Knights of Honor
Worth it · Strategy · 2009
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
WAIT.
Worth it today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 75% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$9.99Worth it
Typical seasonal cut
$2.4975% offWorth it
- Cost per hourS
- $0.29/hr
- ReviewsS
- 91% of 2,439
- Critics
- 77 players 14 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 1% Strategy
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $2.49 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 33.9h
- To 100%
- 66h 1.9x the story
Price and sales
- Sales
- 100 on record
- Typical cut
- 75% off
- Steam low
- $1.50 October 2014
- Sale every
- 42d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 31 now
- Cheaper than
- 29% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 96% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story
The value story
Across all 100 discounts in the 14 years tracked, the median cut is 75 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Its score sits in the top 1 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 71 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 96 percent. The nearest things to it, Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition ($19.99, scores 62) and Grand Ages: Medieval ($19.99, scores 0), are both worse buys on this math.
More about Knights of Honor
The press gave it 77; the people who bought it give it 91 percent. A 14-point gap in the buyer's favour.
This site sampled 405 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 2 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 73 percent of the 294 reviews written there were positive, against 91 percent overall, and those are 13 percent of everything written about it.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Last discount ended 31 days ago.
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
Knights of Honor is a prime relic of mid-2000s Euro-jank, published under the Paradox umbrella back when they specialized in pushing out unpolished, half-cooked strategy concepts and leaving them to rot. The premise lures you in: a seamless blend of grand strategy empire management and Total War-style tactical battles. But both halves of this equation are utterly botched. The tactical battles are practically...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
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one of the best vintage RTS games out there , dont listen to haters . Pair it with KoH 2 mod and its epic in size and scope . If someone loves RTS games they should definitely check this out .
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About the game
As King, it is your duty to lead your people in their struggle to raise your kingdom from its humble beginnings to a position of power and prestige. War, diplomacy and a burgeoning economy are the means by which you increase your power and expand your influence.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 256 MB of memory, 16 MB video card with 1024x768 resolution, 1.2 GB of storage. Windows only.
No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Knights of Honor scores 83/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/25830/knights-of-honorReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 1, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.