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Half Sword
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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.
“I stabbed the man. I will stab many more men. Big ups this game. Gets a little laggy if u have ten people bleeding out on the floor.”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“amazing game, i would love to keep support these devs! i hope they improve the optimization tho, this would bring in more players! add multiplayer too!!!!"”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played“The demo is way better and the ragdoll physics got nerfed i cant even run into an npc with out falling over and loosing”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-26. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
WIP Wednesday: Arrow Time 1475
In this showcase, we can see what Frank has been cooking up to improve and expand upon crossbow gameplay. Based on player feedback, the reloading of the crossbows has been improved. In addition to imp
WIP Wednesday: The Enforcers
Enjoy this time lapse of the Enforcers by our senior 2D artist Miłek. This WIP Also features two new tracks by our composer Goodmalware. Dust to Dust Always a King Giovanni Ricci’s Men: The Enforcers
WIP Wednesday: Crypt
A brief preview of the coming Crypt mode that team has been cooking up. Also featured is a new track Peste by Goodmalware.
WIP Wednesday
Gamescom went amazing, thank you all who were able to attend and drop by! This week for our WIP post we have another alla tedesca cuirass, built based on reconstructions of similar cuirasses. This one
WIP Wednesday
A simple yet elegant design this is a cuirass found in central German paintings, from Italian workshops. [img src="
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, Simulation, Early Access |
| Player tags | Early Access · Gore · Physics · Combat · Medieval · Swordplay · Realistic · Historical · Simulation · Fighting · Action · Sandbox (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Official site | https://www.half-sword.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 (64Bit) Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700HQ, Ryzen 5 3500U Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6GB), AMD Radeon RX 580 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 15 GB available space Sound Card: Any VR Support: No Additional Notes: SSD recommended