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
757 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
Manor Lords
Medieval city builder mixing resource management with territorial conquest
84% positive
92K reviews
Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition
Historical grand strategy with turn-based empire management and real-time battles
88% positive
88K reviews
Assassin's Creed® Unity
Open-world stealth action across Revolutionary Paris with parkour and co-op
78% positive
86K reviews
Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™
Open-world pirate adventure with naval combat, stealth, and parkour
88% positive
79K reviews
Crusader Kings II
Medieval grand strategy about dynasties, politics, war, and succession
91% positive
Free
A Plague Tale: Innocence
Linear medieval stealth adventure about siblings, soldiers, and swarming rats
93% positive
73K reviews
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
First-person medieval combat built around team battles and sieges
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
The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty
Dark historical visual novel about escorting children amid famine
94% positive
60K reviews
Five Nights at Freddy's
First-person survival horror about monitoring cameras and conserving power
94% positive
59K reviews
Rising Storm 2: Vietnam
Realistic Vietnam War FPS with asymmetric 64-player battles
87% positive
59K reviews
Chivalry 2
First-person medieval slasher built around large, chaotic PvP battles
79% positive
59K reviews
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Historical real-time strategy built around civilizations and card-based Home Cities
86% positive
55K reviews
Call of Duty: World at War
World War II first-person shooter with campaign, co-op, and Zombies
92% positive
53K reviews
Medieval Dynasty
Open-world medieval survival RPG about building and managing a village
90% positive
52K reviews
KARDS - The WW2 Card Game
Free-to-play World War II card battles with frontline tactics
68% positive
Free
Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition
Difficult action RPG with technical combat and yokai powers
87% positive
51K reviews
Age of History II
Turn-based grand strategy across history with extensive scenario editing
90% positive
50K reviews
Call of Duty®: WWII
World War II first-person shooter with campaign, multiplayer, and Zombies
70% positive
47K reviews
Men of War: Assault Squad 2
World War II real-time tactics with direct unit control
91% positive
47K reviews
Ryse: Son of Rome
Linear third-person Roman action built around bloody executions
87% positive
45K reviews