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Knights of Honor

Black Sea Studios Ltd · Paradox Interactive · 2009-02-04

SteamGOG

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 2005 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

As King, it is your duty to lead your people in their struggle to raise your kingdom from its humble beginnings to a position of power and prestige. War, diplomacy and a burgeoning economy are the means by which you increase your power and expand your influence.

Knights of Honor is a Strategy title released in 2009, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 2393 reviews).

17
playing now
93%
positive of 2.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (32 ratings)
45h
to beat · rushed 23h · completionist 60h
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

17 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Knights of Honor is a real-time strategy (RTS) game developed by Bulgarian Black Sea Studios. It was published by Sunflowers Interactive in Europe in 2004 and Paradox Interactive in North America in 2005. The game takes place in Medieval Europe, spanning the early centuries of the second millennium in three historical time periods. The player can choose to play as one of over 100 playable kingdoms. A sequel, Knights of Honor II: Sovereign, was released in 2022.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 17 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 39 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 14,201 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 96k–191k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,393 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Fanatical$2.39-76%
GOG$2.49-75%
GOG$2.49-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.50 at Steam (2014-10-02) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 70 of 118 observed days · $0.89 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
484820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

6292026-09-15 14:00 — 23 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 24 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 23 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 37 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 39 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 11 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 33 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 42 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 17 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 49 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 50 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 16 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 24 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 37 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 21 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 20 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 35 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 22 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 17 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 38 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 30 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 19 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 42 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 17 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
7910Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 11 · peak 26Dec 2012 — avg 15 · peak 40May 2013 — avg 12 · peak 28Oct 2013 — avg 12 · peak 28Mar 2014 — avg 15 · peak 38Aug 2014 — avg 19 · peak 40Jan 2015 — avg 28 · peak 80Jun 2015 — avg 26 · peak 65Nov 2015 — avg 25 · peak 59Apr 2016 — avg 28 · peak 59Sep 2016 — avg 44 · peak 157Feb 2017 — avg 37 · peak 80Jul 2017 — avg 41 · peak 95Dec 2017 — avg 46 · peak 108May 2018 — avg 42 · peak 84Oct 2018 — avg 49 · peak 115Mar 2019 — avg 48 · peak 112Aug 2019 — avg 50 · peak 112Jan 2020 — avg 54 · peak 117Jun 2020 — avg 48 · peak 106Nov 2020 — avg 49 · peak 114Apr 2021 — avg 55 · peak 121Sep 2021 — avg 53 · peak 105Feb 2022 — avg 60 · peak 134Jul 2022 — avg 54 · peak 121Dec 2022 — avg 71 · peak 165May 2023 — avg 34 · peak 77Oct 2023 — avg 33 · peak 71Mar 2024 — avg 33 · peak 75Aug 2024 — avg 34 · peak 79Jan 2025 — avg 31 · peak 75Jun 2025 — avg 29 · peak 66Nov 2025 — avg 33 · peak 68Apr 2026 — avg 30 · peak 75Aug 2026 — avg 29 · peak 61
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$1.792015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-09-28 — best price $9.992016-08-12 — best price $2.502017-11-22 — best price $2.492018-09-10 — best price $9.992019-01-28 — best price $2.492019-05-17 — best price $9.992019-10-17 — best price $2.492020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-05-01 — best price $2.492020-08-17 — best price $9.992020-11-13 — best price $2.492021-03-13 — best price $1.792021-08-29 — best price $1.792021-12-20 — best price $9.992022-05-16 — best price $8.392022-08-23 — best price $1.792022-12-23 — best price $2.242023-06-30 — best price $1.992023-08-08 — best price $2.502024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-04-14 — best price $8.492024-07-24 — best price $7.992024-10-28 — best price $2.492025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-05-08 — best price $2.492025-10-20 — best price $9.992026-02-06 — best price $9.992026-04-24 — best price $9.992026-08-10 — best price $2.492026-09-08 — best price $2.492026-09-28 — best price $9.992026-10-15 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3792026-05-31 — 20 pageviews2026-06-04 — 21 pageviews2026-06-08 — 24 pageviews2026-06-12 — 24 pageviews2026-06-16 — 18 pageviews2026-06-20 — 25 pageviews2026-06-24 — 23 pageviews2026-06-28 — 24 pageviews2026-07-02 — 12 pageviews2026-07-06 — 25 pageviews2026-07-10 — 32 pageviews2026-07-14 — 21 pageviews2026-07-18 — 18 pageviews2026-07-22 — 22 pageviews2026-07-26 — 20 pageviews2026-07-30 — 25 pageviews2026-08-03 — 18 pageviews2026-08-07 — 33 pageviews2026-08-11 — 22 pageviews2026-08-15 — 35 pageviews2026-08-19 — 23 pageviews2026-08-23 — 32 pageviews2026-08-27 — 30 pageviews2026-08-31 — 32 pageviews2026-09-04 — 26 pageviews2026-09-08 — 26 pageviews2026-09-12 — 20 pageviews2026-09-16 — 18 pageviews2026-09-20 — 27 pageviews2026-09-24 — 26 pageviews2026-09-28 — 21 pageviews2026-10-02 — 26 pageviews2026-10-06 — 19 pageviews2026-10-09 — 31 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Where its players are

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

Player tags

RTSWarClassicMedievalStrategyDiplomacyReal-TimeHistoricalSimulationMultiplayer

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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