MORDHAU

Intense overall intensity

Highest flag: Violence — graphic & gore

What's in it

Violence graphic & gore

High

Realistic melee combat with swords, axes, and polearms against human soldiers; blood effects, headshots, and limb destruction are present.

Dark themes mild

Low

The setting is a brutal medieval warfare scenario with death and loss as core elements.

Spending cosmetic purchases

Low

Optional cosmetic currency for appearance customization, purchased with real money.

Who can reach your kid

Voice chatChat with strangersUser-created contentReal-money spending

What it is

Mordhau is a large-scale medieval melee combat game where players fight on horseback and on foot using swords, axes, polearms, and a variety of period-appropriate weapons. Combat is realistic and challenging, with players decapitating and killing each other in large team fights across a range of maps. The game includes blood effects and realistic death animations. Real-money cosmetic currency is sold to change a player's appearance, and players can communicate using voice and text chat. The online community is described by some reviewers as toxic, with high-level players dominating matches and little tolerance for newcomers or mistakes.

How it's framed

The game frames its content as a stylized, competitive battle simulation with no moral commentary on warfare; killing and being killed is the core loop and there is no narrative or story that casts the violence in a particular light.

Details

Developer: Triternion
Publisher: Triternion
Released: Apr 29, 2019

Metacritic 81critic score (third-party) · out of 100

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