Games with a historical setting sorted by year, newest first
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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The Civil War
DOS1995 Dagger Interactive Technologies
Touché: The Adventures of the Fifth Musketeer
DOS1995 Clipper Software
Zeppelin: Giants of the Sky
DOS1995 Ikarion Software
Ever dreamed of running a transatlantic zeppelin empire during the golden age of flight? Zeppelin: Giants of the Sky lets you do just that — and it’s every bit as niche and charming as it sounds. You build, manage, and...
Aces of the deep
DOS1994 Dynamix
Ever wanted to experience the grim, claustrophobic life of a WWII submarine captain without leaving your desk? Aces of the Deep (1994, DOS) delivers that dream in spades — torpedoes, sonar, periscopes, and lots of tense wait...
Colonization
DOSWindows 3.xLinuxMac OS1994protected MicroProse Software
Colonization is a turn-based strategy 4x game developed and published by MicroProse in 1994 for DOS, Windows 3.1, Linux and Mac. The setting is the European Colonization of the New World. Colonization gameplay and interface are si...
D-Day: The Beginning of the End
DOS1994 Impressions Games
Dawn Patrol
DOS1994 Rowan Software
Great Naval Battles vol. 2: Guadalcanal 1942 - 43
DOS1994protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table
DOS1994 MVP Software
Legions
Windows 3.xMac OS1994 Mindscape
Nobunaga's Ambition 6
DOS1994 KOEI
Operation Europe: Path to Victory 1939-45
DOS1994 KOEI
Overlord
DOS1994 Rowan Software
Panzer General
DOS1994protected 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.
Reelect JFK
Windows 3.x1994
The Grandest Fleet
DOS1994 Quantum quality productions
Aces Over Europe
DOS1993 Dynamix
Strap into your Spitfire, because Aces Over Europe (1993, DOS) is here to show you that flying over 1940s Europe was as dangerous as it was polygonal. As a follow-up to Aces of the Pacific, this one tightens the mechanics, adds gr...
Clash of Steel
DOS1993protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Empire Deluxe
DOSWindows 3.x1993 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...
Fields of Glory
DOS1993protected MicroProse Software
Gary Grigsby's War in Russia
DOS1993protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Hannibal
DOS1993 Starbyte Software
Lost in Time
DOS1993 Coktel Vision
Merchant Prince
DOS1993 Holistic Design
Pepper's Adventures in Time
DOS1993 Sierra On-Line
Romance of the Three Kingdoms 3: Dragon of Destiny
DOS1993 KOEI
Rome: Pathway to Power
DOS1993 Millennium Interactive
Rome: Pathway to Power (also known as Rome AD 92) is an abandoned isometric adventure game with strategy elements set in ancient Rome. Rome was developed by Millennium Interactive and released in 1993 for DOS and Amiga platforms.
Seven Cities of Gold (Commemorative Edition)
DOS1993protected Ozark Softscape
Shadow President
DOS1993 DC true
Shadow President is a geopolitical simulation video game developed by DC True in 1993 for MS-DOS. In Shadow President, players take on the role of the President of the United States, tasked with managing both domestic and internat...
The Blue & the Gray
DOS1993 Impressions Games