Historical for PC — top best games in the Historical genre / Page 8

1942

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Historical

Game released: PC → 26 September 2001

Players: 7.1/10

1942 is a dynamic top-down shooter with the ability to play together with a friend on the same screen. The year is 1942, you have to try on the role of a fighter...

Ancient Wars: Sparta

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Top-down view, Historical, Role-playing game, City Building

Game released: PC → 24 January 2008

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 59/100

A real-time strategy game about the struggle for influence in the ancient world, where Sparta, Persia and Egypt vie for power between 700 and 300 BC. The campaigns...

Battlestations: Pacific

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

Game released: PC → 12 May 2009

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Battlestations: Pacific is a realistic military simulator with first and third person views. You have to go to the historical battlefields of World War II and lead...

Day of Defeat

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Historical

Game released: PC → 6 May 2003

Players: 9/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This team-based first-person shooter is set in the European theater of World War II in 1944. Players fight as Axis or Allied forces in battles based on key...

Rome: Total War - Barbarian Invasion

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Third-person view, Historical

Game released: PC → 28 September 2006

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 82/100

This expansion for Rome: Total War is set after the death of the last emperor of a unified Rome. The Western and Eastern Empires are uneasy allies and rivals, while...

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: 8.2/10

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 the crew...

Dynasty Warriors 3: Complete Edition Remastered

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Slasher, Third-person view, Historical, Tactics

Game released: PC → 1 October 2026

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 76/100

A modern reimagining of Dynasty Warriors 3 and Dynasty Warriors 3: Xtreme Legends brings the iconic battles of the Three Kingdoms era to life in a new form on...

Warparty

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical

Game released: PC → 28 March 2019

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 62/100

Warparty is a real-time strategy game set in the Stone Age. In ancient times, a powerful civilization flourished on Earth, ruling the world with the help of...

Yes, Your Grace

Role-playing game, Business / Management, Fantasy / Medieval, Strategy, Historical, Side view, Indie

Game released: PC → 6 March 2020

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Yes, Your Grace is a management strategy with role-playing game elements in a medieval setting. In the game you will take control of a large kingdom. Every game...

Headquarters: World War 2

Strategy, Turn-based, Tactics, Tanks, Historical, Isometric, Board / Group Game

Game released: PC → 11 April 2024

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Tactical turn-based strategy about the Second World War, which gives you the opportunity to take part in the Battle of Normandy. The game has three story campaigns...

The Troop

Historical, Strategy, Tactics, Turn-based, Tanks

Game released: PC → 18 October 2023

Steam: 82/100

On the morning of June 6, 1944, the Western Allies launched the largest amphibious invasion in the history of warfare. D-Day marked the beginning of a brutal...

Arms Trade Tycoon: Tanks

Simulation, Business / Management, Historical, Sandbox, Tanks, Grand strategy

Early Access: PC → 6 February 2024; Game in development: PC → 2027

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 64/100

The player acts as the head of a small arms trading company, specializing in the production and sale of tanks around the world. To grow a business, it is necessary...

Total War: Pharaoh Dynasties

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

Game released: PC → 25 July 2024

Players: 5.7/10

Steam: 79/100

The updated version of Total War: Pharaoh brings many new features to the campaign, including new map regions, cultures, units, gameplay mechanics, and...

Кризис в Кремле: Холодная война

Simulation, Strategy, Historical, Indie, Grand strategy

Game released: PC → 11 July 2025

Players: 9.9/10

A global political strategy in real time, dedicated to the last decade of the USSR. As you progress, you must manage the economy, domestic politics and foreign...

Company of Heroes - Definitive Edition

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

Game in development: PC → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A revamped edition of the iconic real-time strategy that combines the base game and the expansions Opposing Fronts and Tales of Valor. It includes large-scale...

Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis

Simulation, Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Helicopters, Historical, Tanks

Game released: PC → 9 July 2004

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis — the campaign's plot is based on a fictional conflict between NATO and the USSR during the Cold War. In addition, two...

Commander: Europe at War

Strategy, Top-down view, Historical, Turn-based, Online

Game released: PC → 20 May 2009

Players: 7.9/10

Commander: Europe at War is a top-down historical strategy game with turn-based combat. The events of the game will take you to the battlefields of World War II...

Conflict: Vietnam

Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Historical

Game released: PC → 21 September 2007

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 58/100

Conflict: Vietnam — the game's plot develops in January-February 1968, starting on the eve of the Tet Offensive and ending with the capture of the Hue...

No Man's Land

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical, Exploration

Game released: PC → 15 October 2004

Players: 10/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 70/100

A real-time strategy game about the colonization of North America, spanning the founding of the first settlements through the era of the Wild West. Its three...

Decisive Campaigns: Barbarossa

Strategy, Top-down view, Historical, Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: PC → 24 November 2015

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 87/100

Decisive Campaigns: Barbarossa is a top-down historical turn-based strategy game. A continuation of the Decisive Campaigns series, this game takes players to a new...

Hearts of Iron 4: Together for Victory

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

Game released: PC → 15 December 2016

Players: 10/10

Hearts of Iron 4: Together for Victory is an addition to the historical top-down real-time strategy Hearts of Iron 4. Events take place around the British...

Call of Duty: WWII - Shadow War

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

Game released: PC → 28 September 2018

Players: 7.9/10

Call of Duty: WWII — Shadow War is an add-on for the first-person shooter in the Call of Duty series. In the add-on you will have access to the last chapter...

Assassin's Creed Odyssey - The Fate of Atlantis

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

Game released: PC → 23 April 2019

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 64/100

Assassin's Creed Odyssey — The Fate of Atlantis is an expansion pack for the open-world action-adventure Assassin's Creed Odyssey. In the expansion, you will...

Astrologaster

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

Game released: PC → 9 May 2019

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 77/100

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

The Golden Horde: Survival

Role-playing game, Action, First-person view, Historical, Sandbox, Open world, Medieval era

Game in development: PC → Q1 2027

Anticipation Rating: 5.7/10

Uzbek role-playing action game, the events of which unfold in the Mongol Empire in 1250. As they progress, players will be able to decide whether to help the...

Aviators

Free game, Shooter, Historical, Action, Puzzle, Educational game (Education)

Game released: PC → 24 January 2024

Players: 10/10

Steam: 75/100

A free historical action game with puzzles dedicated to the Polish pilots of World War II. The game has six missions dedicated to real soldiers of the Second World...

Crusader Kings 3: Legends of the Dead

Strategy, In real time, Historical, Top-down view, Simulation, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 5 March 2024

Steam: 31/100

Expansion for Crusader Kings 3. Now characters can achieve legendary status by performing great deeds. This will enhance the family's status among neighbors...

1943 Deadly Desert

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

Game released: PC → 15 May 2018

Steam: 65/100

Step-by-step tactical strategy about battles for desert territories during World War II. In 1943, the forces of the Allies and the Hitler coalition clash in 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 confusion in...

Europa Universalis

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

Game released: PC → 8 August 2001

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Europa Universalis is a real-time strategy game with management elements. The game takes place on a schematically depicted world map, divided into more than 1,500...

Men of Valor

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Historical

Game released: PC → 12 November 2004

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 72/100

A first-person shooter set during the Vietnam War in 1965, following recruit Dean Shepard as he heads to the front with his platoon. The campaign features battles...

Panzer General

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

Game released: PC → 28 May 1996

Players: 8.3/10

Panzer General — The game is dedicated to the Second World War. You can play both the campaign (in this game only for the Germans) and individual scenarios...

Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War

Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical

Game released: PC → 6 October 2008

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 64/100

Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War — The goal of the game is to defeat the enemy(s), which is achieved by first micromanaging the base and then training an...

U-Boat: Battle in the Mediterranean

Simulation, DLC, Warships / Submarines, First-person view, Third-person view, Historical

Game released: PC → 11 March 2006

Players: 5.9/10

U-Boat: Battle in the Mediterranean — 2 is an unofficial expansion pack for Silent Hunter 3, the cult classic World War II submarine simulator. Developed by...

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 Creed 4. Having...

Romance of the Three Kingdoms 13

Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based, Grand strategy, Historical

Game released: PC → 27 January 2016

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Romance of the Three Kingdoms 13 is a Japanese-style global strategy game set in the Dynasty Warriors universe. As a military leader, you will control the actions...

Predynastic Egypt

Strategy, Business / Management, Historical, Turn-based, Indie, Simulation

Game released: PC → 10 October 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 91/100

Predynastic Egypt is a historical turn-based strategy game with management elements. You will take control of an ancient Egyptian tribe. You have to guide him...

Sniper Elite 4: Deathstorm Part 3 - Obliteration

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

Game released: PC → 18 July 2017

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 87/100

Sniper Elite 4: Deathstorm Part 3 — Obliteration — plot addition for the sniper shooter with stealth elements Sniper Elite 4. The grand finale of the...

Коловрат

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

Game in development: PC → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 7.3/10

An action-adventure game with bagel elements about the Slavic hero of the same name. According to the plot, the hero Evpatiy Kolovrat died, but even after death he...

Panzer Corps 2

Strategy, Top-down view, Turn-based, Tanks, Historical, Business / Management, Grand strategy

Game released: PC → 19 March 2020

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Panzer Corps 2 is a continuation of the hardcore historical strategy with turn-based battles and a top-down view. The events of the game will once again take you to...

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