Historical Hidden Gems on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated historical games.

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Project Gunship Rain hell on the enemy from 12,000 feet in an AC-130 Gunship. Project Gunship provides an authentic and historical simulation of combat in all gunship variants from Vietnam to present day.

Price 14.79€
Rating 7.6
Release 31 Aug 2022
Warriors of the Nile 2 Warriors of the Nile 2 is a fast-paced Roguelite strategy game. This time our Warriors are equipped with a more unique combat style. Freely choose the adventure route, use the skill tablets to strengthen characters, lead your squad to repel the Roman legion.

Price -84% 2.11€
Rating 8.3
Release 23 Aug 2022
Tales from Toyotoki: Arrival of the Witch (The witch of the Ihanashi) The English version of the heartwarming story that was highly acclaimed in Japan. Enjoy the meticulously crafted narrative. Set in Okinawa, Japan, it is also a story that unravels the mysteries hidden within its history and fantasy.

Price 24.50€
Rating 9.0
Release 19 Aug 2022
Havsala: Into the Soul Palace Havsala is an investigative puzzle game with rich storytelling full of historical references and mysticism. Search the room for the clues left behind by the previous reincarnations of a single soul, solve the puzzles and unravel the mystery.

Price -94% 0.67€
Rating 8.7
Release 21 Jun 2022
Trainz Railroad Simulator 2022 Drive, Explore, Operate and Create the railroad of your dreams - and now you can collaborate in real time with Multiplayer Surveyor! TRS22 showcases a range of high quality routes, sessions and trains to drive, plus all the scenery you need to make your own masterpiece.

Price 38.99€
Rating 7.0
Release 30 May 2022
Ninja Village Lead a ninja clan in the war to unify feudal Japan!

Price 7.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 22 May 2022
The Centennial Case : A Shijima Story Unravel the mysteries of death, and find the answers to life.A unique Mystery-Adventure Game:The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story

Price 49.99€
Rating 7.7
Release 12 May 2022
Cyphers Game It is the end of 1920. The Polish-Bolshevik war has been going on for almost two years. The battle for Korosteń – a key railway junction and technical supply base – is underway. Break Bolshevik cyphers, ensure radio communication, and neutralise the fearsome armoured trains.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.6
Release 21 Apr 2022
Buccaneers! Become a fearless captain in Buccaneers!, a classic pirate RPG. Join a band of pirates or a naval power and fight for supremacy in the Caribbean. Build and customise your fleet to take on any foe and rewrite history!

Price 14.99€
Rating 7.7
Release 07 Mar 2022
The Odyssey of the Mammoth Through lavish but perilous landscapes, assist a mammoth mother and her child escape from their extinction. Discover breathtaking views from 12,000 years ago. Beware of the increasingly hostile environment. Protect your offspring from the hunters tracking you and send them flying!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.3
Release 04 Mar 2022
Shadow Burglar Play as Jean, a thief with the mystical power of morphing with the shadows. Creating yourself an improbable path in the dark and carefully dealing with guards in the light, you will try to steal back your deceased brother’s paintings. Do you have what it takes to avenge his legacy?

Price Free to play
Rating 9.1
Release 01 Mar 2022
Yotsume God -Reunion- In September of my third year in junior high school, I went with my father to my grandparents' house in the mountains. The place we arrived at was Yotsu Village. It was a small village that had long believed in "Yotsume God". There I meet a mysterious boy.

Price 24.99€
Rating 8.9
Release 15 Feb 2022
PowerSlave Exhumed PowerSlave Exhumed is a KEX Engine port of the classic console game perfectly blending both the PlayStation & Saturn versions

Price -96% 0.82€
Rating 8.5
Release 10 Feb 2022
Ancient Wars: Sparta Definitive Edition One of the most innovative Real-Time Strategy Games comes back totally renewed and improved to the smallest detail, with epic large scale battles, new civilizations, unit customization system never seen before in a game, 8K support, and much more.

Price 19.99€
Rating 7.1
Release 28 Jan 2022
Wanderer Built from the ground up for VR, Wanderer has a unique blend of escape room style puzzles, tactile hands on interactions and action arcade sequences to bring you the ultimate time travel adventure. Are you ready to walk in the footsteps of those who have gone before you?

Price -83% 5.90€
Rating 8.1
Release 27 Jan 2022
Please, Touch The Artwork A cozy puzzler with story. Recreate paintings by applying lines & colors in a specific order. Explore beautiful mazes & collect letters of a poem. Help two sweethearts find a path towards each other. Three games in one. Hints when stuck. 160+ paintings, 3~4 hours, set to a chill soundtrack.

Price -57% 4.33€
Rating 8.0
Release 26 Jan 2022
Quarantineer For the glory of Motherland, the truth shall never be revealed. None of us expected this, Yet history is repeating itself.

Price -71% 2.39€
Rating 7.4
Release 27 Dec 2021
Dragon Fist: VR Kung Fu First-Person VR kung fu fighter with high-fidelity, physics-based combat, and an artistic style that pays homage to the golden era of martial arts films. Play with friends in Co-Op mode, challenge others in PvP battles, or embark on epic single-player adventures.

Price -97% 0.68€
Rating 8.6
Release 15 Dec 2021
Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2 War in the East 2 is the most comprehensive, most realistic, and most advanced wargame modeling Eastern Front warfare in World War Two.

Price -85% 12.65€
Rating 8.5
Release 10 Dec 2021
Steel Crew Join a Tank as a Driver, Gunner or Commander and team up with and against other Tanks in Tank Vs Tank combat where tactics and communication is key

Price 14.79€
Rating 7.8
Release 28 Oct 2021
Listen to the Wind "Listen to the Wind" is a side-scrolling hack-and-slash game with counter attacks as the game's core mechanic. It takes pace during the Ming dynasty Jiajing era where you'll be battling Japanese pirates. It features unique martial art heroes and a story branching gameplay.

Price -74% 2.68€
Rating 7.1
Release 22 Sep 2021
Armoured Commander II In this roguelike wargame, take command of a tank and its crew in the Second World War, joining one of over 50 campaigns across Europe, North Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific. Fight against over 1300 historically-based unit types, where each day is a struggle for survival.

Price 9.75€
Rating 9.1
Release 04 Sep 2021
Ambition: A Minuet in Power 18th century Paris - a city of love, lies and revolution. You are a woman of fashion trying to survive the political turmoil. Date a cast of unforgettable characters. Amass the wealth and respect you deserve. Engage in gossip that can alter the course of history, or lead you to the guillotine.

Price -97% 0.63€
Rating 7.9
Release 18 Aug 2021
Gomoku Let's Go Gomoku: One of the most popular classic board games for all ages. Experience Zen style visuals, various levels of AI, seamless online multiplayer and Endgame challenges!

Price 2.39€
Rating 8.3
Release 28 Jul 2021
House Builder: First Job Become a one-man construction crew! Travel around the world and through the ages to build iconic designs! Beware unpleasant temperatures and dangerous fauna!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.9
Release 15 Jul 2021
Eiyu*Senki Gold – A New Conquest A young man takes up his sword and leads an army in search of his missing past. Carefully plan strategic turn-based battles against adorable portrayals of historical and mythical world heroes, as you conquer the globe... for not well explained reasons!

Price 29.99€
Rating 7.9
Release 25 Jun 2021
My Friend Stalin For the first time on steam. The greatest dictator of all time is now dancing on your desktop!

Price 0.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 18 Jun 2021
Overboard! GET AWAY WITH MURDER. Highly replayable detective game where you're the one whodunnit. From the creators of 80 Days and Heaven's Vault.

Price -89% 1.40€
Rating 8.5
Release 02 Jun 2021
The Longest Road on Earth A thoughtful and deeply personal title with stripped-down mechanics. The lack of dialogue or text allows you to create your own narrative through your time with four characters. Each short story will allow players to be swept away by the haunting lyrics of over twenty original, nostalgic songs.

Price -69% 3.19€
Rating 7.4
Release 27 May 2021
Rogue State Revolution Greetings your Excellency. Time to rebuild, reform and prepare for new challenges in the People's Republic of Basenji. In this thrilling political strategy, you will appoint ministers and lead the country to success. Be careful — you may find yourself replaced in the next election.

Price -97% 0.47€
Rating 7.3
Release 18 Mar 2021
GET OUT! A 2D noir, point and click game where you uncover clues and solve puzzles in a world of espionage and international intrigue.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.6
Release 02 Mar 2021
MONOLISK Raid a gazillion handcrafted dungeons, collect loot and creature cards and build your own dungeons for others! MONOLISK is a fantasy ARPG, CCG and dungeon builder in a single package. Build dungeons, share them with your followers, gear up your heroes and clear levels built by your friends!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.4
Release 04 Feb 2021
Field of Glory II: Medieval Field of Glory II Medieval is a turn-based tactical game set in the High Middle Ages from 1040 AD to 1270 AD. Developed by legendary designer Richard Bodley Scott it brings the best from the tabletop world into the best digital framework.

Price -98% 0.78€
Rating 8.1
Release 04 Feb 2021
Combat Mission Black Sea Combat Mission Black Sea is a military grade simulation depicting a fictional series of escalations between Russian and Ukraine which results in open conflict in the summer of 2017

Price -91% 5.79€
Rating 7.9
Release 21 Jan 2021
Tribal Wars Compete in hardcore PvP strategy in persistent game worlds where real time resource and troop management in coordination with other players is required to expand your kingdom from one village to hundreds as you conquer the map in this winner takes all medieval contest.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.9
Release 12 Nov 2020
Stowaway An 10 player online social deduction game inspired by games like Among Us & Town of Salem, where the stowaway is tasked with killing the crew before they reach land!

Price 3.99€
Rating 7.2
Release 06 Nov 2020

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