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

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 - Legacy of The Forge

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

Game released: PC → 9 September 2025

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 70/100

A story expansion for Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 where Henry returns to Kuttenberg and restores the forge of his adoptive father Martin. The new...

The Defiant

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

Game in development: PC → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A first-person shooter about resisting the Japanese occupation of China during World War II. The action takes place in the 1930s and 1940s and is...

Combat Mission: Shock Force - British Forces

Simulation, Strategy, DLC, In real time, Top-down view, Turn-based, Historical

Game released: PC → 4 December 2009

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 100/100

Combat Mission: Shock Force — British Forces — The backstory of the game takes place in the summer of 2008. Following the attack...

Medieval: Total War

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

Game released: PC → 24 March 2004

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Medieval: Total War is a legendary global historical strategy in a medieval setting. From the lush grasslands of Western Europe to the arid deserts...

Panzer General

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

Game released: PC → 28 May 1996

Players: 8.5/10

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...

Real Warfare 1242

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

Game released: PC → 30 October 2009

Steam: 57/100

Real Warfare 1242 is a historical real-time strategy game with an isometric camera view in a medieval setting. You will be able to plunge into the...

Romance of the Three Kingdoms 4: Wall of Fire

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

Game released: PC → 1996

A turn-based historical strategy game based on the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it follows rival Chinese rulers vying for power at the end of...

Shellshock 2: Blood Trails

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

Game released: PC → 13 February 2009

Players: 5/10

Metacritic: 35/100

Shellshock 2: Blood Trails — the continuation of the famous project returns players to Indochina. Burning napalm, clever traps, mass executions...

Sid Meier's Civilization 4

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

Game released: PC → 25 October 2006

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 94/100

Sid Meier's Civilization 4 is a continuation of the popular series of management strategies with turn-based battles and an isometric camera view. You...

Soldiers: Heroes of World War 2

Action, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical

Game released: PC → 3 July 2014

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 77/100

This real-time tactical action game, played from a third-person perspective, follows a special forces squad on the battlefields of World War II-era...

Company of Heroes 2: The Western Front Armies

Online, Strategy, DLC, In real time, Isometric, Historical

Game released: PC → 23 June 2014

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 63/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Company of Heroes 2: The Western Front Armies is a stand-alone add-on for the historical real-time strategy Company of Heroes 2. The game features...

Combat Mission: Battle for Normandy

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

Game released: PC → 17 May 2011

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 76/100

Combat Mission: Battle for Normandy — The forces included in the game are troops and vehicles typical of the US Army, US Airborne Forces and...

Assassin's Creed: Origins - The Curse of the Pharaohs

Action, Adventure, DLC, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Historical, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 13 March 2018

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Assassin's Creed: Origins — The Curse of the Pharaohs is an addition to the action-adventure game with a third-person view in the open world...

Discovery Tour by Assassin's Creed: Ancient Greece

Adventure, Action, Third-person view, Educational game (Education), Historical

Game released: PC → 10 September 2019

Discovery Tour by Assassin's Creed: Ancient Greece - an interactive tour of the third -person view of the world of the game Assassin's Creed...

Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 8

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical, Tactics, Side view, Slasher

Game released: PC → 12 January 2021

Steam: 55/100

Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 8 is a tactical strategy game with RPG elements and an isometric view. Players can perform subtle operations with...

Here be Dragons

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

Game released: PC → 30 January 2020; Early Access: PC → 16 August 2019

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Here be Dragons is a historical turn-based strategy game with elements of adventure and tactics. Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492. In...

Anvil Saga

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

Early Access: PC → 21 June 2022; Game released: PC → 16 November 2023

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 70/100

An economic blacksmithing management simulator set during the Hundred Years’ War. The main character aims to restore his father’s forge and turn it...

Caribbean Legend

Adventure, Role-playing game, Warships / Submarines, Simulation, Third-person view, Historical, Open world, Exploration, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 15 February 2024

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 73/100

Remake of the pirate RPG Sea Dogs: To Each His Own from 2012. The main character is the sea wolf Charles de Mor. He engages in seafaring with a...

Letters of War

Adventure, Historical, Indie, Point & Click, Side view, Casual game, Exploration

Game released: PC → 25 September 2025

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 78/100

A touching point-and-click game about British carpenter Liam, who, while on the front, tries to maintain a connection with his daughter through...

Commandos: Origins - Shadows over Crete

Action, Strategy, DLC, In real time, Historical, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op), Isometric, Top-down view

Game released: PC → 18 November 2025

Steam: 82/100

The expansion features a new fully voiced story campaign consisting of four missions. Its events unfold on the war-torn Greek island of Crete after...

Aeonic

Adventure, Historical, Visual novel, Indie, Text quest, Educational game (Education)

Game released: PC → 5 November 2024

Steam: 50/100

A text-based quest where the player goes through key epochs of human history, from its inception to modern times and possible future scenarios...

Europa Universalis 5: Across the Pillars

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

Game released: PC → 28 October 2026

Steam: 26/100

The expansion focuses on the struggle for control of the Strait of Gibraltar and the future of the Iberian Peninsula. At the heart of this historical...

Age of Empires 3: Complete Collection

Collection, Strategy, Online, Historical

Game released: PC → 15 September 2009

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 91/100

This historical strategy collection brings together three games from the Age of Empires III series, covering the exploration of the New World and...

Empire Earth 2

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

Game released: PC → October 2007

Metacritic: 79/100

Empire Earth 2 — you will lead the great nations of Korea, Germany, and America in the main game, and the nations of Egypt, Russia, and the Maasai...

Hearts of Iron 2: Doomsday

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

Game released: PC → 1 September 2009

Metacritic: 80/100

This grand strategy game spans World War II and a possible new conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union, with the player ruling one of...

Imperial Glory

Strategy, Warships / Submarines, Isometric, Historical

Game released: PC → 19 December 2007

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 69/100

This strategy game follows the struggle between European empires during the Enlightenment, as war for dominance across the continent becomes...

Rise of Nations

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical, Sandbox, Online

Game released: PC → 14 May 2003

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 89/100

This real-time strategy game follows civilizations from the Ancient Age to the Information Age. The player starts with a single city, gathers...

Rise of Venice

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

Game released: PC → 27 September 2013

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Rise of Venice is a real-time management strategy game with an isometric camera view. You have to build a Venetian trading empire during the...

Air Conflicts: Secret Wars

Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, Historical, Simulation, Arcade

Game released: PC → 30 August 2011

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 56/100

This arcade flight simulator stages aerial combat during World War I and World War II. Its seven campaigns, based on resistance movements of the...

Assassin's Creed Chronicles Trilogy

Arcade, Stealth, Platformer, Collection, Historical, Side view, Action, Adventure

Game released: PC → 9 February 2016

Players: 7.8/10

Assassin's Creed Chronicles Trilogy is a collection that contains: Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China, Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India and...

Sengoku Jidai: Shadow of the Shogun

Strategy, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Tactics, Historical, Grand strategy

Game released: PC → 19 May 2016

Players: 5.8/10

Steam: 72/100

Sengoku Jidai: Shadow of the Shogun is a turn-based tactical strategy with an isometric camera view. The game will take you to the 16th century...

Isonzo

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

Game released: PC → 13 September 2022

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 86/100

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...

Path Out

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Historical, Free game

Game released: PC → 2 November 2017

Steam: 91/100

Path Out is a free-to-play autobiographical adventure game that allows players to recreate the journey of Abdullah Karam, a young Syrian artist who...

Demise of Nations

Strategy, Historical, Turn-based, Free game, Indie

Game released: PC → 8 August 2017

Steam: 81/100

Demise of Nations is a free-to-play global strategy game with turn-based battles. The game takes place during the dawn of the Roman Empire and...

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...

SpringRTS: 1944

Isometric, In real time, Tactics, Strategy, Tanks, Historical, Warships / Submarines, Online

Game released: PC → 15 September 2010

Players: 7.9/10

SpringRTS: 1944 is a real-time tactical historical strategy game with an isometric view. The game takes place at the end of World War II on a massive...

WWII: Rising

Free game, Shooter, Historical, First-person view, Online, Action, Indie

Game released: PC → 15 October 2020

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 45/100

WWII: Rising — a free-to-play multiplayer shooter about World War II with a first-person view and a cartoon style. The game has several modes...

Guns and Spurs 2

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

Game released: PC → 29 April 2022

Players: 7.2/10

Guns and Spurs 2 is an action-adventure game with a third-person view and indie elements. Jack Lane is a bounty hunter who has just arrived in town...

Pentiment

Adventure, Side view, Logic, Historical, Medieval era, Exploration

Game released: PC → 14 November 2022

Players: 9/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Historical role-playing detective story, the events of which unfold in Bavaria in the early 16th century. The main character is an apprentice who...

Over The Top: WWI

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

Game released: PC → 6 March 2026

Steam: 84/100

A shooter in the setting of the First World War, filled with battles with support for up to 200 players, in which you can use military equipment...

Historical

Best Games in the Historical genre for PC