7 Games Like For Honor
Our curated list of games like For Honor features more hack and slash fighting games that focus on skills and physics to recreate a realistic hand to hand fighting experience.
Developed for Windows, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 by Ubisoft the game centres around close quarters realistic combat between knights, vikings and samurai all controlled through a third person perspective.
Action is at the heart of For Honor with the fantasy and medieval setting providing an appropriate game backdrop. Joining the ranks of The Chosen Samurai, The Warborn Vikings and The Iron Legion Knights players will command their own samurai, viking and knight respectively. Within each faction there are a number of further classes that alter gameplay and strategy.
From the balanced Vanguard class which has equal offensive and defensive capabilities to the Assassin who focuses on fast and swift attacks to the Heavies who can take a beating. For Honor also incorporates several hybrid classes that have more unique and uncommon battle flows. Combat aims to be highly tactical in comparison to previous titles with duels placing importance on the likes of stance, weapon position and parrying would be attacks by reacting to indicators.
Throughout the single player game players can explore the variety of weapons, skills and styles while gaining Feats which serve as additional perks to help players combat the large number of enemy AI with the likes of arrows, catapults and healing abilities. Some of which also makes an appearance in the multiplayer portion of the game.
The games like For Honor here offer a similar focus on realistic combat where you'll slice and hack AI controlled opponents and human ones.
Conqueror’s Blade
Conquer medieval lands on a grand scale in Conqueror’s Blade a MMO that attempts to bring massive battles (PvE and PvP) into the MMO universe. Your role in this carnage is that of a well trained general which gives a host of unique abilities alongside command of your own upgradeable and customisable troops. Conqueror’s Blade is a free to play title with vast MMO influences in its mechanics, while the game can definitely played as a solo experience focusing on PvE the true breadth of ...[Read Review]
Mount & Blade: Warband
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Hanako: Honor & Blade
Set deep within Feudal Japan Hanako: Honor & Blade offers up a symbolic multiplayer experience with a vat number of levels and game modes that represent peace and chaos. Supporting up to 24 player online battles you’ll command one of three different warriors each with their own combat prowess and weapons. Combat is fast and varied through the use of attacks and combos that pair alongside abilities. Players have a decent array of both offensive and defensive techniques to help you outsmart yo...[Read Review]
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare is a realistic action based game that lets players battle each other in medieval combat. The game launched in 2012 and has proven to be a very successful multiplayer experience. The game is set in medieval times with each map featuring two warring factions. Your experience in Chivalry: Medieval Warfare will mostly be a melee orientated one but does include the standard ranged weapons of the era. Players can jump into the battlefield in either a first or third person pe...[Read Review]
Shadow Warrior
Shadow Warrior (2013) remakes the highly popular original game which was released in 1997 and shares the same name. While the game is a first person shooter the melee combat is very impressive and often the most effective. In this demonic adventure players will assume the role of Lo Wang, a Japanese assassin. After a deal to purchase an ancient katana turns bad he finds himself captured but escapes when a realm of demons opens up and consumes the compound he is caged in. At this point he allies ...[Read Review]
Pirates, Vikings and Knights II
Pirates, Vikings and Knights II (PVK) is a free to play action game that uses medieval style combat. The game is actually a modification for Half Life 2 and as such requires a Source game to play (see Steam for the full list of games that meet this requirement). Pirates, Vikings and Knights II focuses on multiplayer gameplay in a team based environment. As the name suggests it follows a war between three different factions, the pirates, the vikings and the knights. Each of these factions has the...[Read Review]
Zeno Clash
Zeno Clash is a game that focuses on hand to hand combat in a truly wacky game world. The game first launched on Windows in 2009 with a Xbox 360 release the following year. In Zeno Clash you’ll be exploring the fantasy world of Zenozoik as Ghat. Ghat is running from his siblings after killing their creator after discovering a dark and twisted truth. Banished from his family and now on the run Ghat will team up with a female companion known as Deadra as he fights his way to safety. Zeno Clash is ...[Read Review]