course, the update includes many more improvements, tweaks and fixes. You can find the detailed changelog below:
Gameplay
Added: New tutorial Map “Herle”
Added: Tutorial missions (only available on Herle)
Added: Worker state machine states for work-life cycle, unemployed, and go-to-house
Added: You can now batch assign idle workers and unassign workers to tasks and crafting goods
Added: You can now assign workers to repeat certain tasks
Added: "Sign Up for Public Service” now influences Unrest
Tweaked: You can now unassign workers while they are working on an ongoing task (such as gathering ingredients), but doing so while they are in the middle of the task will cause you to lose progress on that task
Tweaked: Accident Chance is now measured per 120 minutes
Tweaked: Storage slots in sheds increased from 2/3/4 to 4/6/8
Tweaked: Effect of “Accident Protection” improvement from +10/+20/+30 to +5/+10/+15
Tweaked: Burglary protection decreases based on crime level (-4/-8/-12)
Tweaked: Chance for catching the queen bee reduced
Tweaked: Starting crime rate in quarters increased
Tweaked: Increased AP cost of skill training
Tweaked: Lowered starting taxes
Tweaked: Lowered cost of waylaying carts
Tweaked: AI and its actions based on economics:
AI is now less likely to place items in their storefront, and is more likely to sell by using carts
AI is slightly more likely to attack carts
AI will be a bit more patient when sending carts to buy ingredients
AI is less likely to leave office positions
Tweaked: Duels now start immediately after the challenge is accepted
Fixed: “Socialize at inn” now improves opinion with people
Fixed: Beehives generated too much revenue
Fixed: Constructed buildings were not shown after loading a savegame
Fixed: Duels were not loaded properly when loading a save that was made after the duel has begun
Fixed: Victory conditions and challenges were not passed on to the heir
Fixed: Training Bonus 2 did not require having Training Bonus 1
Fixed: Business improvements relating to gathering ingredients now work properly
Visuals and animations
Added: Worker animations now reflect their current task
Added: Additional work stations for workers in buildings
Added: Building interior entrance point for character animations depicting arrival
Added: Logic for character animations relating to walking in/out
Added: Smoke effect for chimneys
Added: Light beams and dust visuals to various interiors to improve ambience
Added: More character portraits
Added: Color variants for characters
Added: Flowerbed visuals in the Alchemist’s business
Tweaked: Grass colors depending on the season
Tweaked: Slightly improved snow visuals
Tweaked: Character visuals optimization
Tweaked: Occlusion settings for some ambience and foley sounds
Tweaked: St. Barbara’s Church for visual improvement
Tweaked: Interior glowing glass material to be more atmospheric
Tweaked: Decreased visual effects when quarter values change
Fixed: A-posing characters
Fixed: Building highlights, crests, and building icons in the city are visible in dioramas
Fixed: Missing textures in the backdrop of building interiors
Fixed: Snow on items located indoors in interiors
Audio
Added: Fisherman splash sounds
Added: Stillwater sounds
Added: New songbirds audio
Added: Voiceovers for various events and circumstances:
Ranking up in profession
Worker promotion
Worker low in energy
Selecting workers for hiring
Unassigning a worker from a task
Clicking on a worker for the purpose of dragging and dropping them
Start voting in an election
Start of spying
End of spying
Evidence gained from spying
A building upgrade is ready
Tweaked: Insect sounds
Tweaked: Hammering sounds in the Innkeeper’s business
Tweaked: UI sounds rebalanced
Tweaked: Rain sounds are now quieter
Tweaked: Area around the city walls is now quieter
Fixed: Background music stops after creating and loading a save inside an interior
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UI
Added: New button to set filter for building highlight overlay
Added: UI for setting tasks to be automatically repeated by workers in the business management window
Added: Borders for family crests based on rank
Added: Dynasty rank now visible in the Family Tree
Added: Dynasty wealth now visible in the Family Tree
Added: Dynasty renown now visible in the Family Tree
Added: Number of dynasty members now visible in the Family Tree
Added: Background color behind the words illegal/legal in law tooltips based on the act’s legality
Added: “Unguarded Cart” tooltip and warning sign on “Send” button for a cart that does not have an escort
Added: Names for carts instead of numbers
Added: Visual effect when minimizing windows in certain situations to explain how to re-open the window
Ongoing event button for elections and trials when minimized
Event button when event is minimized
City Archives button when tutorial prompts are closed
Planned event list button when a new event of important priority is added
Added: Warning that items cannot be moved from the character’s inventory to other places, such as selling in the Marketplace, or moving from the character’s inventory to carts
Tweaked: Cart windows' positioning to prevent obstruction of other elements
Tweaked: Size of the tooltip area for District and Quarter in the City Overview menu to be larger
Tweaked: Carts in the city do not need to be clicked anymore to view information; hovering over the cart will show details of the cart’s owner, items inside, and destination
Tweaked: Background colors for icons relating to various status effects
Tweaked: Progress bars in events made more visible
Tweaked: Background appearance for planned events to reflect whether an event happened in the past, is in progress, or will happen in the future
Tweaked: Tooltips for top HUD buttons adjusted so that the cursor does not cover them upon hovering
Tweaked: Position of element showing the remaining turns to not overlap with the reset camera button
Tweaked: Adjusted the position of the cart’s integrity so that cart names fit better
Tweaked: UI layout for “Improve Skill” menu
Tweaked: Law names now break into a new line instead of scaling down in size to maintain readability
Fixed: Upcoming Events window causes keyboard input not being registered
Quality of Life
Added: Double-click to enter interiors
Added: Right-click to exit interiors
Tweaked: “Camera Parallax” effect disabled by default
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Texts
Added: Tutorial texts to the City Archives under the “Tutorial” section for posterity
Tweaked: Text for Crime status effects
Tweaked: Sturdiness text from integrity to maximum integrity
Tweaked: Description of Sacred Scent to reflect that it gives +1 Action Point
Tweaked: Renamed the chevron icon under a building’s name from “Upgrade” to “Upgrades” to denote that it will show a list of upgrades implemented in the building
Tweaked: “Cheaper Repairs” building improvement description now indicates that it lowers repair costs by 10% instead of 5%
Tweaked: Bed and Portal improvement descriptions so they specify the exact type of energy regeneration based on the energy tooltip, whether it is per turn or per hour
Tweaked: Quarter status effect names changed from Poorly Maintained, In Disrepair, and Declared Ruinous to Unkempt Streets, Filthy Streets, and Crumbling Streets
Tweaked: Adornments improvement text to say it increases opinion with citizens only, instead of citizens and workers
Fixed: Descriptions for Pillory, Fountain, and Well for the city upgrades were not updating after completing the upgrade
Fixed: Jan Žižka tooltip text
Known issues:
There may be delays in notifications for completing goals
When unassigning workers while they work on an ongoing task (such as gathering ingredients), you may lose progress on that task
Previous saves are not compatible with the demo update - please start a new game
Double-clicking to enter a building might not work reliably on rare occasions
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02 Jul 2026Developer post
Goods and Items in The Guild - Europa 1410
Greetings! In the medieval world of The Guild, goods have always played an important role in daily life. From the humble beginnings of production, craftsmanship, and bartering of goods, you could work towards building your wealth, expanding your influence, and securing your dynas
15 Jun 2026Developer post
Play the Demo for The Guild - Europa 1410!
Try the demo of our upcoming new game The Guild - Europa 1410 now! Start building your legacy and test your economic strategies in our demo, which is a part of Steam Next Fest (June 15-22): 🏰 You can try out 3 different professions and build your legacy in Kuttenberg, and see ho
03 Jun 2026Developer post
Open Your Workshop Early: The Guild - Europa 1410 Enters Early Access in July!
Hear ye, hear ye, aspiring merchants, schemers, and upcoming medieval tycoons, the story of your very own dynasty is about to begin: The Guild – Europa 1410 will open its gates to Early Access on July 16th! In the bustling cities of the Holy Roman Empire, every street corner brin
11 May 2026Developer post
Cities of The Guild - Europa 1410
Greetings, Citizens! In The Guild - Europa 1410 , as you work towards your business ambitions and political manoeuvres, every move you make will play out in the city of your choosing. With this dev diary, we’re going to dive into the cities that you can build your legacy in. In t
11 Mar 2026Developer post
Found a Family and Secure Your Succession
Greetings, ladies and gentlemen! In The Guild - Europa 1410 , success can come in many forms: wealth, political power, growing business… But your family’s bloodline plays a big role too: your dynasty ensures that your legacy will live on and that you can continue to gain influenc
06 Feb 2026Developer post
Crimes and Punishment: How to Evade the Law and How to Make Use of It
Greetings, judges and executioners! We’re back with another dev diary for The Guild - Europa 1410 ! This time, we’re tackling a serious topic: laws, how to break them, and the consequences you might face. In your medieval city, the lay of the land is dictated by laws and politics
03 Dec 2025Developer post
Would you like to help shape The Guild - Europa 1410?
Applications for our upcoming Community Gameplay Test are now closed as of Dec 9, 2025. The number of applications we received by far exceeded our expectations, we are humbled and thrilled by this incredible response - thank you for your overwhelming support! 🙏 We'll be going th
Applications for our upcoming Community Gameplay Test are now closed as of Dec 9, 2025. The number of applications we received by far exceeded our expectations, we are humbled and thrilled by this incredible response - thank you for your overwhelming support! 🙏
We'll be going through all the entries, and we'll be reaching out with more info soon. Please stay tuned!
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We are excited to announce that The Guild - Europa 1410 is reaching a major milestone: our first Closed Gameplay Tests are coming soon! This is your chance to get an early look at the game and help us make it the best The Guild game ever! What does that mean?
Participants will get access to an early build and can play the game for the duration of the test period.
Your feedback will have a direct impact on development decisions.

Please note that slots are limited and that the test will only run on PC (Windows). A confidentiality agreement (NDA) will be required to protect unreleased content. We can’t wait to show the game to a wider audience and hear your thoughts!
The Guild - Europa 1410 is being developed by Czech developer Ashborne Games, known for their work on Last Train Home, a critically acclaimed blend of management simulation and real-time strategy game.
Find out more about The Guild - Europa 1410 on our Steam page!
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30 Jun 2023Developer post
Patch notes for version 1.0.7 “Editor and Modding” - June 30th, 2023
Hello folks! In addition to some bug fixes, patch 1.0.7 finally gives you all the tools to create your own maps and even mod the game! Your saved games with the versions 1.0.1 to 1.0.5 are still working! - we fixed more edge cases for multiplayer games with IPV6 - we added the of
21 Dec 2022Developer post
Patch notes for version 1.0.5 “Multiplayer Update” - December 21st, 2022
Hello folks! Patch 1.0.5 solves a number of network issues, the loading times are improved and it fixes a number of graphical glitches. We would like to give a special thanks to NeoX, Tobsga, Wormic, Kate'sJoy, Ishtano, Neopolis and Kruemel for helping us test the network bug fix
02 Dec 2022Developer post
DevDiary #33 “Patch in December” - December 2022
Hello everyone, In the last few weeks we have been working on issues in multiplayer and in the scripts, among other things. We also improved the graphics in the game. For example, in the upcoming patch you will find some new ground textures, including water puddles :-) We are cur
30 Aug 2022Developer post
Patch notes for version 1.0.4 “Ninety Two” - August 30th, 2022
Hello folks! Patch 1.0.4 solves a number of issues and it balances the game further. We additionally worked on a lot of bugs and features in preparation for the editor release, which we do not list below, as the editor will be released somewhen later. As mentioned in DevDiay #32
02 Aug 2022Developer post
DevDiary #32 “Creating Worlds” - August 2022
Another short update on what we are doing at the moment. Naturally, we are still hunting for bugs and balancing issues. For example, one of the most annoying bugs you face during your play is that transporters on manually set up routes restart their tour with waypoint 1 after the
15 Jul 2022Developer post
Patch notes for update of patch 1.0.3 - July 15th, 2022
Good morning everyone, We are very sorry for the inconvenience you had with multiplayer since patch 1.0.3 . While the patch has helped some with their issues in participating in a multiplayer game, unfortunately for others it has made the situation worse. Since the first reports
14 Jul 2022Developer post
Patch notes for version 1.0.3 “Bug Hunting Trophies” - July 14th, 2022
Hello folks, Patch 1.0.3 contains a lot of bug fixes for crashes. Unfortunately, we were not yet able to solve all server-issues for multiplayer but we did not want to keep the patch longer from you. Still, we also managed to get some connection improvements. We ask you to be a b
04 Jul 2022Developer post
DevDiary #31 “Bug Hunting” - July 2022
Hello everyone, This is a short update on what we are working on at the moment. We received reports of players stating that the game usually immediately crashed when starting (some could play for a short amount of time) and we on our side were never able to reproduce this. Thanks
15 Jun 2022Developer post
Patch notes for Hotfix Patch 1.0.2 - June 15th, 2022
Hello everyone! This hotfix patch takes care of the issue with the no more moving shadows from round 2 on. Nothing else has been changed. Please note: saved games from version 1.0.1 will work with this hotfix patch. (build number: 656917)
14 Jun 2022Developer post
Release notes for version 1.0.1 - June 14th, 2022
Hello everyone! First of all, why version 1.0.1 and not 1.0 you may ask. The answer is easy: We prepared a preview version for the press with all features in it, but still did some polishing which came afterwards. Version 1.0.1 has that included, of course! With The Guild 3 leavi

Updates & announcements

Dear Friends of The Guild,

What’s changing?

Greetings, aspiring business owners!

Economy

The Need for Resources

Selling for a Profit

The Storefront

City Needs

Employees

Events

Hear ye, hear ye!

Gameplay

Visuals and animations

Audio

UI

Quality of Life

Texts

Known issues:

Greetings!

Raw Materials and Resources

Intermediate Products

End Products

How to Succeed with Items

Your Impact on Economy

Greetings, Citizens!

Kuttenberg

Nuremberg

Graz

Wrocław

City Layouts: Districts and Quarters

Greetings, ladies and gentlemen!

Courtship, Romance, and Marriage

Marital Duties, Heirs, and Inheritance

Greetings, judges and executioners!

The Lawbook and Crimes

Spying and Evidence

Getting Accused of a Crime

The Penalties