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1998PC

In this third-person action game you carve through opponents with a sword, where the direction and style of your swings decide which limbs and heads come off. Its appeal lies in the immediate, brutal sword combat itself.

Melee combat with weapons or fists
Historical setting
Action-packed real-time combat
Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

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Best alternative overall: Half Sword 88% match – Melee combat with weapons or fists
Newest alternative: Blade of Darkness 85% match – released 2021

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Half Sword

88 %Match

2026PCSteam Deck playable72 % positive23.99 €

Half Sword is a physics-driven medieval combat simulator with authentic 15th-century arms and armor. Every swing feels weighty and brutal because movement, momentum and impacts are fully simulated.

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Severance: Blade of Darkness

Dark, serious atmosphere

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Onimusha: Warlords

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Bladed Fury

Melee combat with weapons or fists

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Blade of Darkness

Dark, serious atmosphere

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Knights of the Temple: Infernal Crusade

Dark, serious atmosphere

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