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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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...
1893: A World's Fair Mystery
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS20033.9/5
1893: A World's Fair Mystery is an interactive fiction game developed by the American studio Illuminated Lantern and released in 2002. Set during the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, the game combines historical fiction with mystery-solving gameplay.In 1893: A World's Fair Mystery, players take on the role of a detective investigating ...
Nobunaga's Ambition 6
DOS19943.9/5 KOEI
Zeppelin: Giants of the Sky
DOS19953.9/5 Ikarion Software
La Grande Armee
DOS19913.9/5 SDJ Enterprises
Touché: The Adventures of the Fifth Musketeer
DOS19953.9/5 Clipper Software
Lost in Time
DOS19933.9/5 Coktel Vision
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
DOS19893.9/5 KOEI
Crusade in Europe
DOS19853.9/5 MicroProse Software
Over the Reich
Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x19963.9/5 Big Time Software
Crisis in the Kremlin
DOS1991protected3.9/5 Spectrum HoloByte
Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego?
DOS19863.9/5 Broderbund
Carrier Strike: South Pacific 1942-44
DOS1992protected3.8/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Defender of the Crown
DOS1991protected3.8/5 Cinemaware
Defender of the crown is a strategy game set in the middle ages, in England. You control a Saxon and must fight Normans to control the country. The player can conquest territories, lay siege to castles, join tournaments, rescue damsels.
Vulcan: The Tunisian Campaign
DOS19883.8/5 Cases Computer Simulations
Nobunaga's Ambition 2
DOS19893.8/5 KOEI
Bandit Kings of Ancient China
DOS19893.8/5 KOEI
Knights of the Desert
DOS1983protected3.8/5 Tactical Design Group
The Battle of the Bulge: Tigers in the Snow
DOS1982protected3.8/5 Tactical Design Group
Gold of the Americas: The Conquest of the New World
DOS19893.8/5 SSG Strategic Studies Group
Great Napoleonic Battles
DOS19913.8/5 Impressions Games
The Global Dilemma: Guns or Butter
DOS19903.8/5 Mindscape
The Lost Patrol
DOS19913.8/5 Astros Productions
The Lost Patrol is an abandoned multi-type action game set in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam war. The Lost Patrol was developed by Astros Productions (DOS version) and released by Ocean Software in 1991 for DOS, Amiga and Atari ST.
Nobunaga's Ambition
DOS19883.7/5 KOEI
Berlin 1948
DOS19893.7/5 Time Warp Software
Gary Grigsby's War in Russia
DOS1993protected3.7/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Austerlitz
DOS1989protected3.7/5 Tactical Design Group
Gengis Khan 2: Clan of the Gray Wolf
DOS19923.7/5 KOEI
Operation Market Garden
DOS1985protected3.7/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
The Ancient Art of War in the Skies
DOS19923.7/5 Evryware