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: 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...

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...

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: 4.4/10

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...

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...

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...

Sid Meier's Civilization 7

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Isonzo

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

Game released: Xbox One → 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. You will head to...

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...

Pentiment

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

Game released: Xbox One → 15 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 follows his mentor...

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...

Sniper Elite 3

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

Game released: Xbox One → 27 June 2014

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 78/100

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...

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...

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...

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...

Trek to Yomi

Action, Adventure, Side view, Slasher, Historical

Game released: Xbox One → 5 May 2022

Players: 8.9/10

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...

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...

Assassin's Creed 3: Remastered

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

Game released: Xbox One → 29 March 2019

Players: 7.6/10

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...

Verdun

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

Game released: Xbox One → 8 March 2017

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 88/100

Verdun is an online first-person shooter set in the First World War. Realistic gameplay awaits you, allowing you to feel the horror of war. The game features...

Assassin's Creed Valhalla - Complete Edition

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

Game released: Xbox One → 10 March 2022

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 68/100

The complete edition of the role-playing action game Assassin's Creed Valhalla, which includes the original game and expansions Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Wrath...

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...

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...

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...

Yes, Your Grace

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

Game released: Xbox One → 26 June 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...

Historical

Best Games in the Historical genre for Xbox One