Mordhau

What is Mordhau?

Mordhau is a medieval multiplayer melee game by the studio Triternion. Up to 64 players clash on large battlefields with swords, spears, battle axes, bows and siege equipment – without magic and without fantasy elements, but with a combat system built entirely around timing, distance and precision.

The free-form melee system is at the heart of the game. You determine the direction of your strikes with the mouse, block in that same direction, change the direction mid-swing (morph), cancel an attack (feint) or parry your opponent at exactly the right moment (chamber). Whoever reads their opponent's movements best wins – not whoever has the better stats.

Before the fight you assemble your own mercenaries: appearance, armour and weapons are chosen freely through a point system, from the lightly armoured archer to the heavily armoured knight with a two-handed sword. On top of that you can pick up and use equipment, building materials and siege weapons on the battlefield.

The game offers several modes, including Frontline and Invasion with large team battles over control points and objectives, the cooperative Horde mode against waves of enemies, as well as smaller modes such as Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Skirmish and Duel. On your own server you decide about the mode, the map rotation, the slots and the rules.

Mordhau was released in 2019 and is available on PC via Steam. Add-ons and custom maps are distributed through the mod.io platform.