Games Like Half Sword

Gladio Mori is a physics-driven multiplayer gladiator combat game featuring dismemberment, organ-specific damage, and a fully customizable move editor. Craft your own fighting style or use community created movesets to fight your way to glory.

Why similar: Swordplay 21.9%, 3D Fighter 10.8%, Physics 10.6%, Fighting 10% ★, Medieval 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its physics-based medieval duels, directional weapon control, and emphasis on realistic hit reactions make it one of the closest matches to Half Sword's combat feel.

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 23.9%, Fighting 18.2% ★, 3D Fighter 13.5%, Historical 12.5%, Physics 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: This historical sword dueling game similarly focuses on realistic blade interactions, lethal strikes, and grounded period combat rather than flashy combos.

Explore, fight, survive and unravel mysteries in this unique and unforgiving 3D isometric RPG set in an original dark, low fantasy world. Exanima's exceptional attention to detail and realistic simulation of all things aim to provide a deeply immersive and dynamic gameplay experience.

Why similar: Physics 50%, Medieval 37.9%, Simulation 5.8%, Action 4.4%, Singleplayer 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: It shares Half Sword's heavy, awkward-in-a-good-way physics combat where positioning, momentum, and armor matter as much as reflexes.

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 22.3%, Gore 20.8%, Medieval 16.5%, Fighting 11.2% ★, Historical 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its weighty medieval melee system, gore, and skill-based weapon handling scratch the same brutal swordfighting itch on a larger scale.

Chivalry 2 is a multiplayer first person slasher inspired by epic medieval movie battles. Players are thrust into the action of every iconic moment of the era - from clashing swords, to storms of flaming arrows, to sprawling castle sieges and more.

Why similar: Swordplay 28.3%, Gore 17%, Medieval 14%, Historical 11.3%, Hack and Slash 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: While more chaotic and multiplayer-focused, it delivers the same visceral medieval gore and impact-heavy melee combat.

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 29.4%, Gore 19.8%, Fighting 14% ★, Physics 10.1%, Medieval 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: This is one of the best alternatives if what you love most is physics-driven melee carnage with convincing weapon contact and dismemberment.

A thrilling story-driven action RPG, with a rich open world, set in 15th century Medieval Europe. Experience the ultimate medieval adventure - through the eyes of young Henry - as you embark on a journey of epic proportions.

Why similar: Swordplay 23%, Medieval 20.9%, Immersive 16.5% ★, Historical 12.5%, Realistic 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: If you want historically grounded medieval combat with realistic armor and a serious simulation bent, this is a natural follow-up.

VR horror-slasher with physically correct combat system and dynamic battles across arenas in the dark fantasy world.

Why similar: Swordplay 32.5%, Gore 31.1%, Medieval 14%, Physics 7.7%, Sandbox 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its brutal close-quarters combat, gore, and tactile melee combat make it a strong fit for players who want Half Sword's violence in VR.

Fight & strategize your way through spectacles and arenas - rise from lowly slave to Grand Champion and earn your freedom. Or... die trying. This Gladiator RPG Roguelite features in-depth career management and a unique physics simulated combat system. To those who are about to die, I salute you!

Why similar: Swordplay 17.3%, Immersive 13.3% ★, Gore 12.5%, Medieval 9.7%, Physics 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its gladiatorial arena combat, stamina management, and deliberate weapon handling give it a similarly punishing melee-sim flavor.

Story-driven open-world RPG that immerses you in an epic adventure in the Holy Roman Empire. Avenge your parents' death as you battle invading forces, go on game-changing quests, and make influential choices. Explore castles, forests, villages and other realistic settings in medieval Bohemia!

Why similar: Medieval 30.5%, Swordplay 29.2%, Historical 18.4%, Realistic 12.7%, First-Person 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: Like Half Sword, it treats medieval combat as dangerous, methodical, and rooted in realism instead of power fantasy spectacle.

Goofy Ragdolls and Physics Simulated duels that will challenge your tactics. Customise & Upgrade your Gladiator, dismember opponents in the arena and climb the Leaderboard. All for free!

Why similar: Gore 19%, Swordplay 16.7%, Fighting 13.7% ★, Physics 12.4%, Medieval 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: It leans into ragdoll-heavy physics swordfights with messy, lethal melee exchanges that echo Half Sword's emergent brutality.

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 25.9%, Gore 24.5%, Fighting 18.5% ★, Historical 11.9%, Hack and Slash 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its fast, gore-heavy one-hit sword duels deliver the same tension and lethality, just in a 2D samurai format.

A strategy/action RPG. Create a character, engage in diplomacy, craft, trade and conquer new lands in a vast medieval sandbox. Raise armies to lead into battle and command and fight alongside your troops in massive real-time battles using a deep but intuitive skill-based combat system.

Why similar: Medieval 37.7%, Sandbox 16%, Historical 12.4%, Realistic 8.5%, Multiplayer 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its medieval battles and grounded melee combat provide a broader but still satisfying alternative for players who want skill-based swordplay.

Besiege castles and raid villages in Chivalry: Medieval Warfare, a fast-paced medieval first person slasher with a focus on multiplayer battles

Why similar: Medieval 30.1%, Gore 23.5%, Swordplay 22.3%, Multiplayer 5.8%, Historical 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: This older entry still offers visceral, bloody first-person medieval melee that captures the same love of steel, limbs, and chaos.

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 28.4%, Gore 17.3%, Fighting 16% ★, Medieval 8.3%, Hack and Slash 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: It aims for grounded melee encounters with armor zones, timed strikes, and lethal weapon impacts rather than pure arcade slashing.

Fight alone or with friends in For Honor, a third-person hero-based melee fighting game. Enter the chaos of war as a Knight, a Viking, a Samurai, a Wu Lin, or an Outlander. Fight in brutal PvP and team-oriented modes, or play the thrilling story campaign.

Why similar: Medieval 36.7%, Swordplay 23.1%, Fighting 15% ★, Gore 9.7%, Third Person 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: Although more stylized, its stance-based melee duels and focus on timing, reads, and weapon matchups appeal to players who enjoy technical sword combat.

The golden age of violent flash games now in your VR headset. Fully physics based combat with melee and firearms featuring copious amounts of blood, gore and destruction.

Why similar: Swordplay 31.1%, Physics 22.2%, Gore 20.1%, Sandbox 13.7%, Combat 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: This is a good pick for players who mainly want physics sandbox violence, improvised melee, and exaggerated but tactile body damage.

Tales Of Glory is setting a new standard for medieval melee fights, bringing best of both worlds by combining large scale battles and full physics one vs many combat, everything packed into a 30+ hours sandbox campaign

Why similar: Swordplay 26.1%, Gore 21.6%, Fighting 16.5% ★, Medieval 14.3%, Historical 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: It mixes large-scale medieval combat with VR melee interactions, giving you another way to chase that tactile sword-and-blood sensation.

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 29.2% ★, Gore 23.2%, 3D Fighter 21.1%, Physics 14%, Multiplayer 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its bizarre but brilliant physics-driven dismemberment combat shares Half Sword's fascination with body mechanics and emergent violence.

Gladius is an immersive VR sword fighting game set in ancient Rome. As a gladiator, you will choose your weapons, train against different enemies, and finally fight for your freedom in an epic battle against the mightiest warriors and mythical creatures of the time. Win the crowd and you will win your freedom.

Why similar: Swordplay 23.9%, Gore 18.3%, Fighting 15.9% ★, 3D Fighter 9.6%, Historical 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: This focuses on brutal arena melee and visceral VR weapon combat, with a similarly direct emphasis on blood-soaked close fighting.

Battle Talent is a challenging physics-based rogue-lite sword-fighting game, and now includes multiplayer mode, team up with friends to defeat enemies! You can create your own fighting style in a mega seamless procedural dungeon. With over 80 enemy variants, 100 weapons, and 60 perks.

Why similar: Swordplay 28%, Gore 19.2%, Fighting 12.2% ★, Physics 10.2%, Sandbox 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers responsive physics melee, gore, and a skill-based focus on weapon handling that should appeal to combat-sandbox fans.

Mortal Sin is a chaotic, blood-soaked roguelike where skill is power, and overconfidence is death. Carve through procedurally generated nightmares with brutal melee and flashy, satisfying combos.

Why similar: Hack and Slash 30.4%, Gore 24.7%, Swordplay 20.1%, First-Person 16.1%, Action 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: This is a more surreal and roguelite-flavored take, but its brutal first-person melee and emphasis on striking impact make it relevant.

UNDEAD CITADEL hurls you into a brutal, physics-driven VR adventure through a cursed citadel teeming with relentless undead. Slash, stab, shoot, or explode through hordes of enemies using swords, axes, bows, and more. Every hit feels real as you fight your way through fast-paced medieval battles.

Why similar: Swordplay 26.5%, Fighting 19.9% ★, Gore 19%, Medieval 13%, Physics 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: Even with zombies instead of human opponents, its physics-centric medieval weapon combat feels satisfyingly tactile and savage.

Blade of Darkness is a hardcore fantasy action-adventure with unique combat mechanics and role-playing elements that pioneered the “soulsborne” genre. Pick one of four characters to hack and slash through a gory quest to save the world from the forces of Chaos.

Why similar: Gore 47.5%, Combat 21.2%, Hack and Slash 13.9%, Third Person 11.1%, Action 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: This classic melee-focused action game stands out for its weighty weapon combat, dismemberment, and grim close-quarters brutality.

Vanquish your foes with a single strike in 1v1 weapon-based fighter Die by the Blade. Dive into a samuraipunk world and wield a range of traditional Japanese weapons to determine your moveset. Outwit your opponent in intense, tactical battles and master the art of the one-hit kill!

Why similar: Swordplay 26.6%, Gore 19.5%, Fighting 18.5% ★, 3D Fighter 14.3%, Combat 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its weapon-based duels revolve around spacing, precision, and lethal strikes, making it a good fit if you enjoy unforgiving sword encounters.

GORN is a ludicrously violent VR gladiator simulator, made by Free Lives, the developers of Broforce and Genital Jousting.

Why similar: Gore 30.5%, 3D Fighter 24.1%, Fighting 20% ★, Swordplay 13.4%, Medieval 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: Though far more cartoonish, its physics-driven melee dismemberment and gladiatorial bloodshed hit a similar primal combat nerve.

Venture into a handcrafted world where ruins whisper of past cataclysms. Master the art of sword and sorcery and forge your path with relics, spells and choices that shape who you become in this first-person RPG.

Why similar: Gore 25.2%, Physics 14.8%, Medieval 13.4%, Hack and Slash 12.9%, Realistic 10.9%

Legendary tales is a VR Action roleplaying game with up to 4 player co-op. Collect items, enhance your abilities and fight your way through an ever changing dungeon to make your own Legendary Tales.

Why similar: Swordplay 39.8%, Gore 26%, Medieval 18.1%, Combat 7%, Hack and Slash 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its weighty VR melee and emphasis on timing, weapon feel, and close-range physical combat make it a solid adjacent recommendation.

Dive into a sandbox full of action and customization! Choose from different game modes like deathmatch, conquest, king of the hill, zombie survival and many more. Create your own scenarios and content in the easy to use in-game editors or use one of the 50k+ workshop items from other players...

Why similar: Sandbox 29.7%, Physics 23.5%, Historical 19%, Simulation 13%, First-Person 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: While more sandbox-oriented, it combines physics-based medieval battles and emergent melee chaos in a way Half Sword fans may still appreciate.

Arthurian Legends is a medieval first person action game set in the land of Albion during a time of myth and legend. Battle hordes of Saxons, demonic beasts, the undead and worse in thy quest to save Albion from The Masters of the Old Religion.

Why similar: Swordplay 30.8%, Gore 24.6%, Medieval 15.1%, Hack and Slash 11.4%, Combat 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its first-person medieval fantasy combat aims for gritty melee encounters and historical atmosphere despite the mythic setting.

Paint the Town Red is a chaotic first person melee combat game set in different locations and time periods. The voxel-based enemies can be punched, bashed, kicked, stabbed and sliced completely dynamically using almost anything that isn't nailed down.

Why similar: Gore 41.6%, Fighting 25.8% ★, Physics 13.9%, Sandbox 5.6%, Multiplayer 4.9%

The Bloodline is a sandbox adventure RPG that lets you play your way. Reforge bonds between kingdoms, explore the wilds, craft and plan adventures and wield mighty weapons or magic as you prepare for what is to come…

Why similar: Swordplay 31.6%, Medieval 17%, Physics 16.1%, Combat 10.6%, Sandbox 10.5%

Voor de Kroon is an immersive medieval strategy-action game with historically inspired arms and armor. Fight historical battles and command your troops from the front line or the RTS camera. Use the Warforge editor to reshape the entire game and build your own medieval campaigns.

Why similar: Swordplay 26.4%, Gore 18.3%, Medieval 17.4%, Historical 14.9%, Sandbox 10%

Bodycam is the first tactical multiplayer FPS with a true body-camera view in Unreal Engine 5. Close-quarters combats feel raw and loud. Every angle, callout, and bullet matters. Play Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, and Wingman on photoreal maps where teamplay, tactics, and clutch skill are key.

Why similar: Physics 26.6%, Realistic 25.8%, Combat 16.7%, Simulation 9.1%, Multiplayer 9%

GoreBox is a chaotic physics-driven sandbox where creativity meets destruction. Use the Reality Crusher to spawn, manipulate, and obliterate anything. Customize, roleplay, or face devious creatures. In this world, your imagination rules, and chaos is your playground!

Why similar: Gore 47.2%, Physics 23.4%, Sandbox 18.5%, First-Person 5.2%, 3D 3.3%

A sandbox game that enables players to watch or take part in a warzone. Players will have access to a variety of tools and features that give them access to customize and change the battlefield however they like.

Why similar: Gore 35.2%, Sandbox 20.4%, Physics 20.2%, Realistic 12.3%, Combat 7.3%

Endorphin Vice is a physics-based sandbox game for exploring realistic gore and wound reactions. Customize your environment with tactically designed objects and gear. Play as a vigilante, using military tactics and tools to create and test various scenarios and effects.

Why similar: Gore 32.3%, Physics 20.6%, Sandbox 13.9%, Realistic 13.7%, Combat 5.8%

HARD BULLET is a physics-based action game, where enemies flood the neon-lit city bringing destruction to its streets. Use slow-motion, a huge arsenal, and brutal combat to survive and unlock new weapons. Prepare for the next RIDE by mastering your skills in Sandbox and Arena modes.

Why similar: Gore 30%, Physics 28%, Sandbox 20.3%, Simulation 9.7%, First-Person 6.8%

You are Wendigo. A hard-hearted contract killer tasked with annihilating a fanatical cult. With your trusted arsenal at the ready, experience what has been called "The most violent game in VR". EARLY ACCESS includes RAID, ARENA and SANDBOX modes with a story campaign and much more on the way.

Why similar: Gore 72.8%, Sandbox 11.2%, Realistic 11.1%, Action 3.3%, Simulation 1%

Be the leader of wobblers from ancient lands, spooky places, and fantasy worlds. Watch them fight in simulations made with the wobbliest physics system ever created, make your own wobblers in the unit creator and send your army off to fight your friends in multiplayer.

Why similar: Physics 25.9%, Sandbox 22.5%, Realistic 17.3%, Historical 15.6%, Simulation 10.6%

A FPS WW1 & Revolutionary War battle simulator with a focus on Workshop Content, rag-doll physics, intelligent AI, massive battles, procedural AI cover system, real-time building system and FPS combat!

Why similar: Historical 28.6%, Sandbox 27.6%, Realistic 13.5%, Simulation 10.4%, First-Person 7.5%

Sword With Sauce is a fast-paced stealth-action game where you pick weapons, gadgets, and a playstyle to eliminate enemies. Go in loud or stay unseen—it's your choice.

Why similar: Gore 55.7%, Hack and Slash 11%, First-Person 10.3%, Sandbox 9.3%, Action 7.1%

Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

Why similar: Gore 46.4%, Physics 23.7%, Sandbox 21.6%, Simulation 4.6%, Singleplayer 1.7%

MAXIMUM Action is a brutal and satisfying physics-based first person shooter influenced by Hong Kong cinema, heroic slow motion bloodshed, and old-school FPS ACTION.

Why similar: Gore 52.1%, Physics 21.4%, Sandbox 12%, First-Person 7.2%, Action 5.2%

War of Rights is a first person multiplayer game featuring massive 400 player battles with a focus on historical authenticity, teamplay and immersion. It is set during the perilous days of the American Civil War, in the Maryland Campaign of September, 1862.

Why similar: Historical 40.8%, Realistic 18.4%, Gore 13.7%, Multiplayer 8.8%, Simulation 7.8%

Indie souls-like with innovative fight system where you practice your Katana on the path for endless improvement; again and again.

Why similar: Swordplay 29.9%, Fighting 18.2% ★, Gore 17%, Historical 13.1%, Realistic 7.6%

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 32%, Historical 15%, Physics 14.9%, Medieval 13.8%, Realistic 8.9%

Realistic Ragdoll Sandbox is an immersive game that stands out for its realistic ragdoll physics, which together with various creation and damage tools, provides the player with a mix of realism and fun.

Why similar: Physics 28.2%, Sandbox 23.1%, Gore 18.5%, Simulation 9.4%, Third Person 8%

The ultimate swordmaking game. Forge unique weapons with freeform blade shaping and modular hilts, perfectly balanced to your customers’ needs. Master the art of smithing and uncover the secrets of Eren Keep, a last haven of a dying world – or so they say.

Why similar: Medieval 44.3%, Physics 36.5%, Simulation 11.7%, 3D 7.6%

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 29%, Gore 21.7%, Fighting 14.9% ★, Physics 14.5%, Combat 7.8%

Stick it to the Stickman is a physics-based brawler where you fight heaps of red stickmen to become the boss. Choose from hundreds of unique moves to construct the perfect combat machine and fight your way to the top of the corporate ladder.

Why similar: Combat 33.3%, Multiplayer 24.2%, Hack and Slash 21.3%, Action 17.5%, Singleplayer 3.7%

Drunken Wrestlers 2 is a funny physics-based multiplayer fighting game. Features include character customization and a powerful mod editor integrated with Steam Workshop.

Why similar: Fighting 30.1% ★, Gore 21.3%, Physics 18.2%, 3D Fighter 18%, Multiplayer 5.8%

An unforgiving medieval action RPG with a Souls-like combat system. Explore, grow stronger, defeat enemy forces, and reclaim the city torn apart by civil war.

Why similar: Medieval 30.9%, Swordplay 24.6%, Realistic 17.6%, Combat 9.9%, 3D Fighter 8.4%

Here is a sandbox like no other. Create massive battles with absolutely no limits. Want to see 10,000 chickens fight an army of Romans?? Sure, why not. Want to see a company of WW2 U.S soldiers fight 11,000 Medieval soldiers?? There are simply no limits to the carnage you can achieve in UEBS.

Why similar: Gore 28.5%, Sandbox 26.6%, Medieval 21.5%, Simulation 14.4%, Action 4.2%

Prepare the perfect heist in a fully destructible, simulated voxel world. Tear down walls with vehicles or use explosives to create your own shortcuts. Shape the environment to your advantage in the most creative ways you can imagine. Play solo or with up to 12 players in multiplayer.

Why similar: Physics 32.3%, Sandbox 21.2%, Realistic 15%, Multiplayer 7.7%, Simulation 7%

VALHALL is a blend of multiple genres, combining first & third person directional physical combat slasher with a survival experience set in a brutal world of Vikings. Survive, feel Thor's power, become an einherjar, and enter the ultimate battlefield!

Why similar: Swordplay 27.9%, Gore 17.8%, Historical 12.9%, Medieval 12%, Hack and Slash 9.6%

Become a medieval blacksmith. Smelt ore, hammer steel at the anvil, grind the edge, and design your own swords. Craft shields, forge tools and everyday ironwork, fill customer contracts, and earn your coin blade by blade. Your forge, your legend.

Why similar: Medieval 26%, Physics 22.2%, Sandbox 15.8%, Realistic 12.8%, Simulation 9.5%

Clone Drone in the Danger Zone is a robot voxel slice-em-up where any part of your body can be sliced off. With your mind downloaded into a robot gladiator, you must survive the sinister trials of the arena.

Why similar: Swordplay 37.5%, Fighting 25.4% ★, 3D Fighter 21.3%, Third Person 5.9%, Multiplayer 5.3%

Shieldwall is a funny third-person tactical battle simulator with strategy elements. It allows you to feel like a squad leader right on the battlefield.

Why similar: Medieval 28.4%, Historical 23%, Physics 10.5%, Simulation 9.3%, Third Person 8.8%