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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Strike Fleet
DOS19894.2/5 LucasArts
MacArthur's War
DOS19904/5 SSG Strategic Studies Group
Blue Max: Aces of the Great War
DOS1990protected4.2/5 Artech Studios
Panzer Battles
DOS19903.1/5 SSG Strategic Studies Group
Galleons of Glory
DOS19903.6/5 Broderbund
Galleons of Glory is an abandoned educational historical simulation game developed and published by Broderbund in 1990. As Magellan your mission is to circumnavigate the world while managing your crew and ship.
Battle of Antietam
DOS1985protected3.6/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Decisive Battles of the American Civil War: Vol. 3
DOS19923.5/5 SSG Strategic Studies Group
Gulf Strike
DOS19864.2/5 Microcomputer Games Inc.
Midway Campaign
DOS19834/5 Microcomputer Games Inc.
The Global Dilemma: Guns or Butter
DOS19903.8/5 Mindscape
Overlord
DOS19944.2/5 Rowan Software
Gold of the Americas: The Conquest of the New World
DOS19893.8/5 SSG Strategic Studies Group
Vulcan: The Tunisian Campaign
DOS19883.8/5 Cases Computer Simulations
Great Napoleonic Battles
DOS19913.8/5 Impressions Games
The Train Escape to Normandy
DOS1988protected4.2/5 Artech Studios
Austerlitz
DOS1989protected3.7/5 Tactical Design Group
Encyclopedia of War: Ancient Battles
DOS19882.8/5 Cases Computer Simulations
Legions
Windows 3.xMac OS19944/5 Mindscape
Waterloo
DOS1989protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
The Ancient Art of War in the Skies
DOS19923.7/5 Evryware
Knights of the Desert
DOS1983protected3.8/5 Tactical Design Group
Kampfgruppe
DOS1987protected3.3/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Joan of Arc
DOS19894.1/5 Chip
Operation Market Garden
DOS1985protected3.7/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Guardians of Infinity: to Save Kennedy
DOS1988protected3.5/5 Paragon Software