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.
NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Taishi
Historical grand strategy with diplomacy and simultaneous tactical battles
50% positive
997 reviews
Sons of Valhalla
Side-scrolling Viking strategy with base building and direct combat
67% positive
993 reviews
Field of Glory II: Medieval
Turn-based medieval wargame with historical armies and battle-focused campaigns
77% positive
988 reviews
Three Kingdoms: Innovatory
Three Kingdoms strategy with real-time army battles and diplomacy
59% positive
981 reviews
Battlestations: Midway
World War II fleet strategy with direct air and sea combat
78% positive
974 reviews
CivCity: Rome
Roman city builder with research and interconnected supply chains
71% positive
951 reviews
Help Will Come Tomorrow
Survival strategy in Siberia with scarce supplies and class tensions
80% positive
944 reviews
PowerSlave Exhumed
First-person shooter through Egyptian tombs with upgrade-based backtracking
89% positive
943 reviews
All Quiet in the Trenches
Turn-based World War I strategy balancing soldiers' survival against orders
90% positive
938 reviews
Gomoku Let's Go
Turn-based board strategy built around making five-stone lines
88% positive
935 reviews
KAISERPUNK
Alternate-history city builder with industrial supply chains and global warfare
71% positive
934 reviews
Heroes of Science and Fiction
Turn-based sci-fi strategy with rival factions and tactical battles
90% positive
934 reviews
Rome: Total War™ - Alexander
Historical strategy expansion following Alexander's conquest of Persia
76% positive
930 reviews
Men of War: Red Tide
World War II real-time strategy with amphibious assaults and direct control
85% positive
925 reviews
Way of the Samurai 3
Open-world samurai action RPG with branching stories and sword combat
74% positive
916 reviews
Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny
Feudal Japan sword action with demons and a revenge story
85% positive
912 reviews
Hex of Steel
Turn-based WWII wargame spanning major fronts on hex-grid maps
95% positive
906 reviews
Regency Solitaire
Solitaire card puzzles tied to a Regency England romance
95% positive
899 reviews
Tank Squad
World War II tank combat with squad commands and cooperative crews
71% positive
897 reviews
Ludus
Gladiator school simulation about training fighters and managing trade
69% positive
888 reviews
The Three Kingdoms: The Tales of Jian An
Turn-based tactical RPG with fog, weather, and late Han history
91% positive
888 reviews
Caesar™ IV
Roman city builder balancing trade, defenses, and imperial demands
70% positive
875 reviews
Field of Glory: Empires
Classical-era grand strategy where expanding empires face decadence
82% positive
869 reviews
Combat Mission Shock Force 2
Modern tactical wargame with real-time or simultaneous-turn combat in Syria
81% positive
868 reviews