Best Historical games on PC
Games set during or modeled on real periods, civilizations, and conflicts from the past, including medieval societies and the world wars. Play ranges from commanding nations and armies to fighting battles or exploring open worlds.
- Past eras and civilizations
- Period warfare and military strategy
Related: Strategy, War, Medieval, World War II
1,683 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Demo ShipShaper
Shipbuilding sandbox where your designs determine how each vessel sails
97% positive
297 reviews
Commander: The Great War
Turn-based World War I strategy on a large hex map
80% positive
295 reviews
One Dog Story
Side-scrolling action platformer with weapon upgrades and branching story choices
74% positive
295 reviews
Anno 1602 History Edition
Island colony-building strategy with economic management and varied scenarios
76% positive
294 reviews
Strategy & Tactics: Wargame Collection
Turn-based historical wargames spanning medieval battles and World War II
69% positive
293 reviews
Shigatari
Samurai roguelike RPG built around turn-based duels and permadeath
97% positive
293 reviews
Making History: The Second World War
Turn-based World War II strategy where any nation can change history
76% positive
292 reviews
Restoring the Past
Jigsaw puzzles about rebuilding broken artifacts from ancient history
78% positive
Free
Supreme Ruler 1936
Real-time grand strategy combining national politics with battlefield command
75% positive
291 reviews
Impasto
First-person horror adventure inside a world shaped by Goya's paintings
88% positive
Free
イロハニホヘト
Historical otome visual novel following a waitress and six regulars
93% positive
Free
天下霸圖
Martial arts strategy with sect management and turn-based battles
78% positive
289 reviews
Kingdom Heroes M
Side-scrolling MMORPG with soldier training and wars between factions
67% positive
Free
Pompeii: The Legacy
Roman city builder following a family's rise across generations
78% positive
286 reviews
2D Dawg 2
A free visual novel with simple puzzles and story-shaping choices
86% positive
Free
1849
City building in Gold Rush California, balancing production and trade
72% positive
283 reviews
River City Saga: Three Kingdoms
2D beat 'em up with Kunio as a Three Kingdoms hero
72% positive
283 reviews
Forgotten but Unbroken
World War II turn-based tactics with soldier and base management
77% positive
282 reviews
Age of Gladiators II: Rome
Roman gladiator management with turn-based arena battles and school upgrades
67% positive
279 reviews
Socialism Simulator
Turn-based political simulation about steering a country after civil war
95% positive
275 reviews
吞食天地之乱舞三国
A turn-based RPG with historical generals and changing formations
93% positive
275 reviews
Demo Worlds Upon The Wind
A roguelite deckbuilder about settling fragments of a shattered world
99% positive
275 reviews
How a Retired Strategist Saved the Country
Real-time strategy game about building a country and conquering land
91% positive
274 reviews
Victoria I Complete
Nineteenth-century grand strategy about governing a nation through industrialization
65% positive
273 reviews