Historical for PlayStation 5 — top best games in the Historical genre

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 - a game in the Historical genre

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, First-person view, Historical, Exploration, Open world, Medieval era, Crafting

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 4 February 2025

VGTimes: 9.7/10

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 88/100

A role-playing action game from the first person in the vast open world of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is a direct continuation of the 2018 game and offers a return...

Crusader Kings 3

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 29 March 2022

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Crusader Kings 3 is a continuation of the series of global strategies by Paradox about the Middle Ages. When creating it, historically accurate customs and morals...

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view, Historical

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 19 November 2020

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Assassin's Creed Valhalla is an action-adventure game from a third-person perspective with RPG elements in an open, well-developed, dynamically changing game world...

Anno 1800

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, City Building, Sandbox, Exploration, Historical, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 16 March 2023

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Anno 1800 is a new game in the real-time management strategy series Anno. The events unfold at the dawn of the industrial age, during the times of great...

War Thunder

Action, Online, MMO, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Historical, Tanks, Free game

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 17 November 2020

VGTimes: 6.8/10

Players: 4.3/10

Metacritic: 79/100

War Thunder combines aviation, tanks, and ships in one combat space, offering historically accurate models of technology and realistic damage physics. It is the...

Age Of Empires 2: Definitive Edition

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 6 May 2025

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Re-release of the classic real-time strategy Age Of Empires 2. Includes remastered 4K graphics, improved AI, updated audio and many new campaigns. There are dozens...

Medieval Dynasty

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 6 October 2022

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: PlayStation 5 → 26 October 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...

Assassin's Creed Mirage

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 5 October 2023

Players: 6.5/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Adventure stealth-action from a third-person perspective Assassin's Creed Mirage takes the franchise to the Middle East, to Baghdad in the 9th century. The main...

Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 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...

Sniper Elite 4

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 23 July 2021

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 22 August 2023

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: PlayStation 5 → 8 April 2021

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...

Against the Storm

Strategy, Isometric, In real time, Simulation, City Building, Sandbox, Historical, Fantasy, Construction

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 26 June 2025

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 91/100

A city-planning simulator in a dark fantasy world in which you need to restore civilization and save it from deadly rains. Players take on the role of the Scorched...

Company of Heroes 3

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Action, Tactics, Historical, Turn-based

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 30 May 2023

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 77/100

The events of the third part take place in the Mediterranean. The game features an exciting story campaign, the largest in the history of the Company of Heroes...

Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty

Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Adventure, Fantasy, Historical

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 3 March 2023

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 79/100

184, China, the Age of the Three Kingdoms during the Han Dynasty. The country is engulfed in chaos and destruction. The dynasty, which had flourished for many...

Sid Meier's Civilization 7

Strategy, Online, Historical, Turn-based, Cooperative (co-op), Grand strategy

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 11 February 2025

VGTimes: 8.0/10

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Continuation of the legendary series of turn-based strategies. Players rule as one of the many legendary leaders in world history. At the beginning, the player also...

Dynasty Warriors: Origins

Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Historical, Tactics, Medieval era

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 17 January 2025

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 81/100

A dynamic action-slasher film set in the era of the Three Kingdoms of China. The player becomes part of the legendary events, fighting for one of the sides in the...

Isonzo

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 13 September 2022

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Isonzo is a multiplayer first-person shooter from the creators of Tannenberg and Verdun. The game takes place in the Alps during World War I. You will head to...

Sniper Elite: Resistance

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Stealth, Historical, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 30 January 2025

VGTimes: 7.1/10

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 72/100

The plot unfolds parallel to the events of Sniper Elite 5. This time in the center of the story is Special Operations Agent Harry Hawker. He faces the threat of a...

Commandos: Origins

Action, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 9 April 2025

Players: 6.6/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Prequel to the cult military tactics Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines. The game tells the story of the formation of an elite sabotage squad. The heroes participate...

CONSCRIPT

Isometric, Adventure, Action, Survival horror, Historical

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 23 July 2024

Players: 9.7/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Survival horror set in the First World War. The main action takes place in 1916. The main character is a French soldier trying to find his brother, who went missing...

Hell Let Loose

Shooter, First-person view, Historical

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 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...

Rise of the Ronin

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 22 March 2024

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 75/100

The game takes place in Japan at the end of the 19th century towards the end of the 300-year Edo period, commonly known as Bakumatsu. The mysterious Ronin, a...

Sengoku Dynasty

Role-playing game, Adventure, Simulation, First-person view, Historical, Medieval era

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 21 August 2025

Players: 7.4/10

The game takes place in medieval Japan, ravaged by famine and war. In the legendary Peasant Kingdom, the protagonist tries to build a loving home for his daughter...

Call of Duty: Vanguard

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 4 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...

Kingdom Come: Deliverance - Royal Edition

Role-playing game, First-person view, Collection, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 13 February 2026

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Royal Edition Kingdom Come: Deliverance includes all the content released for the game since its launch. Players take on the role of a blacksmith's son named...

Nioh: Complete Edition

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 5 February 2021

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...

War Hospital

Business / Management, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 11 January 2024

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 66/100

A real-time management strategy game where players control a British field hospital during the First World War. The events of the game take place in 1917. In the...

Samurai Maiden

Anime / Manga, Japanese role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Slasher, Visual novel, Adventure, Role-playing game, Historical, Fantasy

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 1 December 2022

Players: 5/10

Samurai Maiden is a Japanese action-adventure action RPG in the anime genre with platformer and visual novel elements. The temple is on fire. Plumes of black smoke...

Mordhau

Slasher, First-person view, Medieval era, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Historical

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 12 July 2023

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Multiplayer action game Mordhau, featuring a first-person perspective in a late medieval setting, was developed by the indie studio Triternion, two years after...

War Mongrels

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 25 April 2023

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...

Nioh

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 5 February 2021

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...

63 Days

Strategy, Tactics, Isometric, Indie, In real time, Historical, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 26 September 2024

Players: 7.3/10

A tactical game in the spirit of Commandos, based on the real events of World War II. The player controls a group of Polish resistance fighters seeking to liberate...

Trek to Yomi

Action, Adventure, Side view, Slasher, Historical

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 5 May 2022

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 71/100

A black and white action adventure in the style of ancient Japan. The main character is a fearless warrior who fights supernatural forces. Young Hiroki swore to the...

Achilles: Legends Untold

Role-playing game, Action, Slasher, Isometric, Historical, Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 2 November 2023

Players: 6.7/10

Metacritic: 67/100

The main action takes place in a fantasy setting inspired by ancient Greek legends. The main character is the brave warrior Achilles, who intends to put an end to...

Ad Infinitum

Action, First-person view, Horror, Historical, Mysticism / Supernatural, Stealth

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 14 September 2023

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 69/100

The main character is a German soldier from the First World War who is haunted by nightmares. Although it ended, the horrors of those events still remained with the...

New World: Aeternum

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 15 October 2024

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...

Broken Lines

Role-playing game, Isometric, Historical, Turn-based, Indie, Tactics

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 14 December 2022

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Broken Lines is a tactical turn-based strategy with RPG elements and an isometric camera view. Set during World War II, the game follows a group of eight soldiers...

Verdun

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Historical

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 15 June 2021

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...

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Best Games in the Historical genre for PlayStation 5