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The best alternate history games

What if the nazi won World War 2? What if nuclear weapons brought humanity to a post-apocalyptical nightmare in the 50s? Alternate history video games deal exactly with that: history that took a turn into a different direction (usually for the worse) than the timeline we know.

Most popular alternate history games

Fallout
rpgDOS, Windows XP/98/95, Mac OS
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Interstate '76

Windows XP/98/951997protected Activision
Interstate '76 is a vehicular combat video game developed and published by Activision. It was released in 1997 for Microsoft Windows. The game is set in an alternate history 1976, featuring a stylized 1970s atmosphere with a unique blend of vehicular combat and first-person shooter elements. Players assume the role of a vigilante named Groove ...
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Battlezone

DOS1983 Atari
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Strike Commander

DOS1993protected Origin Systems
Strike Commander is combat flight simulation game created by Chris Roberts (the designer behind Wing Commander) and Jeff George. Strike Commander was developed by Origin Systems and released by Electronic Arts in 1993 for DOS.
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Rocket Ranger

DOS1988protected Cinemaware
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Spear of Destiny

DOS1992 id software
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A Mind Forever Voyaging

DOSMac OS1985 Infocom
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I have no Mouth and I Must Scream

DOS1995protected The Dreamers Guild
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Fallout 2

Windows XP/98/951998protected Black Isle Studios
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Command & Conquer

DOS1995freeware Westwood Studios
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Fallout

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protecteddemo Interplay Productions
The first Fallout game was released in 1997 by Interplay Productions and is widely regarded as one of the most influential RPGs of its time. The game begins in the year 2161, over 80 years after the nuclear war, with the player assuming the role of a resident of one of the many underground shelters known as Vaults. The player's mission is to l...
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Future Wars: Adventures in Time

DOS1990 Delphine software
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Mech Brigade

DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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S.D.I.

DOS1989 Cinemaware
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Wolfenstein 3D

DOSMac OS1992protecteddemo id software
Wolfenstein 3D is the first-person shooter that popularized the whole genre in the early 90s and is considered one of the greatest games ever made. Wolfenstein 3D was designed by John Romero and Tom Hall (id Software) and released as shareware by Apogee Software in 1992 for DOS. Wolfenstein 3D is based on the Wolf3D engine, programmed by John ...
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Metal Gear

DOS1990 Konami
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Command & Conquer: Red Alert

DOS1996freeware Westwood Studios
Command & Conquer: Red Alert is a real-time strategy (RTS) video game developed by Westwood Studios and published by Virgin Interactive in 1996. It is part of the Command & Conquer series and is set in an alternate history where World War II never occurred, leading to a different global conflict.The success of Red Alert led to several seque...
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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.
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Roadwar Europa

DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Roadwar 2000

DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Wasteland

DOS1988protected Interplay Productions
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Crisis in the Kremlin

DOS1991protected Spectrum HoloByte
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Kronolog: The Nazi Paradox

DOS1993 Castleworks Gameware
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B-1 Nuclear Bomber

DOS1981 Avalon Hill
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Space 1889

DOS1990 Paragon Software
Space 1889 is an abandoned top down RPG developed by Paragon Software and released in 1990 for DOS, Atari ST and Amiga. Space 1889 setting is classic science fiction, but is set in the Victorian. It's worth noting that Space 1889 is loosely based on the tabletop game of the same name.
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Reelect JFK

Windows 3.x1994
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