The Best Historical Games

Update : The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty added at rank #1.
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The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty (2024)

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PC Windows

Trek across ancient China in a dark, boundary-pushing visual novel inspired by traditional Chinese art with modern animation. Escort four girls to the prosperous city of Luoyang in a branching narrative with themes of revenge, cannibalism, involuntary servitude, and more on a redemptive journey.

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  • dating-sim
  • word
  • cooking
  • historical
  • multiple-endings
  • fiction
  • visual-novel
  • dark
  • romance
  • interactive
  • anime
  • psychological
  • story
  • horror
  • cute

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Central Killing Agency (2024)

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In this 2d pixel art game, it's 1953 and you're playing as an agent hired by the Central Killing Agency to kill Fred Olsen. Experience multiple endings in this short, narrative-driven adventure.

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  • top-down
  • historical
  • noir
  • clicker
  • 2d
  • pve
  • fiction
  • conversation
  • nonlinear
  • detective
  • interactive
  • alternate
  • action-adventure
  • choices
  • multiple-endings

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Speakeasy (2024)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows Playstation 4

An isometric shoot 'em-up minigame set in an underground bar in 1930s Chicago. Speakeasy combines historical charm with edge-of-your-seat action for a gaming experience that’s as thrilling as it is unique.

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  • historical
  • rapid-action
  • shoot-em-up
  • local-multiplayer
  • isometric
  • 2d
  • casual
  • stylized
  • fight
  • multiplayer-only
  • shoot
  • action
  • half-baked
  • fast-paced

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Ur (2024)

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The Royal Game of Ur, also called Twenty Squares, has a history stretching over five millennia with examples found across the Mediterranean! This is a 3D gameplay experience taking you into the ancient world! The game board set is a 3D reconstruction of an ancient example from a museum.


  • board-game
  • historical
  • rome
  • education
  • strategy
  • tabletop
  • mythology
  • dice
  • turn-based

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Millennia (2024)

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PC Windows

Create your own nation in Millennia, a historical turn-based 4X game that challenges your strategic prowess across 10,000 years of history, from the dawn of humanity to our possible futures.

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  • historical
  • 4x
  • turn-based
  • diplomacy
  • grand-strategy
  • strategy
  • economy
  • alternate
  • war
  • grid
  • hex
  • civilization
  • military
  • political

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Hamburg: 'Neue Burg' VR (2024)

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PC Windows

Hamburg 1000 years ago: an immersive Virtual Reality Experience with a lot of interactive stations and a detailed reconstruction of a castle and the harbour in the year of 1024. Roam around freely or follow the guided tour in English language.

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  • vr
  • fiction
  • historical
  • immersive
  • interactive
  • education
  • atmospheric
  • medieval
  • 3d
  • exploration
  • open-world
  • walking-simulator
  • family-friendly
  • relaxing
  • simulation

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The Pirate Queen: A Forgotten Legend ft. Lucy Liu (2024)

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PC Windows

The Pirate Queen is a multi-award winning narrative adventure starring Lucy Liu. Climb aboard a 19th century Chinese pirate ship, explore moonlit cabins, unearth treasure and embark on a journey to become the most powerful pirate of all time. Do you have what it takes to be crowned The Pirate Queen?

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  • pirates
  • narrative
  • vr
  • historical
  • adventure
  • story
  • atmospheric
  • heart-racing
  • stick
  • exploration
  • puzzle
  • action-adventure
  • single-player

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River Town Factory (2024)

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PC Windows

If possible, would you like to go back to ancient times to start a factory, refine oil, or even build a large computer? With the accidental fall of a meteorite, you traveled back to River Town a thousand years ago and became a workshop owner. And the story will begin from here……

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  • automation
  • travel
  • base-building
  • time
  • historical
  • resource-management
  • time-management
  • alternate
  • building
  • sandbox
  • city-building
  • open-world
  • pixel
  • sci-fi
  • crafting

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The Mine (2024)

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PC Windows

Embark on a captivating 3D point-and-click adventure in the copper mines of 17th-century Sweden. With a mix of humor and puzzles ranging from accessible to challenging, "The Mine" will transport you to a unique historical setting.


  • underground
  • point-and-click
  • historical
  • horror
  • clicker
  • cinematic
  • education
  • adventure
  • third-person
  • comedy
  • 3d
  • fiction
  • survival-horror
  • mystery

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Red Glare (2024)

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PC Windows

Red Glare is a WW2 real-time tactics game where you play agents of the OSS, the precursor to the CIA, combating a secret German expedition in South America. With five well balanced characters and a story campaign playing out across a continent.

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  • historical
  • tactical
  • real-time
  • isometric
  • action-adventure
  • world-war-2
  • alternate
  • top-down
  • 3d
  • military
  • atmospheric
  • realistic
  • stealth
  • gore
  • strategy

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