- #1 First Cut: Samurai Duel
97% matchVery Positive88% of 2,077 reviews2024
Dev: Night Eyes Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Every strike is lethal in this blood-soaked sword fighting game. Slash, clash, parry, dodge and watch limbs fly. Choose your move carefully - the first cut is also the last.
Why similar: Swordplay 18.8%, Martial Arts 18.8% ★, Fighting 16.6% ★, Gore 12.9%, Local Multiplayer 8.2%
- #2 MORDHAU
96% matchMostly Positive80% of 113,265 reviews2019
Dev: Triternion
Windows
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 74.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
MORDHAU is a multiplayer medieval slasher. Create your mercenary and fight in brutal battles where you will experience fast paced combat, castle sieges, cavalry charges, and more.
Why similar: Swordplay 24.7%, Gore 16.6%, Fighting 15.2% ★, Competitive 13.4%, Multiplayer 9.8%
- #3 Hellish Quart
96% matchVery Positive88% of 8,536 reviews2021
Dev: Kubold
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
A physics-based, realistic 3D sword-fighting game. Immerse yourself in a cinematic adventure, utilizing real sword-fighting martial arts and a variety of historically accurate weapons to survive brutal duels in 17th century Poland. Featuring single-player modes and a LOCAL 2-player mode.
Why similar: Swordplay 17.2%, 3D Fighter 16.1%, Fighting 16% ★, Martial Arts 14.6% ★, Local Multiplayer 9%
- #4 Boreal Blade
95% matchMixed63% of 688 reviews2020
Dev: Frozenbyte
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Boreal Blade is a team-based melee fighting game with a focus on player vs player combat, combining reactive and tactical gameplay with extraordinary freedom to variate your attacks and develop your unique fighting style.
Why similar: Swordplay 22.7%, Competitive 20.7%, 3D Fighter 13.4%, Character Customization 8.1%, Gore 8%
- #5 Sclash
94% matchVery Positive82% of 604 reviews2023
Dev: Bevel bakeryPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Sclash is a plug’n play 2D samurai fighting game full of tension where one hit is enough to kill. Play as a hand-drawn samurai in beautiful painted settings and fight your opponent in epic solemn duels where each move matters. Manage well your stamina, breath and take your time to land a deadly hit.
Why similar: Swordplay 23%, Fighting 18.3% ★, Martial Arts 17.9% ★, Local Multiplayer 11%, Character Customization 8.2%
- #6 Kiai Resonance
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 221 reviews2015
Dev: Absorb Reality
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
One strike can end it all. Step into multiplayer samurai duels where precision, timing, and skill decide who survives. Hone your mastery through deadly challenges.
Why similar: Martial Arts 35.2% ★, Fighting 33.3% ★, Swordplay 26.9%, Action 4.6%
- #7 Gladio Mori
91% matchVery Positive84% of 1,498 reviews2026
Dev: Plebeian StudioPub: Bonus Stage Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Gladio Mori is a physics-driven gladiator fighting game with no health bars. Stab on arteries, pierce vital organs and cut off limbs. Build your own movesets, paint your fighter and battle friends online with cross-play.
Why similar: Swordplay 18%, 3D Fighter 14.9%, Martial Arts 14.7% ★, Fighting 14.5% ★, Gore 9.4%
- #8 Blade Symphony
93% matchMixed66% of 4,792 reviews2014
Dev: Puny Human
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Prove you are the world's greatest swordsman! Engage in tactical 1 vs. 1 sword fighting, 2 vs. 2, or sandbox FFA, or capture Control Points in a tactical slash-em-up.
Why similar: Fighting 35.3% ★, Swordplay 23.5%, Competitive 17%, Ninja 9.9% ★, Multiplayer 7.7%
- #9 Slice, Dice & Rice
92% matchMixed64% of 734 reviews2017
Dev: Dojo GamesPub: Ultimate Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Slice Dice & Rice is an indie fighting game with no health bars. Inspired by Bushido Blade, it revolves around the idea of finding an opening in opponents defense and ending the round with a single, clean hit.
Why similar: Fighting 42.2% ★, Gore 18%, Local Multiplayer 14.7%, Violent 13%, Action 7.3%
- #10 Broken Edge
91% matchVery Positive85% of 676 reviews2022
Dev: TREBUCHET
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Broken Edge is a 1v1 VR fantasy sword fighting game where you embody iconic warriors in deadly duels. Claim victory in the arena as a fierce Samurai, a valiant Knight, an untamed Rōnin, or one of the 5 other fighters (and more to come)!
Why similar: Swordplay 22.8%, Fighting 20.5% ★, Martial Arts 17.9% ★, 3D Fighter 17.5%, PvP 8.9%
- #11 Ironlights
90% matchMostly Positive78% of 179 reviews2020
Dev: E McNeill
Windows
Ironlights is a VR dueling game with skillful, fluid melee combat. Parry, block, and strike down your opponents using a variety of physics-based weapons. Test your skills in multiplayer battles, or fight to the top of the league in the huge single-player campaign!
Why similar: Swordplay 27.4%, Martial Arts 21.2% ★, Fighting 20.2% ★, Character Customization 9.3%, PvP 8.9%
- #12 SpiderHeck
89% matchVery Positive93% of 6,449 reviews2022
Dev: NeverjamPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Spiders with laser swords! Duel to the death against your friends or choose to team up and hold back swarms of savage enemies. Swing, stab and shoot with style, effortlessly performing movie-worthy parkour.
Why similar: Fighting 27.2% ★, Swordplay 24.8%, Local Multiplayer 18.2%, PvP 9.6%, Multiplayer 6.8%
- #13 Samurai GUNN
89% matchVery Positive92% of 475 reviews2013
Dev: Beau BlythPub: SCRAMBLER
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Samurai GUNN is a lightning-fast Bushido brawler for 2 to 4 players. Each samurai is armed with a sword and gunn, with only 3 bullets to a life. Strategy and quick reflexes are the key to deflecting bullets and sending your opponents’ heads rolling.
Why similar: Fighting 22.5% ★, Competitive 19.4%, Swordplay 19%, Local Multiplayer 13.3%, PvP 8.2%
- #14 One Strike
87% matchVery Positive90% of 79 reviews2017
Dev: Retro Reactor
Windows · Mac
One Strike is a 2d fighting game with fast and furious gameplay, memorable characters, and a retro pixelart aesthetic! Choose between one of six unique fighters, travel to medieval Japan’s beautiful pixelated landscapes and fight to become the greatest warrior in history.
Why similar: Fighting 43.1% ★, Violent 29.4%, Gore 18.6%, Action 8.9%
- #15 Two Strikes
84% matchVery Positive90% of 318 reviews2025
Dev: Retro ReactorPub: Entalto Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Dive into the heart of ancient Japan in Two Strikes, a 2D combat extravaganza with breathtaking hand-drawn animations. As a fearless samurai, warrior monk, or daring outlaw, engage in electrifying duels where every strike can be your last.
Why similar: Fighting 30.8% ★, Ninja 23.2% ★, PvP 12%, Local Multiplayer 10.9%, Multiplayer 8.1%
- #16 Nidhogg 2
86% matchVery Positive81% of 1,335 reviews2017
Dev: Messhof
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
The rules are simple. Reach the other side and kill anyone that stands in your way. Deftly parry and rend their throats, riddle their bowels with arrows, or squish their brains between your toes. The wurm cares not for chivalry.
Why similar: Fighting 29.6% ★, Local Multiplayer 23%, Swordplay 19.6%, Gore 8.5%, Multiplayer 7.5%
- #17 Swordsman VR
86% matchMixed69% of 702 reviews2020
Dev: Sinn Studio Inc.
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Swordsman is a realistic sword-fighting game. Customize your warrior, battle different factions in epic arenas, and defeat powerful enemies to unlock their special boss weapons on your journey to save the world from evil.
Why similar: Swordplay 31.1%, Fighting 21.5% ★, Gore 13.7%, Violent 12.1%, Character Customization 9.3%
- #18 Swords of Gurrah
85% matchMostly Positive73% of 830 reviews2020
Dev: Devster, LLC
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Swords of Gurrah is a real time multiplayer sword fighting VR game. Fight with or against friends, with battles up to 12 players. Choose from over a huge variety of weapons and create a fighting style of your own!
Why similar: Swordplay 22.5%, Fighting 18.7% ★, Competitive 14.9%, Ninja 12.6% ★, PvP 7.1%
- #19 Mortal Kombat 1
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 49,646 reviews2023
Dev: NetherRealm StudiosPub: Warner Bros. Games
Windows
Median: 11.8 hrsMean: 47.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Discover a reborn Mortal Kombat™ Universe created by the Fire God Liu Kang. Mortal Kombat™ 1 ushers in a new era of the iconic franchise with a new fighting system, game modes, and fatalities!
Why similar: Fighting 27.2% ★, Martial Arts 17.4% ★, Gore 15.9%, Violent 8%, PvP 6.6%
- #20 Exploding Judo Federation
82% matchVery Positive96% of 93 reviews2025
Dev: Andrea DemetrioPub: Der Mondhase
Windows
It's judo on a minefield! Tech the grab or die, in this fast-paced 3D fighting game where every! single! throw! is lethal!
Why similar: 3D Fighter 27.3%, Martial Arts 22% ★, Local Multiplayer 16.1%, PvP 10.4%, Arcade 7.1%
- #21 Saber Fight VR
84% matchMixed65% of 174 reviews2020
Dev: Saber Fight VR
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
A VR game focused on laser sword fighting. Cut your enemies and environment to pieces in a physics-based world. Use your powers to pull and push any object! Deflect enemy projectiles with your blade! Rebuild your destroyed temple! Train and become a master!
Why similar: Swordplay 39.7%, Fighting 24.9% ★, Gore 21.3%, Combat 8.6%, Action 3.9%
- #22 Katana Kata
83% matchMixed68% of 73 reviews2020
Dev: Stas Shostak
Windows
Indie souls-like with innovative fight system where you practice your Katana on the path for endless improvement; again and again.
Why similar: Swordplay 32.9%, Fighting 24.6% ★, Violent 17.8%, Gore 13.5%, Realistic 6.1%
- #23 Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
81% matchVery Positive83% of 65,320 reviews2012
Dev: Torn Banner Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 25.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Besiege castles and raid villages in Chivalry: Medieval Warfare, a fast-paced medieval first person slasher with a focus on multiplayer battles
Why similar: Swordplay 28.3%, Gore 21.4%, Multiplayer 14%, Competitive 13.7%, Violent 10.9%
- #24 Samurai GUNN 2
79% matchVery Positive92% of 784 reviews2021
Dev: Beau BlythPub: SCRAMBLER
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Lock in! Samurai GUNN 2 is a bloody and brutally fast platform fighter for players who like short rounds and intense action. Free Edition out now!
Why similar: Martial Arts 25.4% ★, Competitive 25.4%, Fighting 15.5% ★, Local Multiplayer 10.7%, PvP 10.3%
- #25 STAB STAB STAB!
81% matchVery Positive87% of 117 reviews2019
Dev: Sbug Games
Windows
STAB STAB STAB is a physics-based couch-multiplayer arena stabbing game for up to 8 players. Stab your friends until they pop in versus mode, or team up to defend yourselves against an unending horde of cronenbirds!
Why similar: Competitive 22%, Swordplay 19.8%, Local Multiplayer 15.5%, Gore 14.4%, Fighting 12.1% ★
- #26 Ghostrunner
78% matchVery Positive91% of 66,937 reviews2020
Dev: One More LevelPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 17.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Ghostrunner offers a unique single-player experience: fast-paced, violent combat, and an original setting that blends science fiction with post-apocalyptic themes. It tells the story of a world that has already ended and its inhabitants who fight to survive.
Why similar: Swordplay 28.3%, Cyberpunk 18.3%, Ninja 14.6% ★, Fighting 12.9% ★, Violent 9.3%
- #27 Half Sword
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 30,130 reviews2026
Dev: Half Sword GamesPub: Game Seer Publishing
Windows
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Half Sword is a physics-based medieval combat simulator featuring historically accurate XV-century arms and armor. We are not afraid to show the brutal nature of medieval combat with in-depth blood and gore features.
Why similar: Swordplay 26.7%, Gore 19.6%, Fighting 18.4% ★, 3D Fighter 14.2%, Combat 6.8%
- #28 Death Duel VR
78% matchMixed49% of 87 reviews2025
Dev: Dog VR Game
Windows
Experience True HEMA Combat in VR. Step beyond button mashing. Death Duel VR uses physics-based leverage to let you authentically execute historical European martial arts techniques against live opponents. Master real guards, leverage, and tactics in heart-pounding PvP duels to the death.
Why similar: Swordplay 37.5%, Martial Arts 31.7% ★, PvP 14.1%, Realistic 7.7%, Multiplayer 7%
- #29 Blade Ballet
80% matchVery Positive83% of 70 reviews2016
Dev: DreamSail Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Blade Ballet is a whirling dance of multiplayer robot destruction. Each character possesses a unique personality and special abilities - use them to claim victory as you spin from one challenging arena to the next, battling for dominance in this action-packed fighting game.
Why similar: Fighting 42.2% ★, Local Multiplayer 35.5%, Multiplayer 14.7%, Action 7.6%
- #30 BRUTAL KATANA
76% matchVery Positive96% of 80 reviews2024
Dev: Jonathan Fasth
Windows
Slice meat statues in half as quickly as possible. An easy to learn but hard to master game with satisfying parkour movement and combat.
Why similar: Violent 26.2%, Gore 25.1%, Combat 22.6%, 3D 13.8%, Action 8.6%
- #31 One Finger Death Punch
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 16,346 reviews2014
Dev: Silver Dollar Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Experience cinematic kung-fu battles in the fastest, most intense brawler the indie world has ever seen! With the unique 1:1 response system of One Finger Death Punch, players will feel the immediate feedback of every bone-crunching hit. Pay tribute to the masters using five classic kung-fu styles mixed with additional weapons.
Why similar: Fighting 45% ★, Martial Arts 29.8% ★, Gore 9.1%, Action 7.3%, Arcade 4.9%
- #32 SAMURAI SHODOWN
77% matchVery Positive81% of 1,733 reviews2021
Dev: SNK CORPORATION
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
SAMURAI REBOOT! A brand new SAMURAI SHODOWN game takes aim for the world stage!
Why similar: Fighting 30% ★, Gore 16.9%, PvP 14%, Ninja 13.3% ★, Multiplayer 10.1%
- #33 Clone Drone in the Hyperdome
73% matchVery Positive91% of 1,095 reviews2024
Dev: Doborog Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Cut robots apart in VR. Feel your sword disintegrate their metal bodies. Now you live and die in the Crashloop, a roguelike tournament to the death. Lock swords! Shoot shurikens from your wrist! This is CLONE DRONE... in the HYPERDOME!!!
Why similar: Swordplay 41.1%, Fighting 38.7% ★, Futuristic 7.8%, Combat 7.8%, Action 3.9%
- #34 Samurai: Ronin's Path
74% matchMixed57% of 86 reviews2026
Dev: GameHunters
Windows
Samurai: Ronin's Path is a dynamic action game set in feudal Japan. Fight in true samurai style, unlock new abilities, avoid death, and cut down your enemies using an extensive arsenal available to Asian warriors.
Why similar: Ninja 38.1% ★, Swordplay 22.3%, Gore 13.6%, Violent 11.1%, Combat 9.7%
- #35 Within the blade
75% matchVery Positive86% of 357 reviews2019
Dev: Ametist studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Bloody stealth platformer, about the ninja in which you cut the enemies into pieces.
Why similar: Ninja 55.4% ★, Gore 20%, Violent 9.8%, Arcade 6.9%, Action 6.2%
- #36 Battle Clash
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 535 reviews2024
Dev: Cyzeck
Windows
Battle Clash is a fast-paced medieval PVP game where 10 unique classes battle for victory. Master each class's abilities, rack up kills, and unlock powerful ultimates to crush your enemies. Dominate the battlefield and lead your way to the win!
Why similar: Swordplay 26.1%, 3D Fighter 24.1%, Fighting 20.7% ★, PvP 10.2%, Multiplayer 7.6%
- #37 FOR HONOR™
74% matchMixed69% of 165,471 reviews2017
Dev: Ubisoft MontrealPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 58.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
For Honor is a groundbreaking team-based PvP melee fighting game where Knights, Samurai, Vikings, Wu Lin, and more clash in endless battles. Pick unique heroes and master intense 4v4, 2v2, or 1v1 battles.
Why similar: Swordplay 34.6%, Fighting 27.7% ★, PvP 11.1%, Gore 10.6%, Multiplayer 8.9%
- #38 Toribash
73% matchVery Positive88% of 16,834 reviews2014
Dev: Nabi StudiosPub: Nicalis, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Toribash is an innovative free-to-play online turn-based fighting game where you’re able to design your own moves. Complete control over character's body, hundreds of game mods and bloody mess with full body dismemberment - you've never been able to annihilate your enemies like that before!
Why similar: Fighting 31.4% ★, 3D Fighter 30.8%, Gore 14.6%, Martial Arts 13.8% ★, Multiplayer 7.1%
- #39 FLASH OF THE BLADE X
71% matchVery Positive94% of 104 reviews2024
Dev: DOSMan Games
Windows
Flash of the Blade X is a retro-inspired first-person Ninja slasher inspired by the Western Ninja boom of the 1980's. Slice and Dice your way to revenge against your former Ninja clan across several hand-crafted levels using an assortment of period-accurate weaponry.
Why similar: Ninja 35.7% ★, Swordplay 33.8%, Martial Arts 17% ★, Arcade 7.9%, Action 3.3%
- #40 Blade and Sorcery
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 62,254 reviews2024
Dev: WarpFrog
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 24.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Blade & Sorcery is a built-for-VR medieval fantasy with full physics driven melee, ranged and magic combat. Become a powerful warrior, ranger or sorcerer and devastate your enemies.
Why similar: Swordplay 39%, Fighting 22.6% ★, Gore 19%, Violent 12.9%, Action 3.1%
- #41 WuJiDaoRen
72% matchMixed47% of 146 reviews2023
Dev: indielight IncubatorPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
WuJiDaoRen is a physics-based fighting game, that can put you back into the classic Kung Fu films. Play as a mighty hero to challenge the most dangerous villains in the world and bring peace to the people.
Why similar: Fighting 22.9% ★, Martial Arts 21.3% ★, Swordplay 20.3%, Gore 8.9%, Local Multiplayer 8.5%
- #42 Fighting Robots
72% matchMixed56% of 244 reviews2021
Dev: HFM Games
Windows
Fight to the death with your friends locally in the epic battle of Robot88 with your created blows, or search for an opponent online among other robots.
Why similar: 3D Fighter 33.7%, Martial Arts 24.9% ★, PvP 12.8%, Character Customization 12.3%, Combat 3.7%
- #43 Soul Slasher
69% matchMixed63% of 161 reviews2025
Dev: Microtale Games
Windows
Soul Slasher is a top down, 1v1 PvP focused close combat game. The arena's randomized obstacles, buffs, and traps make every match different. Slash your opponent's soul and claim your freedom.
Why similar: Multiplayer 59.9%, Action 40.1%
- #44 Hack and Slash Fury
68% matchVery Positive80% of 237 reviews2025
Dev: juan_poder_azure
Windows
Heavy Metal! Deep Combo System! Lot of Cinematics! Discover Legendary Warriors Forged in War! Destroy the dark empire! and save the world of his tiranity!!! Dark or Light?! Only one will Survive!!! Prepare your sword! And Anihilate all your enemies!
Why similar: Swordplay 37.3%, 3D Fighter 36.9%, Violent 13.5%, Combat 7%, 3D 3.4%
- #45 Katana ZERO
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 76,196 reviews2019
Dev: AskiisoftPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display.
Why similar: Ninja 29.8% ★, Cyberpunk 29.4%, Gore 16.6%, Violent 16.2%, Action 6.4%
- #46 HAYAI
69% matchVery Positive98% of 248 reviews2022
Dev: Chaoclypse
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are Ronin. Survive against an onslaught of enemies using a unique, mouse-based combat system. Draw your attack, felling your enemies in one swoop!
Why similar: Swordplay 40%, Martial Arts 20.5% ★, Ninja 20.1% ★, Arcade 11%, Action 4.2%
- #47 Fatal Velocity: Physics Combat
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 51 reviews2018
Dev: Range Plus One Inc.
Windows
Fatal Velocity: Physics Combat is a multiplayer first person physics combat smasher where speed and the environment are literally your weapons! Players utilize physics based weaponry and abilities to overcome, thrash and smash their opponents with extreme speeds into oblivion!
Why similar: Action 100%
- #48 Whisper Trip
70% matchMixed64% of 107 reviews2021
Dev: Walnut LLC
Windows
Whisper Trip is a fast-paced side-scrolling co-op action game with cyberpunk elements. You are a new employee of the TPF (Tactical Police Force), a unit dedicated to the prevention of terrorist activities and the destruction of criminal groups...
Why similar: Ninja 22% ★, Swordplay 21.5%, Martial Arts 19.2% ★, 3D Fighter 18.5%, Cyberpunk 11.5%
- #49 Clockwork Sword
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 98 reviews2025
Dev: Clockdrive Games
Windows
Slash, stab, and shoot your way through a multi-tiered museum filled with corrupted automata, customizing your weapon with the scraps of the fallen. Clockwork Sword is a thrilling isometric hack and slash, in which you utilize combinations of weapons and elements to conquer your foes.
Why similar: Combat 34.5%, Arcade 28.6%, 3D 15.9%, Action 14.4%, Singleplayer 6.6%
- #50 Absolver
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 14,825 reviews2017
Dev: SloclapPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Absolver is an online multiplayer combat game where players are placed behind the mask of a Prospect under control of the Guides, the new rulers of the fallen Adal Empire, who will determine your worth in joining their elite corps of Absolvers.
Why similar: Fighting 34.6% ★, Martial Arts 29.8% ★, Swordplay 10.4%, PvP 9.4%, Multiplayer 7%
- #51 NARAKA: BLADEPOINT
66% matchMostly Positive73% of 303,006 reviews2021
Dev: 24 EntertainmentPub: NetEase Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 126.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Dive into the legends of the Far East in NARAKA: BLADEPOINT; team up with friends in fast-paced melee fights for a Battle Royale experience unlike any other. Find your playstyle with a varied cast of heroes with unique skills. More than 40 million players have already joined the fray, play free now!
Why similar: Martial Arts 22.3% ★, Swordplay 20.9%, Fighting 20.5% ★, Character Customization 9.1%, PvP 9%
- #52 THE LAST BLADE
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 248 reviews2016
Dev: SNK CORPORATION
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 35%
“THE LAST BLADE”, the first entry in the legendary 2D weapons-based fighting game series from SNK set during the final years of the Tokugawa shogunate, returns for another joust! Sharpen your blade, and be ready for some of the most epic battles on Steam!
Why similar: Fighting 77% ★, Arcade 13.8%, Action 9.1%
- #53 Pummel Paladins
68% matchVery Positive96% of 81 reviews2020
Dev: Xiaocong YanPub: Orange Lutheran High School Game Development Club
Windows
Pummel Paladins is a 1v1 brawler with a creative twist. Don't be mistaken, just because the knights lost their weapons doesn't mean they are going to stop their destined duel. Push, parry, utilize the environment and items to outplay your opponent in this retro, dungeon arena!
Why similar: Competitive 23%, Fighting 22.1% ★, Martial Arts 21.1% ★, Local Multiplayer 15.3%, PvP 10%
- #54 Blind Fate: Edo no Yami — Dojo
67% matchVery Positive86% of 525 reviews2021
Dev: Troglobytes GamesPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 27%
Dive into a world that mixes Sci-Fi and ancient tradition. Slash through robots with a trusty katana, use hi-tech implants to navigate the surroundings, dodge enemy attacks, and land devastating finishers. Reclaim the past following the way of the Japanese samurai in the fantastic period of New Edo.
Why similar: Ninja 63.4% ★, Cyberpunk 25.8%, 3D 7.1%, Action 3.7%
- #55 Proxy Blade Zero
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 165 reviews2014
Dev: D6
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 22%
Proxy Blade Zero is a hardcore 3D action game with technical combat. Play as Fenrir, an advanced battle android, against the armies of King Anima.
Why similar: Swordplay 37.6%, Fighting 34.6% ★, Futuristic 9.9%, Combat 7.8%, 3D 5.2%
- #56 Risen Blade
63% matchVery Positive97% of 60 reviews2026
Dev: SatkPub: Karus
Windows
Smash the Dudes. Risen Blade is a fast-paced hack and slash roguelike where you chain brutal combos, carve through endless enemies, and forge powerful builds across unique classes.
Why similar: Combat 46.4%, Action 43.8%, Singleplayer 9.8%