The Best Historical Games

Update : The Mine added at rank #1.
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The Mine (2025)

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PC Windows

2.5D open world puzzle action adventure game.


  • mining
  • underground
  • collectathon
  • exploration
  • point-and-click
  • metroidvania
  • historical
  • word
  • horror
  • adventure
  • open-world
  • puzzle
  • 2.5d
  • platform

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The Darkest Files (2025)

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Germany, 1956. The war is over, but justice is not served. Former Nazis walk free, while their victims lie in unmarked graves. As a prosecutor, you'll unearth long-buried evidence, confront witnesses and hunt down perpetrators. Will you have the courage to bring these "ordinary men" to court?


  • detective
  • simulation
  • historical
  • political
  • immersive
  • noir
  • investigation
  • first-person
  • atmospheric
  • nonlinear
  • puzzle
  • 3d
  • story
  • adventure

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Yasuke Simulator (2025)

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PC Windows

Step into 1579 as Yasuke, the African samurai, and join Oda Nobunaga in his quest to unite Japan! Master precise katana combat, uncover secret gear, and unleash your ancestral power in this historically inspired action-packed journey through feudal Japan.

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  • historical
  • swordplay
  • satire
  • ninja
  • cinematic
  • hack-and-slash
  • action-adventure
  • realistic
  • story
  • tps
  • medieval
  • third-person
  • violent
  • atmospheric
  • first-person

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Sid Meier's Civilization VII (2025)

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

The award-winning strategy game franchise returns with a revolutionary new chapter. Sid Meier's Civilization® VII empowers you to build the greatest empire the world has ever known!

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  • 4x
  • strategy
  • historical
  • military
  • empire
  • turn-based
  • economy
  • war
  • tile
  • resource
  • grand-strategy
  • city-building

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Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (2025)

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PC Windows

A thrilling story-driven action RPG, with a rich open world, set in 15th century Medieval Europe. Experience the ultimate medieval adventure - through the eyes of young Henry - as you embark on a journey of epic proportions.


  • medieval
  • historical
  • open-world
  • rpg
  • swordplay
  • hyper-fantasy
  • lgbtq
  • immersive
  • story
  • political
  • realistic
  • single-player
  • first-person
  • choices

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DYNASTY WARRIORS: ORIGINS (2025)

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PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 5 Xbox Series X

Become immersed in exhilarating battles as a nameless hero in the Three Kingdoms

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  • hack-and-slash
  • battle
  • historical
  • fight
  • rpg
  • action
  • martial
  • musou
  • spectacle
  • story
  • tactical
  • arts
  • combat
  • strategy
  • narrative

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Secrets In Green (2024)

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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?

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

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Romance of the Three Kingdoms 8 Remake (2024)

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Theater of war, infinite drama. A masterpiece of historical simulation "ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS 8" is revived after 20 years. Enjoy the greatest military drama in the Three Kingdoms series, with the largest number of officers and scenarios!


  • turn-based
  • historical
  • diplomacy
  • strategy
  • tactical
  • grand-strategy
  • wargame
  • military
  • immersive
  • simulation
  • character
  • remake
  • real-time
  • rpg
  • period

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Plague: London 1665 (2024)

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Mac OS PC Windows

Plague: London 1665 is an RPG with pixel art graphics set in 1665's during the Bubonic Plague outbreak in overcrowded and polluted London. As a body collector, graveyard keeper, and family provider, avoid the disease while clearing the streets. Will you survive the outbreak or become another victim?


  • historical
  • pixel
  • rpg
  • action-adventure
  • choices
  • complex
  • atmospheric
  • simulation
  • resource-management
  • multiple-endings
  • survival
  • trading
  • story
  • inventory
  • management

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Ara: History Untold (2024)

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PC Windows Xbox Series X

Build a nation and lead your people throughout history to the pinnacles of human achievement as you explore new lands, develop arts and culture, conduct diplomacy, and go head-to-head with your rivals to prove you are the greatest ruler ever known. It's Your World Now.


  • 4x
  • historical
  • grand-strategy
  • military
  • turn-based
  • strategy
  • simultaneous
  • economy
  • war
  • empire
  • resource
  • city-building

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