The macOS and Linux versions were released on Jthrough Steam. The game is available as a direct download from the TaleWorlds website, through the Steam digital distribution software, as a DRM-free version from GOG.com, or as a DVD with required online activation.
Announced in January 2009, the game was developed by the Turkish company TaleWorlds Entertainment and was published by Paradox Interactive on March 30, 2010. Mount & Blade: Warband is the standalone expansion pack to the strategy action role-playing video game Mount & Blade.