Historical 2003 for PC — top best games in the Historical genre

Call of Duty - a game in the Historical genre

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

Game released: PC → 29 October 2003

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 57/100

Metacritic: 80/100

This first-person shooter depicts World War II through the perspectives of American, British, and Russian soldiers. Its interconnected campaigns follow fighters...

Blitzkrieg

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical

Game released: PC → 4 March 2005

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 74/100

This real-time strategy game is set during the decisive battles of World War II, with campaigns for the Allies, Germany, and the Soviet Union. The player commands...

Rise of Nations

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

Game released: PC → 14 May 2003

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 94/100

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 resources, develops...

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 European...

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...

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...

Delta Force: Black Hawk Down

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

Game released: PC → 18 June 2009

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 65/100

A first-person tactical shooter set during U.S. military operations in Mogadishu in late 1993. Delta Force operatives and Army Rangers are sent to capture Somali...

Praetorians

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

Game released: PC → 7 December 2007

Players: 9/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 78/100

This real-time strategy game is set amid the political struggles of the emerging Roman Empire. Battles take place in Egypt, Gaul and Italy as rival forces contend...

Commandos 2: Men of Courage

Action, Strategy, Stealth, In real time, Isometric, Historical, Tactics

Game released: PC → 30 August 2002

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Commandos 2: Men of Courage is a real-time tactical action and strategy game about an elite commando unit operating behind enemy lines during World War II. The team...

Highland Warriors

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

Game released: PC → 24 October 2003

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 58/100

A real-time strategy game about Scotland’s fight for freedom from English rule during the time of William Wallace and Robert the Bruce. The story begins with...

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 of North Africa...

Vietcong

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Historical

Game released: PC → 28 December 2003

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Vietcong is a tactical first-person shooter set during the Vietnam War. The player commands A-Team, a U.S. Special Forces unit, and leads up to six soldiers through...

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault - Breakthrough

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

Game released: PC → 16 November 2003

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 72/100

An expansion for Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, this first-person shooter is set in the European Theatre of Operations during 1943–1944. Players take the role of...

Blitzkrieg: Total Challenge

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Isometric, Historical

Game released: PC → 2004

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 64/100

Blitzkrieg: Total Challenge — is an add-on to the real-time strategy game Blitzkrieg. It features 24 new single-player missions, over 20 new units, and...

Legion Gold

Strategy, Isometric, Top-down view, Collection, Historical, Construction

Game released: PC → 27 June 2003

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 83/100

Legion Gold is an isometric strategy game with a touch of historical game from the masters from the studios Paradox Entertainment AB and Slitherine Software UK...

SuperPower

Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management, Top-down view, Historical

Game released: PC → 29 September 2006

Players: 9.3/10

Metacritic: 39/100

SuperPower — the game takes place in a step-by-step mode, a step is equal to a week. The game started on January 1, 1997. Demographics is more informational...

Battlefield 1942: The Road to Rome

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

Game released: PC → 30 October 2003

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 84/100

An expansion for Battlefield 1942, focused on key World War II campaigns in Italy and Sicily. It adds multiplayer maps featuring Italian houses, Mediterranean...

Europa Universalis 2

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Educational game (Education), Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical

Game released: PC → 7 December 2006

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 87/100

This historical strategy spans four centuries, beginning in 1419 during the Hundred Years’ War between France and England and ending in the era of Napoleon. The...

Medieval: Total War - Viking Invasion

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

Game released: PC → 7 May 2003

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 84/100

An expansion for Medieval: Total War focused on the struggle for control of the British Isles. Players lead one of eight factions, including the Vikings, Saxons...

Hearts of Iron

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

Game released: PC → 13 January 2009

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Hearts of Iron is a real-time tactical management strategy based on the historical events of World War II. You will be able to take control of any state that...

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...

Sudden Strike 2

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

Game released: PC → 13 May 2005

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 68/100

A real-time strategy game set during World War II, where players command German, Russian, British, American, or Imperial Japanese forces on battlefields around the...

Combat Mission 3: Afrika Korps

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

Game released: PC → 6 March 2009

Steam: 100/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Combat Mission 3: Afrika Korps — Combat is modeled one-by-one using scientific and behavioral logic rather than "game" conventions such as hit points, armor...

Line of Sight: Vietnam

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

Game released: PC → 31 May 2006

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 68/100

A tactical first- and third-person shooter about an elite marksman operating during the Vietnam War. His task is to locate concealed enemy soldiers and eliminate...

Pax Romana

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

Game released: PC → 19 December 2003

Metacritic: 52/100

Pax Romana — historical real-time strategy game set in Ancient Rome. 6 active Roman political factions, represented by up to 6 players Dozens of opponents to...

B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th

Simulation, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Historical, Strategy

Game released: PC → 8 August 2007

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 82/100

A historical flight simulator about B-17 bomber crews flying missions over Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II. Players plan sorties, select and manage a...

FreeCol

Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Top-down view, Historical, Turn-based, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 2 January 2003

Players: 7/10

FreeCol is an isometric strategy game with a mixture of business simulator, historical game and sandbox. FreeCol: The Colonization of America is an alternate title...

Завоевание Америки: В поисках Эльдорадо

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical

Game released: PC → 4 July 2003

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 66/100

This real-time historical strategy game spans wars across the American continent from 1517 to 1804. Its campaigns cover the search for El Dorado, Pontiac’s uprising...

Conflict: Desert Storm 2: Back to Baghdad

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Historical

Game released: PC → 20 November 2003

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 70/100

A third-person tactical shooter set during the 1991 Gulf War. The player commands a squad of special forces operatives carrying out strikes against targets in...

Korea: Forgotten Conflict

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical

Game released: PC → 2 April 2004

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 56/100

This real-time tactical strategy game is set during the Korean War of 1950–1953. The player commands a squad of five military specialists: a medic, demolitions...

Victoria: An Empire Under the Sun

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

Game released: PC → 31 August 2009

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 58/100

This historical strategy game puts the player in control of a nation from the early 19th century to the dawn of the 20th. The goal is to turn it into an...

Airborne Assault: Red Devils Over Arnhem

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

Game released: PC → март 2003

Metacritic: 82/100

Airborne Assault: Red Devils Over Arnhem — a strategy game in which the player recreates Operation Market Garden. The main difference from other strategy...

Gods and Generals

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Historical

Game released: PC → 18 February 2003

Gods and Generals is a first-person action game with a touch of shooter and historical game from the masters from the AniVision studio. The main publisher of the...

Knights of the Cross

Strategy, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical, Turn-based, Role-playing game, Adventure

Game released: PC → 2005

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 74/100

Knights of the Cross — In a single player game, the player acts as a knight with his own army. During the game's campaign, he fights against enemy units, and...

Sid Meier's Civilization 3: Conquests

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

Game released: PC → 21 November 2003

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 86/100

An expansion for Sid Meier's Civilization 3, featuring eight conquest scenarios set across different periods of history. They introduce new civilizations...

Cultures: Die Saga

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

Game released: PC → 27 November 2003

Cultures: Die Saga is a third-person strategy game with a mixture of fantasy, history and sandbox from Funatics Software GmbH. The game is published by Funatics...

Europa Universalis: Crown of the North

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Educational game (Education), Isometric, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical

Game released: PC → 23 April 2004

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 61/100

A historical strategy game set in Scandinavia from 1275 to 1340, when power rested with the nobility and the church and Sweden was on the brink of civil war...

American Conquest

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

Game released: PC → 7 February 2003

Players: 10/10

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 76/100

This real-time historical strategy game covers events in the Americas from 1492 to 1813, from Columbus’s arrival to the United States’ struggle against British...

Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII

Simulation, Action, DLC, Warships / Submarines, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Historical, Tanks

Game released: PC → 5 September 2003

Players: 6.6/10

Metacritic: 79/100

An expansion for Battlefield 1942, centered on combat in World War II using both conventional and experimental military vehicles. Players can control up to 46...

Empires: Dawn of the Modern World

Action, Strategy, In real time, Educational game (Education), Isometric, Historical

Game released: PC → 30 August 2007

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 81/100

This real-time historical strategy game spans the period from the Middle Ages to World War II. Players command one of several civilizations, including China...

Historical

Best Games in the Historical genre of 2003 for PC (Game released)