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Knights of Honor cover art

Knights of Honor

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

SteamGOG

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

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.

11
playing now
93%
positive of 2.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
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)
$9.99
steam price (US)

11 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 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
  • · 11 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 20% of 5,887 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 96k–191k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,388 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.49-75%
GOG$2.49-75%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$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 45 of 80 observed days · $0.99 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

60112026-08-06 22:00 — 27 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 21 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 46 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 34 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 25 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 43 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 34 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 19 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 52 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 30 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 19 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 40 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 24 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 24 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 35 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 27 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 16 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 28 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 39 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 15 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 31 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 34 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 18 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 44 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 39 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 16 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 30 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 41 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 11 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.71$1.792015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-06-25 — best price $9.992016-06-30 — best price $9.992017-04-18 — best price $9.992018-05-21 — best price $9.992018-11-01 — best price $9.992019-03-27 — best price $2.492019-07-10 — best price $2.492019-10-28 — best price $2.492020-01-22 — best price $2.492020-05-01 — best price $2.492020-08-10 — best price $2.492020-10-26 — best price $2.492021-01-18 — best price $2.492021-07-03 — best price $1.792021-11-18 — best price $2.152022-02-21 — best price $2.492022-07-03 — best price $1.792022-09-23 — best price $9.362023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-06-30 — best price $1.992023-07-25 — best price $8.882023-11-29 — best price $9.992024-04-04 — best price $9.992024-06-04 — best price $8.492024-08-26 — best price $2.492024-11-24 — best price $2.122025-01-23 — best price $9.992025-06-26 — best price $2.492025-10-28 — best price $4.992026-02-06 — best price $9.992026-04-17 — best price $9.992026-08-06 — best price $2.492026-08-30 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

37122026-05-31 — 20 pageviews2026-06-03 — 17 pageviews2026-06-06 — 27 pageviews2026-06-09 — 25 pageviews2026-06-12 — 24 pageviews2026-06-15 — 16 pageviews2026-06-18 — 23 pageviews2026-06-21 — 27 pageviews2026-06-24 — 23 pageviews2026-06-27 — 19 pageviews2026-06-30 — 27 pageviews2026-07-03 — 21 pageviews2026-07-06 — 25 pageviews2026-07-09 — 20 pageviews2026-07-12 — 31 pageviews2026-07-15 — 27 pageviews2026-07-18 — 18 pageviews2026-07-21 — 20 pageviews2026-07-24 — 24 pageviews2026-07-27 — 29 pageviews2026-07-30 — 25 pageviews2026-08-02 — 25 pageviews2026-08-05 — 15 pageviews2026-08-08 — 26 pageviews2026-08-11 — 22 pageviews2026-08-14 — 27 pageviews2026-08-17 — 16 pageviews2026-08-20 — 32 pageviews2026-08-23 — 32 pageviews2026-08-26 — 37 pageviews2026-08-27 — 30 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

RTSWarClassicMedievalStrategyDiplomacyReal-TimeHistoricalSimulationMultiplayer

Census log

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

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