Best Historical Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our strategy game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated historical games. For those who prefer not to search, check out lists of the most played, top deals and best free to play Historical games on Steam.

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Liquidators Chernobyl, USSR, 1986. Three nuclear plant workers go on a daring mission to prevent a radioactive fallout that would affect half of Europe. Every moment is permanent, and all is at stake.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.0
Release 30 Sep 2020
My Vow to My Liege 《My Vow to My Liege》is a visual novel dating game. Players get to play as a girl disguised as the King of Ng, a man. The 4 dateable characters are: the guide, the enemy, the minister and the guard.Will they choose the man over the country? Love over hate? Who will they finally end up with?

Price 8.19€
Rating 8.9
Release 21 Sep 2020
Crusader Kings III Love, fight, scheme, and claim greatness. Determine your noble house’s legacy in the sprawling grand strategy of Crusader Kings III. Death is only the beginning as you guide your dynasty’s bloodline in the rich and larger-than-life simulation of the Middle Ages.

Price -83% 8.92€
Rating 8.9
Release 01 Sep 2020
Hex of Steel Hex of Steel is a refreshing WWII wargame covering all fronts featuring a certain amount of original mechanics. Fight in solo against finally a decent AI throughout Europe, Africa or the Pacific, or against a friend in the cross-platform PBEM or real time multiplayer. Coop is also an option!

Price 24.99€
Rating 8.9
Release 31 Aug 2020
Combat Mission Shock Force 2 The latest title in the famous Combat Mission franchise of wargames, now on Steam. Shock Force 2 brings you to a hypothetical conflict in Syria between the forces of NATO and the Syrian Army. Play either on WeGo or Real Time in an incredibly detailed and realistic 1:1 tactical simulation.

Price -75% 15.63€
Rating 7.8
Release 31 Aug 2020
Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey Survive your evolution in Neogene Africa starting 10 million years ago. Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is a third-person open world survival game where you Explore, Expand, and Evolve to advance your clan to the next generation in the exciting new adventure from Panache Digital Games.

Price -86% 5.82€
Rating 7.7
Release 27 Aug 2020
Warriors of the Nile Choose skill tablets to build your unique squad. Show your tactics in fast-paced battles. Lead the warriors blessed by the Egyptian gods to challenge random levels and powerful bosses. Defeat the Serpent Apophis and bring back the sun.

Price -81% 2.13€
Rating 7.6
Release 07 Aug 2020
Imperiums: Greek Wars Unique combination of turn-based 4X and historical grand strategy with a mythological twist. Explore the ancient world and build a world leading civilization. Survive, expand, conquer... and win!

Price 29.99€
Rating 8.0
Release 30 Jul 2020
[Chilla's Art] The Ghost Train | 幽霊列車 The Ghost Train | 幽霊列車 is a psychological train horror game.

Price 2.99€
Rating 7.5
Release 23 Jul 2020
Anno 1404 - History Edition Relive the captivating gameplay of a true city-building classic with Anno® 1404 History Edition.

Price 14.99€
Rating 7.9
Release 25 Jun 2020
Britannic: Patroness of the Mediterranean Explore the Britannic, sister ship of the infamous Titanic, and relive her tragic sinking after striking a mine in the First World War.

Price 12.49€
Rating 8.5
Release 19 Jun 2020
SAMURAI SHODOWN NEOGEO COLLECTION The ULTIMATE collection is here! It all began in ’93, and now, the weapon-based fighting game series that swept the world is ready to be taken home in a new stellar collection! Six NEOGEO titles as well as one mysterious, unreleased game are featured!

Price 39.99€
Rating 7.7
Release 18 Jun 2020
Desperados III Desperados III is a story-driven, hardcore tactical stealth game, set in a ruthless Wild West scenario. Play smart if you want to succeed. A good plan can make the difference between survival and finding yourself at the business end of a pistol.

Price -89% 4.69€
Rating 9.4
Release 16 Jun 2020
Battlefield™ 1 Battlefield™ 1 takes you back to The Great War, WW1, where new technology and worldwide conflict changed the face of warfare forever.

Price -90% 3.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 11 Jun 2020
A Hand With Many Fingers Unravel a real conspiracy from deep within the CIA’s archives. Search classified documents and follow new leads in this non-linear investigative thriller.

Price 3.99€
Rating 8.2
Release 09 Jun 2020
Tales Of Glory Tales Of Glory is setting a new standard for medieval melee fights, bringing best of both worlds by combining large scale battles and full physics one vs many combat, everything packed into a 30+ hours sandbox campaign

Price 27.99€
Rating 7.7
Release 30 May 2020
Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg is a turn-based strategy set in the period of WW2. It brings a modern look and new features to a good old wargame genre. You are to lead the German Armed forces overcoming unthinkable odds and claiming the ultimate bittersweet victory in Europe. Blitzkrieg is the way!

Price -81% 6.75€
Rating 7.9
Release 22 May 2020
Help Will Come Tomorrow In an uninhabitable Siberian wilderness, in a wake of October Revolution, a group of passengers survives the mysterious catastrophe of Trans-Siberian railway train. They must endure in a harsh ice-clad climate until rescue arrives. Facing many dangers, their own weaknesses and, their own prejudice.

Price -98% 0.46€
Rating 7.6
Release 21 Apr 2020
KARDS - The WW2 Card Game KARDS, The World War II Card Game, combines traditional CCG gameplay with innovative mechanics inspired by classic strategy games and real battlefield tactics. Take command and challenge other players in grand-scale warfare on the ground, air, or seas.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.3
Release 15 Apr 2020
Radio General It's WWII. You're a general sitting in a tent. All you have is a map, and a radio. Can you win the battle? Radio General is a unique strategy game where you interact with your units over the radio using speech recognition. Test your mettle and relive famous battles as a WWII general.

Price -29% 11.99€
Rating 7.8
Release 09 Apr 2020
Ancient Enemy Ancient Enemy is an RPG card battler set in a crumbling world where the forces of evil have already won. Blast distorted enemies with a satisfying range of spells and abilities. Journey into a scarred wilderness and draw power and hope from the landscape to defeat the deadliest foe of all!

Price -98% 0.46€
Rating 8.3
Release 09 Apr 2020
The Procession to Calvary Pilfer from pirates, conspire with cardinals and perform miracles with an incompetent magician. The Procession to Calvary is a Pythonesque adventure game made from Renaissance paintings, and a spiritual successor to the critically acclaimed Four Last Things.

Price -50% 4.74€
Rating 9.2
Release 09 Apr 2020
Ostriv Ostriv is a city-building game that puts you in a role of a governor of an 18th century Ukrainian town to challenge your creative skills and management abilities.

Price 20.99€
Rating 9.2
Release 19 Mar 2020
Panzer Corps 2 Panzer Corps 2 is the ultimate Second World War strategy game! Enjoy the time-proven gameplay formula which has been appreciated by millions of players over the years, brought to a whole new level of refinement up to the latest technical standards.

Price -94% 2.39€
Rating 8.2
Release 19 Mar 2020