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.
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
Open-world Viking action RPG built around exploration, raids, and choices
69% positive
45K reviews
Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator
Relaxing medieval shop simulation built around hands-on potion crafting
93% positive
45K reviews
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger
Western FPS where an unreliable narrator reshapes each gunfight
95% positive
44K reviews
Banished
Single-player survival city builder about sustaining an exiled settlement
90% positive
43K reviews
Company of Heroes 3
World War II RTS combining tactical battles with campaign command
57% positive
40K reviews
Nioh: Complete Edition
Third-person action RPG with punishing samurai combat and supernatural foes
79% positive
39K reviews
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
Isometric stealth tactics with five specialists and coordinated takedowns
96% positive
38K reviews
Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition
Eighteenth-century grand strategy with turn-based campaigns and real-time battles
91% positive
38K reviews
Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad with Rising Storm
World War II multiplayer shooter with infantry and tank battles
93% positive
38K reviews
Total War: ATTILA
Historical grand strategy of Roman survival and real-time warfare
82% positive
38K reviews
Verdun
First-person World War I shooter built around trench attacks
86% positive
38K reviews
Against the Storm
Roguelite city builder about adapting settlements to endless storms
94% positive
38K reviews
Fistful of Frags
Free Western first-person shooter with slow, deliberate gunfights
91% positive
Free
Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition
Medieval grand strategy with turn-based rule and real-time battles
96% positive
36K reviews
Age of Mythology: Extended Edition
Classic real-time strategy with mythic armies and destructive god powers
93% positive
36K reviews
Return of the Obra Dinn
First-person detective mystery aboard an abandoned 1800s merchant ship
97% positive
35K reviews
Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront
World War II real-time tactics with direct unit control
85% positive
34K reviews
Assassin's Creed® Syndicate
Open-world stealth action across gang-controlled Victorian London
80% positive
33K reviews
Anno 1800
Industrial-era city builder focused on production chains and global trade
81% positive
32K reviews
Kingdoms and Castles
Medieval city builder with modular castles and Viking raids
94% positive
31K reviews
DYNASTY WARRIORS: ORIGINS
Third-person hack-and-slash RPG with massive Three Kingdoms battles
93% positive
30K reviews
Holdfast: Nations At War
Large-scale historical shooter with chaotic battles and proximity voice chat
90% positive
30K reviews
Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty
Difficult dark fantasy action RPG built around martial-arts deflections
50% positive
29K reviews
HUMANKIND™
Historical 4X strategy built around changing cultures across eras
69% positive
29K reviews