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.

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Stalingrad Stalingrad is a real-time strategy title that places gamers in the middle of the most dramatic periods of World War II, covering major events from June 1942 till January 1943.

Price -83% 0.87€
Rating 8.2
Release 25 Mar 2015
Assassin’s Creed® Rogue Introducing Assassin’s Creed® Rogue, the darkest chapter in the Assassin’s Creed franchise yet. As Shay, you will experience the slow transformation from Assassin to Assassin Hunter. Follow your own creed and set off on an extraordinary journey through New York City, the wild river valley, and far away to the icy cold waters of the North...

Price 19.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 09 Mar 2015
Vietnam ‘65 It is 1965 and the US ground war in Vietnam is in full swing. As a US Army commander, wage a counter-insurgency (COIN) war to secure the Ia Drang valley, on the border with Cambodia.

Price 9.99€
Rating 7.7
Release 05 Mar 2015
Steel Armor: Blaze of War Steel Armor: Blaze of War is realistic tank simulator with tactical elements. The game models Soviet T-62 tank and US M60A1 tank in detail. Each tank has interactive cockpit with crew. Player controls a tank, and commands a tank platoon and attached forces in 4 large scale dynamic campaigns.

Price 27.99€
Rating 7.8
Release 05 Mar 2015
Marble Age Turn-based historical simulation strategy. Develop the Greek civilization from the small village to the great city-state when it will dominate the world!

Price -75% 1.47€
Rating 7.8
Release 04 Mar 2015
Tales of the Orient: The Rising Sun Dive into an epic story of honor and courage and help a Geisha and a Samurai save the day.

Price -89% 1.12€
Rating 7.7
Release 27 Feb 2015
DYNASTY WARRIORS 8 Empires DYNASTY WARRIORS 8 Empires is part of the "Empires" series, in which you aim to conquer ancient China using both strategy and the one warrior versus one thousand tactical action the WARRIORS series is known for.

Price -75% 12.85€
Rating 6.5
Release 26 Feb 2015
Total War: ATTILA Against a darkening background of famine, disease and war, a new power is rising in the great steppes of the East. With a million horsemen at his back, the ultimate warrior king approaches, and his sights are set on Rome… The next instalment in the multi award-winning PC series that combines turn-based strategy with real-time tactics,...

Price -89% 5.02€
Rating 8.1
Release 17 Feb 2015
Seven Kingdoms 2 HD Get ready for an exciting real-time strategy game experience like no other with Seven Kingdoms 2! Say goodbye to the monotony of resource gathering and army building, its unique gameplay offers a thrilling blend of city management, trade, industry, espionage, diplomacy, and conquest!

Price -75% 2.46€
Rating 7.6
Release 04 Feb 2015
Apotheon Apotheon is a heroic action game set within the vibrant world of Ancient Greek Mythology. Ascend Mount Olympus, wrestle the divine powers from the Pantheon of Gods, and save mankind.

Price -70% 4.52€
Rating 8.7
Release 03 Feb 2015
Making History: The Great War The Great War is a turn-based grand strategy game based on the epic struggles of the WWI era. Experience the battles of attrition and punishing artillery barrages. Play as any nation of the period as the modern world of industrialized warfare replaces an age of kings with a struggle of ideologies.

Price -80% 5.88€
Rating 7.2
Release 29 Jan 2015
Assassin's Creed® Unity Paris, 1789. In this action-adventure game, experience the French Revolution through the eyes of Arno Dorian. Become an Assassin and expose the true powers behind the Revolution for the fate of a nation.

Price 29.99€
Rating 7.7
Release 12 Nov 2014
Five Nights at Freddy's 2 Welcome back to the new and improved Freddy Fazbear's Pizza! As always, Fazbear Entertainment is not responsible for death or dismemberment.

Price 7.99€
Rating 9.2
Release 10 Nov 2014
Buzz Aldrin's Space Program Manager Space Program Manager (SPM) is the ultimate game of space exploration. It is the mid 1950s and the race for dominance between the US and the Soviet Union is about to move into a new dimension: space.

Price -97% 1.09€
Rating 7.3
Release 31 Oct 2014
IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad is the continuation of the legendary IL-2 Sturmovik series that has set the standard for PC combat flight games for more than ten years. This new entry into the series will offer virtual pilots an even more accurate simulation of the most famous air battles.

Price -83% 8.34€
Rating 7.7
Release 22 Oct 2014
Supreme Ruler Ultimate Real-Time Strategy/Wargame. From World War II through the Cold War and into the future, re-live or re-imagine the tensions and crises of our recent history! Guide your nation through the era of your choice in Campaigns, Scenarios, and Sandboxes, as you make every effort to become Supreme Ruler!

Price -22% 14.06€
Rating 7.4
Release 17 Oct 2014
Ultimate General: Gettysburg A Tactical Battle Simulator that allows you to command thousands of soldiers as a Union or Confederate General. The game features the most accurately created map, a non-linear battle campaign, complex morale, innovative control mechanics and smart AI.

Price -85% 3.02€
Rating 7.8
Release 16 Oct 2014
Ryse: Son of Rome “Ryse: Son of Rome” tells the story of Marius Titus, a young Roman soldier who witnesses the murder of his family at the hands of barbarian bandits, then travels with the Roman army to Britannia to seek revenge.

Price -80% 2.05€
Rating 8.5
Release 10 Oct 2014
Sid Meier's Colonization (Classic) The New World lies before you with all its peril, promise and infinite possibility. Your colonists anxiously follow you to shore. The treasures of an entire continent await you.

Price -90% 0.73€
Rating 9.0
Release 09 Oct 2014
A Golden Wake The rise and fall story of a real estate agent in 1920s Miami. Based on historical events. From Francisco González, creator of the Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator series, Shardlight, and Lamplight City.

Price 9.99€
Rating 7.0
Release 09 Oct 2014
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments Become the most celebrated detective of all time: Sherlock Holmes! Use your impressive talents as a detective to solve six thrilling and varied cases: murders, missing persons, spectacular thefts and numerous investigations that sometimes lead you into the realms of the fantastic.

Price -99% 0.52€
Rating 8.7
Release 29 Sep 2014
Stronghold Crusader 2 Stronghold Crusader 2 is the long awaited sequel to the original castle sim. After 12 years Stronghold returns to the desert with a new 3D engine and powerful Havok Physics. Crusader 2 recaptures the original game’s addictive, fast-paced gameplay and authentic castle simulation.

Price -98% 0.72€
Rating 7.1
Release 22 Sep 2014
Blitzkrieg 2 Anthology Return to the bloody battlefields of World War II in this epic sequel. Blitzkrieg 2 returns you to the gritty realism of WWII battles while pushing your focus into new, strategic opportunities during global war!

Price 4.99€
Rating 8.1
Release 16 Sep 2014
Blitzkrieg Anthology March into the real-time strategy legend, Blitzkrieg, and prepare for war. This legendary WWII RTS blends unprecedented realism and accuracy to form immersive 3D backgrounds and a game where brute force often takes a back seat to strategy and wits.

Price -56% 2.23€
Rating 8.6
Release 16 Sep 2014

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