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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Balance of Power: The 1990 Edition
Windows 3.x1989freeware 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...
Bandit Kings of Ancient China
DOS1989 KOEI
Berlin 1948
DOS1989 Time Warp Software
Decisive Battles of the American Civil War: Vol. 2
DOS1989 SSG Strategic Studies Group
Gengis Khan
DOS1989 KOEI
Gold of the Americas: The Conquest of the New World
DOS1989 SSG Strategic Studies Group
Joan of Arc
DOS1989 Chip
Nobunaga's Ambition 2
DOS1989 KOEI
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
DOS1989 KOEI
Sherman M4
DOS1989 Loriciels
Strike Fleet
DOS1989 LucasArts
Sword of the Samurai
DOS1989protected MicroProse Software
The Big Three
DOS1989 SDJ Enterprises
Their Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain
DOS1989 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
DOS1989protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Advanced Destroyer Simulator
DOS1990 Futura
Blue Max: Aces of the Great War
DOS1990protected Artech Studios
Centurion: Defender of Rome
DOS1990 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
DOSMac OS1990 Ozark Softscape
Command HQ was developed by Microplay Software. It was one of the early real-time strategy (RTS) games and focused on global warfare, allowing players to control armies, fleets, and economies in various historical and futuristic scenarios.
Conflict
DOS1990 Mastertronic
Das Boot: German U-Boat Simulation
DOS1990protected Artech Studios
Frontline
DOS1990 Cases Computer Simulations
Galleons of Glory
DOS1990 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
DOS1990protected MicroProse Software
MacArthur's War
DOS1990 SSG Strategic Studies Group
North and South
DOS1990 Infogrames
Panzer Battles
DOS1990 SSG Strategic Studies Group
Red Baron
DOS1990protected Dynamix
Romance of the Three Kingdoms 2
DOS1990 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. ...
The Global Dilemma: Guns or Butter
DOS1990 Mindscape