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Best Historical Games

Top 50 of 437 qualifying games — tagged Historical (community voting), 1,000+ reviews · ranked by Wilson lower bound on Steam review score · review data as of 2026-05-20.

1 A Tower Full of Cats (2024) Cats · Hidden Object · Puzzle · 20K–50K owners · $5.99 99.5%1,969 reviews 2 Felvidek (2024) RPG · Medieval · Dark Fantasy · 100K–200K owners · $10.99 98.6%4,037 reviews 3 The Case of the Golden Idol (2022) Mystery · Detective · Investigation · 500K–1M owners · $17.99 98.2%8,616 reviews 4 Totally Accurate Battle Simulator (2021) Sandbox · Simulation · Funny · 2M–5M owners · $19.99 97.8%135,943 reviews 5 Mount & Blade: Warband (2010) Medieval · RPG · Open World · 5M–10M owners · $19.99 97.7%166,405 reviews 6 Stronghold Crusader HD (2012) (2013) Military · City Builder · Real Time Tactics · 1M–2M owners · $9.99 97.7%19,811 reviews 7 Walkabout Mini Golf VR (2021) Sports · Golf · Mini Golf · 100K–200K owners · $24.99 97.9%3,133 reviews 8 Peaks of Yore (2023) Difficult · Physics · Adventure · 100K–200K owners · $18.99 97.7%2,884 reviews 9 Murders on the Yangtze River (2024) Detective · Adventure · Puzzle · 200K–500K owners · $14.99 97.3%18,192 reviews 10 Yasuke Simulator (2025) Historical · Story Rich · Realistic · 100K–200K owners · $6.99 97.5%1,917 reviews 11 Return of the Obra Dinn (2018) Detective · Mystery · Puzzle · 500K–1M owners · $19.99 96.8%29,016 reviews 12 The Procession to Calvary (2020) Dark Comedy · Funny · Medieval · 100K–200K owners · $9.99 97.6%1,106 reviews 13 LIZARDS MUST DIE (2023) Historical · Souls-like · Spectacle fighter · 500K–1M owners · $0.79 96.6%26,132 reviews 14 Desperados III (2020) Real Time Tactics · Strategy · Stealth · 500K–1M owners · $39.99 96.7%14,540 reviews 15 The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty (2024) Visual Novel · Historical · Multiple Endings · 1M–2M owners · $9.99 96.4%52,780 reviews 16 News Tower (2025) Management · Simulation · Strategy · 100K–200K owners · $24.99 96.7%2,178 reviews 17 The Rewinder (2021) Adventure · Mystery · Pixel Graphics · 200K–500K owners · $14.99 96.3%6,957 reviews 18 Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun (2016) Stealth · Strategy · Tactical · 1M–2M owners · $39.99 96.1%37,237 reviews 19 Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword (2007) Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · 4X · 500K–1M owners · $5.99 96.3%4,592 reviews 20 Sid Meier's Civilization V (2010) Turn-Based Strategy · Strategy · Turn-Based · 10M–20M owners · $7.49 95.8%204,265 reviews 21 Age of Empires II (Retired) (2013) Strategy · RTS · Medieval · 5M–10M owners · $19.99 95.8%101,351 reviews 22 Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition (2006) Strategy · Medieval · Historical · 1M–2M owners · $24.99 95.7%33,344 reviews 23 Ages of Conflict: World War Simulator (2023) Idler · Simulation · Sandbox · 200K–500K owners · $6.99 96.0%4,903 reviews 24 Valiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre (2014) Atmospheric · Historical · World War I · 500K–1M owners · $14.99 95.6%26,043 reviews 25 Zeus + Poseidon (2016) City Builder · Strategy · Colony Sim · 200K–500K owners · $4.99 96.2%1,758 reviews 26 Stronghold HD (2012) (2013) Real Time Tactics · City Builder · Colony Sim · 200K–500K owners · $5.99 95.6%9,897 reviews 27 Four Last Things (2017) Adventure · Indie · Point & Click · 100K–200K owners · $9.99 96.0%1,399 reviews 28 Call of Juarez: Gunslinger (2013) Western · FPS · Action · 2M–5M owners · $14.99 95.0%40,706 reviews 29 Pentiment (2022) Historical · Story Rich · Investigation · 200K–500K owners · $19.99 95.3%7,746 reviews 30 Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition (2019) Strategy · RTS · City Builder · 2M–5M owners · $34.99 94.8%162,462 reviews 31 Liquidators (2020) Stylized · Surreal · Atmospheric · 50K–100K owners · Free 95.9%1,118 reviews 32 Ostriv (2020) Early Access · Strategy · City Builder · 200K–500K owners · $24.99 95.0%6,626 reviews 33 Multi Turret Academy (2024) Early Access · Tanks · Top-Down Shooter · 50K–100K owners · $8.99 95.7%1,242 reviews 34 Rise of Nations: Extended Edition (2014) Strategy · RTS · Classic · 1M–2M owners · $19.99 94.7%14,744 reviews 35 Sid Meier's Colonization (Classic) (2014) Simulation · Adventure · Turn-Based Strategy · 50K–100K owners · $6.99 95.7%1,004 reviews 36 Ancient Warfare 3 (2024) Sandbox · Simulation · Action · 100K–200K owners · $12.99 95.2%2,620 reviews 37 Rome: Total War - Collection (2007) Strategy · Historical · Rome · 1M–2M owners · Free 94.6%16,177 reviews 38 Empires of the Undergrowth (2024) Strategy · Simulation · City Builder · 500K–1M owners · $29.99 94.5%15,284 reviews 39 Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword (2007) Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · 4X · 1M–2M owners · $5.99 95.3%1,591 reviews 40 Company of Heroes (2006) Strategy · World War II · RTS · 1M–2M owners · $19.99 94.4%16,971 reviews 41 Call of Duty (2003) (2006) FPS · World War II · Action · 500K–1M owners · $9.99 94.6%6,895 reviews 42 Sid Meier's Pirates! (2005) Pirates · Open World · RPG · 200K–500K owners · $9.99 94.6%6,894 reviews 43 Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (2025) RPG · Medieval · Open World · 2M–5M owners · $59.99 94.1%102,337 reviews 44 攻城与召唤 Siege and Summons 【5分钟一局 策略竞技 】 (2024) Multiplayer · Historical · Alternate History · 50K–100K owners · Free 95.3%1,074 reviews 45 LIZARDS MUST DIE 2 (2025) Hack and Slash · Co-op Campaign · Action-Adventure · 200K–500K owners · $9.99 95.1%1,429 reviews 46 Aviary Attorney (2015) Visual Novel · Adventure · Indie · 100K–200K owners · $14.99 94.8%2,168 reviews 47 The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (2021) Visual Novel · Adventure · Detective · 200K–500K owners · $39.99 94.3%8,158 reviews 48 Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR'S CUT (2024) Open World · Action · Story Rich · 2M–5M owners · $59.99 93.8%65,115 reviews 49 The Legend of Tianding (2021) Adventure · Controller · RPG · 200K–500K owners · $19.99 94.4%3,967 reviews 50 Five Nights at Freddy's 2 (2014) Horror · Singleplayer · Survival Horror · 1M–2M owners · $7.99 93.7%22,697 reviews