Historical 2016 for PC — top best games in the Historical genre

Sid Meier's Civilization 6 - a game in the Historical genre

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

Game released: PC → 21 October 2016

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Sid Meier's Civilization 6 is a management strategy game with turn-based battles and an isometric camera view. Cities in the new game of the famous series expand...

Hearts of Iron 4

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

Game released: PC → 6 June 2016

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Hearts of Iron 4 is a historical top-down real-time tactical strategy game. The player is given the opportunity to fully manage an individual state, its diplomacy...

Казаки 3

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical, Online

Game released: PC → 20 September 2016

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Cossacks 3 is a continuation of the legendary real-time strategy from the developers from the GSC Game World studio. In the sequel, the artificial intelligence of...

Штурм 2: В тылу врага. Начало

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

Game released: PC → 25 August 2016

Players: 8/10

Assault 2: Behind enemy lines. Inception is a remake of the popular real-time tactical strategy game Behind Enemy Lines 2. The game offers better graphics, improved...

Ultimate General: Civil War

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical, Grand strategy

Game released: PC → 14 July 2017

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 88/100

Ultimate General: Civil War is a real-time tactical strategy game dedicated to the American Civil War of 1861-1885. You can go to the fields of key battles and try...

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, during the Japanese...

Stronghold Legends

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical, City Building, Sandbox, Construction

Game released: PC → 23 October 2006

Players: 8/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 57/100

A real-time fantasy strategy game about castle building and warfare, drawing on medieval myths and legends. Its three campaigns span 24 missions, with players...

Graviteam Tactics: Mius-Front

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

Game released: PC → 4 March 2016

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 89/100

Graviteam Tactics: Mius-Front is a tactical historical strategy in real time. The events of the game will take you to the summer of 1943, when extensive fighting...

Townsmen

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Historical, Free game, Simulation, Casual game

Game released: PC → 1 December 2016

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 75/100

Townsmen is a free-to-play real-time management strategy for mobile platforms. The game will take you back to the time of the French Revolution of the 18th century...

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...

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...

1979 Revolution: Black Friday

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

Game released: PC → 4 April 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 76/100

1979 Revolution: Black Friday is an atmospheric adventure based on real events and eyewitness accounts. Take on the role of Reza Shirazi, an aspiring...

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 Assassin's Creed...

Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India

Arcade, Adventure, Stealth, Platformer, Historical, Action

Game released: PC → 12 January 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India is a side-scrolling arcade-adventure stealth platformer set in the Assassin's Creed universe. The game continues the story of the...

Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – The Dreadful Crimes

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

Game released: PC → 11 April 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 83/100

Assassin's Creed: Syndicate — The Dreadful Crimes is an addition to the third-person stealth action game Assassin's Creed: Syndicate. The events of the add-on...

Age of Gladiators

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

Game released: PC → 25 February 2016

Steam: 77/100

A management simulator set in the midst of bloody gladiatorial games in Ancient Rome. The game gives you the opportunity to try on the role of the owner of a...

Assassin's Creed Chronicles: Russia

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

Game released: PC → 9 February 2016

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 57/100

Metacritic: 58/100

Assassin's Creed Chronicles: Russia is an arcade adventure side-scrolling stealth platformer set in the Assassin's Creed universe. The game continues the story of...

Versus: Battle of the Gladiator

Online, Action, Third-person view, Historical, Free game, Indie

Game released: PC → 26 August 2016

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 63/100

Versus: Battle of the Gladiator is a multiplayer gladiator PvP action game with a third-person view. You have to become a gladiator slave in the arena of the...

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...

Defense of Egypt: Cleopatra Mission

Arcade, Historical, Strategy, Tactics, Top-down view, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Action

Game released: PC → 6 October 2016

Steam: 80/100

Defense of Egypt: Cleopatra Mission is a top-down historical real-time strategy game in the tower defense genre. The events of the game will unfold in the vastness...

Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – The Last Maharaja

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

Game released: PC → 1 March 2016

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 25/100

Assassin's Creed: Syndicate — The Last Maharaja is an addition to the third-person stealth action game Assassin's Creed: Syndicate. It contains new...

Crusader Kings 2: The Reaper's Due

DLC, Strategy, Historical, In real time, Fantasy / Medieval, Top-down view, Role-playing game, Simulation

Game released: PC → 25 August 2016

Steam: 86/100

Crusader Kings 2: The Reaper's Due is an addition to the global real-time strategy game, in which the disease system was reworked and the bubonic plague was added...

Gate of Firmament

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical

Game released: PC → 25 February 2016

Steam: 71/100

Gate of Firmament — a role-playing game with a third-person view, executed in a Japanese style and set in a fantasy setting. The plot of the game revolves around...

Ил-2 Штурмовик: Битва за Москву

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

Game released: PC → 9 August 2016

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 81/100

IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Moscow is an addition to the popular flight simulator with first and third person views IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad. The events...

Order of Battle: Winter War

Strategy, DLC, Isometric, Historical, Turn-based, Simulation

Game released: PC → 21 July 2016

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 91/100

Order of Battle: Morning Sun is an expansion for the global strategy game set during World War II — Order of Battle: Pacific. The events of the game will unfold...

Victory and Glory: Napoleon

Strategy, Top-down view, Historical, Turn-based, Board / Group Game

Game released: PC → 17 March 2016

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 75/100

Victory and Glory: Napoleon is a historical strategy with turn-based battles and a top-down view. You have to try on the role of Bonaparte and make every effort to...

Panzer Corps: Soviet Corps

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

Game released: PC → 18 February 2016

Players: 10/10

Panzer Corps: Soviet Corps is an expansion for the historical turn-based strategy game Panzer Corps. The expansion will allow you to lead the army of the USSR...

Principia: Master of Science

Strategy, Historical, Indie, Educational game (Education), Medieval era, Turn-based

Game released: PC → 9 September 2016

Steam: 69/100

A turn-based historical strategy about European science in the 17th century, when the term “science” had not yet come into use. The player chooses one of 12 real...

Казаки 3: Дни Великолепия

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

Game released: PC → 13 December 2016

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 78/100

Cossacks 3: The days of splendor - an addition to a strategy in real Cossacks 3, where even more missions, parties to the conflict and time spent in your favorite...

Crusader Kings 2: Conclave

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical, Role-playing game, Simulation

Game released: PC → 2 February 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 51/100

Crusader Kings 2: Conclave is an addition to the global real-time strategy that expands the capabilities of government. The game has new laws and ways of...

Order of Battle: Morning Sun

Strategy, Isometric, Historical, Turn-based, Simulation

Game released: PC → 28 January 2016

Steam: 93/100

Order of Battle: Morning Sun is an addition to the global strategy of the Second World War — Order of Battle: Pacific. The events of the game will unfold in...

Twilight Struggle

Board / Group Game, Strategy, Historical

Game released: PC → 13 April 2016

Steam: 86/100

A two-player strategy game about the Cold War rivalry between the United States and the USSR. On a world map representing the period, players move units and exert...

The Slaughter: Act One

Detective, Adventure, Historical

Game released: PC → 28 January 2016

Steam: 84/100

This noir detective adventure is set in Victorian London, where private investigator Sydney Emerson takes up the trail of a killer. The case pulls him out of his...

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Best Games in the Historical genre of 2016 for PC (Game released)