Historical for PC — top best games in the Historical genre / Page 2

Battlefield 5 - a game in the Historical genre

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

Game released: PC → 22 October 2020

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 71/100

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...

Age Of Empires 2: Definitive Edition

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical, City Building, Online

Game released: PC → 14 November 2019

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 94/100

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...

Hell Let Loose: Vietnam

Shooter, Online, First-person view, Historical, Tactics, Action, Simulation, Strategy

Game released: PC → 13 August 2026

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 71/100

An online shooter in the Hell Let Loose series, dedicated to one of the most iconic conflicts in history - the Vietnam War. The game tells the story...

Assassin's Creed: Syndicate

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

Game released: PC → 18 November 2015

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Assassin's Creed: Syndicate is an action-adventure game with a third-person view in the Assassin's Creed universe. The game takes place in 19th...

Korea. IL-2 Series

Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Historical, Action, Virtual Reality (VR)

Early Access: PC → 25 June 2026; Game released: PC → 4 August 2026

VGTimes: 6.7/10

Players: 10/10

Steam: 74/100

The events of the new part are dedicated to the Korean War. This is a unique period when jet aircraft flew alongside outdated piston engines. The...

Napoleon: Total War

Strategy, Warships / Submarines, In real time, Third-person view, Historical, Turn-based, Grand strategy

Game released: PC → 25 February 2010

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 91/100

A continuation of the Total War series of global historical strategies, it transports you to the most turbulent era in Europe, when one man changed...

Total War: Shogun 2 - Complete Edition

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

Game released: PC → 13 October 2026

Players: 6/10

Steam: 17/100

An updated version of the global strategy dedicated to the struggle of Japanese clans for power. The re-release has received technical and gameplay...

Steel Division 2

Strategy, In real time, Historical, Tactics, Simulation

Game released: PC → 20 June 2019

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Steel Division 2 is a sequel to the realistic real-time tactical strategy game. The events of the game tell about the Second World War and will be...

Total War: Medieval 3

Strategy, In real time, Historical, Tactics, Medieval era, Grand strategy

Game in development: PC → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 9.4/10

A return to the historical roots of the Total War series: Medieval, with the ability for players to influence history and develop medieval states...

Ryse: Son of Rome

Action, Slasher, Hack and slash, Third-person view, Historical

Game released: PC → 10 October 2014

VGTimes: 6.2/10

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Ryse: Son of Rome is a historical action game with a third-person perspective. The action takes place in an alternate 50s-60s AD. Rome is under...

Assassin's Creed 3

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

Game released: PC → 23 November 2012

VGTimes: 7.6/10

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 84/100

An action-adventure game from a third-person perspective with stealth elements in a historical setting and an open world, Assassin's Creed 3 was...

WARNO

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

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

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 81/100

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...

1666: Amsterdam

Role-playing game, Action, Hack and slash, Third-person view, Historical, Open world

Game in development: PC → 2027; Early Access: PC → 25 August 2026

Players: 8/10

Steam: 63/100

A dark third-person action adventure set in 17th century Amsterdam. Every 333 years, an ancient power awakens in the world, and this time its traces...

Assassin's Creed 2

Action, Stealth, Third-person view, Historical, Open world, Parkour

Game released: PC → 9 March 2010

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 89/100

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...

Rise of the Merchants

Strategy, Simulation, Online, Business / Management, Historical, Cooperative (co-op), City Building, Medieval era

Early Access: PC → 29 October 2026; Game in development: PC → 2027

Steam: 74/100

A medieval simulator that combines city-building, economic development, trade, and political intrigue in a constantly evolving online world. Starting...

Medal of Honor: Airborne

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Historical

Game released: PC → 12 October 2010

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Medal of Honor: Airborne is a continuation of the series of military first-person shooters. In the new part, the game will offer increased freedom of...

Corsairs Legacy - Pirate Action RPG & Sea Battles

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Warships / Submarines, Third-person view, Historical, Arcade, Open world

Early Access: PC → 31 January 2024; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 74/100

The events of the game unfold at the end of the 17th century. The main character is Rufus Monroe, a smuggler who transports goods through military...

Rome: Total War

Strategy, In real time, Historical, Turn-based

Game released: PC → 25 February 2005

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 92/100

Rome: Total War is a historical strategy with turn-based movements across a global map and real-time battles. You have to lead one of the three most...

Sniper Elite

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

Game released: PC → 17 June 2008

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 76/100

A tactical shooter set amid the covert battles of the closing days of World War II, it follows an American OSS sniper operating undercover in...

UBOAT

Strategy, Simulation, Warships / Submarines, Historical, Open world

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

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 84/100

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...

Total War: Empire

Strategy, Warships / Submarines, In real time, Third-person view, Historical, Turn-based, Grand strategy

Game released: PC → 25 December 2009

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 89/100

The events take place in the era of the 18th century, when the world was engulfed in large-scale wars, colonial ambitions and revolutions. The player...

Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic

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

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

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 89/100

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...

Europa Universalis 5

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

Game released: PC → 4 November 2025

VGTimes: 8.0/10

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Continuation of the cult series of global strategies Europa Universalis, covering about five hundred years of world history. The world is a complex...

World of Warships

Action, Warships / Submarines, Isometric, Historical, Free game, Tactics, MMO, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Shooter

Game released: PC → 17 September 2015

VGTimes: 7.6/10

Players: 5/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 81/100

A multiplayer online action game that immerses you in the world of large-scale naval battles of the first half of the twentieth century. More than a...

Conflict: Desert Storm

Action, Shooter, In real time, Third-person view, Historical, Tactics, Online

Game released: PC → 13 September 2002

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 61/100

A third-person tactical shooter about a special forces squad deployed behind enemy lines. The squad must seek out and destroy enemies while sowing...

Men of War: Assault Squad 2

Action, Strategy, Simulation, In real time, Historical, Tactics

Game released: PC → 20 March 2014

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 68/100

A historical real-time strategy game with tactical and action elements. In single-player skirmish missions, the player takes part in battles ranging...

Total War: Attila

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

Game released: PC → 17 February 2015

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Total War: Attila is a continuation of the historical strategy with real-time battles and turn-based movements on the global map. The game tells the...

New World: Aeternum

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

Game released: PC → 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...

Corsairs - Battle of the Caribbean

Strategy, Warships / Submarines, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Historical

Game released: PC → 18 May 2026

VGTimes: 5.6/10

Players: 1/10

Steam: 33/100

The main character is a representative of one of the great maritime powers: France, Denmark, Spain, Britain or Holland. He must create an invincible...

Mordhau

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

Game released: PC → 29 April 2019

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 81/100

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...

Ancestors Legacy

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical, Tactics

Game released: PC → 22 May 2018

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Ancestors Legacy is an isometric real-time strategy game in which Vikings, Saxons, and other ancient barbarian tribes attempt to conquer medieval...

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: 8.5/10

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...

Zombie Army Trilogy

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Collection, Futurism (Future), Historical, Cooperative (co-op), Zombies

Game released: PC → 6 March 2015

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Zombie Army Trilogy is a game collection that, in addition to the remakes Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army and Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army 2...

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Historical

Game released: PC → 15 February 2002

Players: 6.9/10

Metacritic: 91/100

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault is a first-person shooter. The game begins in North Africa on November 7, 1942. Immediately after landing in Algiers...

Total War: Shogun 2

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

Game released: PC → 15 March 2011

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 90/100

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...

Europa Universalis 4

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

Game released: PC → 16 August 2013

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Europa Universalis 4 is a top-down global real-time strategy game. The game takes place in the period from the Late Middle Ages to the era of the...

Albion Online

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

Game released: PC → 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...

Sudden Strike 4

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical, Tactics

Game released: PC → 24 August 2017

Players: 8/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Sudden Strike 4 is a sequel to the popular real-time strategy game set in World War II known as "Confrontation." You will find new graphics...

Age of Empires: Definitive Edition

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical, Online, City Building

Game released: PC → 20 February 2018

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Age of Empires: Definitive Edition is a re-release of the classic real-time strategy Age of Empires in honor of the 20th anniversary of the series...

Land of the Vikings

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

Early Access: PC → 8 November 2022; Game released: PC → 9 October 2023

Players: 10/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 76/100

City planning simulator about Vikings. Players are engaged in the development of the settlement, turning the village into a prosperous city. A good...

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Best Games in the Historical genre for PC