Historical 2021 — top best games in the Historical genre

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

September 17, 2020

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 89/100

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...

Enlisted

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

November 10, 2020

Players: 4.9/10

Steam: 78/100

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...

Hell Let Loose

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

June 6, 2019

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 83/100

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...

Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut

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

August 20, 2021

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 94/100

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...

World of Tanks

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

August 12, 2010

Players: 3.8/10

Steam: 73/100

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...

Call of Duty: Vanguard

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

November 4, 2021

Players: 5/10

Steam: 67/100

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...

Sniper Elite 4

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

February 14, 2017

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 91/100

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, Online, City Building

August 17, 2021

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 69/100

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...

Nioh

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

February 7, 2017

Players: 8.5/10

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...

Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront

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

June 11, 2021

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 86/100

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...

Albion Online

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

July 17, 2017

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 74/100

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...

New World: Aeternum

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

September 28, 2021

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 60/100

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...

Nioh: Complete Edition

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

November 7, 2017

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 80/100

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...

Hellish Quart

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

February 16, 2021

Players: 7/10

Steam: 87/100

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...

Tannenberg

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

February 13, 2019

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 86/100

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...

This Land is My Land

Action, Stealth, Third-person view, Strategy, Historical, First-person view, Online, Survival, Open world

November 20, 2019

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 67/100

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...

Verdun

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Historical, Cooperative (co-op), MMO

April 28, 2015

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 88/100

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...

Crusader Kings 3: Northern Lords

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

March 16, 2021

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 63/100

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...

War on the Sea

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

February 2, 2021

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 76/100

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...

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...

Walden, a game

Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Historical

May 15, 2018

Steam: 84/100

Walden, a game is a unique adventure with a first-person view and survival elements. You will take on the role of philosopher Henry David Thoreau, who decides to...

Samurai Warriors 5

Action, Slasher, Fantasy / Medieval, Third-person view, Historical

June 24, 2021

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Samurai Warriors 5 is a continuation of the samurai slasher film set in medieval Japan. The game takes place during the Onin Troubles during the Sengoku period. The...

Crash Dive 2

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

April 2, 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 95/100

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...

Ephesus

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

December 3, 2021

Steam: 51/100

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...

War Mongrels

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

October 19, 2021

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 72/100

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

Steam: 88/100

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...

Land of War - The Beginning

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

June 10, 2021

Players: 4/10

Steam: 53/100

Land of War — The Beginning is a historical first-person shooter set at the outbreak of World War II in Poland in September 1939, as well as other episodes...

City of Gangsters

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

August 9, 2021

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 73/100

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...

Svoboda 1945: Liberation

Adventure, Historical, Visual novel

August 3, 2021

Steam: 98/100

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...

Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor

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

April 7, 2009

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor is a standalone expansion for the historical real-time strategy Company of...

Romance of the Three Kingdoms 14

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Turn-based, Grand strategy, Historical

January 16, 2020

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Romance of the Three Kingdoms 14 is a Japanese-style global strategy game set in the Dynasty Warriors universe. The vast land of China is represented in a single...

Siege Survival: Gloria Victis

Historical, Role-playing game, Stealth, Strategy, Tactics, Turn-based, City Building, Survival

May 18, 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 79/100

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...

Patron

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

August 10, 2021

Players: 5.7/10

Steam: 74/100

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...

Opus Castle

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Free game, Exploration, Historical

November 9, 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 60/100

Opus Castle is a free-to-play indie horror adventure game with a first-person view, based on the true story of a murder that took place in the Brazilian castle of...

Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts

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

September 24, 2007

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 90/100

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...

Sniper Elite 4: Deathstorm Part 1 - Inception

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

March 21, 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 86/100

Sniper Elite 4: Deathstorm Part 1 — Inception is a story add-on for the sniper shooter with stealth elements Sniper Elite 4. The events of the add-on will...

Secret Government

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

June 22, 2020

Players: 7/10

Steam: 52/100

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...

Sniper Elite 4: Deathstorm Part 3 - Obliteration

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

July 18, 2017

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 87/100

Sniper Elite 4: Deathstorm Part 3 — Obliteration — plot addition for the sniper shooter with stealth elements Sniper Elite 4. The grand finale of the...

Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom

Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based, Historical, Tactics, Indie, Tanks, Board / Group Game

May 21, 2021

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 86/100

Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom is a turn-based strategy game set in the Second World War. In the game, you will lead the Allied forces in two game campaigns...

Xuan-Yuan Sword 7

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

October 29, 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Xuan-Yuan Sword 7 is a Japanese-style third-person action-adventure RPG. The plot is based on ancient Chinese myths and legends. The hero goes on a journey to...

Historical

Best Games in the Historical genre of 2021