Games like Half Sword
If Half Sword is your kind of game, the closest matches are Hellish Quart, MORDHAU and Blade and Sorcery — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its immersive soldier perspective, atmospheric and challenging. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Developed by Half Sword Games and published by Game Seer Publishing, Half Sword is a physics-based medieval combat simulator set in a dark fantasy historical world, available in early access for $24.99 USD on Steam. Players engage in combo-based melee combat where physics-driven interactions make every strike feel weighty and unpredictable, enhanced by a stance-charging system that adds strategic depth to encounters. Reviewers highlight the gory combat that delivers satisfying dismemberment moments alongside an immersive soldier perspective, while players note the medieval weapon variety and customization options alongside a strength system that affects weapon effectiveness. The game supports roguelike progression and is marked as playable on Steam Deck, though players describe it as atmospheric, challenging, and tense, earning a 68% positive rating from over 16,800 Steam reviews.
About Half Sword: Half Sword is a physics-based medieval combat simulator featuring historically accurate XV-century arms and armor. We are not afraid to show the brutal nature of medieval combat with in-depth blood and gore features.
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Hellish Quart
WHY THIS
Shares physics based combat and an immersive mood with Half Sword.
Top pick for Half Sword fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Early Access with Half Sword.
A physics-based, realistic 3D sword-fighting game. Immerse yourself in a cinematic adventure, utilizing real sword-fighting martial arts and a variety of historically accurate weapons to survive brutal duels in 17th century Poland. Featuring single-player modes and a LOCAL 2-player mode.
MORDHAU
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Half Sword fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Half Sword.
MORDHAU is a multiplayer medieval slasher. Create your mercenary and fight in brutal battles where you will experience fast paced combat, castle sieges, cavalry charges, and more.
Blade and Sorcery
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Half Sword.
Third-strongest match for Half Sword fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Half Sword.
Blade & Sorcery is a built-for-VR medieval fantasy with full physics driven melee, ranged and magic combat. Become a powerful warrior, ranger or sorcerer and devastate your enemies.
Gladio Mori
WHY THIS
Shares physics based combat, weapon customization, action and an atmospheric mood with Half Sword.
Ranked #4 for Half Sword fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with Half Sword.
Gladio Mori is a physics-driven multiplayer gladiator combat game featuring dismemberment, organ-specific damage, and a fully customizable move editor. Craft your own fighting style or use community created movesets to fight your way to glory.
Voor De Kroon
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Half Sword.
Ranked #5 for Half Sword fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Half Sword.
Fight for control during the Friso-Hollandic Wars. Set in the medieval 13th century, the game features a strategy campaign and historical battles. Fight alongside your army in 3rd person battles and command your troops in this strategy-action game.
Katana Kata
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Half Sword.
Ranked #6 for Half Sword fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Half Sword.
Indie souls-like with innovative fight system where you practice your Katana on the path for endless improvement; again and again.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Half Sword fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Half Sword.
A thrilling story-driven action RPG, with a rich open world, set in 15th century Medieval Europe. Experience the ultimate medieval adventure - through the eyes of young Henry - as you embark on a journey of epic proportions.
FOR HONOR™
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Half Sword.
Ranked #8 for Half Sword fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Half Sword.
Fight alone or with friends in For Honor, a third-person hero-based melee fighting game. Enter the chaos of war as a Knight, a Viking, a Samurai, a Wu Lin, or an Outlander. Fight in brutal PvP and team-oriented modes, or play the thrilling story campaign.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Half Sword at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Half Sword on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Half Sword.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Half Sword on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Half Sword.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Half Sword on Steam right now. Shares Action with Half Sword.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Half Sword on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Half Sword.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Half Sword on Steam right now. Shares Action with Half Sword.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Half Sword.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Half Sword.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Half Sword.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
Steam Engine Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Half Sword.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Half Sword.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Half Sword.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
93, Kuindzhi
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Half Sword.
Kuindzhi, 93 is an atmospheric first-person narrative vignette about an 18-year-old boy from Donbas. The story takes us to March 2022, when the world changed forever — into a space where the past, fears, and doubts find their voice.
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Frequently asked about Half Sword
- Does Half Sword run on Steam Deck?
- Half Sword is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Half Sword cost?
- Half Sword is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Half Sword?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Half Sword are Hellish Quart, MORDHAU, Blade and Sorcery.
- Who developed Half Sword?
- Half Sword was developed by Half Sword Games and published by Game Seer Publishing.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Half Sword.
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