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.
Home Safety Hotline
Analog horror hotline simulator about identifying strange household hazards
91% positive
2,957 reviews
Regiments
Single-player Cold War tactics commanding platoons across German battlefields
88% positive
2,948 reviews
Freedom Fighters
Third-person shooter about commanding resistance fighters across occupied New York
95% positive
2,894 reviews
Not Tonight
Bouncer simulation about checking IDs under Britain's far-right government
82% positive
2,792 reviews
NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Awakening
Historical grand strategy about commanding retainers and unifying Japan
74% positive
2,740 reviews
Conquest Dark
Dark fantasy action roguelite with class-based build crafting
90% positive
2,737 reviews
Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse
Third-person zombie action where enemies become your undead horde
87% positive
2,635 reviews
Battlestations Pacific
World War II naval action and strategy across rival campaigns
72% positive
2,606 reviews
CONSCRIPT: Director’s Cut
Top-down survival horror with scarce supplies in World War I
90% positive
2,584 reviews
Mr. Prepper: Prologue
Survival crafting sim about building a secret underground shelter
83% positive
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秦殇 (Prince of Qin)
Alternate-history action RPG with real-time battles and branching quests
79% positive
2,528 reviews
LIZARDS MUST DIE 2
Third-person co-op slasher against invading lizard hordes in Rus
94% positive
2,510 reviews
A Tower Full of Cats
Hidden-object game about finding cats in a time-spanning tower
99% positive
2,481 reviews
xiuzhen idle
Text-based cultivation idle RPG about managing growth across repeated lives
79% positive
2,389 reviews
Ara History Untold: Anniversary Edition
Historical 4X strategy with production chains and simultaneous turns
69% positive
2,299 reviews
Sword and Fairy Inn 2
Casual inn management with characters from Sword and Fairy
49% positive
2,281 reviews
Pathway
Turn-based squad tactics against Nazi forces on randomized desert expeditions
77% positive
2,263 reviews
Unity of Command II
Turn-based World War II wargame centered on supply lines
80% positive
2,213 reviews
KILL la KILL -IF
3D arena fighter with an alternate story starring Satsuki
71% positive
2,196 reviews
Tiny Civilization
Match-three strategy game about managing a civilization's resources through history
93% positive
2,189 reviews
Wanted: Dead
Third-person action game mixing swords and guns in cyberpunk Hong Kong
65% positive
2,152 reviews
Heart of the Machine
Cyberpunk strategy RPG about growing an AI network across a city
92% positive
2,131 reviews
Europa Universalis III Complete
Historical grand strategy spanning centuries of trade, diplomacy, and war
83% positive
2,003 reviews
NecroVision
World War I first-person shooter that descends into supernatural combat
67% positive
1,961 reviews