The Best Historical Games for Nintendo Switch

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Here are our 10 Best Historical Games for Nintendo Switch, position 11 to 20:

Nobunaga's Ambition: Awakening
Svoboda 1945: Liberation
Valiant Hearts: Coming Home
Gerda: A Flame in Winter - Liva's Story
Through the Darkest of Times
Inua - A Story in Ice and Time
Birushana: Rising Flower of Genpei
Samurai Warriors 5
ARIDA: Backland's Awakening
Warriors Orochi 4

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Nobunaga's Ambition: Awakening (2023)

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Conquer Warring States Japan under one banner!

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historical
grand-strategy
real-time
wargame
strategy
tactical
simulation
immersive
military
alternate

Svoboda 1945: Liberation (2021)

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The horrors of World War II are over, but peace never came to the Czech village of Svoboda. You were sent to investigate a decades-old feud. Who can you trust to explain what happened? How was your family involved? Talk to witnesses to uncover the troubled past in a game unlike any you ever played.

historical
choices
farming
war
fmv
world-war-2
emotional
conversation
cinematic
investigation
education
multiple-endings
hand-drawn
visual-novel
atmospheric

Valiant Hearts: Coming Home (2023)

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Valiant Hearts: Coming Home continues the story started with the award-winning Valiant Hearts: The Great War. This sequel continues and concludes the story of these ordinary people thrust into the extraordinary circumstances of World War I.

graphic
puzzle
novel
naval
historical
war
adventure
platform
interactive
2d
battle
exploration
i
puzzling-solving
violin

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?

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

Through the Darkest of Times (2020)

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Berlin 1933. “Adolf Hitler is chancellor!” We all know the consequences this message bore. Unspeakable horrors and suffering would sweep across the world. Few would stand and fight the monstrosity that was the German Reich. Will you? Lead an underground resistance group Through the Darkest of Times.

historical
political
strategy
simulation
world-war-2
politics
war
management
narrative
poor
text
story
horror
stat
thrilling

Inua - A Story in Ice and Time (2022)

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Inua is a point & click narrative game where three protagonists roam the same places in the far North, decades apart. Explore each era, collect ideas, and influence their decisions to change the course of history.

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space-time
manipulation
historical
narration
time
text
point-and-click
hidden-object
adventure
isometric
dynamic
military
stylized
nature
supernatural

Birushana: Rising Flower of Genpei (2022)

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Nintendo Switch

The youngest heir to the Genji name is no man. Her adventure leads her to find new cherished relationships, as well as something deeper than the feud between the rivaling clans. Five potential routes will reveal different elements of Shanao's story and relationships.

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visual-novel
romance
historical

Samurai Warriors 5 (2021)

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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

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

Warriors Orochi 4 (2018)

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Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 PC Windows

The supreme "WARRIORS OROCHI" experience is here! The definitive installment of the "WARRIORS OROCHI 4", featuring all the content of the WARRIORS OROCHI 4: The Ultimate Upgrade Pack, is available now.

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