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2015PCPlayStationXbox69 % positive59.99 €

You command huge medieval battles of the Hundred Years' War, switching between individual units to direct whole armies in real time. The Nightmare scenario adds dragons and cyclops to the chaos.

  • Historical setting
  • A party of several characters
  • Melee combat with weapons or fists
  • Fantasy setting

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Ancestors Legacy

84 %Match

2018PCPlayStationXboxNintendo Switch80 % positive34.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Bladestorm: Nightmare: a historical setting, melee combat with weapons or fists and lavish production.

A medieval real-time strategy game where you command squads of Vikings, Anglo-Saxons, Slavs and Germans in brutal battles. A cinematic action camera drops you into the melee, while squad tactics and army management stay at the core.

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Praetorians

Melee combat with weapons or fists

A real-time strategy game set in ancient Rome where you lead small squads of troops through Egypt, Gaul and Italy. Its appeal lies in formations, terrain and combining unit types cleverly rather than in base building.

Real Warfare 1242

Realistic visuals

A historical real-time strategy game about Alexander Nevsky's campaigns in 1242 against Teutonic and Swedish knights. It focuses on large medieval battles and tactical troop command.

Faces of War

Realistic visuals

A World War II real-time tactics game where you command small squads from Allied, German and Russian perspectives. You can take direct control of soldiers and vehicles, and the environments are largely destructible.

Soldiers: Heroes of World War II

Realistic visuals

Real-time tactical World War II combat where you command small squads and can take direct control of individual soldiers. Detailed weapons, vehicles and destructible environments make for demanding, realistic missions.

Ruined Kingdom

Melee combat with weapons or fists

An indie title where you lead an orc warband in real-time battles against humans and rival tribes. Victories earn experience and unlock upgrades for your army.

Shogun: Total War

Realistic visuals

As a daimyo in Sengoku-era Japan, you conquer the country on a turn-based strategy map and fight your battles in real time with large armies. Its appeal lies in historical authenticity and tactical terrain and unit management.

Good Knight

Pure single-player experience

Good Knight is an unfinished project from the Eisenwald developers Aterdux, meant to blend medieval strategy with action. Development was abandoned, so little is known about how it actually plays.

Shieldwall

Melee combat with weapons or fists

A humorous third-person tactical battle simulator where you command a squad from right in the thick of the fight. It focuses on formations and chaotic mass combat.

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