The Best Swordplay Games

Update : Fresh Tracks added at rank #10.
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Arthurian Legends (2021)

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PC Windows

Arthurian Legends is a medieval first person action game set in the land of Albion during a time of myth and legend. Battle hordes of Saxons, demonic beasts, the undead and worse in thy quest to save Albion from The Masters of the Old Religion.

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  • 2.5d
  • first-person
  • swordplay
  • hack-and-slash
  • magic
  • dark
  • blood
  • fps
  • violent
  • old-school
  • medieval
  • retro
  • gore
  • shooter
  • fantasy

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HAYAI (2022)

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PC Windows IOS iPhone

You are Ronin. Survive against an onslaught of enemies using a unique, mouse-based combat system. Draw your attack, felling your enemies in one swoop!

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  • spectacle
  • attack
  • score
  • swordplay
  • hack-and-slash
  • beat-em-up
  • arts
  • hand-drawn
  • twin-stick
  • martial
  • anime
  • retro
  • stylized
  • 2d
  • arcade

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Kalinur (2023)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows Xbox One

Defeat the mage Kalinur and bring peace back to the kingdom in this mini metroidvania with a lot of action.


  • metroidvania
  • 2d
  • swordplay
  • retro
  • fantasy
  • platform
  • demons
  • pixel
  • dark
  • adventure
  • exploration
  • medieval
  • action
  • nonlinear

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Clone Drone in the Danger Zone (2017)

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PC Windows Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Mac OS

Clone Drone in the Danger Zone is a robot voxel slice-em-up where any part of your body can be sliced off. With your mind downloaded into a robot gladiator, you must survive the sinister trials of the arena.


  • robots
  • arena
  • battle-royale
  • swordplay
  • fight
  • voxel
  • cooperative
  • rogue-like
  • humor
  • 3d
  • futuristic
  • multiplayer
  • third-person
  • funny
  • comedy

5

Blade (2018)

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early access PC Windows ps2 vita

Blade & Sorcery is a built-for-VR medieval fantasy sandbox with full physics driven melee, ranged and magic combat. Become a powerful warrior, ranger or sorcerer and devastate your enemies.


  • vr
  • sandbox
  • physics
  • swordplay
  • fight
  • moddable
  • fantasy
  • mod-friendly
  • visual-novel
  • magic
  • medieval
  • simulation
  • spin-off
  • gore
  • combat

6

The Vale (2021)

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Xbox One PC Windows

CLOSE YOUR EYES. BECOME A WARRIOR: Feel your enemy’s rasping breath; a foot shifts on swampy ground; the crack of steel on wooden shield. The Vale is an audio based action adventure that sets out to breathe new life into medieval combat and fantasy narrative.

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  • swordplay
  • action-adventure
  • hunting
  • medieval
  • rpg
  • magic
  • story
  • immersive
  • fantasy
  • combat
  • experimental
  • first-person
  • cube
  • 3d
  • audio

7

Yasuke Simulator (2025)

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PC Windows

Step into 1579 as Yasuke, the African samurai, and join Oda Nobunaga in his quest to unite Japan! Master precise katana combat, uncover secret gear, and unleash your ancestral power in this historically inspired action-packed journey through feudal Japan.

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  • historical
  • swordplay
  • ninja
  • satire
  • cinematic
  • hack-and-slash
  • action-adventure
  • realistic
  • story
  • tps
  • medieval
  • third-person
  • violent
  • atmospheric
  • first-person

8

Clone Drone in the Hyperdome (2024)

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PC Windows osvr

Cut robots apart in VR. Feel your sword disintegrate their metal bodies. Now you live and die in the Crashloop, a roguelike tournament to the death. Lock swords! Shoot shurikens from your wrist! This is CLONE DRONE... in the HYPERDOME!!!

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  • robots
  • voxel
  • swordplay
  • destruction
  • human-robots
  • spaceship-battle
  • beat-em-up
  • vr
  • fight
  • sword-fight
  • rogue-like
  • hack-and-slash
  • narrative
  • pve
  • action

9

Hellish Quart (2021)

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early access PC Windows

A physics-based, realistic, 3D sword dueling game set in the 17th century. Currently, it features an arcade mode, survival mode, modern HEMA mode, duels vs. AI, wooden weapons sparring, and a local multiplayer mode. Optional VR mode. Early Access.


  • arts
  • swordplay
  • 3d
  • martial
  • historical
  • pve
  • fight
  • character
  • medieval
  • pvp
  • vr
  • customization
  • realistic
  • physics
  • third-person

10

Fresh Tracks (2025)

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Linux Mac OS Playstation 5 PC Windows

Jump, dodge, and fight to the rhythm of the gods in this thrilling music-action game on skis. Take on obstacles and menacing enemies as you ski further into the darkness that has befallen the snow-covered land of Norwyn.

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  • rhythm
  • skiing
  • rogue-like
  • snow
  • swordplay
  • mythology
  • runner
  • multiple-endings
  • linear
  • stylized
  • story
  • theatre
  • sport
  • first-person
  • 3d

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