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Best Historical Games

Top 50 of 472 qualifying games — tagged Historical (community voting), 1,000+ reviews · ranked by Wilson lower bound on Steam review score · review data as of 2026-08-06.

1 A Tower Full of Cats (2024) Cats · Hidden Object · Puzzle · $5.99 99.5%2,457 reviews 2 Felvidek (2024) RPG · Medieval · Dark Fantasy · $10.99 98.3%5,948 reviews 3 Totally Accurate Battle Simulator (2021) Sandbox · Simulation · Funny · $19.99 97.8%152,717 reviews 4 Mount & Blade: Warband (2010) Medieval · RPG · Open World · $19.99 97.7%171,767 reviews 5 The Case of the Golden Idol (2022) Mystery · Detective · Investigation · $17.99 97.8%10,864 reviews 6 Long Dream (2023) Adventure · Point & Click · Visual Novel · $6.99 98.4%1,008 reviews 7 Stronghold Crusader HD (2012) (2013) Military · City Builder · Real Time Tactics · $9.99 97.5%21,008 reviews 8 Walkabout Mini Golf VR (2021) Sports · Golf · Mini Golf · $24.99 97.8%3,351 reviews 9 Peaks of Yore (2023) Difficult · Physics · Adventure · $18.99 97.4%3,754 reviews 10 Murders on the Yangtze River (2024) Detective · Adventure · Puzzle · $14.99 97.0%21,037 reviews 11 Return of the Obra Dinn (2018) Detective · Mystery · Puzzle · $19.99 96.7%34,863 reviews 12 Yasuke Simulator (2025) Historical · Story Rich · Realistic · $6.99 97.1%2,040 reviews 13 Desperados III (2020) Real Time Tactics · Strategy · Stealth · $39.99 96.5%16,526 reviews 14 LIZARDS MUST DIE (2023) Historical · Souls-like · Spectacle fighter · $0.79 96.2%26,452 reviews 15 Proverbs (2024) Casual · Puzzle · Clicker · $8.99 96.8%1,838 reviews 16 Ages of Conflict: World War Simulator (2023) Idler · Simulation · Sandbox · $6.99 96.3%8,761 reviews 17 Reentry - A Space Flight Simulator (2025) Early Access · Space · Simulation · $34.99 96.9%1,337 reviews 18 The Procession to Calvary (2020) Dark Comedy · Funny · Medieval · $9.99 96.9%1,493 reviews 19 Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun (2016) Stealth · Strategy · Tactical · $39.99 96.0%38,371 reviews 20 Age of Empires II (Retired) (2013) Strategy · RTS · Medieval · $19.99 95.8%102,744 reviews 21 Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword (2007) Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · 4X · $5.99 96.2%5,044 reviews 22 Sid Meier's Civilization V (2010) Turn-Based Strategy · Strategy · Turn-Based · $7.49 95.6%210,371 reviews 23 Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition (2006) Strategy · Medieval · Historical · $24.99 95.7%36,213 reviews 24 The Rewinder (2021) Adventure · Mystery · Pixel Graphics · $14.99 95.9%7,346 reviews 25 Zeus + Poseidon (2016) City Builder · Strategy · Colony Sim · $4.99 96.3%1,955 reviews 26 Valiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre (2014) Atmospheric · Historical · World War I · $14.99 95.6%27,449 reviews 27 Stronghold HD (2012) (2013) Real Time Tactics · City Builder · Colony Sim · $5.99 95.5%10,412 reviews 28 R.U.S.E. (2010) Strategy · RTS · World War II · $29.99 95.6%4,513 reviews 29 Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition (2019) Strategy · RTS · City Builder · $34.99 94.9%181,177 reviews 30 Sid Meier's Colonization (Classic) (2014) Simulation · Adventure · Turn-Based Strategy · $6.99 96.1%1,143 reviews 31 Call of Juarez: Gunslinger (2013) Western · FPS · Action · $14.99 95.0%44,018 reviews 32 Fursan al-Aqsa: The Knights of the Al-Aqsa Mosque (2022) FPS · PvE · Shooter · $14.99 96.1%1,022 reviews 33 Pentiment (2022) Historical · Story Rich · Investigation · $19.99 95.1%9,642 reviews 34 Four Last Things (2017) Adventure · Indie · Point & Click · $9.99 95.7%1,615 reviews 35 Ostriv (2020) Early Access · Strategy · City Builder · $24.99 95.0%7,581 reviews 36 Rome: Total War - Collection (2007) Strategy · Historical · Rome · Free 94.7%16,687 reviews 37 Rise of Nations: Extended Edition (2014) Strategy · RTS · Classic · $19.99 94.7%15,813 reviews 38 Ancient Warfare 3 (2024) Sandbox · Simulation · Action · $12.99 95.1%2,768 reviews 39 The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty (2024) Visual Novel · Historical · Multiple Endings · $9.99 94.4%59,761 reviews 40 Multi Turret Academy (2024) Early Access · Tanks · Top-Down Shooter · $8.99 95.3%1,789 reviews 41 Call of Duty (2003) (2006) FPS · World War II · Action · $9.99 94.6%7,757 reviews 42 Liquidators (2020) Stylized · Surreal · Atmospheric · Free 95.4%1,219 reviews 43 Botany Manor (2024) Exploration · Puzzle · Walking Simulator · $24.99 95.3%1,517 reviews 44 Empires of the Undergrowth (2024) Strategy · Simulation · City Builder · $29.99 94.4%18,604 reviews 45 Company of Heroes (2006) Strategy · World War II · RTS · $19.99 94.2%18,628 reviews 46 Sid Meier's Pirates! (2005) Pirates · Open World · RPG · $9.99 94.4%7,520 reviews 47 Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (2025) RPG · Medieval · Open World · $59.99 93.9%191,178 reviews 48 The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (2021) Visual Novel · Adventure · Detective · $39.99 94.3%9,388 reviews 49 Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR'S CUT (2024) Open World · Action · Story Rich · $59.99 93.9%94,960 reviews 50 Aviary Attorney (2015) Visual Novel · Adventure · Indie · $14.99 94.7%2,273 reviews