Historical 2021 — top best games in the Historical genre

Role-playing game, Adventure, Simulation, Action, Historical, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Survival

September 17, 2020

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Medieval Dynasty is a first-person action-adventure RPG set in an open world inspired by the medieval era. The main character is an ordinary poor man who has to...

World of Tanks

Action, Shooter, Online, Third-person view, Historical, Tanks

August 12, 2010

Players: 3.8/10

Metacritic: 78/100

An online simulator in which players control tanks in battles on various maps. You can choose from over 600 tanks from different countries and eras, each with its...

Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view, Historical, Medieval era

August 20, 2021

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Enhanced and expanded edition Ghost of Tsushima. The main feature of the edition is the new Iki Island, located next to Tsushima. According to the plot, Jin...

Sniper Elite 4

Action, Shooter, Stealth, First-person view, Third-person view, Historical

February 14, 2017

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 79/100

A direct sequel to Sniper Elite 3, in which the main character travels to Italy in 1943. He acts in the ranks of the Italian resistance and tries to free the...

Humankind

Business / Management, Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based, Historical

August 17, 2021

Players: 6.9/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Humankind is a turn-based management strategy about the history of mankind. The game will allow you to rewrite the human past and create your own, unique...

Enlisted

Action, Shooter, Online, First-person view, Historical

November 10, 2020

Players: 4.8/10

Enlisted is a free-to-play team-based first-person shooter that reconstructs large-scale battles of World War II. Players choose between the USSR, Germany, the...

Nioh: Complete Edition

Role-playing game, Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Historical

November 7, 2017

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Nioh: Complete Edition — A complete edition of the third-person action-adventure slasher game, which includes the base game and all released expansion packs...

Hell Let Loose

Shooter, First-person view, Historical

June 6, 2019

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Hell Let Loose is a realistic first-person shooter set during World War II. You will take part in major and famous battles, recreated with unprecedented realism...

Polyfield

Shooter, First-person view, Free game, Online, Online, Historical

October 11, 2021

Players: 8.4/10

Multiplayer shooter with low-poly graphics in the setting of the Second World War. The game features large-scale battles for up to 64 people, extensive battle...

Patron

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical, Business / Management, Isometric

August 10, 2021

Players: 5.7/10

Patron is a real-time city-building simulator with management elements and an isometric camera view in a medieval setting. In the game you have to turn a small...

Call of Duty: Vanguard

Shooter, First-person view, Online, Historical, Adventure

November 4, 2021

Players: 4.8/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Call of Duty: Vanguard — the continuation of the popular first-person shooter series Call of Duty. As in previous installments, the game features a story campaign...

Albion Online

Role-playing game, MMO, Isometric, Historical, Free game

July 17, 2017

Players: 6.9/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Albion Online is a free-to-play, isometric camera-based, multiplayer role-playing game set in a medieval setting that is the spiritual successor to Ultima Online. A...

This Land is My Land

Action, Stealth, Third-person view, Strategy, Historical, First-person view, Online

November 20, 2019

Players: 7/10

This Land is My Land is a dynamic stealth action game with a third-person view in the open world of the American Wild West. The main character is the leader of an...

Nioh

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Historical

February 7, 2017

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Nioh is a hardcore Japanese-style third-person action RPG. A deep and engaging world awaits you that combines historical facts and Japanese folklore. The tough...

Cell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends

Free game, Arcade, Simulation, Historical

August 28, 2019

Players: 8.8/10

Cell to Singularity — Evolution Never Ends is a shareware original clicker game where you have to go through all the stages of the evolution of life on Earth...

War Mongrels

Historical, Action, Strategy, Tactics, Adventure, Isometric, Cooperative (co-op), Stealth

October 19, 2021

Players: 9.8/10

War Mongrels is an isometric real-time tactical strategy game set on the Eastern Front. The main characters are two Wehrmacht soldiers who decide to desert and join...

Tank Mechanic Simulator

Simulation, Educational game (Education), First-person view, Historical, Tanks

February 20, 2020

Players: 8.2/10

Tank Mechanic Simulator is a training simulator with a first-person view, in which you will have to maintain tanks from the Second World War. You are the owner of a...

Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront

DLC, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical, Tactics

June 11, 2021

Players: 8.4/10

The addition tells about the battles on the Eastern Front during the Great Patriotic War. It will hold players from June 1941 to the end of the war in May 1945. The...

Svoboda 1945: Liberation

Adventure, Historical, Visual novel

August 3, 2021

The story unfolds in a small village called Svoboda on the Czech-German border, where the main character arrives to investigate a long-standing conflict. However...

City of Gangsters

Business / Management, Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based, Historical

August 9, 2021

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 67/100

City of Gangsters is a management strategy game with an isometric camera view, where you create your own syndicate in the United States during the Prohibition era...

New World: Aeternum

Role-playing game, Action, MMO, Third-person view, Historical

September 28, 2021

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 76/100

A multiplayer action role-playing game set in an alternate universe during the era of American colonization. The game world is filled with strange creatures, dark...

Verdun

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Historical

April 28, 2015

Players: 6.7/10

Verdun is an online first-person shooter set in the First World War. Realistic gameplay awaits you, allowing you to feel the horror of war. The game features...

Tannenberg

Online, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Historical

February 13, 2019

Players: 7.6/10

Tannenberg is a standalone add-on for the multiplayer third-person shooter about the First World War Verdun. The game will focus on the events of the Eastern Front...

Siege Survival: Gloria Victis

Historical, Role-playing game, Stealth, Strategy, Tactics, Turn-based

May 18, 2021

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Siege Survival: Gloria Victis is a spin-off of the multiplayer role-playing game Gloria Victis: Medieval MMORPG. The game takes place in a castle besieged by...

Crash Dive 2

Warships / Submarines, Simulation, Tactics, Historical, Top-down view, First-person view, Stealth

April 2, 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Crash Dive 2 is a tactical simulator about submarines with historical elements and a first-person view. You have to hunt enemy convoys, combat destroyers, attack...

Hellish Quart

Action, Fighting, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical, Indie, Side view

February 16, 2021

Players: 7/10

Hellish Quart is a side-scrolling historical fighting game that focuses on realism and dueling with bladed weapons. A full-fledged dismemberment awaits you in real...

Three Kingdoms: The Last Warlord

Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based, Historical, Fantasy / Medieval

February 4, 2021

Players: 6/10

Three Kingdoms: The Last Warlord is an exciting strategy game with turn-based combat in the setting of ancient Japan. A completely new world of the Three Kingdoms...

The Procession to Calvary

Adventure, Historical, Indie, Point & Click, Side view

April 9, 2020

Metacritic: 78/100

The Procession to Calvary is a side-scrolling adventure game with elements of historical black comedy. The game takes place during the Renaissance, where you have...

War on the Sea

Action, Flight Simulator, Warships / Submarines, Historical, Strategy, Indie

February 2, 2021

Players: 8.6/10

War on the Sea is a massive tactical strategy game in which you travel to the historic battlefields of World War II and lead your fleet to victory. The game offers...

Secret Government

Simulation, Strategy, Top-down view, Historical, Turn-based, Indie

June 22, 2020

Players: 7/10

Secret Government is a global turn-based strategy about secret societies, where you have to manage a powerful organization that influences the whole world. You will...

Astrologaster

Arcade, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical, Interactive movie, Visual novel, Indie

May 2, 2019

Metacritic: 77/100

Astrologaster is a comedic adventure game about the plague pandemic in London in...

Aircraft Carrier Survival

Simulation, Indie, Warships / Submarines, Strategy, Historical, Business / Management, Tactics, Side view, Isometric

February 5, 2021

Aircraft Carrier Survival is a tactical simulator with elements of real-time management strategy, where you will act as the captain of an aircraft carrier during...

El Hijo - A Wild West Tale

Adventure, Stealth, Isometric, Indie, Historical

December 3, 2020

Metacritic: 73/100

El Hijo - A Wild West Tale is an adventure with stealth elements and an isometric camera view in the spaghetti western genre. Events will send you to conquer the...

Sniper Elite VR

Shooter, First-person view, Historical, Virtual Reality (VR)

July 8, 2021

Metacritic: 72/100

Sniper Elite VR is a sniper shooter with stealth elements in the popular Sniper Elite series of games for virtual reality devices HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Valve Index...

Gladio and Glory

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical, Indie, Free game

March 16, 2021

Gladio and Glory is a free-to-play hardcore action sandbox with a third-person view, where you have one task — to kill the rest of the gladiators. You can...

Ephesus

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Historical, Sandbox, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Crafting

December 3, 2021

The game takes place on the western coast of the Aegean Sea during the majestic Roman Empire. The main character is an adventurer named Hector Rem, who lives in the...

Crusader Kings 3: Northern Lords

DLC, Strategy, In real time, Simulation, Historical, Top-down view

March 16, 2021

Players: 9/10

Crusader Kings 3: Northern Lords is an expansion for the real-time global strategy game that will delight with new events and delve deeper into Scandinavian...

Arausio

Free game, Historical, Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Point & Click

June 22, 2021

Arausio is a free-to-play, first-person adventure game in which you explore a faithful recreation of the ancient Theater of Arausio and uncover the mystery behind...

Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865)

Historical, Strategy, Tactics, In real time, Isometric, Top-down view

August 21, 2020

Players: 8.3/10

Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865) is a historical real-time global strategy game with an isometric camera view set during the American Civil War. The game...

Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Historical

September 24, 2007

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 87/100

Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts is a standalone expansion for the historical real-time strategy Company of Heroes. Two new campaigns await you, battles in which...

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Best Games in the Historical genre of 2021