Historical 2021 — top best games in the Historical genre

Medieval Dynasty - a game in the Historical genre

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

Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 → 17 December 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

Game released: Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, PlayStation 5 → 10 November 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...

Sniper Elite 4

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

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Stadia, iOS, Mac → 14 February 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...

World of Tanks

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

Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox 360 → 29 April 2021

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...

Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut

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

Game released: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PC → 20 August 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...

Hell Let Loose

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

Game released: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PC → 5 October 2021

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...

Call of Duty: Vanguard

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

Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 5 November 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...

Humankind

Business / Management, Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based, Historical, Online, City Building

Game released: PC, Mac, Stadia, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 17 August 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

Game released: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 8 February 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...

New World: Aeternum

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

Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 28 September 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...

Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront

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

Game released: PC → 11 June 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...

Nioh: Complete Edition

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

Game released: PC, PlayStation 5 → 7 November 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...

Albion Online

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

Game released: PC, Mac, iOS, Android, Linux → 17 July 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...

Siege Survival: Gloria Victis

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

Game released: PC → 18 May 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...

Land of War - The Beginning

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

Game released: PC → 10 June 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...

This Land is My Land

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

Game released: PC → 20 October 2021

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...

Tannenberg

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

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5 → 13 February 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...

Verdun

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

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5 → 28 April 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...

Polyfield

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

Game released: Android → 11 October 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...

Crusader Kings 3: Northern Lords

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

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 5 → 16 March 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...

Tank Mechanic Simulator

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

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Mac → 20 February 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...

Romance of the Three Kingdoms 14

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

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 28 February 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...

War Mongrels

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

Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Mac → 19 October 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...

War on the Sea

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

Game released: PC, Mac → 2 February 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...

Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor

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

Game released: PC, iOS, Android → 24 April 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...

Patron

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

Game released: PC → 10 August 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...

El Hijo - A Wild West Tale

Adventure, Stealth, Isometric, Indie, Historical, Casual game, Exploration

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Stadia, iOS, Android → 3 December 2020

Steam: 71/100

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...

Here be Dragons

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

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Mac → 30 January 2020

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 63/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Here be Dragons is a historical turn-based strategy game with elements of adventure and tactics. Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492. In 10 weeks. With...

Opus Castle

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

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 9 November 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

Game released: PC, Android, iOS → 28 September 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...

Crash Dive 2

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

Game released: PC, iOS, Android → 2 April 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...

Secret Government

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

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 15 April 2021

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...

Xuan-Yuan Sword 7

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

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 29 October 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...

Field of Glory 2: Medieval

Strategy, Turn-based, Tactics, Medieval era, Historical, Simulation

Game released: PC → 4 February 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 75/100

A turn-based tactical strategy game set in the High Middle Ages from 1040 to 1270. The game centers on the heyday of chivalry, when heavily armed horsemen in dense...

Ghosts of War: Battle Royale WW2 Shooting games

Shooter, Historical, First-person view, Adventure, Online, Free game, Battle Royale, Action

Game released: iOS, Android, PC → 15 June 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 53/100

Ghosts of War: Battle Royale WW2 Shooting games is an adventure historical shooter with a first-person view. Legendary exciting battlefields with tanks, ships and...

Sniper Elite 4: Deathstorm Part 1 - Inception

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

Game released: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, Stadia, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 21 March 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...

Walden, a game

Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Historical

Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 18 March 2019

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...

Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom

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

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 21 May 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...

Casina: The Forgotten Comedy

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie, Comedy, Historical

Game released: PC → 27 May 2021

Steam: 76/100

A visual novel based on the eponymous Roman comedy. The action of the game takes place in Athens during the peak of Ancient Greece, where the beautiful Casina...

Cell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends

Free game, Arcade, Simulation, Historical, Casual game

Game released: PC, Mac, iOS, Android → 3 November 2021

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 85/100

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...

Historical

Best Games in the Historical genre of 2021 (Game released)