16 Games Like Mount and Blade
The games like Mount and Blade here offer other action, role playing and strategy blends with a focus on medieval themes and realistic medieval combat.
Mount & Blade is a popular medieval series with several games in the franchise. The games are predominately focused on the single player experience which takes players through an epic medieval adventure to conquer land through strategy and on the ground combat.
The Mount & Blade titles are all a sandbox experience that give players the freedom to explore and act as they wish within the game world. With minimal or no story elements (depending on the game) players can choose the role that they want to assume, be it a mercenary for hire, an outlaw or siding with one of the available factions.
Players explore and travel the game world on the map screen which uses point and click elements. Once players encounter a foe though the game switches to the battlefield, allowing players to participate in the battle and directly influence the result.
The games like Mount & Blade here focus on providing a similar combat experience to the Mount & Blade series with many of the games here also taking place in a medieval world. The games not in a medieval setting were chosen because of their similar game mechanics (blending strategy with action role playing). This list even includes some free and multiplayer games like Mount & Blade Warband.
Life is Feudal: Your Own
Step into a massive medieval world in Life is Feudal: Your Own that blends combat, crafting, building, sandbox, realistic directional combat and many other mechanics to create an adventure set far into the past. Alternatively explore the much larger world in Life is Feudal: MMO, the MMO variant of the title with different features (see the official website for full details) but the same gameplay. Life is Feudal: Your Own supports up to 64 players on a medieval map measuring 3km x 3km. With ample...[Read Review]
Sid Meier’s Pirates!
Sid Meier’s Pirates! is an extremely popular game that has players sailing across the seas with plenty of freedom in how you explore the world and the actions you take. The games idea was originally envisioned in 1987 but was remade in 2004 and subsequently released on a wide range of platforms. The game is set in the Carribean islands with players able to sail across the seas and visit the various ports scattered around the area. These islands belong to the English, Dutch, Spanish or French and...[Read Review]
Rome: Total War
Rome: Total War (RTW) is a strategy game that blends turn based strategy with real time elements. It is part of the highly popular and successful Total War series and is available for PC and Mac. The game is the third game in the series and also one of the highest rated among fans and critics. As the name suggests the game takes place during the Roman Empire and has players taking on the role of one of the available Roman families in the campaign game mode. These families (Scipii, Julii and Brut...[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]
Panzar
Panzar is another one of the MOBA games adopting a third person perspective rather than an isometric one. Like many in the genre it’s a free to play experience and promises plenty of depth. Panzar is set in a game world that simply exists for the lust of war. You’ll join in on this world as four ancient races (orcs, humans, elves and dwarves) to battle on behalf of dark gods within a number of grim environments (which are all beautifully presented). This beauty comes from the CryEngine 3 which b...[Read Review]
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]
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]
Medieval: Total War
Medieval: Total War is the first game in the Total War series to feature a medieval setting and is the second game to be released in the franchise. The game has plenty of improvements over the very first Total War game and offers the same blend of turn based and tactical combat that the series is well known for. For the fans of historical accuracy in their games you’ll definitely find it in Medieval: Total War as you expand your empire over Europe, North Africa and the Middle East (a setting tha...[Read Review]
Medieval II: Total War
Medieval II: Total War is the second game in the Total War series to take place in a Medieval setting and is the overall fourth game in the highly tactical strategy series. Just like the previous instalments in the series the game combines turn based and real time elements as you make your way across the map through conquest and allegiance. Fans of the original Medieval: Total War will enjoy the familiar setting as players once again battle across Europe, the Middle East and Africa using medieva...[Read Review]
Knights of Honor
Knights of Honor is a real time strategy game at heart but also offers some large scale empire management as you conquer Europe. With over 100 kingdoms to choose from there are many paths to total conquest on offer. The Europe that you’ll be conquering is split into various provinces which feature cities, farms and even monasteries for you to conquer. When you have control of a city you’ll have room to erect buildings to boost the rural areas of your provinces for additional bonuses. Because eac...[Read Review]
Oblivion
Oblivion is part of the Elder Scrolls franchise and is the fourth game in the series of role playing games that blend medieval and fantasy together. Developed by Bethesda Game Studios and released in 2006 across consoles (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) and computer platforms (Windows) players can continue their franchise adventure. Like many of the large role playing titles out there and past Elder Scrolls titles you’ll find the Game of the Year Edition which includes the two expansion packs rel...[Read Review]
Skyrim
Skyrim is the fifth game in the Elder Scrolls franchise and continues building on the success of the previous games with a large open world, sharp gameplay and plenty of customisation. The storyline of Skyrim has very few links to the previous games and mostly uses game references that won’t take away from the experience if you haven’t previously loaded up an Elder Scrolls game. This choice by the developer ensures that newcomers to the franchise don’t feel left out and can experience what...[Read Review]
Morrowind
Morrowind belongs to the Elder Scrolls series and is the third game in the popular open world fantasy RPG series. The game was released in 2002 and is available on Windows and the Xbox. In this episode of the Elder Scrolls series players will be able to explore the land of Vvardenfell which is a large island within Morrowind. During this adventure players will follow the story of the deity Dagoth Ur who calls the Red Mountain his home. This deity wishes to seize control of Morrowind and free it ...[Read Review]
Wars and Warriors: Joan of Arc
Wars and Warriors: Joan of Arc turns to history for inspiration as players take control of Joan of Arc in her attempt to lead the French in the Hundred Years’ War. With elements of real time strategy and sword swinging action the game has a unique premise. Set in the dark ages of 1337, for those familiar with the time period it is one of constant war where kingdoms were raising and falling constantly as the power of the sword makes other kneel. With English kings making claims on the Frenc...[Read Review]
Total War: Rome II
Total War: Rome II continues the strategy based Total War series and takes you back to Rome once again with a large number of improvements over the original Rome adventure and other titles in the franchise. The game was released in late 2013 and takes the Total War series up to a total of 8 large scale strategic games. Total War: Rome II is set during 272 BC with the main campaign spreading 300 years from that starting point although players can continue beyond this if they wish. Unlike the prev...[Read Review]
King Arthur: The Role-Playing Wargame
King Arthur: The Role-Playing Wargame blends a number of genres together to create a medieval themed tactical role playing and grand strategy game set in a historical era. Following the exploits of King Arthur and the legends surrounding his life players will step into his shoes and command his army of knights to expand the kingdom and quest for artefacts of legend. Similar to the Total War series players look over the game world of Britannia in grand strategy style interface, giving you the bir...[Read Review]