Historical for PC — 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: PC → 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: PC → 1 September 2020

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...

Hearts of Iron 4

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

Game released: PC → 6 June 2016

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Hearts of Iron 4 is a historical top-down real-time tactical strategy game. The player is given the opportunity to fully manage an individual state, its diplomacy...

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

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

Game released: PC → 10 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...

Medieval Dynasty

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

Early Access: PC → 17 September 2020; Game released: PC → 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...

Age Of Empires 2: Definitive Edition

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical

Game released: PC → 14 November 2019

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...

Assassin's Creed Odyssey

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

Game released: PC → 5 October 2018

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Assassin's Creed Odyssey is a new game in the Assassin's Creed stealth-action series, set in Ancient Greece. Take fate into your own hands and write your own epic...

Assassin's Creed Mirage

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

Game released: PC → 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...

Anno 1800

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

Game released: PC → 16 April 2019

Players: 8.4/10

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...

Assassin's Creed: Origins

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

Game released: PC → 27 October 2017

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Assassin's Creed: Origins — an action-adventure game with a third-person view in an open world set in the Assassin's Creed universe. The game takes place in ancient...

Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut

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

Game released: PC → 16 May 2024

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...

Age Of Empires 3: Definitive Edition

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical

Game released: PC → 15 October 2020

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Age Of Empires 3: Definitive Edition is a re-release of the classic real-time strategy game Age Of Empires 3. It features new visuals, 4K support, improved...

Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Warships / Submarines, Third-person view, Historical

Game released: PC → 22 November 2013

VGTimes: 8.7/10

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag is a stealth action game with a third-person view in a historical setting. In this part of the game, you will explore the Caribbean...

Total War: Three Kingdoms

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical, Turn-based

Game released: PC → 23 May 2019

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Total War: Three Kingdoms is a new large-scale historical strategy from the Total War series. The game will take you to Ancient China during the era of the Three...

World of Tanks

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

Game released: PC → 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...

Total War Saga: Troy

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

Game released: PC → 13 August 2020

Players: 8/10

Total War Saga: Troy is a spin-off for the Total War series of global historical strategies. The game is dedicated to the war between Greece and Troy. You will be...

WARNO

Strategy, Isometric, In real time, Tactics, Tanks, Online, Historical

Early Access: PC → 20 January 2022; Game released: PC → 23 May 2024

Players: 8.1/10

Realistic tactical strategy in the setting of the Third World War. It has been two years since Gorbachev's rule was overthrown in a coup staged by a group of...

Victoria 3

Strategy, Top-down view, In real time, Historical, Grand strategy, Online

Game released: PC → 25 October 2022

Players: 6.9/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Victoria 3 is a continuation of the exciting global real-time strategy, where you have to rule states and lead one of them to world domination through diplomacy...

Humankind

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

Game released: PC → 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...

War Thunder

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

Game released: PC → 15 August 2013

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...

UBOAT

Strategy, Simulation, Warships / Submarines, Historical

Early Access: PC → 30 April 2019; Game released: PC → 2 August 2024

Players: 7.7/10

World War II era submarine simulator. In the game you need to take care of an entire team of sailors and, if necessary, engage in large-scale battles with enemy...

Old World

Strategy, Historical, Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: PC → 18 May 2022

Players: 7.3/10

Old World is a turn-based global strategy game that will allow you to create the greatest dynasties in world history. Mohawk Games is led by gaming industry...

Call to Arms

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical, Tactics

Game released: PC → 27 April 2018

Players: 8.3/10

Call to Arms is an isometric strategy game with a mixture of history and tactics from the developers at Digitalmindsoft. The game is published by...

Dynasty Warriors: Origins

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

Game released: PC → 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...

Against the Storm

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

Early Access: PC → 1 November 2022; Game released: PC → 8 December 2023

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...

Total War: Rome 2

Action, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical

Game released: PC → 2 September 2013

VGTimes: 9.2/10

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Total War: Rome 2 is a continuation of one of the best global historical strategy games, released in 2004. Expect the largest turn-based campaign, as well as the...

Sniper Elite 4

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

Game released: PC → 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...

Assassin's Creed: Unity

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

Game released: PC → 11 November 2014

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Assassin's Creed: Unity is a stealth action game with a third-person view in a historical setting. The game takes place in Paris in the 18th century. The developers...

Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, City Building, Indie, Historical

Early Access: PC → 15 March 2019; Game released: PC → 20 June 2024

Players: 8.6/10

A city planning simulator, the main feature of which is the surroundings in the style of the Soviet Union. The main task is to create your own republic, where you...

Battlefield 5

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

Game released: PC → 22 October 2020

Players: 6.6/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Battlefield 5 is a first-person shooter in the popular Battlefield series. The action in the new installment unfolds during World War II. The multiplayer modes...

Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty

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

Game released: PC → 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...

Kingdom Come: Deliverance - Royal Edition

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

Game released: PC → 28 May 2019

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...

Crusader Kings 2

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Historical, Free game

Game released: PC → 14 February 2012

Players: 7.4/10

Crusader Kings 2 is a free-to-play sequel to the global real-time strategy game. Like the first part, Crusader Kings 2 simulates the system of feudal relations in...

Company of Heroes 3

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

Game released: PC → 23 February 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...

Sniper Elite 3

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

Game released: PC → 27 June 2014

Players: 7.3/10

Sniper Elite 3 is a continuation of the sniper shooter with stealth elements in the popular Sniper Elite series of games. The main character, Karl Fairbairn, makes...

Sniper Elite V2

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

Game released: PC → 4 May 2012

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Expeditions: Rome

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

Game released: PC → 11 August 2022

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Expeditions: Rome — the continuation of the Expeditions series — turn-based tactical strategies with role-playing elements. Previously, the developers managed to...

Total War: Shogun 2

Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Historical, Turn-based

Game released: PC → 15 March 2011

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 90/100

Total War: Shogun 2 is a global strategy with turn-based movements on a global map and real-time battles. The end of the 19th century became a turning point in...

Assassin's Creed 2

Action, Stealth, Third-person view, Historical

Game released: PC → 9 March 2010

Players: 8.7/10

Assassin's Creed 2 is a stealth action game with a third-person view. The game will take you to Florence during the Renaissance. Your hero, the assassin Ezio...

Isonzo

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

Game released: PC → 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...

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Best Games in the Historical genre for PC