The Best Historical Games for Playstation 4 - Page 2

Update : Irem Collection Volume 1 added at rank #19.
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Valiant Hearts: Coming Home (2023)

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Xbox One IOS iPhone Android Playstation 4 j Nintendo Switch PC Windows

1917, as World War I rages on, two brothers will fight to survive the trenches and find each other again. Their paths will cross with new Valiant Hearts who will share the joy of reuniting and the horror of the Western Front – all desperate to find their way home.


  • graphic
  • novel
  • puzzle
  • naval
  • historical
  • war
  • interactive
  • adventure
  • battle
  • puzzling-solving
  • exploration
  • violin
  • scene
  • -only
  • cover

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River City Saga: Three Kingdoms (2022)

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Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch PC Windows

River City Saga: Three Kingdoms is a modern take on the classic River City Ransom series, combining it with Romance of the Three Kindgoms to create an exciting beat-em-up adventure. Fight your way through hordes of enemies and upgrade your character with weapons, food, armor or special moves by visiting stores in towns. Interact with NPCs and progress through a six chapter story full of dialogue and comedic timing. Enjoy local or online co-op for up to two players and bonus modes like China Heroes.


What we like:
  • Fun beat-em-up gameplay
  • Upgradeable characters
  • Local or online co-op for up to two players
  • Bonus modes like China Heroes
  • Full gallery with character bios and music gallery
What could be improved:
  • Clunky controls
  • Difficult platforming levels in some areas
  • Very long story dialogue

  • beat-em-up
  • spectacle
  • 2d
  • historical
  • old-school
  • destruction
  • brawler
  • fight
  • platform
  • comedy
  • retro
  • pve
  • family-friendly
  • anime
  • controller-support

13

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!


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

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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.

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

15

Strategic Mind: Spectre of Communism (2020)

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PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 4

Strategic Mind: Spectre of Communism is a (hi)story-driven turn-based strategy set in the WW2 period. It offers refined wargame mechanics, story-rich gameplay, and modern 3D graphics. Lead the USSR Armed forces staging the world Communist revolution. For Stalin! For the Motherland!


  • turn-based
  • historical
  • wargame
  • strategy
  • world-war-2
  • tactical
  • military
  • tanks
  • war
  • alternate
  • board-game
  • story
  • grey.vc_tta-classic
  • #gp--nav
  • hex

16

Dynasty Warriors 8 Xtreme Legends (2013)

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Playstation 4 vita Playstation 3 PC Windows

■Features of the DYNASTY WARRIORS 8: Xtreme Legends Definitive Edition・Includes the content from DYNASTY WARRIORS 8, as well as the additional features from DYNASTY WARRIORS 8: Xtreme Legends, in a single game.・A rich Story Mode.・A plentiful variety of game modes that will have you keep coming back for more.・Includes all of the downloadable content from past versions of the game.

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  • battle
  • historical
  • hack-and-slash
  • strategy
  • fight
  • combat
  • tactical
  • action
  • cooperative
  • combo
  • online
  • war
  • spin-off
  • turn-based

17

WW2: Bunker Simulator (2021)

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Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows Nintendo Switch

During WWII you are an American soldier who captured the german bunker in Normandy. You must defend it at all costs and survive this World War II. Complete missions, cook & shoot, search the bodies for medicines, ammo, and food to survive. WW2: Bunker Simulator is a mix of fps and simulator.


  • world-war-2
  • wargame
  • resource-management
  • first-person
  • crafting
  • survival
  • shooter
  • historical
  • military
  • management
  • fps
  • 3d
  • war
  • realistic
  • simulation

18

Nioh (2017)

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PC Windows Playstation 4

Ready to die? Experience the newest brutal action game from Team NINJA and Koei Tecmo Games. In the age of samurai, a lone traveler lands on the shores of Japan. He must fight his way through the vicious warriors and supernatural Yokai that infest the land in order to find that which he seeks.

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  • boss
  • rpg
  • historical
  • boss-fight
  • combat
  • demons
  • ninja
  • souls
  • action
  • fight
  • skill
  • combo
  • cooperative
  • battle
  • challenging

19

Irem Collection Volume 1 (2023)

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l Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Xbox One Xbox Series X PC Windows Mac OS

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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Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg (2020)

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Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows

Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg is a turn-based strategy set in the period of WW2. It brings a modern look and new features to a good old wargame genre. You are to lead the German Armed forces overcoming unthinkable odds and claiming the ultimate bittersweet victory in Europe. Blitzkrieg is the way!


  • turn-based
  • historical
  • tactical
  • wargame
  • strategy
  • military
  • world-war-2
  • board-game
  • tanks
  • war
  • rpg
  • alternate
  • 3d

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