The game features a story driven single player mode or up to 8 players in deathmatch or team deathmatch over internet or LAN.
Based on the Europa Universalis engine, Crown of the North takes place in the years between 1275 and 1340 in a time where Sweden is about to launch into its only civil war. Play as Norway, Sweden, or Denmark and plot to change the historical legacy of a region seldom explored by games.