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.
Project Gunship
Single-player AC-130 gunship simulation with thermal targeting and combat scenarios
76% positive
867 reviews
Britannic: Patroness of the Mediterranean
Virtual museum exploring a World War I hospital ship
90% positive
848 reviews
Tribal Wars
Persistent medieval PvP strategy built around villages and alliances
71% positive
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Out of the Park Baseball 26
Baseball management simulation with detailed, pitch-by-pitch franchise control
82% positive
837 reviews
The Troop
Turn-based Normandy battles with tanks and persistent campaign forces
84% positive
833 reviews
Trench Lord: Eastern Front
Top-down World War II shooter with Eastern Front squad tactics
83% positive
831 reviews
Sid Meier’s Ace Patrol
Turn-based World War I dogfights with pilot upgrades
69% positive
828 reviews
Grand Ages: Rome
Roman city-building strategy with trade, land battles, and naval warfare
75% positive
820 reviews
Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 3
Three Kingdoms strategy RPG with custom generals and terrain-based battles
85% positive
805 reviews
Men of War: Condemned Heroes
World War II real-time tactics with a Soviet penal battalion
72% positive
790 reviews
Eiyu*Senki – The World Conquest
Turn-based strategy with historical heroes and a world conquest story
89% positive
783 reviews
Patrician IV
Medieval trading strategy with merchant fleets and political ambitions
56% positive
775 reviews
7 Grand Steps: What Ancients Begat
Turn-based family strategy across generations of ancient society
54% positive
771 reviews
Rise Of The White Sun - 白日升
Turn-based grand strategy commanding unreliable armies in 1920s China
86% positive
770 reviews
Primitive Society Simulator
Ancient tribal colony sim with trade, diplomacy, and warfare
84% positive
759 reviews
The Darkest Files
Historical detective game about prosecuting Nazi-era crimes in postwar Germany
96% positive
757 reviews
Blade&Sword
2D action RPG with sword fighting and mythic monsters
67% positive
753 reviews
SAMURAI WARRIORS: Spirit of Sanada
Historical hack-and-slash action tracing Yukimura Sanada's life through battles
85% positive
749 reviews
Marble Age
Turn-based historical strategy about growing a Greek village into a city-state
83% positive
745 reviews
Wings of Prey: Special Edition
World War II flight sim with adjustable realism and historical missions
63% positive
744 reviews
Romance of the Three Kingdoms X with Power Up Kit
Turn-based historical strategy with playable officers and multi-city campaigns
83% positive
738 reviews
Ostalgie: The Berlin Wall
Political strategy sim guiding socialist states through Cold War upheaval
93% positive
729 reviews
NecroVisioN: Lost Company
World War I first-person shooter with zombies and demons
71% positive
722 reviews
Port Royale 2
Caribbean trading strategy with town building and naval combat
71% positive
711 reviews