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
1,798 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator
Relaxing medieval shop simulation built around hands-on potion crafting
92% positive
40K reviews
Banished
Single-player survival city builder about sustaining an exiled settlement
90% positive
39K reviews
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Historical real-time strategy built around civilizations and card-based Home Cities
83% positive
39K reviews
Men of War: Assault Squad 2
World War II real-time tactics with direct unit control
91% positive
38K reviews
Assassin’s Creed Shadows
Open-world action RPG split between shinobi stealth and samurai combat
74% positive
37K reviews
Call of Duty®: WWII
World War II first-person shooter with campaign, multiplayer, and Zombies
71% positive
36K reviews
Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition
Difficult action RPG with technical combat and yokai powers
86% positive
36K reviews
Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront
World War II real-time tactics with direct unit control
83% positive
35K reviews
Demo Against the Storm
Roguelite city builder about adapting settlements to endless storms
94% positive
34K reviews
Return of the Obra Dinn
First-person detective mystery aboard an abandoned 1800s merchant ship
96% positive
34K reviews
Assassin's Creed® Syndicate
Open-world stealth action across gang-controlled Victorian London
79% positive
34K reviews
Age of Mythology: Extended Edition
Classic real-time strategy with mythic armies and destructive god powers
93% positive
33K reviews
Demo Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
Isometric stealth tactics with five specialists and coordinated takedowns
96% positive
32K reviews
Kingdoms and Castles
Medieval city builder with modular castles and Viking raids
93% positive
32K reviews
Demo Half Sword
Physics-based medieval combat simulator with mouse-controlled weapons and permanent death
64% positive
32K reviews
Nioh: Complete Edition
Third-person action RPG with punishing samurai combat and supernatural foes
77% positive
31K reviews
Anno 1800
Industrial-era city builder focused on production chains and global trade
80% positive
31K reviews
Verdun
First-person World War I shooter built around trench attacks
87% positive
31K reviews
Cell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends
Science-themed incremental clicker tracing life from cells to space
89% positive
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Europa Universalis V
Historical grand strategy spanning centuries of nation-building and alternate history
61% positive
30K reviews
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Holdfast: Nations At War
Large-scale historical shooter with chaotic battles and proximity voice chat
89% positive
29K reviews
Demo Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition
Medieval grand strategy with turn-based rule and real-time battles
95% positive
29K reviews
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced
Open-world pirate adventure with ship battles and stealth on land
80% positive
29K reviews
Total War: ATTILA
Historical grand strategy of Roman survival and real-time warfare
81% positive
28K reviews