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.
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
TV quiz game with escalating questions and a prize ladder
50% positive
708 reviews
Praetorians
Historical real-time strategy built around troop formations and maneuvering
81% positive
707 reviews
Voor De Kroon
Medieval strategy-action game with battlefield command and direct combat
87% positive
706 reviews
American Conquest
Historical real-time strategy with large armies and colonial-era campaigns
68% positive
698 reviews
The Shell Part II: Purgatorio
Detective visual novel connecting a postwar curse to a prewar murder
95% positive
694 reviews
Crown Wars: The Black Prince
Single-player medieval fantasy RPG with turn-based tactical combat
60% positive
690 reviews
Headquarters: World War II
Turn-based World War II tactics with terrain and armor positioning
77% positive
687 reviews
Order of War™
World War II real-time strategy with American and German campaigns
71% positive
683 reviews
Second Front
Turn-based World War II wargame with hex-grid battles and scenario editing
79% positive
671 reviews
Hearts of Iron 2 Complete
World War II grand strategy with an alternate World War III
87% positive
669 reviews
Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars
Historical real-time strategy built around Napoleonic formations and morale
57% positive
657 reviews
Burden of Command™
World War II tactical RPG about command and hard choices
84% positive
657 reviews
Pax Augusta
Roman city builder with modular buildings and provincial management
70% positive
657 reviews
Blockbuster Inc.
Movie studio management sim with hands-on film production
52% positive
644 reviews
Never Second in Rome
Turn-based Roman RPG about training and commanding Caesar's soldiers
81% positive
643 reviews
Cossacks: European Wars
Historical real-time strategy with distinct nations and large-scale battles
74% positive
636 reviews
American Conquest: Fight Back
Historical real-time strategy with large battles across the colonial-era Americas
72% positive
627 reviews
NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Sphere of Influence
Historical grand strategy about unifying Japan through diplomacy and war
84% positive
622 reviews
Strategic Mind: The Pacific
Turn-based World War II strategy centered on Pacific naval battles
75% positive
622 reviews
Tales of Spark
Single-player action RPG with real-time combat and desert dungeons
76% positive
614 reviews
A Case of Distrust
Narrative detective adventure about catching lies in 1924 San Francisco
82% positive
613 reviews
Romance of the Three Kingdoms IX with Power Up Kit
Historical grand strategy on a single map of Three Kingdoms China
84% positive
611 reviews
Armoured Commander II
Turn-based tank tactics across procedurally generated World War II battlefields
99% positive
604 reviews
63 Days
Isometric real-time tactics in wartime Warsaw with stealth and gunfights
73% positive
603 reviews