The Best Historical Games for Xbox One - Page 4

Update : The Darkest Files added at rank #8.
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Xuan-Yuan Sword VII (2020)

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Xbox One Playstation 4 PC Windows

Xuan-Yuan Sword VII is an ARPG rooted in Chinese history and mythology. Players take on the role of Taishi Zhao, a calm and reliable swordsman who was accidentally involved in a tragic fate. To protect his beloved family, he starts a journey in this chaotic realm to find the truth.


  • arts
  • rpg
  • martial
  • historical
  • manipulation
  • western
  • full-screen
  • story
  • hidden
  • hack-and-slash
  • political
  • self-discovery
  • action
  • world-building
  • battle

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Enlisted (2020)

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early access Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Xbox One Linux Playstation 4 PC Windows

In Enlisted, you are not only commanding a single soldier, but an entire squad! This MMO squad based shooter recreates the key battles of the bloodiest war of the 20th century, with hundreds of soldiers, tanks and aircraft taking part in each battle.


  • shooter
  • squad
  • first-person
  • world-war-2
  • mmo
  • vehicle
  • multiplayer
  • fps
  • military
  • historical
  • pvp
  • tanks
  • battle
  • cooperative
  • team

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Wulverblade (2017)

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Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows

Defeat the Ninth Legion of the Roman army in this side-scrolling, arcade-inspired beat 'em up set in Roman-era Britain.


  • beat-em-up
  • historical
  • cooperative
  • local
  • side-scrolling
  • fight
  • wave
  • fights
  • action
  • brawler
  • old-school
  • silky-smooth
  • boss
  • achievements
  • coin-op

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Mozart Requiem (2021)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One

It's 1788 and Mozart is in Prague. He is giving the inaugural showing of his famous opera, Don Giovanni. The plaudits he receives are universal, but very quickly the events that are shaking the capital of Bohemia will take his mind off the music.


  • historical
  • dynamic
  • conversation
  • point-and-click
  • puzzle
  • choices
  • third-person
  • alternate
  • narration
  • 3d
  • text
  • dystopian
  • crime
  • investigation
  • platform

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Stickit (2021)

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PC Windows Xbox One

A game for those who can stick it, and stick to it.


  • 3d
  • precision
  • nonlinear
  • historical
  • platform
  • parkour
  • horror
  • humor
  • psychological
  • ninja
  • minimalist
  • dark
  • choices
  • alternate
  • first-person

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Strategic Mind: The Pacific (2019)

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Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows

Strategic Mind: The Pacific is a turn-based strategy set in the WW2 period depicting the war between the USA and the Empire of Japan waged in the Pacific Ocean with mindblowing historical accuracy and attention to detail. Two Sides. Two Commanders. Two Destinies.


  • naval
  • turn-based
  • historical
  • board-game
  • strategy
  • wargame
  • world-war-2
  • tactical
  • rpg
  • war
  • military

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Crowalt: Traces of the Lost Colony (2022)

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PC Windows Mac OS Xbox One Nintendo Switch

A young adventurer Hugh Radcliff is in pursuit of one of the greatest mysteries of history: The Lost Colony. Deal with pirates, dive into native rituals, reveal conspiracies, and make tough choices on your difficult journey for unveiling this mystery!


  • investigation
  • scroller
  • mystery
  • point-and-click
  • story
  • pirates
  • historical
  • stylized
  • detective
  • choices
  • narration
  • funny
  • retro
  • pixel
  • adventure

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Heidelberg 1693 (2020)

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

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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