Games like Sword of the Samurai
Looking for games like Sword of the Samurai? Here are top role playing recommendations with a historical focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Sword of the Samurai, Total War: SHOGUN 2 or Mount & Blade: Warband.
1 92%Game Brain Scoregraphics, gameplaystory, music92% User Score 136 reviewsEnter Japan in the Age of Warring States. At the center of this role-playing, action-adventure simulation of combat, statesmanship and intrigue, you are a samurai warrior struggling for Honor. More important than life itself, Honor is crucial to achieving your ultimate goal: unifying the country under your noble rule. In Sword of the Samurai, you will be part of the culture of feudal Japan, and y…
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92%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsstability, grinding92% User Score 17,861 reviewsCritic Score 92%4 reviewsIn Total War: Shogun 2 you choose from one of 9 (10 with Ikko-Ikki dlc) clans, each with their own unique traits and skills and each with their own RPG-style warlord to lead them. Use a mixture of diplomacy, political manoeuvring, province building, research and special agents such as Ninja assassins or Geisha spies to get your enemies exactly where you want them. An intuitive user interface and a…
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92%Game Brain Scoregameplay, storygraphics, grinding98% User Score 106,132 reviewsCritic Score 78%4 reviewsIn a land torn asunder by incessant warfare, it is time to assemble your own band of hardened warriors and enter the fray. Lead your men into battle, expand your realm, and claim the ultimate prize: the throne of Calradia!
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79%Game Brain Scoregameplay, storygrinding, stability82% User Score 482 reviewsCritic Score 75%16 reviewsHailed as one of the best instalments in the franchise’s history, this extremely intricate, deep, and meticulous strategy game is set against a backdrop of a fragmented nation and asks the player to take up the mantle of a Daimyo, a feudal lord of the Sengoku era.
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72%Game Brain Scoregameplay, storygrinding, optimization72% User Score 1,543 reviewsCritic Score 73%14 reviewsMassive Chalice is a single player turn-based tactics game within a multi-generational strategy campaign where you must unite your kingdom under a powerful dynasty as an immortal King or Queen to eliminate the demonic threat, and reforge the Massive Chalice.
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85%Game Brain Scoregraphics, gameplaystory, stability91% User Score 3,904 reviewsCritic Score 68%4 reviewsMount & Blade is an immersive medieval action/tactics game taking place in a fictitious land named Calradia. Enriched with RPG elements, Mount & Blade offers a captivating environment, beautifully detailed with hundreds of castles, towns, and villages to explore.
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76%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygraphics, grinding82% User Score 812 reviewsCritic Score 55%2 reviewsHonour, sacrifice, betrayal… Your choices make you who you are. How will history remember you? Choose your friends and enemies carefully in a game where every decision has far-reaching consequences, and where finishing the game is just the beginning of your journey…
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61%Game Brain Scoregameplay, musicgraphics, replayability60% User Score 292 reviewsCritic Score 71%1 reviewsUse your power as a Feudal Lord to unite the land of the Rising Sun under your iron fist.
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89%Game Brain Scoregraphics, gameplaystability, replayability89% User Score 1,157 reviewsThis release includes the original Shogun: Total War and the expansion Shogun: Total War - The Mongol Invasion in a single pack.
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View Game90%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsstory, optimization92% User Score 1,013 reviewsCritic Score 79%1 reviewsAs 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. A unique Knight-management system will offer you brand new possibilities to enhance your personal strategy.
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