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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Demo 女儿国的诅咒 The Curse of Womanland
Choice-driven visual novel exploring a cursed land across two eras
96% positive
547 reviews
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PatriotMemoirs
Live-action espionage adventure with branching choices in wartime China
83% positive
547 reviews
Demo Lost in Secular Love
A romance visual novel about courting monks in alternate history
86% positive
546 reviews
Radio General
World War II real-time strategy fought through uncertain radio reports
82% positive
546 reviews
Chinese Frontiers
A first-person city builder where villages support larger construction projects
69% positive
538 reviews
The Odyssey of the Mammoth
Prehistoric action-adventure with mammoth combat and a sarcastic narrator
89% positive
Free
Colonize Prologue
Colony-building strategy about keeping early settlers alive through hunger and winter
64% positive
Free
Hegemony III: Clash of the Ancients
Real-time strategy in ancient Italy built around armies and supply lines
80% positive
534 reviews
Demo Misericorde: Volume One
A medieval murder mystery visual novel set in a convent
97% positive
534 reviews
Boxing School
Boxing management sim where you train fighters and coach bouts
90% positive
530 reviews
Headquarters: World War II
Turn-based World War II tactics with terrain and armor positioning
72% positive
525 reviews
A Hand With Many Fingers
First-person investigative thriller about tracing a conspiracy through archival records
84% positive
523 reviews
SAMURAI WARRIORS 4 DX
Warring States hack-and-slash battles against crowds of soldiers
85% positive
522 reviews
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Tidy Up History
First-person cleaning simulator about sorting artifacts and restoring a museum
92% positive
521 reviews
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Korea. IL-2 Series
Korean War flight simulation where early jets meet propeller fighters
72% positive
514 reviews
Stowaway
First-person social deduction aboard a pirate ship with hidden killers
76% positive
511 reviews
The Beekeeper's Picnic - A Sherlockian Adventure
Cozy point-and-click adventure where mysteries interrupt Holmes's picnic plans
97% positive
511 reviews
Viking Frontiers: Prologue
First-person Viking survival with crafting, settlement building, and clan management
78% positive
Free
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Builders of Egypt
Ancient Egyptian city builder balancing trade, temples, and defense
33% positive
509 reviews
Demo Warnament
Turn-based grand strategy sandbox with conquest, diplomacy, and custom worlds
85% positive
506 reviews
2025: Mosaic Retrospective
A Minesweeper-style puzzle that turns a year's headlines into a mosaic
74% positive
Free
Prisoner of the Ephemeral Kingdom
A horror visual novel about strangers trapped in a ritual
78% positive
505 reviews
Lost & Found: A This Bed We Made Story
A detective adventure mixing cabin cleaning with snooping into secrets
92% positive
504 reviews
Rogue State Revolution
Turn-based political strategy about building a country without losing power
76% positive
500 reviews