The most popular historical games

Some games are set in a specific historical period, usually a period of time particularly enjoyable for gamers such as the midde ages, the discovery of the Americas or the second world war. Historical games take a step further and try to be more faithful to the time period they are set.

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Great Naval Battles vol. 5: Demise of the Dreadnoughts 1914-18

DOS1996protected4.1/5 Divide by zero

Great Naval Battles vol. 5: Demise of the Dreadnoughts 1914-18 is an abandoned naval simulation game, developed for DOS only by Divide by zero and released by SSI Strategic Simulations Inc. in 1996. As the title implies, Great Naval Battles vol. 5 is a fairly accurate historical simulation set in World War I. The game also includes a mission editor.

Romance of the Three Kingdoms

DOS19893.9/5 KOEI

1869

DOS19923.9/5 Max Design

Pepper's Adventures in Time

DOS19934/5 Sierra On-Line

Their Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain

DOS19894.2/5 LucasArts

Their Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain is an abandoned historical combat flight simulation game set in Great Britain (obviously) during World War 2. Their Finest Hour was designed by Lawrence Holland, developed and released by LucasArts in 1989 for DOS, Amiga, Atari ST.

Gold Rush!

DOS1988protected4.1/5 Sierra On-Line

Das Boot: German U-Boat Simulation

DOS1990protected4.3/5 Artech Studios

Panzer General 2

Windows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Empire Deluxe

DOSWindows 3.x19934/5 White Wolf Productions

Advanced Civilization

DOS19954/5 Avalon Hill

Steel Panthers 3: Brigade Command - 1939-1999

DOS1997protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego?

DOS19863.9/5 Broderbund

Hannibal

DOS19933.5/5 Starbyte Software

Clash of Steel

DOS1993protected3.9/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Battle of Antietam

DOS1985protected3.6/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Defender of the Crown

DOS1991protected3.8/5 Cinemaware

Defender of the crown is a strategy game set in the middle ages, in England. You control a Saxon and must fight Normans to control the country. The player can conquest territories, lay siege to castles, join tournaments, rescue damsels.