Knights of Honor
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…
Knights of Honor is a real time strategy (rts) developed by Black Sea Studios, released 1 October 2005 on PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $2.49 at GOG. The main story takes about 45 hrs to finish.
What Knights of Honor is
Knights of Honor is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Black Sea Studios and released in 2005. It was published by Paradox Interactive. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Knights of Honor is a real-time strategy (RTS) game developed by Bulgarian Black Sea Studios. It was published by Sunflowers Interactive in Europe in 2004 and Paradox Interactive in North America in 2005. The game takes place in Medieval Europe, spanning the early centuries of the second millennium in three historical time periods. The player can choose to play as one of over 100 playable kingdoms. A sequel, Knights of Honor II: Sovereign, was released in 2022.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Knights of Honor holds a critic score of 79 out of 100. That places it above 62% of the 612 rated real time strategy (rts) games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 12 points above the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 45 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 60 hrs, roughly 1.3 times the length of the critical path. At its current cheapest price of $2.49, that works out to about $0.06 per hour of the main story, or $0.04 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 1 GHz Intel® Pentium® III or AMD® Athlon™ processor, 256 MB RAM and 16 MB video card with 1024x768 resolution. At 0GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $2.49 at GOG, 75% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Knights of Honor launched on 1 October 2005, within three weeks of Shadow of the Colossus, Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy), Indigo Prophecy and F.E.A.R.. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Shadow of the Colossus, Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy), Indigo Prophecy, F.E.A.R..
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Knights of Honor yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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