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Half Sword

Half Sword Games · Game Seer Publishing · 2026-01-30

SteamEpic Games Store

ActionAdventureIndieSimulationEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 30, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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.

72%
positive of 29k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
62/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)
Half Sword is a physics-based medieval combat simulator, developed by Georgian studio Half Sword Games and published by Game Seer; it is widely known for its immersive physical fighting simulation and medieval aesthetic. A demo version of the game is available on Steam and Epic Games Store on Microsoft Windows. The game released into early access on January 30, 2026.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 2,555 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~319/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (13,631 reviews).
  • · Top 5% of 12,355 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 586k–1.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 29,280 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $19.99 at Steam (2026-01-30)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 1 of 9 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7.8k7.8k20262026Week of 2026-01-30: 7,847 positiveWeek of 2026-01-30: 5,784 negativeWeek of 2026-02-06: 2,271 positiveWeek of 2026-02-06: 991 negativeWeek of 2026-02-13: 1,029 positiveWeek of 2026-02-13: 422 negativeWeek of 2026-02-20: 676 positiveWeek of 2026-02-20: 308 negativeWeek of 2026-02-27: 426 positiveWeek of 2026-02-27: 181 negativeWeek of 2026-03-06: 339 positiveWeek of 2026-03-06: 157 negativeWeek of 2026-03-13: 350 positiveWeek of 2026-03-13: 141 negativeWeek of 2026-03-20: 293 positiveWeek of 2026-03-20: 126 negativeWeek of 2026-03-27: 271 positiveWeek of 2026-03-27: 134 negativeWeek of 2026-04-03: 230 positiveWeek of 2026-04-03: 123 negativeWeek of 2026-04-10: 196 positiveWeek of 2026-04-10: 99 negativeWeek of 2026-04-17: 197 positiveWeek of 2026-04-17: 130 negativeWeek of 2026-04-24: 163 positiveWeek of 2026-04-24: 122 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2026-05-08: 136 positiveWeek of 2026-05-08: 100 negativeWeek of 2026-05-15: 130 positiveWeek of 2026-05-15: 122 negativeWeek of 2026-05-22: 133 positiveWeek of 2026-05-22: 125 negativeWeek of 2026-05-29: 139 positiveWeek of 2026-05-29: 122 negativeWeek of 2026-06-05: 103 positiveWeek of 2026-06-05: 128 negativeWeek of 2026-06-12: 113 positiveWeek of 2026-06-12: 127 negativeWeek of 2026-06-19: 521 positiveWeek of 2026-06-19: 147 negativeWeek of 2026-06-26: 698 positiveWeek of 2026-06-26: 159 negativeWeek of 2026-07-03: 393 positiveWeek of 2026-07-03: 123 negativeWeek of 2026-07-10: 337 positiveWeek of 2026-07-10: 84 negativeWeek of 2026-07-17: 272 positiveWeek of 2026-07-17: 106 negativeWeek of 2026-07-24: 263 positiveWeek of 2026-07-24: 91 negativeWeek of 2026-07-31: 244 positiveWeek of 2026-07-31: 77 negativeWeek of 2026-08-07: 197 positiveWeek of 2026-08-07: 81 negativeWeek of 2026-08-14: 185 positiveWeek of 2026-08-14: 74 negativeWeek of 2026-08-21: 199 positiveWeek of 2026-08-21: 86 negativeWeek of 2026-08-28: 198 positiveWeek of 2026-08-28: 61 negativeWeek of 2026-09-04: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-09-04: 15 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$24.99$19.992026-01-302026-07-092026-01-30 — best price $19.992026-02-13 — best price $24.992026-03-04 — best price $24.992026-03-19 — best price $22.492026-03-26 — best price $24.992026-04-20 — best price $22.492026-04-27 — best price $24.992026-06-25 — best price $22.492026-07-09 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

199602026-06-07 — 140 pageviews2026-06-10 — 105 pageviews2026-06-13 — 126 pageviews2026-06-16 — 113 pageviews2026-06-19 — 60 pageviews2026-06-22 — 112 pageviews2026-06-25 — 131 pageviews2026-06-28 — 154 pageviews2026-07-01 — 139 pageviews2026-07-04 — 161 pageviews2026-07-07 — 141 pageviews2026-07-10 — 117 pageviews2026-07-13 — 107 pageviews2026-07-16 — 91 pageviews2026-07-19 — 100 pageviews2026-07-22 — 95 pageviews2026-07-25 — 101 pageviews2026-07-28 — 109 pageviews2026-07-31 — 78 pageviews2026-08-03 — 97 pageviews2026-08-06 — 71 pageviews2026-08-09 — 199 pageviews2026-08-12 — 81 pageviews2026-08-15 — 139 pageviews2026-08-18 — 120 pageviews2026-08-21 — 102 pageviews2026-08-24 — 125 pageviews2026-08-27 — 93 pageviews2026-08-30 — 138 pageviews2026-09-02 — 88 pageviews2026-09-04 — 99 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2026-01-30 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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