Like most of the games on our list, Chivalry: Medieval Warfare is a multiplayer experience without much of any single-player component, but there are lots of options when it comes to game modes: solo and team deathmatches, capture the flag, last team standing, matches with multiple objectives and more. When it appeared in 2012, it stood out for its exaggerated, almost cartoonish amount of gore and medieval mayhem.
Chivalry is based on Age of Chivalry, a mod for Half Life 2. This is the game that started it all and set the template for a whole bunch of copycats and variations. Historians will probably quibble with the accuracy and tactics in most of these games, but true to life or not, there’s no denying the visceral thrill of melee combat and slicing and dicing your way through the ranks of armor clad medieval infantry. Sure, the middle ages have not been as popular a setting as, say, the zombie apocalypse or some imagined future with clashing cybernetic warriors, but the games on this list are evidence that getting your knight on can be a blast.
The release of Chivalry 2 just around the corner is a great reminder that, when it comes to medieval combat, there is actually no lack of pretty strong games.
