6 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 create a realistic hand to hand fighting experience.
Developed for Windows, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 by Ubisoft For Honor centres around close quarters realistic combat between knights, vikings and samurai with each controlled through a third person perspective. Action is at the heart of For Honor with a historical setting as you join the ranks of The Chosen Samurai, The Warborn Vikings and The Iron Legion Knights to command your own samurai, viking and knight respectively. Within each of these factions there are a number of further class types that further 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 and the heavy class that is designed to take a beating. Regardless of class combat in For Honor aims to be highly tactical with duels placing importance on the likes of stance, weapon position and parrying attacks.
The games like For Honor here offer a similar focus on realistic combat where you'll slice and hack either AI controlled opponents or other players in a multiplayer arena.
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
Mount & Blade: Warband is the second game in the series of action role playing games that blend strategic elements into the core adventure as you trek across a medieval land claiming land for your own faction. Improving upon the original with the likes of improved visuals, multiplayer and additional factions that enhance your range of strategic choices and challenges. Originally for Windows in 2010 the game was further expanded with modern day console ports and some downloadable content to e...[Read Review]
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, sharing the same name and core gameplay although modernised. While Shadow Warrior is fundamentally a first person shooter players will also need to rely heavily on their melee combat abilities which is both highly effective and visually appealing. In this demonic adventure players will assume the role of Lo Wang, a Japanese assassin who has a range of specialties that make him one of the deadliest in the d...[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]