The Best Historical Games for PC Windows - Page 4

Update : Romance of the Three Kingdoms 8 Remake added at rank #20.
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Samurai Warriors 5 (2021)

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PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch

A new SAMURAI WARRIORS begins. After a 7-year wait, a new instalment in the tactical action series "SAMURAI WARRIORS" is finally here!

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  • hack-and-slash
  • historical
  • battle
  • combo
  • fight
  • combat
  • skill
  • narrative
  • cooperative
  • ninja
  • action

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Grand Tactician: The Civil War 1861-1865 (2021)

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PC Windows

Take command of the Union or the Confederacy. Prepare your nation for war, recruit and organize great armies and fleets under legendary commanders like Grant, Lee, Jackson or Farragut, plan cunning maneuvers on an epic campaign map and defeat your enemies in real-time battles!


  • tactical
  • economy
  • historical
  • strategy
  • real-time
  • naval
  • hardcore
  • war
  • battle
  • grand-strategy
  • run-of-the-mill
  • combat
  • wargame
  • trains

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Fire and Maneuver (2022)

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early access PC Windows

From the team that brought you The Armchair Historian comes a new strategy game set in the Victorian Era. As muskets become rifles and infantry are replaced by Gatling guns, you must adapt to a rapidly changing battlefield. This is a new age, not of courage and chivalry, but of Blood and Iron.

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  • turn-based
  • historical
  • tactical
  • logic
  • strategy
  • stylized
  • military
  • movement
  • pvp
  • character
  • 3d
  • customization
  • tutorial
  • multiplayer

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War of Rights (2018)

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early access PC Windows

War of Rights is a first person multiplayer game featuring massive 300 player battles with a focus on historical authenticity, teamplay and immersion. It is set during the perilous days of the American Civil War, in the Maryland Campaign of September, 1862.


  • historical
  • first-person
  • shooter
  • war
  • military
  • fps
  • realistic
  • multiplayer
  • stealth
  • america
  • simulation
  • violent

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SAMURAI WARRIORS: Spirit of Sanada (2016)

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PC Windows vita Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Playstation 3

Struggle for survival. Death before surrender! Experience the dramatic story and epic, action-packed battles of the Sanada clan during Japan's Warring States period.


  • hack-and-slash
  • battle
  • historical
  • fight
  • action
  • combat
  • combo
  • cooperative
  • ninja
  • narrative

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Old World (2020)

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PC Windows Linux Mac OS

Old World is a revolutionary new historical strategy game where you lead your dynasty over generations of rule against rival kings and queens. Wage massive wars, manage your court, and build a dynasty — or watch your empire crumble to dust. What legacy will you leave behind?


  • 4x
  • historical
  • strategy
  • grand-strategy
  • turn-based
  • management
  • military
  • moddable
  • war
  • diplomacy

37

Hellish Quart (2021)

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early access PC Windows

A physics-based, realistic, 3D sword dueling game set in the 17th century. Currently, it features an arcade mode, survival mode, modern HEMA mode, duels vs. AI, wooden weapons sparring, and a local multiplayer mode. Optional VR mode. Early Access.


  • arts
  • swordplay
  • 3d
  • martial
  • historical
  • pve
  • fight
  • character
  • medieval
  • pvp
  • vr
  • customization
  • realistic
  • physics
  • third-person

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Gerda: A Flame in Winter - Liva's Story (2023)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows

You have five days to save your husband, who has just been arrested by the Gestapo. Investigate, explore and form allegiances in this story-rich RPG-lite. Who will you trust?

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  • emotional
  • world-war-2
  • narration
  • casual
  • multiple-endings
  • adventure
  • rpg
  • historical
  • conversation
  • hand-drawn
  • stylized
  • fiction
  • choices
  • top-down
  • interactive

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Speakeasy (2024)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows Playstation 4

An isometric shoot 'em-up minigame set in an underground bar in 1930s Chicago. Speakeasy combines historical charm with edge-of-your-seat action for a gaming experience that’s as thrilling as it is unique.

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  • historical
  • rapid-action
  • shoot-em-up
  • local-multiplayer
  • isometric
  • 2d
  • casual
  • stylized
  • fight
  • multiplayer-only
  • shoot
  • action
  • half-baked
  • fast-paced

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A Total War Saga: TROY (2020)

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PC Windows Mac OS

Total War Saga: Troy is a strategy game set in the Bronze Age, the time of the Trojan War. It features unique mechanics for each faction, enhanced units and new terrain to create a tactical combat system. It also boasts an impressive resource and city-management system, making it one of the more strategic Total War titles out there.


What we like:
  • Unique gameplay mechanics for each faction
  • New terrain & enhanced units makes great tactical combats
  • Impressive resource and city-management system
  • Mythical units
What could be improved:
  • Limited number of factions
  • Limited unit variety compared to previous titles in the series

  • strategy
  • battle
  • real-time
  • historical
  • tactical
  • war
  • turn-based
  • empire
  • economy
  • military
  • grand-strategy

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