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.
Lux Delux
Turn-based territory conquest across hundreds of maps, with a map editor
82% positive
384 reviews
Cossacks: Art of War
Real-time strategy with five campaigns of historical battles
82% positive
380 reviews
Hidden Through Time 2: Myths & Magic
Hidden-object puzzles across magical eras with shifting day and night
87% positive
380 reviews
Firefight
Top-down World War II tactics with detailed tank and infantry simulation
85% positive
372 reviews
Battle Academy
Turn-based World War II tactics with ambushes and flanking
85% positive
371 reviews
Magdalena
Dark adventure about piecing together memories to unlock a room
44% positive
368 reviews
Of Life and Land
Colony-building strategy game where settlements reshape living ecosystems
86% positive
367 reviews
Juufuutei Raden™'s Guide for Pixel Museum
Museum picture puzzles turn missing exhibits into pixel art
99% positive
364 reviews
Reigns: Three Kingdoms
Swipe-based strategy game of shifting alliances in ancient China
53% positive
362 reviews
Civil War II
Turn-based Civil War strategy with simultaneous orders and logistics
79% positive
354 reviews
Nancy Drew®: Warnings at Waverly Academy
Point-and-click mystery investigating threats at a girls' boarding school
90% positive
353 reviews
NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Kakushin with Power Up Kit
Historical real-time strategy across Japan on one continuous 3D map
81% positive
351 reviews
Three Kingdoms 2019 阿达三国志2019 横版
Historical strategy RPG with city conquests and online PvP
74% positive
Free
Field of Glory: Kingdoms
Turn-based medieval grand strategy with succession and restless vassals
83% positive
346 reviews
Romance of the Three Kingdoms Maker
Turn-based Three Kingdoms strategy with scenarios you can customize
65% positive
Free
YORG.io 3
Tower defense strategy with ammunition factories and nighttime zombie attacks
68% positive
344 reviews
The Emperor and State
Historical strategy simulation about ruling ancient China across generations
57% positive
343 reviews
Prose & Codes
A word puzzle game about decoding classic literary excerpts
99% positive
341 reviews
Franchise Hockey Manager 6
Hockey management sim with NHL teams and historical seasons
78% positive
333 reviews
Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal - Pacific War Naval Warfare
Turn-based Pacific naval wargame built around carrier searches and strikes
88% positive
333 reviews
Chaos Galaxy 2
Turn-based galactic strategy with rival factions and tactical mech battles
83% positive
333 reviews
Sumerians
Historical city builder centered on irrigation, trade, and planning
87% positive
331 reviews
Playing History 2 - Slave Trade
Educational adventure as a young steward aboard a slave ship
63% positive
329 reviews
Grit and Valor - 1949
Roguelite mech tactics defending a vehicle through changing battlefields
78% positive
325 reviews