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
1,802 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
1,802 games
AI filter: hide games with AI content
Customize
中华三国志 the Three Kingdoms of China
Free turn-based strategy with fog of war and historical terrain
85% positive
Free
Days of War: Definitive Edition
Fast-paced World War II shooter with class-based, team-focused combat
50% positive
1,450 reviews
Port Royale 4
Caribbean trade strategy with colony building and turn-based naval battles
57% positive
1,446 reviews
Toy Soldiers
World War I tower defense with directly controllable toy units
88% positive
1,438 reviews
Demo Car Manufacture
Early 20th-century factory sim about building and managing car production
67% positive
1,432 reviews
Car Detailing Simulator: Prologue
Car detailing simulation with cleaning jobs and a workshop to expand
79% positive
Free
Siege Survival: Gloria Victis
Medieval siege survival strategy built around crafting and nighttime scavenging
78% positive
1,425 reviews
Demo SAMURAI WARRIORS 5
Historical hack-and-slash battles against crowds of enemy soldiers
82% positive
1,410 reviews
Ignited in Cavern
Choice-driven historical fantasy visual novel about a merchant's murder
93% positive
1,407 reviews
Once Upon A KATAMARI
A ball-rolling action game set across past and present
91% positive
1,404 reviews
Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood
Isometric real-time tactics with stealth raids against Prince John
65% positive
1,402 reviews
City of Gangsters
Turn-based crime management through Prohibition-era booze production and distribution
73% positive
1,401 reviews
SimRail - The Railway Simulator: Prologue
Free train simulator with passenger services and heavy coal trains
80% positive
Free
Bounty Train
Train management strategy with frontier trading and armed ambushes
69% positive
1,394 reviews
Reentry - A Space Flight Simulator
Realistic spaceflight simulator with historical missions and detailed spacecraft systems
97% positive
1,390 reviews
Railroad Tycoon II Platinum
Railroad management strategy spanning real-world maps and two centuries
89% positive
1,388 reviews
Plutocracy
Historical business strategy sandbox for takeovers and political influence
78% positive
1,388 reviews
Northend Tower Defense
Military tower defense with troop deployment across multiple battlefronts
73% positive
1,381 reviews
Myth of Empires: Throne
Free-to-play multiplayer sandbox with stronghold building and seasonal territorial warfare
63% positive
Free
Demo Doodle Empires
Alternate-history sandbox where you draw nations and reshape their borders
92% positive
1,372 reviews
Liquidators
First-person horror about keeping Chernobyl liquidators alive through radioactive hazards
95% positive
Free
SAMURAI WARRIORS 4-II
Samurai hack-and-slash action with character-focused stories and Survival Mode
74% positive
1,355 reviews
Abandon Ship
Fantasy naval strategy where captains can survive shipwrecks
73% positive
1,355 reviews
Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim
Turn-based Bronze Age empire building with short, objective-driven matches
88% positive
1,352 reviews