Knights of Honor is a real-time strategy (RTS) game developed by Bulgarian Black Sea Studios.

The game takes place in Medieval Europe, spanning the early centuries of the second millennium in three historical time periods.

Knights of Honor is played on a large map of Europe spanning from Ireland to Caucasus and from Scandinavia to the northern coast of Africa.

These rural areas can't be altered and are placed randomly across the map before each game.

Compared to other strategy games, building structures in KOH takes a rather long time.

Towns themselves also generate hammers (used to construct certain buildings), food which determines how long they can withstand sieges, and peasants which are required to recruit units.

Islamic empires have the ability to call a Jihad which is similar to a Crusade and will cause armies to spawn at their borders and attack any invaders or rebels.

The player can renounce his faith and adopt another official religion (except paganism) but such religious conflict will often split the kingdom up and one must reunify the nations as a result.

For example, horses allows mounted units, wine makes a population happier and silver brings in extra money.

These goods can't be produced within a province but have to be imported by means of an admiralty, the upgraded version of a harbour.

[5] A large community of modders created a lot of content for the game, though nowadays almost all has been lost in the closure of Sunflowers/Black Sea Studios Website.

[7] Denny Atkin of Computer Gaming World said that "Though the individual ingredients don’t stand out, Knights of Honor comes together as a tasty stew.

"[8] Di Luo of 1UP.com said that "As an entry level strategy game Knights of Honor appeals due to its low learning curve and varied gameplay.

"[11] In 2019, a sequel titled Knights of Honor II: Sovereign was announced, to be developed by Black Sea Games, consisting of former Black Sea Studios employees who worked on the original game, and published by THQ Nordic.