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Half Sword is a physics-based medieval combat simulator featuring historically accurate XV-century arms and armor. We are not afraid to show the brutal nature of medieval combat with in-depth blood and gore features.

Half Sword is a early access, physics and gore game developed by Half Sword Games and published by Game Seer Publishing.
Released on January 30th 2026 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 12,577 reviews of which 7,650 were positive and 4,927 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.0 out of 10. 😐

The game is currently priced at 19.19€ on Steam with a 20% discount.

The Steam community has classified Half Sword into these genres:

Early Access Physics Gore Combat Medieval Blood Swordplay Realistic Historical Simulation Fighting Action Sandbox Singleplayer Third Person Immersive Hack and Slash 3D Fighter First-Person 3D

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10 (64Bit)
  • Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700HQ, Ryzen 5 3500U
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6GB), AMD Radeon RX 580
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 15 GB available space
  • Sound Card: Any
  • VR Support: No
  • Additional Notes: SSD recommended

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Feb. 2026
Amid all the seemed dislike about this game and it's many technical flaws, I will be listing 10 of the things i liked most about this game which should shine some light on what this game could be: 1. Cool story revealing cutscene 2. You can strangle a Willie (not to death, unfortunately) 3. New weapons (flail, my goat) 4. Armor customizability 5. Weapon forging 6. ball kicking 7. Zombies???? 8. Mercenaries 9. stupid overpowered stick of wrath (quarterstaff I think) 10. hair This game is a good game, it's just going though some early game issues.
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Feb. 2026
TLDR & Buyer Beware: This is an extremely fun physics-based fighting game. Players with lower-end systems should try the demo and continue to await performance updates — as this continues to be a great experience with a ladder mode I wish was available in the Early Access. Avoid the Slums map at all costs. Turn on DX12. Early access is in desperate need of a tutorial to explain new/hidden mechanics. As this is early access, I will of course update as the game is updated. This is my first review and it only felt warranted because of the experience I've had with this game over the launch weekend. For reference, I've played the demo for over 72 hours and as of writing this, 23.1 hours on the early access release. I was an on-release purchaser and launched as soon as it was installed. This game could not run the Yards map from the demo above 20 fps on low settings with a 5090, 9800X3D, and 64GB of RAM. The devs released a hotfix just a couple of hours after launch and I was able to play, but did not enjoy my experience. The UI was difficult to understand and unintuitive and the ladder mode I had grown to love from the demo was nowhere to be seen. Physics felt tuned differently, but more responsive to what I wanted to do. And this game still had severe FPS issues on the Slums map. I turned it off unsure. That evening I read about several hidden mechanics including the strength leveling system and its affect on combat, looting enemies, and the abyss's killing mechanic. The EA was starting to sound a lot more interesting. I was hooked on it the next morning. The progression mode made a lot more sense given the context provided by the hidden mechanics and I've now beaten the Baron twice. If you are a player who enjoys messing around with physics-based games, I think this should bare minimum be on your wishlist to watch from afar as updates roll out. This game bounces between hilarious and badass so quickly that I've lost a majority of my weekend to it. The devs have provided an unexpectedly swift response to improving this game's performance and it seems to be a worthy update to the demo I've played for a long time now. Players on lower-end systems should consider avoiding it for the time being. I don't have a good frame of reference for general player performance, so I empathize the others who still have to continue awaiting updates for the game to be playable. The devs and my own experience have given me enough confidence to post a positive review now that I feel I've given the EA release a fair shot. It's very rough around the edges and needs several rounds of performance passes, but what is here is undeniably a refinement of the demo and it's left me excited for what's to come.
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Feb. 2026
Devs are taking the feedback seriously, so I have no doubt the games many issues mentioned elsewhere will be resolved soon. I love the game as it stands on a gameplay level and cant wait to see how it ultimately shakes out
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Jan. 2026
Performance issues fixed after selecting dx12. Love the demo and the game seems to be on the right direction. Just hoped the hub was a in game thing. Keep the good work guys!
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Jan. 2026
The game is good and very fun but runs pretty terribly at the lowest settings i can hardly get 50 fps while fighting in the slums with a RTX 4070 SUPER, Ryzen 7 7800X3D, and 32 GB of DDR5. IMO, wait for a performance patch
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Frequently Asked Questions

Half Sword is currently priced at 19.19€ on Steam.

Half Sword is currently available at a 20% discount. You can purchase it for 19.19€ on Steam.

Half Sword received 7,650 positive votes out of a total of 12,577 achieving a rating of 6.02.
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Half Sword was developed by Half Sword Games and published by Game Seer Publishing.

Half Sword is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Half Sword is not playable on MacOS.

Half Sword is not playable on Linux.

Half Sword is a single-player game.

There is a DLC available for Half Sword. Explore additional content available for Half Sword on Steam.

Half Sword does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Half Sword does not support Steam Remote Play.

Half Sword is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Half Sword.

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Half Sword
-20% 23.99€ 19.19€ Buy Now
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6.0
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Half Sword Games
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Game Seer Publishing
Release 30 Jan 2026
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