The most popular 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.

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Command & Conquer: Red Alert

DOS1996freeware4/5 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...

Command & Conquer

DOS1995freeware4.1/5 Westwood Studios

Spear of Destiny

DOS19924.2/5 id software

Interstate '76

Windows XP/98/951997protected4.2/5 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 ...

Fallout

DOSWindows XP/98/951997protecteddemo4.1/5 Interplay Productions

I have no Mouth and I Must Scream

DOS1995protected4.1/5 The Dreamers Guild

Fallout 2

Windows XP/98/951998protected4.1/5 Black Isle Studios

Wasteland

DOS1988protected3.9/5 Interplay Productions

A Mind Forever Voyaging

DOSMac OS19854.1/5 Infocom

Battlezone

DOS19834.3/5 Atari

Roadwar 2000

DOS1987protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Metal Gear

DOS19904.1/5 Konami

Wolfenstein 3D

DOSMac OS1992protecteddemo4.1/5 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 ...

Roadwar Europa

DOS1987protected3.9/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Command HQ

DOS19904/5 Ozark Softscape

Crisis in the Kremlin

DOS1991protected3.9/5 Spectrum HoloByte

Guy Spy and the Crystals of Armageddon

DOS19923.1/5 ReadySoft

B-1 Nuclear Bomber

DOS19813.6/5 Avalon Hill

Future Wars: Adventures in Time

DOS19904.1/5 Delphine software

Rocket Ranger

DOS1988protected4.2/5 Cinemaware

Kronolog: The Nazi Paradox

DOS19933.6/5 Castleworks Gameware

Space 1889

DOS19903.6/5 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.