The Best Historical Games for Nintendo Switch - Page 3

Update : Vinecard added at rank #30.
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Mars Horizon (2020)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 4 Mac OS

Lead a major space agency as you guide humanity to Mars in this strategy simulation game. Construct a base, design and build rockets, conduct missions throughout the Solar System, and write your own history of Space exploration. Created with support from the European Space Agency.

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  • simulation
  • space
  • mars
  • turn-based
  • historical
  • exploration
  • management
  • historically
  • science
  • alternate
  • education
  • logic
  • choices
  • immersive
  • building

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Secrets In Green (2024)

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

When a pretty plant in Alma's garden begins to speak to her, she knows that a dark mystery is afoot! But in Victorian England, women are often dismissed as nothing more than hysterical fantasists. Can you help Alma find her power, and solve this dangerous situation before it's too late?


  • visual-novel
  • historical
  • word-hello
  • multiple-endings
  • choices
  • mystery
  • fiction
  • dark
  • interactive
  • cartoony
  • horror
  • exploration
  • 2d
  • casual
  • atmospheric

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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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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

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Reigns: Three Kingdoms (2022)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Android IOS iPhone

Swipe through military negotiations, marry to strengthen alliances and recruit soldiers to fight in turn-based card battles in this historical epic.


  • choices
  • card
  • online-ranked
  • turn-based
  • historical
  • humor
  • dynamic
  • strategy
  • dark
  • battle
  • narration
  • 2d
  • novel
  • military
  • cute

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Grit and Valor 1949 (2025)

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Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch osvr PC Windows

A dieselpunk real-time tactics roguelite set in an alt-history World War 2. Grit and Valor – 1949 puts you in command of an elite Mech Squadron. Think fast and battle the Evil Axis forces to liberate Europe. Upgrade your Mechs and Pilots and develop new strategies to neutralise the enemy HQ!


  • rogue-like
  • real-time
  • mech
  • historical
  • tactical
  • world-war-2
  • war
  • steampunk
  • nonlinear
  • alternate
  • tower-defense
  • strategy
  • controller-support
  • military

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WW2: Bunker Simulator (2021)

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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.

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

28

Mystic Pathways (2025)

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Survive in a retro-futuristic world filled with Jinns, animals, and other spiritual entities based on eastern fantasies in the spirit of Arabian Nights and middle-eastern history. Gather, craft, evade and ultimately fight your way to an epic battle between Man vs Jinn.


  • parkour
  • nonlinear
  • lore
  • building
  • stealth
  • post-apocalyptic
  • survival
  • crafting
  • sandbox
  • historical
  • alternate
  • third-person
  • exploration
  • controller-support
  • fantasy

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The Hundred Year Kingdom (2022)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Create a world free of conflict in this innovative turn-based simulation. Work together with a mythical young goddess to develop a peaceful civilization over the course of a century.

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  • turn-based
  • city-building
  • simulation
  • colony
  • historical
  • lore
  • time-management
  • building
  • immersive
  • anime
  • management
  • multiple-endings
  • choices
  • pixel
  • romance

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Vinecard (2025)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows

VineCard is a card strategy game that combines war chess and light rogue-like elements. Explore the divine weapons on the Kochab Planet, slay demons, solve puzzles, and cultivate your skills to the utmost.


  • historical
  • card
  • movement
  • battler
  • mythology
  • grid
  • rogue-like
  • replay-value
  • strategy
  • post-apocalyptic
  • alternate
  • hand-drawn
  • stylized
  • cartoony
  • turn-based

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