Historical for PC — top best games in the Historical genre / Page 5

Age of Empires 3: The Asian Dynasties - a game in the Historical genre

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Isometric, Historical

Game released: PC → 2 November 2007

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Age of Empires 3: The Asian Dynasties — The gameplay in The Asian Dynasties is similar to that of the original game, Age of Empires 3. The...

Assassin's Creed 4: Freedom Cry

Action, Adventure, DLC, Warships / Submarines, Third-person view, Historical, Open world

Game released: PC → 17 December 2013

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Assassin's Creed 4: Freedom Cry is a paid add-on for the stealth action game with a third-person view in the historical setting — Assassin's...

Story of a Gladiator

Arcade, Historical, Fighting

Game released: PC → 27 November 2019

Steam: 75/100

An arena beat ’em up about a man who has lost everything in the war against the Roman Empire and is left to seek his purpose as a gladiator. He...

Commandos 3: Destination Berlin

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

Game released: PC → 31 January 2008

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 61/100

Metacritic: 72/100

A real-time tactics game about an elite special forces unit operating behind enemy lines during World War II. The campaign spans several parts of the...

Empire Earth 2: The Art of Supremacy

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Isometric, Top-down view, Historical, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 26 July 2007

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 57/100

An expansion for Empire Earth 2 that adds campaigns spanning historical eras, along with new civilizations, units, and wonders. The campaigns range...

Squad 44

Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Historical, Tactics, Indie, Open world, Cooperative (co-op), Simulation, Online, MMO

Game released: PC → 9 August 2018

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 79/100

A competitive WWII shooter featuring over 20 maps, over 150 weapons, controllable vehicles and multiple factions including the British Airborne...

Call of War

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

Game released: PC → 21 October 2017

Players: 6.8/10

Call of War is a free-to-play top-down real-time tactical strategy game. You have to lead one of the powerful nations during the Second World War...

Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical, Indie, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 2 June 2017

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 76/100

Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator is a unique sandbox in which you can organize the largest battles and pre-set them. The game provides you with many...

Romance of the Three Kingdoms 8 Remake

Remake, Tactics, Strategy, Turn-based, Historical, Grand strategy

Game released: PC → 24 October 2024

Steam: 71/100

A remake of the historical strategy Romance of the Three Kingdoms 8. The game recreates the events of the Three Kingdoms era of China, where...

Concubine

Role-playing game, Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Historical, Indie, Fantasy

Early Access: PC → 13 October 2025; Game in development: PC → 2027

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 80/100

A fantasy game about harem concubines who fight monsters at night. There are different enemy classes, a wide selection of equipment, and a variety of...

Assassin's Creed: Revelations

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Historical, Open world, Parkour

Game released: PC → 29 November 2011

Players: 8/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Assassin's Creed: Revelations is a stealth action game with a third-person view in a historical setting. In this part of the series about the...

Victoria 2

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

Game released: PC → 13 August 2010

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Victoria 2 is an exciting global real-time strategy game where you have to rule virtual states and lead one of them to world domination through...

Rise of Nations: Extended Edition

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

Game released: PC → 12 June 2014

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 94/100

Rise of Nations: Extended Edition is an improved edition of the popular real-time strategy game with an isometric camera view. This edition includes...

Rising Storm 2: Vietnam

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

Game released: PC → 30 May 2017

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Rising Storm 2: Vietnam is a multiplayer shooter with a first-person view and an emphasis on realism. The game takes place during the Vietnam War...

Men of War: Assault Squad 2 - Cold War

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

Game released: PC → 12 September 2019

Players: 4.1/10

Steam: 26/100

Men of War: Assault Squad 2 — Cold War is a standalone expansion for the strategy game Men of War: Assault Squad 2. In this expansion, you will take...

YAR: Forgotten Throne

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Historical, Sandbox, Survival, Comedy, Open world, Fantasy, Construction, Crafting

Early Access: PC → 26 July 2024; Game released: PC → 3 April 2026

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 89/100

An action RPG survival game inspired by Slavic myths and legends. In the game you can choose the path of a sorcerer or a hero, meet mythological...

Tank Squad

Tanks, Simulation, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op), Historical, Third-person view, First-person view

Game released: PC → 8 May 2025

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 70/100

Tactical action about tank battles of the Second World War, where an entire armored squad is under command. Campaigns take place in historical...

1428: Shadows over Silesia

Historical, Medieval era, Indie

Game released: PC → 4 October 2022

Steam: 72/100

This action-adventure with dark fantasy elements is set in medieval Europe in 1428, amid religious upheaval and the Hussite campaign in Silesia. The...

Battlefield 1942

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Historical

Game released: PC → 2006

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Battlefield 1942 is a first-person shooter. The gameplay consists of capturing and holding control points — special places on the map. Whoever...

Valiant Hearts: The Great War

Action, Adventure, Puzzle, Historical, Logic

Game released: PC → 25 June 2014

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Valiant Hearts: The Great War is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set during the First World War. The game tells the story of five people...

Blackwake

Online, Adventure, First-person view, Historical, Cooperative (co-op), Free game, Medieval era, Indie, Action

Game released: PC → 20 February 2020

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 82/100

A multiplayer team shooter in which players fight each other on ships. The main task is to sink the enemy ship or destroy the entire hostile team...

Men of War 2: Arena

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

Game released: PC → 29 July 2020

Players: 6.2/10

Men of War 2: Arena is a real-time tactical action game. The game continues the traditions of the Behind Enemy Lines series, but has received...

Opus Castle

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

Game released: PC → 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...

Battlestations: Midway

Action, Shooter, Strategy, Warships / Submarines, Flight Simulator, In real time, First-person view, Third-person view, Historical, Simulation

Game released: PC → 30 January 2007

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 75/100

A military action and strategy game about air, sea, and undersea battles in the Pacific theater of World War II. Its campaigns span the events from...

Secret Weapons Over Normandy

Action, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Historical

Game released: PC → 28 November 2003

Metacritic: 77/100

This historical flight-action game follows a secret squadron of pilots working to thwart the plans of the Third Reich during World War II. The player...

Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic

Simulation, Action, Strategy, Warships / Submarines, In real time, First-person view, Third-person view, Historical, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 2 March 2010

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 41/100

Metacritic: 62/100

A military submarine simulation about commanding a German U-boat against Allied forces in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. The player leads...

Foxhole

Strategy, MMO, In real time, Top-down view, Historical, Tactics, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Open world, Sandbox

Early Access: PC → 27 July 2017; Game released: PC → 28 September 2022

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 80/100

Multiplayer tactical real-time strategy. The events take place during the Second World War, where you will have to unite in squads with hundreds of...

Save One More

Historical, Side view, Adventure

Game released: PC → 30 May 2018

Steam: 62/100

This side-view adventure follows a combat medic trying to save wounded soldiers as their unit takes part in battles and stealth missions. The medic...

Broken Lines

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

Game released: PC → 25 February 2020

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 76/100

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...

War Mongrels

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

Game released: PC → 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...

The Emperor's Own

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

Game released: PC → 5 November 2020

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 77/100

The Emperor's Own is a historical RPG with adventure elements and a third-person perspective. The action takes place in an alternate universe...

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: 73/100

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...

City of Gangsters

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

Game released: PC → 9 August 2021

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 73/100

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...

Stronghold: Definitive Edition

Strategy, Isometric, Historical, Medieval era, Construction, In real time, City Building

Game released: PC → 7 November 2023

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Remaster of the medieval game FireFly Studios' Stronghold. The action takes place in war-torn England, on the brink of collapse. The gamer develops...

The Legend of Khiimori

Adventure, Third-person view, Survival, Exploration, Historical, Open world

Early Access: PC → 3 March 2026

Steam: 81/100

The player explores the wild lands of 13th-century Mongolia as a brave horseman and courier. They'll have to plan routes and survive in the harsh...

Age of Empires 2: The Age of Kings

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical

Game released: PC → 10 November 1999

Players: 9.7/10

Metacritic: 92/100

This real-time historical strategy game spans a thousand years, from the fall of Rome through the Middle Ages. Players lead one of 13 civilizations...