The best 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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Red Baron
DOS1990protected4.2/5 Dynamix
North and South
DOS19904.2/5 Infogrames
Steel Panthers
DOS19954.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Steel Panthers is the first game in the Steel Panthers series. It was released in 1995 by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI). This initial release laid the foundation for the series and introduced players to the turn-based tactical wargame experience that would be further developed in subsequent titles. The game focused on armored warfare and featur...
Zeus: Master of Olympus
Windows XP/98/952000protected4.2/5 Impressions Games
Centurion: Defender of Rome
DOS19904.2/5 Bits of magic
Centurion: Defender of Rome is a turn-based strategy game set in ancient Rome times. As a centurion of the Roman Empire, you will fight against the enemies of Rome in real time battles in every corner of Italy and Europe, you'll be a gladiator, race chariots, fight naval battles and more.
Knights of the Sky
DOS1990protected4.2/5 MicroProse Software
Strike Fleet
DOS19894.2/5 LucasArts
Panzer General
DOS1994protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Panger General is a turn based strategy wargame developed by SSI set in World War 2. The player can choose Axis or Allies and fight against the AI or another human player in more than 30 scenarios on a classic hex based map.
Joan of Arc
DOS19894.1/5 Chip
UMS 2: Nations at War
DOSMac OS19904.1/5 Intergalactic Development
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.
Balance of Power: The 1990 Edition
Windows 3.x1989freeware4.1/5 Mindscape
Balance of Power: The 1990 Edition is a geopolitical strategy game developed by Chris Crawford and released in 1985. It is considered a classic in the genre of political and strategic simulation games. The game is set during the height of the Cold War, specifically in 1986, and it allows players to step into the shoes of either the United Stat...
The Oregon Trail Deluxe
DOS19924.1/5 MECC
No Greater Glory
DOSMac OS1991protected4.1/5
Pacific General
Windows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Champion of the Raj
DOS19914.1/5 Personal Software Services
Conquest of Japan
DOS19924.1/5 Impressions Games
Up Periscope!
DOS19884.1/5 Actionsoft
High Command: Europe 1939-45
DOS19924.1/5 Colorado Computer Creations
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...
Fields of Glory
DOS1993protected4.1/5 MicroProse Software
Waterloo
DOS1989protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Machiavelli the Prince
DOS1995protected4.1/5 Holistic Design
1000 Miglia
DOS19924.1/5 Simulmondo
The Last Express
DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protecteddemo4.1/5 Smoking Car Productions
The Last Express, released in 1997, is a unique adventure game designed by Jordan Mechner, the creator of Prince of Persia. Set on the Orient Express in July 1914, just before World War I, the game offers an intricate and immersive narrative that unfolds in real-time.In the game, players assume the role of Robert Cath, an American doctor with a tro...
Empire Deluxe
DOSWindows 3.x19934.1/5 White Wolf Productions
Empire Deluxe is a classic turn-based strategy game that was originally released in the early 1990s. Developed by Mark Baldwin and Bob Rakowsky of White Wolf Productions and published by New World Computing, it is a successor to the game Empire, which was created by Walter Bright in the late 1970s. The game is set on a world map, where pl...
Sherman M4
DOS19894.1/5 Loriciels
Gold Rush!
DOS1988protected4.1/5 Sierra On-Line
Conflict
DOS19904.1/5 Mastertronic
Panzer General 2
Windows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.