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

Game released: PC, PlayStation 5 → 17 December 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

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

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...

Humankind

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

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

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

Sniper Elite 4

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

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

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...

Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut

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

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

Call of Duty: Vanguard

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

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

This Land is My Land

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

Game released: PC → 20 October 2021

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...

Hell Let Loose

Shooter, First-person view, Historical

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

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...

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

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...

Patron

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

Game released: PC → 10 August 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...

Cell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends

Free game, Arcade, Simulation, Historical

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

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...

Verdun

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Historical

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

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...

Albion Online

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

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

Siege Survival: Gloria Victis

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

Game released: PC → 18 May 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...

Nioh

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

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

The Procession to Calvary

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

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 9 April 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...

Tank Mechanic Simulator

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

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

Game released: PC → 11 June 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...

Tannenberg

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

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

City of Gangsters

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

Game released: PC → 9 August 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

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

War Mongrels

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

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

Three Kingdoms: The Last Warlord

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

Game released: PC, Mac → 4 February 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...

World Conqueror 1945

Strategy, In real time, Historical, Collectible card game (CCG)

Game released: iOS → 26 March 2021

A card-based historical strategy in which you need to fight for territories, develop your economy and army, and conquer enemy capitals. The game is based on three...

Sniper Elite VR

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

Game released: PlayStation 4, PC → 8 July 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...

Crusader Kings 3: Northern Lords

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

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 16 March 2021

Players: 9.1/10

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...

War on the Sea

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

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

Crash Dive 2

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

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

Astrologaster

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

Game released: PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, iOS → 9 May 2019

Metacritic: 77/100

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

Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom

Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based, Historical, Tactics, Indie

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 21 May 2021

Players: 9.8/10

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...

Order of Battle: World War 2

Simulation, Strategy, Isometric, Historical

Game released: PC, Mac, Xbox One → 30 April 2015

Players: 8.1/10

Secret Government

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

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

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...

Land of War - The Beginning

Shooter, First-person view, Historical, Adventure

Game released: PC → 10 June 2021

Players: 4/10

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...

Axis & Allies 1942 Online

Online, Strategy, Historical, Top-down view

Game released: PC, iOS, Android, Mac, Linux → 9 November 2021

Axis & Allies 1942 Online is a top-down multiplayer historical strategy game based on the board game of the same name. In the game, you will develop your own...

Cauldrons of War - Stalingrad

Strategy, Historical, Turn-based, Indie

Game released: PC, Mac → 10 September 2021

Cauldrons of War — Stalingrad — a global historical strategy with turn-based battles in the setting during the Great Patriotic War. In the game you will...

El Hijo - A Wild West Tale

Adventure, Stealth, Isometric, Indie, Historical

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

TryToKillMeAgain

Simulation, Adventure, Shooter, First-person view, Historical, Stealth, Tactics

Game released: PC → 13 December 2021

TryToKillMeAgain is an atmospheric killer simulator with a first-person view. Based on real events, you will have to recreate the historical murders of the most...

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

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...

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