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Knights of Honor II: Sovereign

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

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SimulationStrategy

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

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.

Knights of Honor II: Sovereign is a 2022 Simulation and Strategy game priced at $44.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (77% of 6716 reviews).

397
playing now
77%
positive of 6.8k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
76/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
83/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
49
Nexus mods (72k downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$44.99
steam price (US)

397 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 14:00 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.

Trailer

Knights of Honor II: Sovereign trailer thumbnail

Knights of Honor II: Sovereign | Release Trailer

≈138,792 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 397 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 4% of 16,672 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 136k–306k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,801 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Gamesplanet$9.10-80%
GOG$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 92 of 150 observed days · at its 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

64202026-09-14 23:00 — 142 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 170 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 300 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 222 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 180 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 287 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 227 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 107 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 319 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 520 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 150 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 299 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 474 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 177 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 438 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 642 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 221 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 296 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 523 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 304 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 361 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 459 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 267 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 397 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.3k230Dec 2022Aug 2026Dec 2022 — avg 2,313 · peak 6,034Feb 2023 — avg 496 · peak 1,286Apr 2023 — avg 384 · peak 916Jun 2023 — avg 230 · peak 802Aug 2023 — avg 403 · peak 964Oct 2023 — avg 351 · peak 1,013Dec 2023 — avg 540 · peak 1,330Feb 2024 — avg 426 · peak 923Apr 2024 — avg 332 · peak 837Jun 2024 — avg 330 · peak 713Aug 2024 — avg 437 · peak 985Oct 2024 — avg 282 · peak 566Dec 2024 — avg 390 · peak 771Feb 2025 — avg 301 · peak 679Apr 2025 — avg 318 · peak 772Jun 2025 — avg 271 · peak 589Aug 2025 — avg 316 · peak 724Oct 2025 — avg 287 · peak 643Dec 2025 — avg 302 · peak 651Feb 2026 — avg 374 · peak 833Apr 2026 — avg 305 · peak 652Jun 2026 — avg 230 · peak 464Aug 2026 — avg 288 · peak 587
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
882026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 3 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new negative2026-09-25: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 3 new positive2026-09-26: 2 new negative2026-09-27: 4 new positive2026-09-27: 2 new negative2026-09-28: 2 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 1 new positive2026-09-29: 2 new negative2026-09-30: 5 new positive2026-10-01: 6 new positive2026-10-02: 8 new positive2026-10-02: 3 new negative2026-10-03: 5 new positive2026-10-03: 3 new negative2026-10-05: 2 new positive2026-10-05: 3 new negative2026-10-06: 3 new positive2026-10-07: 2 new positive2026-10-08: 3 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 2 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new negative2026-10-10: 3 new positive2026-10-10: 2 new negative2026-10-11: 1 new positive2026-10-12: 2 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new negative2026-10-14: 3 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$99.99$9.102022-11-212026-10-142022-11-21 — best price $99.992023-01-18 — best price $48.452023-03-29 — best price $29.692023-05-06 — best price $44.992023-06-15 — best price $44.992023-07-31 — best price $22.492023-09-05 — best price $44.992023-11-05 — best price $44.992023-12-13 — best price $22.492024-01-18 — best price $22.492024-03-20 — best price $22.492024-04-29 — best price $32.292024-06-24 — best price $12.662024-08-02 — best price $12.462024-09-18 — best price $44.992024-11-28 — best price $14.852025-01-02 — best price $44.992025-02-12 — best price $14.852025-04-04 — best price $9.992025-05-13 — best price $14.842025-06-26 — best price $13.792025-08-26 — best price $14.842025-10-07 — best price $14.842025-12-03 — best price $38.242026-01-08 — best price $44.992026-03-11 — best price $13.492026-04-22 — best price $44.992026-06-01 — best price $13.502026-07-14 — best price $44.992026-08-21 — best price $44.992026-09-13 — best price $44.992026-09-28 — best price $11.252026-10-13 — best price $9.102026-10-14 — best price $9.10
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

57112026-06-01 — 20 pageviews2026-06-05 — 28 pageviews2026-06-09 — 19 pageviews2026-06-13 — 13 pageviews2026-06-17 — 15 pageviews2026-06-21 — 25 pageviews2026-06-25 — 16 pageviews2026-06-29 — 20 pageviews2026-07-03 — 22 pageviews2026-07-07 — 23 pageviews2026-07-11 — 19 pageviews2026-07-15 — 22 pageviews2026-07-19 — 15 pageviews2026-07-23 — 23 pageviews2026-07-27 — 20 pageviews2026-07-31 — 23 pageviews2026-08-04 — 22 pageviews2026-08-08 — 29 pageviews2026-08-12 — 41 pageviews2026-08-16 — 22 pageviews2026-08-20 — 27 pageviews2026-08-24 — 19 pageviews2026-08-28 — 23 pageviews2026-09-01 — 22 pageviews2026-09-05 — 16 pageviews2026-09-09 — 32 pageviews2026-09-13 — 19 pageviews2026-09-17 — 16 pageviews2026-09-21 — 29 pageviews2026-09-25 — 27 pageviews2026-09-29 — 18 pageviews2026-10-03 — 26 pageviews2026-10-07 — 30 pageviews2026-10-11 — 41 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1402026-10-01 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 22:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-04 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 17:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-06 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 17:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-07 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 23:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-12-06 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

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

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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