What Are The Best Games Like Gloria Victis?
Want a good game with a realistic open world, a low fantasy medieval setting or a brutal battleground for destroying your enemies (and friends)? Here are 12 games that do some of these things just as well, or better, than Gloria Victis. Whether you want to go to war and organise large-scale battles, build kingdoms or fight other warriors in a historical battle royale, this list should have something for you.
12. Life is Feudal MMO
Life is Feudal MMO gameplay
Make your mark on a living universe that changes depending on how you and the other players interact with it. This fully realized world offers natural weather cycles, regional resources and a realistic economy. Terraform and build on the land, form alliances with players and make sure you’re ready when war approaches. Learn to work this to manage your trade and build your wealth until you have it all.
A mysterious evening fog: The realistic weather system and day/night cycles add to the atmosphere
Be your own blacksmith: Shopping wasn’t as easy in the Middle Ages, sometimes you just have to make things yourself
11. Chronicles of Elyria
Chronicles of Elyria pre-alpha gameplay
Follow your character all the way to old age and death - if you don’t fall before then. Place yourself in this player-built world and consider your role in the grand scheme of things. When your time comes, your soul is reborn and you can carry over your history to another family member. Combining RPG elements with survival and surroundings that can be destroyed at any time, Chronicles of Elyria offers a personalised, unpredictable story created for your character and your legacy.
A delightful village: You can burn this to the ground if you want to - the entire world is completely destructible
Don’t lose everything: Bring your past achievements and memories when you die
10. Conqueror's Blade
Conqueror’s Blade gameplay
It’s all about war. Not the dropped-in-political-turmoil type, but the type where you become a ruthless general out to conquer the world. Use your tactical skills to test your forces, expand your empire and lay siege to fortresses. Conqueror’s Blade lets your experience realistic medieval battles with Eastern and Western armies and take over.
Fight your own battles: Exciting one-on-one combat with powerful foes
Bring an army: Become a commander of your own force
9. Rustler
Rustler gameplay trailer
This game is not historically accurate, and you are not a hero. Here, you’re a criminal in medieval-inspired times, just out to make some cash. Have fun with RPG-trope parodies and old school combat as you complete tasks from factions - or go on a wild killing spree. There are no social consequences when you’re a bottom tier citizen.
That doesn’t look fair: Try not to get ambushed in the village square
Be a medieval entertainer: Slice off limbs in a historical martial arts ring
8. Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Kingdom Come: Deliverance gameplay
Your entire life has been destroyed - your hometown burned to the ground, friends and family slaughtered. There is only one thing to do, join the resistance and head off to war. Encounter historical figures and affect this authentic medieval world with your decisions. Complete tasks your own way, with violence, bribes or charms and live with the consequences.
Brute force on the battlefield: Use realistic weapons to create your piles of bodies
Ye olde picture book: All your information comes with authentic old-timey illustrations
7. Mount & Blade: Warband
Mount & Blade: Warband gameplay
War is tearing the world apart. With leaders falling, it's time for you to step up. Assemble your armies, fight in single- or multiplayer mode, and become the leader of Calradia. Build your influence and grant power to your soldiers by giving them land and titles, or convince lords to join your cause. Combine battle with political intrigue to become the ruler of the land.
So many bodies: Test the strength of your forces against other armies
A place to call home: Expand your realm to the far edges of the land
6. Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord
Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord gameplay
The prequel to Mount & Blade: Warband, this action RPG is set 200 years before the first game. Building on the world and systems, it creates an epic experience that challenges your strategies. Go the diplomatic route, sneak around as a criminal or take part in full-scale battles as a military commander. Seize authentically defended castles with medieval tactics, using battering rams and siege weapons to drive your rivals out of their buildings, and protect your own from attack.
Fight your epic battles on an even larger scale: Take your cavalry and ride down that never-ending stream of foot soldiers
A break to smell the flowers: Stunning graphics create some truly beautiful locations
5. Valhall
Valhall gameplay trailer
In the last battle, Odin’s army fell. You are one of the last survivors, and Ragnarök, the apocalypse is coming. The top soldiers returned for the sword of Odin, a weapon powerful enough to stop it. Go up against other warriors for the sword and protect the Nine Realms from annihilation in this unique battle royale system in a viking setting.
Be a viking: Be stoic. Walk around in the cold. Wear fur and leather.
Be the last one standing: Use big, viking weapons to take down all the other players
4. Mortal Online
Mortal Online gameplay
In Mortal Online, you’re not limited to being a soldier. Choose a profession to develop - crafting, mining and gathering are just a few of the options. Play a new race specific to the world and explore the lore. Build a house on your own, or team up with allies to create a guild and defend your keep.
Who needs horses anyway: With so many interesting creatures in the world, why not try something new?
No humans, elves or dwarves: At least, not as we know them. Get to know the new races and the history of their struggles
3. Dark Souls 3
Dark Souls 3 gameplay
Challenge yourself in this intense adventure into darkness. With its sinister atmosphere and notoriously difficult combat, Dark Souls 3 brings the player into an overwhelmingly stressful world to fight against an almost impossible threat. Your job is to return the five Lords of Cinder to their rightful place at Firelink Shrine and relink the flame that will change everything. Encounter disturbing monsters and spirits along the way as you try to complete your mission.
Uncover secrets: Collect lore and grow more powerful as you progress
A pale tongue will be useful: Track your inventory and player stats on one page
2. Elder Scrolls Online
Elder Scrolls Online gameplay
Take part in a unique gaming experience in this ever-changing world. Carve your own path, taking control over your character, story, and play style. Combine different skills and abilities with your favorite weapons and unleash your power on the challenges of Tamriel. With the choice of solo play or teaming up with friends, Elder Scrolls Online offers endless possibilities to create your own game.
Nothing to worry about: Fight alongside your friends and allies
Protect or destroy: Be prepared for anything - war, monsters, or magic can get in your way at any point
1. Conan Exiles
Conan Exiles gameplay
In this open world survival game you must first stay alive, and then thrive. Collect resources so you can make clothes and build a shack. Upgrade it to a house, then a castle, and eventually build an empire. Explore all kinds of new locations and terrains and dispatch the lurking dangers around your realm.
Defend your people from threats: Giant snake monsters, for example
Crumbling to dust: Don’t let all your hard work be for nothing
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