The Best Historical Games for Xbox Series X - Page 2

Update : Ara: History Untold added at rank #3.
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ARIDA: Backland's Awakening (2019)

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ARIDA: Backland's Awakening. A story of survival and adventure in the brazilian backlands. Face the drought to explore the more arid regions, gather resources and discover clues about the fate of the young Cícera.


  • historical
  • crafting
  • collectathon
  • survival
  • emotional
  • nature
  • family-friendly
  • short
  • cartoony
  • linear
  • stylized
  • inventory
  • adventure
  • third-person
  • 3d

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Easy Red 2 (2020)

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Fight massive battles between infantry, armored vehicles, tanks, cannons and planes. Realistically manage your weapons and equipment, coordinate with your squad, and tactically navigate large, fully destructible open world maps. Experience the WW2 in singleplayer, PVP and Co-Op.


  • world-war-2
  • shooter
  • historical
  • simulation
  • first-person
  • wargame
  • gore
  • sandbox
  • fps
  • war
  • violent
  • immersive
  • atmospheric
  • playing
  • realistic

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Irem Collection Volume 1 (2023)

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Irem Collection Volume 1 is a collection of classic legendary arcade shoot 'em up games including Image Fight, Image Fight 2, and X-Multiply brought to modern platforms.


  • turn-based
  • historical
  • strategy
  • battler
  • graphics-including
  • card
  • rpg
  • grand-strategy
  • stylized
  • arcade
  • retro
  • classic
  • 1980s
  • truck
  • 2-rpg

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Murder Is Game Over: Streaming Death (2023)

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Embark on a thrilling pixel art adventure with Detective Guy & Cleo as they solve a mysterious murder. Explore an eerie seaside village, search for clues, interview suspects, and unravel the truth in this whodunit mystery.


  • detective
  • scroller
  • walking-simulator
  • hidden-object
  • fiction
  • dog
  • point-and-click
  • historical
  • visual-novel
  • choices
  • linear
  • interactive
  • exploration
  • horror
  • logic

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Heidelberg 1693 (2020)

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Black magic in the age of pike and shot! Reload your musket after every blast in “Heidelberg 1693”, a challenging 2D action adventure set in a dark and twisted vision of Germany in the late 17th century.


  • platform
  • 2d
  • horror
  • swordplay
  • historical
  • alternate
  • arcade
  • dark
  • pixel
  • fantasy
  • medieval
  • zombies
  • gore
  • scroller
  • old-school

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A Painter's Tale: Curon, 1950 (2021)

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“A Painter's Tale” is an adventure game that tells the story of the tiny Südtirol village of Curon Venosta by mixing reality and fiction. The old Curon was flooded by the waters of Lake Reschen in 1950 due to the construction of a dam. What lies beneath the bell tower still emerging from the lake?


  • historical
  • soundtrack
  • emotional
  • voxel
  • walking-simulator
  • short
  • fiction
  • lore
  • drama
  • education
  • visual-novel
  • narration
  • atmospheric
  • interactive
  • story

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Dynasty Warriors 9 Empires (2021)

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A new release in the Empires series, featuring a mix of thrilling action and country capturing simulation. Experience the human drama of the Three Kingdoms in a way only Empires can provide. Fight exciting Castle Sieges and manipulate the country's Politics. Welcome to the Empires experience!


  • battle
  • hack-and-slash
  • strategy
  • historical
  • fight
  • action
  • combat
  • tactical
  • empire
  • open-world
  • war
  • combo
  • spin-off
  • musou
  • cooperative

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Embraced by Autumn (2021)

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A sweet romance story with four heroines set in an all-girls’ boarding school in France in 1896, featuring a crossdressing male protagonist.


  • visual-novel
  • romance
  • historical
  • anime
  • multiple-endings
  • text
  • cute
  • casual
  • story

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