Best Alternate History games on PC
Games set in fictional versions of history, where events, societies, or technologies depart from the historical record. They range from grand strategy and political simulation to first-person action and role-playing adventures.
- Reimagined historical settings
- Strategy, action, or role-playing gameplay
- Fictional political and military conflicts
Related: Historical, Strategy, Grand Strategy, War
234 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
Hearts of Iron IV
World War II grand strategy with detailed national war planning
90% positive
377K reviews
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
First-person open-world RPG grounded in historical medieval Bohemia
94% positive
196K reviews
BioShock Infinite
Story-driven first-person shooter in a city above the clouds
93% positive
146K reviews
Europa Universalis IV
Historical grand strategy sandbox where any nation can reshape history
88% positive
137K reviews
The Outlast Trials
First-person co-op survival horror built around stealth and escape
92% positive
112K reviews
XCOM® 2
Turn-based tactical strategy against alien rulers on occupied Earth
85% positive
110K reviews
BioShock™ Remastered
Story-driven first-person shooter in a dystopian underwater city
83% positive
65K reviews
Wolfenstein: The New Order
Single-player first-person shooter in a Nazi-ruled alternate 1960s
92% positive
62K reviews
Sid Meier's Civilization VII
Turn-based historical 4X strategy across three evolving ages
47% positive
62K reviews
Assassin's Creed 2
Open-world action adventure with parkour through Renaissance Italy
89% positive
62K reviews
Victoria 3
Historical grand strategy centered on economics, politics, and social change
70% positive
61K reviews
Atomic Heart
Single-player sci-fi FPS in a robot-filled Soviet alternate history
81% positive
55K reviews
Age of History II
Turn-based grand strategy across history with extensive scenario editing
90% positive
50K reviews
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Single-player alternate-history FPS about fighting Nazis in occupied America
81% positive
50K reviews
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger
Western FPS where an unreliable narrator reshapes each gunfight
95% positive
44K reviews
BioShock™
First-person shooter in an underwater city with genetic powers
94% positive
32K reviews
Stay Out
Open-world multiplayer shooter RPG about surviving a hostile anomaly zone
69% positive
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BioShock™ 2 Remastered
First-person shooter casts you as a Big Daddy in Rapture
72% positive
30K reviews
HUMANKIND™
Historical 4X strategy built around changing cultures across eras
69% positive
29K reviews
A Plague Tale: Requiem
Third-person action adventure with stealth and supernatural rat swarms
91% positive
27K reviews
Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
Soviet-themed city builder with detailed logistics and planned-economy management
91% positive
27K reviews
Imperator: Rome
Ancient grand strategy about politics, populations, trade, and conquest
66% positive
27K reviews
Farthest Frontier
Medieval city builder with physical logistics, farming, and frontier survival
86% positive
26K reviews
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood
Single-player FPS mixing Nazi firefights, stealth, and occult horror
90% positive
24K reviews