Historical for Xbox One — top best games in the Historical genre

Assassin's Creed Valhalla - a game in the Historical genre

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view, Historical, Open world, Exploration

Game released: Xbox One → 10 November 2020

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Assassin's Creed Valhalla is an action-adventure game from a third-person perspective with RPG elements set in an open, well-developed, dynamically changing game...

Assassin's Creed Odyssey

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view, Historical, Open world, Role-playing game, Exploration

Game released: Xbox One → 5 October 2018

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Assassin's Creed Odyssey is a new game in the Assassin's Creed stealth-action series, set in Ancient Greece. Take fate into your own hands and write your own epic...

Sid Meier's Civilization 6

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

Game released: Xbox One → 22 November 2019

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...

Assassin's Creed Mirage

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view, Historical, Parkour, Open world

Game released: Xbox One → 5 October 2023

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Adventurous stealth-action from a third-person perspective Assassin's Creed Mirage takes the franchise to the Middle East, in Baghdad of the 9th century. The main...

Assassin's Creed: Origins

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view, Historical, Open world, Role-playing game

Game released: Xbox One → 27 October 2017

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Assassin's Creed: Origins — an action-adventure game with a third-person view in an open world set in the Assassin's Creed universe. The game takes place in ancient...

War Thunder

Action, Online, MMO, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Historical, Tanks, Free game, Simulation

Game released: Xbox One → 19 June 2018

VGTimes: 6.8/10

Players: 4.3/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 79/100

War Thunder combines aviation, tanks, and ships in one combat space, offering historically accurate models of equipment and realistic damage physics. It is the...

Sid Meier's Civilization 7

Strategy, Online, Historical, Turn-based, Cooperative (co-op), Grand strategy, City Building

Game released: Xbox One → 11 February 2025

VGTimes: 8.0/10

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 51/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Continuation of the legendary series of turn-based strategies. Players rule as one of the many legendary leaders in world history. At the beginning, the player also...

Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag

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

Game released: Xbox One → 22 November 2013

VGTimes: 8.7/10

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag is a stealth action game with a third-person view in a historical setting. In this part of the game, you will explore the Caribbean...

Enlisted

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

Game released: Xbox One → 4 October 2021

Players: 4.9/10

Steam: 78/100

Enlisted is a free-to-play team-based first-person shooter that reconstructs large-scale battles of World War II. Players choose between the USSR, Germany, the...

Sniper Elite 4

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

Game released: Xbox One → 14 February 2017

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 79/100

A direct sequel to Sniper Elite 3, in which the main character travels to Italy in 1943. He acts in the ranks of the Italian resistance and tries to free the...

Call of Duty: Vanguard

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

Game released: Xbox One → 5 November 2021

Players: 5/10

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Call of Duty: Vanguard — the continuation of the popular first-person shooter series Call of Duty. As in previous installments, the game features a story campaign...

World of Tanks

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

Game released: Xbox One → 28 July 2015

Players: 3.8/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 78/100

An online simulator in which players control tanks in battles on various maps. You can choose from over 600 tanks from different countries and eras, each with its...

Battlefield 5

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

Game released: Xbox One → 20 November 2018

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Battlefield 5 is a first-person shooter in the popular Battlefield series. The action in the new installment unfolds during World War II. The multiplayer modes...

Sniper Elite: Resistance

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Stealth, Historical, Cooperative (co-op), Adventure, Online

Game released: Xbox One → 30 January 2025

VGTimes: 7.1/10

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 72/100

The plot unfolds parallel to the events of Sniper Elite 5. This time in the center of the story is Special Operations Agent Harry Hawker. He faces the threat of a...

Humankind

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

Game released: Xbox One → 22 August 2023

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Humankind is a turn-based management strategy about the history of mankind. The game will allow you to rewrite the human past and create your own, unique...

Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty

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

Game released: Xbox One → 3 March 2023

Players: 8/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 79/100

184, China, the Age of the Three Kingdoms during the Han Dynasty. The country is engulfed in chaos and destruction. The dynasty, which had flourished for many...

Age Of Empires 2: Definitive Edition

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical, City Building, Online

Game released: Xbox One → 31 January 2023

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Re-release of the classic real-time strategy Age Of Empires 2. Includes remastered 4K graphics, improved AI, updated audio and many new campaigns. There are dozens...

Assassin's Creed: Unity

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view, Historical, Open world, Parkour, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Xbox One → 13 November 2014

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Assassin's Creed: Unity is a stealth action game with a third-person view in a historical setting. The game takes place in Paris in the 18th century. The developers...

Assassin's Creed: Syndicate

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view, Historical, Open world

Game released: Xbox One → 23 October 2015

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Assassin's Creed: Syndicate is an action-adventure game with a third-person view in the Assassin's Creed universe. The game takes place in 19th century London...

Mordhau

Slasher, First-person view, Medieval era, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Historical

Game released: Xbox One → 12 July 2023

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Multiplayer action game Mordhau, featuring a first-person perspective in a late medieval setting, was developed by the indie studio Triternion, two years after...

Corsairs - Battle of the Caribbean

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

Game in development: Xbox One → 2026

VGTimes: 5.6/10

Players: 1/10

Steam: 33/100

The main character is a representative of one of the great maritime powers: France, Denmark, Spain, Britain or Holland. He must create an invincible fleet to gain...

Zombie Army Trilogy

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Collection, Futurism (Future), Historical, Cooperative (co-op), Zombies

Game released: Xbox One → 6 March 2015

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Zombie Army Trilogy is a game collection that, in addition to the remakes Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army and Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army 2 , includes a...

Ryse: Son of Rome

Action, Slasher, Hack and slash, Third-person view, Historical

Game released: Xbox One → 4 September 2014

VGTimes: 6.2/10

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Ryse: Son of Rome is a historical action game with a third-person perspective. The action takes place in an alternate 50s-60s AD. Rome is under siege. You play as...

Sniper Elite 3

Simulation, Action, Shooter, Stealth, Third-person view, Historical, Online

Game released: Xbox One → 27 June 2014

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Sniper Elite 3 is a continuation of the sniper shooter with stealth elements in the popular Sniper Elite series of games. The main character, Karl Fairbairn, makes...

Red Dead Online

Online, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Historical, Cooperative (co-op), Open world

Game released: Xbox One → 14 May 2019

Players: 8/10

Steam: 81/100

Red Dead Online is a multiplayer mode with a third-person view of the action-adventure game Red Dead Redemption 2. It offers story missions, cooperative and...

Sudden Strike 4

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical, Tactics

Game released: Xbox One → 26 June 2018

Players: 8/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Sudden Strike 4 is a sequel to the popular real-time strategy game set in World War II known as "Confrontation." You will find new graphics, increased scale of...

Ancestors Legacy

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

Game released: Xbox One → 13 August 2019

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Ancestors Legacy is an isometric real-time strategy game in which Vikings, Saxons, and other ancient barbarian tribes attempt to conquer medieval Europe through...

Tannenberg

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

Game released: Xbox One → 24 July 2020

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 86/100

Tannenberg is a standalone add-on for the multiplayer third-person shooter about the First World War Verdun. The game will focus on the events of the Eastern Front...

Trek to Yomi

Action, Adventure, Side view, Slasher, Historical

Game released: Xbox One → 5 May 2022

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 71/100

A black and white action adventure in the style of ancient Japan. The main character is a fearless warrior who fights supernatural forces. Young Hiroki swore to the...

Assassin's Creed 3: Remastered

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view, Historical, Open world

Game released: Xbox One → 29 March 2019

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Assassin's Creed 3 Remastered is a third-person action-adventure game with stealth elements set in a historical context and an open world. The player embarks on a...

Broken Lines

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

Game released: Xbox One → 14 December 2022

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 eight soldiers...

Essex: The Whale Hunter

Action, Adventure, Simulation, Hunting / Fishing, First-person view, Historical

Game in development: Xbox One → Q1 2027

Anticipation Rating: 7/10

Essex: The Whale Hunter is a first-person adventure simulator with survival elements that puts you in the shoes of a whaling ship captain. The game takes place in...

Commandos: Origins

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

Game released: Xbox One → 17 September 2025

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Prequel to the cult military tactics Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines. The game tells the story of the formation of an elite sabotage squad. The heroes participate...

The Darkest Files

Adventure, Simulation, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Detective, Historical

Game released: Xbox One → 26 March 2025

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 80/100

The game unfolds in 1956 in Germany. In the role of a young prosecutor, it is necessary to investigate the crimes of the times of Nazism and look for the...

Valiant Hearts: The Great War

Action, Adventure, Puzzle, Historical, Logic

Game released: Xbox One → 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 who help a...

Against the Storm

Strategy, Isometric, In real time, Simulation, City Building, Sandbox, Historical, Fantasy, Construction

Game released: Xbox One → 26 June 2025

Players: 8/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 91/100

A city-planning simulator in a dark fantasy world in which you need to restore civilization and save it from deadly rains. Players take on the role of the Scorched...

Sniper Elite V2 Remastered

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

Game released: Xbox One → 14 May 2019

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Sniper Elite V2 Remastered is a remaster of the third-person sniper shooter Sniper Elite V2. You will find yourself in besieged Berlin during the final days of...

Through the Darkest of Times

Simulation, Strategy, Adventure, Historical, Indie

Game released: Xbox One → 13 August 2020

Players: 8/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Through the Darkest of Times is a historical strategy with elements of a management simulator. You will become the leader of a resistance group in Berlin during the...

Kingdom Come: Deliverance - Royal Edition

Role-playing game, First-person view, Collection, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical

Game released: Xbox One → 11 June 2019

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Royal Edition Kingdom Come: Deliverance includes all the content released for the game since its launch. Players take on the role of a blacksmith's son named...

Dawn of Man

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical, City Building, Survival

Game released: Xbox One → 18 December 2019

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Dawn of Man — a unique historical real-time strategy game with an isometric camera view from the creators of Planetbase. You will take control of a settlement of...

Historical

Best Games in the Historical genre for Xbox One