Games with a historical setting sorted by release date

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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Decisive Battles of the American Civil War: Vol. 2

DOS19893.9/5 SSG Strategic Studies Group

Gengis Khan

DOS19893.7/5 KOEI

Gold of the Americas: The Conquest of the New World

DOS19893.8/5 SSG Strategic Studies Group

Joan of Arc

DOS19894/5 Chip

Nobunaga's Ambition 2

DOS19893.9/5 KOEI

Romance of the Three Kingdoms

DOS19893.9/5 KOEI

Sherman M4

DOS19894.1/5 Loriciels

Strike Fleet

DOS19894.2/5 LucasArts

Sword of the Samurai

DOS1989protected4/5 MicroProse Software

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.

Waterloo

DOS1989protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Advanced Destroyer Simulator

DOS19903.9/5 Futura

Blue Max: Aces of the Great War

DOS1990protected4.2/5 Artech Studios

Centurion: Defender of Rome

DOS19904.1/5 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.

Command HQ

DOS19904/5 Ozark Softscape

Conflict

DOS19904.1/5 Mastertronic

Das Boot: German U-Boat Simulation

DOS1990protected4.3/5 Artech Studios

Frontline

DOS19903/5 Cases Computer Simulations

Galleons of Glory

DOS19903.5/5 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.

Knights of the Sky

DOS1990protected4.1/5 MicroProse Software

MacArthur's War

DOS19903.9/5 SSG Strategic Studies Group

North and South

DOS19904.2/5 Infogrames

Panzer Battles

DOS19903.1/5 SSG Strategic Studies Group

Red Baron

DOS1990protected4.1/5 Dynamix

Romance of the Three Kingdoms 2

DOS19904/5 KOEI

Romance of the Three Kingdoms II is a turn-based strategy game developed and published by Koei. It was released in 1989 for various platforms, including the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), MS-DOS.In Romance of the Three Kingdoms II, players take on the role of a ruler during this period, and their objective is to unify China under their rule. ...