The Best Historical Games

Update : Nations added at rank #1.
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Nations (2025)

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xbox PC Windows Mac OS Xbox 360 Windows Phone / Windows 10 Mobile arcade Xbox Series X/s

Select an era, a nation and lead it to greatness or decay. Develop the economy and society, or focus on military and territorial expansion. In Nations you can rule your people for centuries – from ancient times to the modern day and beyond. You shape your state, history and map of the world.

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  • real-time
  • strategy
  • historical
  • grand-strategy
  • shooter
  • wargame
  • first-person
  • twin-stick
  • diplomacy
  • novel
  • fps
  • political
  • moddable
  • alternate
  • war

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Warnament (2025)

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Android j

A turn-based grand strategy game, simple for newbies yet challenging for masters. As the leader of a nation, you will conquer territories and advance in military, technology, culture, or politics. Choose from historical scenarios or create your own with an editor.


  • i
  • historical
  • grand-strategy
  • diplomacy
  • politics
  • wargame
  • resource-management
  • competitive
  • sandbox
  • military
  • pvp
  • economy
  • minimalist
  • education
  • alternate

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Vestigia: Joust (2025)

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The first historically accurate jousting simulator, running on Unreal Engine 5. Choose an environment and an opponent, then prove your worth in the lists through a physics-based confrontation adhering to Renaissance-era jousting rules and behaviors.

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  • historical
  • education
  • medieval
  • simulation
  • first-person
  • horses
  • casual
  • fps
  • physics
  • action
  • family-friendly
  • split-screen
  • 3d

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Titanic Rescue (2025)

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Command the RMS Carpathia in 1912! Rescue Titanic survivors from icy waters, navigate treacherous icebergs, and deliver them to New York. Prepare for a challenging voyage through four distinct levels, each testing your navigation skills and resolve.


  • historical
  • hidden-object
  • action-adventure
  • sailing
  • dynamic
  • emotional
  • survival
  • alternate
  • adventure
  • arcade
  • third-person
  • 3d

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DarkShine (2025)

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DarkShine is an open-world game with a classic graphical style, where you as a former soldier have to save the inhabitants of your village from the white queen and her army, going a long way from nobody to the savior of the world.

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  • text
  • mythology
  • historical
  • magic
  • souls
  • rpg
  • military
  • 6dof
  • medieval
  • pve
  • hidden-object
  • dragon
  • dark
  • exploration
  • old-school

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Treasure Hunters: Prologue (2025)

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Treasure Hunters: Prologue is a free intense CO-OP treasure-hunting game set in mysterious dungeons filled with puzzles, platforms, and deadly creatures where your goal is to find and steal the most valuable treasures.

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  • first-person
  • platform
  • historical
  • 3d
  • action-adventure
  • fps
  • puzzle
  • cooperative
  • horror
  • alternate
  • survival-horror
  • online
  • realistic
  • simulation
  • exploration

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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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Old Thiess: The Werewolfas Trial (2025)

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Inspired by a historical event, relive the trial of Old Thiess, a 17th-century Livonian peasant accused of being a werewolf. Through his testimony, fight demons and witches in Hell to protect the villagers of Jürgensburg from a diabolical cult.

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  • lore
  • historical
  • platform
  • 2d
  • narrative
  • exploration
  • conversation
  • story
  • fantasy
  • atmospheric
  • mystery
  • multiple-endings
  • cult
  • action

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Doodle Empires (2025)

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Mac OS Linux PC Windows

Doodle Empires is an alternate history sandbox game all about drawing your own nations with your own histories and stories in a variety of maps. Watch your world take shape and evolve over time, and decide which nations will rise and which nations will fall.

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  • historical
  • sandbox
  • god-game
  • simulation
  • alternate
  • alternate-historical
  • strategy
  • grand-strategy
  • wargame
  • goal-driven
  • government
  • map
  • toy
  • minimalist

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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.

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

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