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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Crusade in Europe

DOS19853.9/5 MicroProse Software

The Train Escape to Normandy

DOS1988protected4.2/5 Artech Studios

Gold of the Americas: The Conquest of the New World

DOS19893.8/5 SSG Strategic Studies Group

The Ancient Art of War

DOS19843.9/5 Evryware

The Ancient Art of War is a classic video game that was released in the late 1980s. Developed by Evryware and published by Broderbund, it was available on various platforms, including Apple II, Atari ST, Amiga, and MS-DOS. The Ancient Art of War is a strategy game that takes place in various historical settings, such as ancient China, Greece, and t...

Great Naval Battles vol. 3: Fury in the Pacific 1941-1944

DOS1995protected4/5 Divide by zero

The Civil War

DOS19873.3/5 Avalon Hill

UMS: The Universal Military Simulator

DOSMac OS19884.1/5 Intergalactic Development

UMS, short for Universal Military Simulator, is a computer-based wargame simulation developed by Rainbird Software in 1988. It was designed with the intention of providing players with a comprehensive and realistic military simulation experience.The game allows players to engage in strategic and tactical warfare across various scenarios and battlef...

Overlord

DOS19944.2/5 Rowan Software

Zeppelin: Giants of the Sky

DOS19953.9/5 Ikarion Software

Crisis in the Kremlin

DOS1991protected3.8/5 Spectrum HoloByte

UMS 2: Nations at War

DOSMac OS19904.1/5 Intergalactic Development

1893: A World's Fair Mystery

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS20033.6/5

The Grandest Fleet

DOS19944.1/5 Quantum quality productions

Frontline

DOS19903/5 Cases Computer Simulations

Advanced Civilization

DOS19954/5 Avalon Hill

Taipan for Windows

Windows XP/98/952002freeware3.5/5

Encyclopedia of War: Ancient Battles

DOS19882.8/5 Cases Computer Simulations

Nobunaga's Ambition 6

DOS19943.9/5 KOEI

Decisive Battles of the American Civil War: Vol. 1

DOS19884/5 SSG Strategic Studies Group

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.