Best Sword Games On PC

If hacking and slashing your way through enemies with a shiny metal death stick is your idea of a good time, then you’re sure to love the best sword games on PC.

While many sword fighting PC games strive for realism, others crank up the absurdity with mechanics designed to make you feel like the ultimate killing machine.  

In this list, we’ll highlight the best sword fighting games on PC, specifically the best sword games on Steam and Epic Games Store.

We’ll be updating this list in the future, so make sure to check back and let us know if we missed any of your favorite sword games!

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Hayai is an arcade-inspired indie action game that sees you attempting to survive an onslaught of enemies using a unique mouse-based combat system.

The way it works is enemies swoop in to surround you before you get to draw your sword’s line of attack by hovering over each one to create a chain.

Once released, you’ll see your samurai flash across the screen in the blink of an eye and fell all foes in one single swoop.

The game features five playable characters, each with distinct playstyles, along with leaderboards and achievements that encourage you to change up your tactics.

As its name suggests, Conquerer’s Blade is an action-driven sword fighting game that incorporates war tactics and MMO progression.

In it, players create a character before being unleashed into a medieval world where vying factions carry out siege battles to attack or defend castles.

Characters can be customized and assigned unique playstyles by arming them with a wide selection of melee weapons such as the classic longsword and shield.

Since the game is free-to-play, you can expect to spend a lot of time grinding to level up the Free Pass for rewards, though a premium Battle Pass is also available.

If there’s one thing FromSoftware does well, it’s sword-based combat, with Elden Ring being the most recent example of the studio’s pedigree in this area.

Regardless of the class chosen at the start, every character in Elden Ring can wield a blade of some sort while navigating the Lands Between.

However, to get the most from Elden Ring’s melee combat, we recommend picking either the Vagabond or Samurai for their useful starting weapons.

After that, you can look forward to seeking out every powerful blade the game has to offer as you hone your skills as a tarnished warrior.

Created by Ninja Theory, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice is a narrative-driven action game deeply entrenched in Norse mythology.

In it, you play as a Viking warrior struggling with psychosis and the loss of her slain lover who travels to the underworld in hopes of bringing him back.

Along the way, Senua must fight back against the twisted voices in her head while wielding a sword to protect herself from any challenges Helheim throws her way.

While the game’s combat system is relatively basic, the sword combat has a satisfying feel that assigns weight to every strike.

Onimusha: Warlords originally released in 2001 and sees you playing as various Sengoku-era Japanese historical figures trained in the art of sword combat.

Each one relies on tried-and-true samurai battle tactics as they go toe-to-toe with supernatural forces, solve environmental puzzles, and explore vibrant environments.

The game’s biggest selling point is its stylish hack and slash combat which still holds up in 2023 thanks to a remaster that preserves Warlords’ gameplay and dramatic storytelling.

Instead, it offers updated controls, support for widescreen displays, a new soundtrack, and other enhancements that warrant revisiting one of the best sword games of all time.

If you’ve ever wondered how it feels to play as a sword-wielding robot combatant in a mechanical gladiator arena, then check out Clone Drone in the Danger Zone.

This voxel-based 3D-fighter has you competing against an assortment of robot enemies, including other players throughout its story, endless, and PvP survival modes.

Even with its somewhat childish appearance and style, Clone Drone offers a surprisingly intricate battle system that focuses on quick actions and accurate timing and placement.

Striking an enemy in a targeted limb will often cause it to become severed, though the fight isn’t over as you can still get around by hopping on a single leg or fighting with just one arm.

Hellish Quart is an Early Access fighting game that seeks to offer a realistic depiction of sword dueling complete with realistic, motion-captured fencing and ragdoll animations.

In it, you play as one of many 17th century warriors wielding sabers, rapiers, broadswords, and other blades throughout versus, survival, and local multiplayer modes.

The game uses real-time physics to calculate every strike, with different input combinations used to trigger special attacks and combos.

If you’re not attacking during battle, your character will automatically switch to holding guard, resulting in epic sword clashes that require proper timing and technique.

It’s not often you encounter a sword game with as cheeky a premise as Deepest Sword, which follows a knight who, upon reaching a dragon, discover his sword’s too small to slay it.

Each failure sees you kicked back to the start of the level with a slightly bigger sword and new platforming obstacles standing between you and the dragon.

As your blade grows in size, maneuvering around the level becomes increasingly challenging, requiring you to carefully time your sword’s movement to climb up and across parts of the environment.

You can get about thirty minutes to an hour of enjoyment out of it, but hey, it’s completely free and has really cool looking pixel art.

The sequel to Torn Banner Studios’ satisfyingly bloody first-person sword fighting game Chivalry: Medieval Warfare joins the ranks of top-notch Epic exclusives.

Similar to the original, players participate in gruesome medieval battles complete with gut-wrenching screams and bloody beheadings.

Chivalry 2 ups the ante by adding new gameplay features such as horse-riding, more fluid animations, and immersive 64-player battles.

Combat has also been revamped to provide players with more choices and encourage creative playstyles using an array of medieval weapons.

Ghostrunner is a stylish first-person action game that casts you as a sword-wielding assassin tasked with leading a rebellion against a villainous figure known as The Keymaster.

You ascend a massive structure performing fluid parkour maneuvers like wall-running in tandem with a fancy grappling hook that puts you in the crosshairs of armed guards.

Combat in Ghostrunner is quite demanding, requiring you to dodge incoming fire using a time slow down ability before moving in for the kill with your cyber-enhanced katana.

If you’re a fan of the cyberpunk aesthetic, then you’ll definitely be blown away by the game’s neon-rich visuals and synth-heavy soundtrack as well.

If Ghostrunner’s futuristic setting doesn’t do it for you, then maybe you can try going in the opposite direction with a trip to medieval times in Kingdom Come: Deliverance.

Set during the Holy Roman Empire, this story-driven action RPG is about the son of a blacksmith who joins a rebellion to protect citizens from raiders.

While you won’t find any dragons or magic, combat can be immensely rewarding once you make it past the game’s steep combat learning curve.

Parrying, in particular, can take a while to master but is satisfying to engage with while wielding medieval era weaponry such as longswords, sabers, maces, and spears.

Mordhau is another sword fighting game set during medieval times that features a free-form combat system with total control over your character’s movement during battle.

Focusing on your opponent’s most vulnerable spots will let you dismember them and possibly score yourself a decapitation if you’re lucky.

There are also extensive options for customizing your weapon’s appearance, which includes both one and two-handed blades in addition to axes, bows, and hammers.

The game boasts a variety of modes ranging from small squad skirmishes to massive medieval battles with upwards of 60 players.

From medieval swordsmen to force-wielding Jedis, look at how far we’ve come.

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order manages to capture the films’ cinematic quality while also offering some of the best lightsaber combat the franchise has to offer.

Set after the events of Episode III, the game narrows its focus to Cal Kestis, a Jedi Padawan who finds himself in the crosshairs of the Empire and its deadly Inquisitors.

Combat is more robust than your average Star Wars game, making for technical lightsaber battles accented by visceral feedback and visual effects.

Nioh 2 leans even further into the tough-but-fair Soulslike design of the first game while ditching its handcrafted protagonist in favor of customizable characters.

Set during the late 1500s in Sengoku Era Japan, the game acts as a precursor to the events of the original and casts you as Hide, a half-spirit half-samurai.

This time around, there’s an even wider selection of weapons at your disposal, including odachi, kusarigama, and even dual katanas.

 They all fall into different playstyle categories and have their quirks, but are very effective at ripping into both human and non-human foes.

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice casts you as a deadly Shinobi on a quest to exact revenge against a samurai who chops off his arm.

Similar to Nioh 2, the game takes place during Sengoku Era Japan and consequently features traditional Japanese weapons with the classic FromSoftware touch to give them an otherworldly quality.

The best example is your character’s prosthetic arm, which serves a practical use but can also be outfitted to function as a grappling hook, flamethrower, spring-loaded axe, and more.

However, their primary weapon of choice is the katana, with one designed to kill mortals and another for the undead.

Elderborn describes itself as a “metal action fantasy slasher” with first-person combat and RPG character progression modeled after Dark Souls.

It sees you playing as a barbarian tasked with entering the dreaded City of Death to conquer their destiny.

What this really boils down to is hacking your way through challenging enemies with distinct strengths and weaknesses.

The game features 11 weapon types, including various swords, axes, hooks, and polearms, along with a handy kick ability in case you’re feeling particularly disrespectful.

Venturing off into medieval fantasy territory, Vermintide 2 is a fantastic co-op affair that sees 1-4 players fighting brutal and bloody battles against rat-like creatures called Skaven.

It features five playable characters with unique specializations and over 50 weapon types to master including swords, axes, and hammers.

Gameplay has you exploring damp swamps and lush forests as you hold off Skaven enemies and complete objectives.

The combat has an incredibly meaty and visceral quality to it that will have you scouring the map to exterminate every last enemy you can find.

Nidhogg 2 builds upon the smash-hit indie sword fighting game while taking its visuals in a completely new direction that you will either really love or hate.

However, the rules are pretty much the same: reach the other side of the level and kill anyone in your way using various blades, bows, and sometimes just your foot.

There’s also a giant space worm that you should try to avoid, or just embrace that this is your life now and let it swallow you whole.

The sequel also spices things up with new weapons, levels, character customization, 8-player tournaments, and a soundtrack so good it should be illegal.

This list wouldn’t be complete without at least one entry from the Souls franchise, so we decided to include one of the more underrated entries in the series.

Skipping past any jokes about the game’s notoriously brutal difficulty curve, Dark Souls III encourages you to take your time exploring its hellish landscape.

The game offers an exhaustive number of weapon types and subtypes with distinct movesets and skills, with the option to carry up to three with you at any given time.

While enemies can make quick work of you and bosses demand split-second reactions, your character is just as capable of dishing out pain as they are at receiving.

Speaking of genre-defining video games, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is a spin-off of the iconic stealth franchise created by Hideo Kojima.

Instead of the meticulous gameplay of the mainline games, Revengeance is all about fast-paced sword combat.

In it, you play as Raiden, an elite cyborg ninja seeking out revenge against a private military organization that defeats him early on in the game.

Revengeance is fondly remembered for its over-the-top sequences, cinematic cutscenes, and the quality of its destructible environments, which was quite impressive at the time.