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Knights of Honor II: Sovereign

Black Sea Games · THQ Nordic · 2022-12-06

SteamGOGEpic Games StoreAmazon

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Dec 06, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Become the king and fight over Europe in this fresh take on medieval real-time grand strategy. Manage provinces, gather armies, initiate diplomacy, and dabble in espionage. The path is open: become the true Sovereign of your people and bring them to glory.

213
playing now
77%
positive of 6.7k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
83/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$44.99
steam price (US)

213 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Knights of Honor II: Sovereign is a grand strategy wargame developed by Black Sea Games and published by THQ Nordic. It is a sequel to 2004's Knights of Honor.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 213 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 355 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~44/week).
  • · Review velocity down 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,669 reviews).
  • · Top 10% of 6,675 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 134k–301k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,696 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$44.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$44.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $10.88 at GamesPlanet US (2026-04-10) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $44.99 · on sale 77 of 120 observed days · $34.11 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.3k1.3k20222026Week of 2022-12-01: 1,262 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 407 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

52202026-08-11 18:00 — 507 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 290 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 192 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 522 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 285 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 225 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 498 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 152 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 456 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 210 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 178 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 396 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 191 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 207 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 439 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 246 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 329 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 494 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 151 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 236 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 367 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 155 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 229 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 314 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 149 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 266 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 417 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 213 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$99.99$9.292022-11-212026-08-302022-11-21 — best price $99.992023-01-15 — best price $44.992023-03-16 — best price $29.692023-04-06 — best price $29.692023-05-15 — best price $44.992023-06-15 — best price $44.992023-07-28 — best price $17.992023-08-21 — best price $20.022023-09-19 — best price $19.992023-11-20 — best price $38.242023-12-13 — best price $22.492024-01-06 — best price $35.992024-03-04 — best price $22.492024-04-02 — best price $37.342024-05-05 — best price $22.492024-06-24 — best price $12.662024-07-26 — best price $18.002024-09-06 — best price $17.992024-11-01 — best price $17.992024-12-05 — best price $44.992025-01-02 — best price $44.992025-01-27 — best price $14.842025-03-19 — best price $14.842025-04-24 — best price $14.852025-05-22 — best price $11.562025-06-26 — best price $13.792025-08-14 — best price $14.842025-09-22 — best price $14.842025-11-10 — best price $44.992025-12-06 — best price $44.992026-01-08 — best price $44.992026-03-03 — best price $11.342026-04-03 — best price $44.992026-05-07 — best price $13.492026-06-08 — best price $44.992026-07-14 — best price $44.992026-08-14 — best price $44.992026-08-30 — best price $44.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

8572026-06-01 — 20 pageviews2026-06-04 — 16 pageviews2026-06-07 — 17 pageviews2026-06-10 — 20 pageviews2026-06-13 — 13 pageviews2026-06-16 — 20 pageviews2026-06-19 — 28 pageviews2026-06-22 — 7 pageviews2026-06-25 — 16 pageviews2026-06-28 — 22 pageviews2026-07-01 — 15 pageviews2026-07-04 — 35 pageviews2026-07-07 — 23 pageviews2026-07-10 — 22 pageviews2026-07-13 — 24 pageviews2026-07-16 — 16 pageviews2026-07-19 — 15 pageviews2026-07-22 — 20 pageviews2026-07-25 — 25 pageviews2026-07-28 — 17 pageviews2026-07-31 — 23 pageviews2026-08-03 — 13 pageviews2026-08-06 — 26 pageviews2026-08-09 — 85 pageviews2026-08-12 — 41 pageviews2026-08-15 — 25 pageviews2026-08-18 — 18 pageviews2026-08-21 — 27 pageviews2026-08-24 — 19 pageviews2026-08-27 — 22 pageviews2026-08-29 — 14 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
68.1%
earned "Can’t Touch This"
22.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Turkish, Hindi

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,4191%100

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

4XRTSSandboxMedievalStrategyHistoricalManagementOpen WorldSimulationMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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