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Knights of Honor

Medieval grand strategy with knight management and real-time battles

Black Sea Studios Ltd · Published by Paradox Interactive · Released Feb 4, 2009

Strategy

Reviews
Very Positive
93% of 2,392
Recent reviews
Not enough recent
Playing now
32
right now
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update
Unknown
no patch notes found

Metacritic: 77/100 (critic reviews)

What is Knights of Honor?

In this medieval real-time strategy game, you rule a kingdom and seek to expand its power. You develop estates and castles, assign knights to military, administrative, or diplomatic roles, negotiate trade and alliances, and command troops in battles and sieges.

For you if...

  • +you prefer accessible grand strategy over dense systems
  • +you like directing knights in war and diplomacy

Not for you if...

  • −you prefer turn-based decisions over real-time strategy
  • −you want combat without economic or diplomatic management

What players say

93% of 2,392 reviews are positive

Players praise the approachable mix of kingdom management, diplomacy, and real-time warfare. Some find the strategy less deep than they expected, while recent negative reviewers report trouble loading or playing the game.

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Knights of Honor

Knights of Honor system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS
Windows® XP, Windows® 2000
Processor
1 GHz Intel® Pentium® III or AMD® Athlon™ processor
Graphics
16 MB video card with 1024x768 resolution
Memory
256 MB RAM
Storage
1.2 GB free hard disk space plus space for saved games

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Steam features
Family Sharing

Steam Deck: Playable

  • Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
  • Native resolution not supported
  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Text only: English.

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