List of historical video games

The historical video game belongs to a video game genre in which stories are based upon historical events, environments, or people. Some historical video games are simulators, which attempt an accurate portrayal of a historical event, civilization or biography, to the degree that the available historical research will allow. Other historical video games are fictionalized tales that are based on mythology, legends or a fictional character within a historical setting.

Games set in Antiquity and before (before 500 AD)

Title	Release date	Time period	Notes on setting
Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey	2019	10,000,000 – 2,000,000 BC	The game is set in prehistoric Africa. You can play through the evolution of the Hominid to the Homo erectus (2,000,000 BCE).
Far Cry Primal	2016	10,000 BC	The game is set in 10,000 BC during the end of the Upper Paleolithic and the beginning of the Mesolithic period in Europe.
Dawn of Man	2019	10,000 BC	Prehistoric settlers are trying to form a settlement and ensure their survival from the Paleolithic era until the Iron Age.
BC Kings	2008	10,000 BC
Rise of Nations	2003	10,000 BC–1,970 AD
Age of Empires	1997	8000 BC – 476 AD	From Stone Age to Decline of Roman Empire
Predynastic Egypt	2016	5000 – 3000 BC
Egypt: Old Kingdom	2018	3500 – 2140 BC
The Scorpion King: Rise of the Akkadian	2002	3200 – 3000 BC
Chariots of War	2003	3100 – 1200 BC
Builders of Egypt	2021	3100 – 30 BC
Immortal Cities: Children of the Nile	2004	3100 – 30 BC
Pharaoh	1999	3000 – 30 BC
Old World (video game)	2021	3000 BC – 500 AD	OW is a 4X Game with character management, set during the Bronze and Iron Ages around the Mediteranean and beyond
Empire Earth II	2005	2333 BC – 2070 AD
Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom	2003	2205 BC – 1234 AD (from Xia to Jin dynasty)
Zeus: Master of Olympus	2000	2000 – 1000 BC
Age of Mythology	2002	1600 – 1200 BC	Destruction of Atlantis and Trojan War
Pharaonic	2016	1550–1525 BC	Pharaonic is an unforgiving sidescrolling Combat-RPG set in Ancient Egypt, in times of Ahmosis I, the Red Pharaoh.
Rise of the Argonauts	2008	1300s BC	A game about the story of Jason, set in Late Bronze Age.
Ancient Conquest: Quest for the Golden Fleece	1999	1300s BC
Disney's Hercules	1997	1300s BC
Heracles Chariot Racing	2007	1300s BC
Kid Icarus: Uprising	2012	1300s BC
Theseus: Journey to Athens	2018	1300s BC
Mytheon	2011	1300s BC
Egypt II: The Heliopolis Prophecy	2000	1360 BC
Egypt III	2004	1279 – 1213 BC
Empire Earth	2001	1200s BC–2098 AD
Empire Earth III	2007	1200s BC–2000s AD
Total War Saga: Troy	2020	1200 BC	Trojan War
Warriors: Legends of Troy	2011	1200 BC	Trojan War
Battle for Troy	2004	1200 BC	Trojan War
Odyssey: The Search for Ulysses	2000	1200 BC
Spartan	2004	1200–100 BC
Loki	2007	1200s BC–1500s AD
Egypt 1156 B.C.	1997	1156 BC
Invictus	2000	1000s BC
CivCity: Rome	2006	756–27 BC
Caesar III	1998	756–27 BC
Caesar IV	2006	509–27 BC
Legion Arena	2005	509–27 BC
Apotheon	2015	500s BC
Hades	2020	500s BC
Immortals Fenyx Rising	2020	500s BC
Rygar: The Legendary Adventure	2002	500s BC
Hegemony III: Clash of the Ancients	2015	500–300s BC	Ancient Italy - the unification of Italy, Pyrrhus of Epirus campaign
Builders of Greece	TBA	500–300 BCE
Legion Gold	2002	500 BC–16 AD
The History Channel: Great Battles of Rome	2007	500 BC–16 AD
0 A.D.	2018	500–1 BCE, 1–500 CE
Ancient Wars: Sparta	2007	490–480 BC
300: March to Glory	2007	480 BC
God of War: Chains of Olympus	2008	480 BC	Second Persian invasion of Greece.
Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2018	431–422 BCE	The plot tells a mythological history of the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta.
God of War	2005	431–404 BC	In times of the Peloponnesian War between Sparta and Athens.
Total War: Rome II	2013	431 BC – 275 AD	From Peloponnesian War to Third Century Crisis of Roman Empire
Hegemony Gold: Wars of Ancient Greece	2012	400–300s BC	Ancient Greece - the campaigns of Philip of Macedone
The Lost City of Atlantis	1995	400s BC
God of War: Ghost of Sparta	2010	400s BC
Fate of Hellas	2008	396–326 BC
Imperiums: Greek Wars	2020	359 BC
Rome: Total War: Alexander	2006	336–323 BC	The main campaign of Alexander centers around Alexander the Great's conquest of the Persian Empire.
The Great Battles of Alexander	1997	336–323 BC
Alexander: The Heroes Hour	2004	336–323 BC
Age of Alexander	2009	336–323 BC
Alexander	2004	333–323 BC	Startegia
Rise and Fall: Civilizations at War	2006	333–30 BC
Tin Soldiers: Alexander The Great	2004	333–323 BC
Imperator: Rome	2019	304–27 BCE
Titan Quest	2006	282 BC - after destruction of Colossus of Rhodes
God of War II	2007	282 BC	In times of destruction of Colossus of Rhodes
God of War III	2010	389–393 AD	Decline of Greco-Roman polytheism presented as destruction of Greek pantheon and massacre of Greek gods by Kratos
Spartan: Total Warrior	2005	300 BC
Europa Universalis: Rome	2008	280–27 BC	Set during the time of the Roman Republic.
Aggressors: Ancient Rome	2018	280 BC–500 AD
Centurion: Defender of Rome	1990	275–27 BC
Rome: Total War	2004	270 BC–14 AD	The rise and expansion of Roman Empire.
Nemesis of the Roman Empire	2003	264–146 BC
Walls of Rome	1993	264–146 BC
Legions of Death	1987	264–146 BC
Pax Romana	2003	264–50 BC
Salammbo: Battle for Carthage	2002	241–237 BC
The Great Battles of Hannibal	1997	218–201 BC
Rise of the Phoenix	1993	206–202 BC
Imperivm: Great Battles of Rome	2005	200–30 BC
Gladius	2003	100s BC
Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising	2011	100s BC
Expeditions: Rome	2022	60s BC
Grand Ages: Rome	2010	60 BC–9 AD
Praetorians	2003	58–45 BC
The Great Battles of Caesar	1998	58–45 BC
Legionnaire	1982	58–45 BC
Celtic Kings: Rage of War	2002	50 BC
Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar	2014	50s BC	Ancient Rome - the gallic campaign of Jules Caesar.
Assassin's Creed Origins	2017	49–44 BC	The game is set in Ancient Egypt near the end of the Ptolemaic period and follows a Medjay named Bayek, and explores the origins of the centuries-long conflict between the Hidden Ones—forerunners to the Brotherhood of Assassins.
Warrior of Rome	1991	48 BC
Warrior of Rome II	1992	48 BC
Shadow of Rome	2005	44 BC	The plot is a fictionalized version of the assassination of Julius Caesar.
Rome: Caesar's Will	2000	44 BC
Teudogar and the Alliance with Rome	2003	27 BC–14 AD	RPG in the style of Ultima VII
Glory of the Roman Empire	2006	1–100 AD
Imperium Romanum	2008	1–100 AD
The Forgotten City	2021	1–100 AD
Ryse: Son of Rome	2013	58–68 AD	Set in an alternate version of Ancient Rome, Ryse follows the life of the Roman centurion Marius Titus as he becomes one of the leaders in the Roman Legion.
Nethergate	1998	60–61 AD
Pompei: The Legend of Vesuvius	2000	79 AD
Rome: Pathway to Power	1992	92 AD
Catechumen	2000	100s AD
Circus Maximus: Chariot Wars	2002	100s AD
The Gladiators of Rome	2002	100s AD
Age of Gladiators	2016	100s AD
Age of Gladiators II: Rome	2018	100s AD
Horrible Histories: Ruthless Romans	2009	101–106 AD
Gladiator: Sword of Vengeance	2003	117 AD
Colosseum: Road to Freedom	2005	177–192 AD	Set around the time of the Emperor Commodus
Gladiator Begins	2010	177–192 AD	Set around the time of the Emperor Commodus
Three Kingdoms: Fate of the Dragon	2001	184–220 AD
SPQR: The Empire's Darkest Hour	1997	193–211 AD	point-and-click Myst-style game set in Ancient Rome
Dragon Throne: Battle of Red Cliffs	2002	208–209 AD
Kessen II	2001	220–280 AD
Romance of the Three Kingdoms	1985	220–280 AD
Total War: Three Kingdoms	2019	220–280 AD	Set during the Three Kingdoms period.
Rome: Total War: Barbarian Invasion	2005	363–476 AD	Decline of Roman Empire
Against Rome	2004	400s AD
Annals of Rome	1986	400s AD
King Arthur	2004	400s AD
Conquests of Camelot: The Search for the Grail	1990	400s AD
Legion: The Legend of Excalibur	2002	400s AD

Games set in the Middle Ages (500–1500)

Title	Release date	Time period	Notes on setting
Age of Empires II/Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition	1999	394–1598	Sequel to the original Age of Empires, Age of Empires II covers a large period of time, from as early as Alaric I to as late as the Battle of Noryang.
Total War: Attila	2015	395–814	From Final partition of the Roman Empire and Hunnic Invasion under Attila to rule of byzantine emperor Justinian I and coronation of Charlemagne
Requital	2006	500s
Stronghold Legends	2006	516–1477	Set in middle-age, gives the player a choice of different starting rulers with different troop types (including King Arthur and his knights of the round table, Count Vlad Dracul, and Siegfried of Xanten)
Silkroad Online	2004	600s
Quraish	2005	632–661
Crusader Kings 2	2012	769 – 1452	A grand strategy game with a heavy RPG flavor set in medieval Europe, northern Africa and the middle East. Through DLCs the map has also expanded to include India. The game is played from the perspective of a ruler in that time period, changing perspective to the primary heir once the ruler dies. The focus is on building up your house(family).
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice	2017	790
Saga: Rage of the Vikings	1998	793–1066	Set in the Viking Age
Rune	2000	793–1066	Set in the Viking Age
Rune II	2019	793–1066	Set in the Viking Age
Curse of Atlantis: Thorgal's Quest	2003	793–1066	Set in the Viking Age
Viking: Battle for Asgard	2008	793–1066	Set in the Viking Age
Valhalla Chronicles	2003	793–1066	Set in the Viking Age
Volgarr the Viking	2013	793–1066	Set in the Viking Age
War of the Vikings	2014	793–1066	Set in the Viking Age
Jotun	2015	793–1066	Set in the Viking Age
Northgard	2017	793–1066	Set in the Viking Age
Vikings: Wolves of Midgard	2017	793–1066	Set in the Viking Age
The Frostrune	2017	793–1066	Set in the Viking Age
Valheim	2021	793–1066	Set in the Viking Age
Kingdoms of England II: Vikings, Fields of Conquest	1992	793–1066	Set in the Viking Age
Bad North	2018	793–1066	Set in the Viking Age
Dusk of the Gods	1991	793–1066	Set in the Viking Age
Hammer of the Gods	1994	793–1066	Set in the Viking Age
Heimdall	1991	793–1066	Set in the Viking Age
Heimdall 2	1994	793–1066	Set in the Viking Age
Thorgal: Curse of Atlantis	2002	793–1066	Set in the Viking Age
Vikings: The Strategy of Ultimate Conquest	1996	793–1066	Set in the Viking Age
Besieger	2004	793–1066	Set in the Viking Age
Ancestors Legacy	2018	793–1300s
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time	2003	800s	Set in Persia during the 9th century AD
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands	2010	800s	The game takes place in the seven-year gap between Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and Prince of Persia: Warrior Within.
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within	2004	800s	Set in Persia during the 9th century AD
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones	2005	800s	Set in Persia during the 9th century AD
Persian Wars	2001	800s
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2020	847–886	The game recounts a history of the Viking invasion of Britain, Norse colonization of North America, Viking Expansion in Ireland and Siege of Paris (885–886)
Assassin's Creed Mirage	2023	861	Set in Baghdad during the Islamic Golden Age. Includes events from the Anarchy at Samarra.
Crusader Kings III	2020	867–1453	Crusader Kings III is a grand strategy game and dynasty simulator set in the Middle Ages. Players can choose a start date of either 867 or 1066 and play until 1453.
Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia	2018	878–900s
Cosmology of Kyoto	1993	900s–1000s
Brave	2012	900s–1000s
Cultures	2000	986
Cultures 2: The Gates of Asgard	2002	986
For Honor	2017	1000–1200s	Players can play as a character from one of four different factions, namely the Iron Legion (Knights), the Warborn (Vikings), the Dawn Empire (Samurai), and the Wu Lin (Ancient Chinese).
Knights of Honor	2004	1000s–1300s
Medieval Lords: Build, Defend, Expand	2004	1000s–1300s
Rampart (video game)	1990	1000s–1300s
Medieval Lords: Soldier Kings of Europe	1991	1028–1400s
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow	2010	1047	The setting of Lords of Shadow is during "the end of days" in the year 1047
Age of Empires IV	2021	1066–1453
Medieval II: Total War	2006	1066–1530	From Norman Conquest and Crusades to Inquisition and Age of Discovery
Crusader Kings	2004	1066–1452
Maldita Castilla	2016	1081
Conqueror A.D. 1086	1995	1086
Knights of the Temple: Infernal Crusade	2004	1096–1099
Knights of the Temple II	2005	1096–1099
Lords of the Rising Sun	1989	1100s
Crusaders: Thy Kingdom Come	2009	1100s
The History Channel: Crusades - Quest for Power	2003	1100s
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves	1991	1100s–1200s
Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown	2003	1100s–1200s
Conquests of the Longbow: The Legend of Robin Hood	1991	1100s–1200s
Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood	2002	1100s–1200s
Empires Apart	2018	1100s–1300s
Lords of the Realm	1994	1100s–1300s
Lords of the Realm II	1996	1100s–1300s
Lords of the Realm III	2004	1100s–1300s
Portugal 1111: A Conquista de Soure	2004	1111
Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth	2017	1135–1162	The game begins with the option of an interactive tutorial inside a cathedral. It then transitions to the Prologue which is set in Shiring in 1135.
Defender of the Crown	1986	1149
Medieval II: Total War: Kingdoms	2007	1174–1521	From Third Crusade and Northern Crusades to First War of Scottish Independence and Spanish colonization of the Americas
Genji: Dawn of the Samurai	2005	1179–1189
Genji: Days of the Blade	2006	1179–1189
Yoshitsune Eiyūden: The Story of Hero Yoshitsune	2005	1184–1189
Genghis Khan II: Clan of the Gray Wolf	1992	1184–1274
Genghis Khan: Aoki Ookami to Shiroki Mejika IV	1998	1189–1370
The Kings' Crusade	2010	1189–1192
Empires: Dawn of the Modern World	2003	1189–1945
Dante's Inferno	2010	1189–1191	The story follows Dante, a Templar knight from the Crusade who (despite his faith) has committed numerous atrocities during the Third Crusade. At the city of Acre, Dante is entrusted to keep a group of Saracen prisoners safe so King Richard I could obtain a holy relic from Saladin.
Assassin's Creed	2007	1191	The plot is set in a fictional history of real-world events and follows the centuries-old struggle between the Assassins, who fight for peace with free will, and the Templars, who desire peace through control. The game primarily takes place during the Third Crusade in the Holy Land in 1191, with the plot revolving around the Secret Order of Assassins, based upon the Hashshashin sect.
Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines	2009	1192	Beginning shortly after the events of the first game, Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad learns of a plan of the remaining Templars to escape to Cyprus, and so infiltrates one of their strongholds in Acre to stop them from doing so.
The Cursed Crusade	2011	1198–1204	Fourth Crusade
Stronghold: Crusader	2002	1100s
Stronghold Crusader II	2014	1100s
Stronghold	2001	1200s
Stronghold 2	2005	1200s
Stronghold: Warlords	2021	1200s
Stronghold 3	2011	1200s
XIII Century	2007	1200s
Real Warfare 2: Northern Crusades	2011	1200s
Castles	1991	1200s
Knights and Merchants: The Shattered Kingdom	1998	1200s
Mordhau	2019	1200s–1500s
Genghis Khan	1987	1206–1227
Pilgrim: Faith as a Weapon	1997	1208
The Legend of the Prophet and the Assassin	2000	1208
The Golden Horde	2008	1237–1242
Ghost of Tsushima	2020	1274	Featuring an open world, it follows a samurai on a quest to protect Tsushima Island during the first Mongol invasion of Japan.
The First Templar	2011	1291–1307	From Siege of Acre (1291) to Trials of the Knights Templar
Braveheart	1999	1296–1305
The Legend of William Tell	1990	1300s
Time Gate: Knight's Chase	1996	1300s
Castle Strike	2004	1300s–1400s
Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War	2007	1300s–1400s
Murder in the Abbey	2008	1327
The History Channel: Great Battles Medieval	2011	1337–1453
A Plague Tale: Innocence	2019	1348	In 1348, Amicia de Rune is a 15-year-old Frenchwoman of noble descent who lives in Aquitaine during the Hundred Years' War between England and France.
A Plague Tale: Requiem	2022	1348
Inquisition	2002	1348	The 3rd person game, is set in 1348 Paris, France, where the main character, a young thief named Matthew, has come to find his riches.
For the Glory	2009	1399–1819
Europa 1400: The Guild	2002	1400s
The Guild 2	2006	1400s
The Patrician	1992	1400s
Patrician II: Quest for Power	2000	1400s
Patrician III: Rise of the Hanse	2003	1400s
Patrician IV	2010	1400s
Theocracy	2000	1400s
Aztec: The Curse in the Heart of the City of Gold	1999	1400s
Gold and Glory: The Road to El Dorado	2000	1400s
Knights of the Cross	2002	1400s
American Conquest	2002	1400s–1800s
Kingdom Come: Deliverance	2018	1403	It is set in the medieval Kingdom of Bohemia, an Imperial State of the Holy Roman Empire, with a focus on historically accurate content.
Anno 1404	2009	1404
Europa Universalis II	2001	1419–1820
1428: Shadows over Silesia	2022	1428
Joan of Arc: Siege & the Sword	1989	1428–1431
Wars and Warriors: Joan of Arc	2004	1428–1431
Jeanne d'Arc	2006	1428–1431
Europa Universalis IV	2013	1444–1821	Being a grand strategy game, all nations represented in the game are playable with flavor events existing even for smaller nations. It is possible to continue playing a save from Crusader Kings 2 via a DLC that converts a save in the earlier set game.
Europa Universalis III	2007	1453–1821
War of the Roses	2012	1455–1487	Set during the Wars of the Roses.
Assassin's Creed II	2009	1459–1499	The main narrative takes place at the height of the Renaissance in Italy during the 15th and early 16th century.
Sengoku	2011	1467
Sid Meier's Colonization	1994	1492–1850
Europa Universalis	2000	1492
Exploration	1994	1492
Conquest of the New World	1996	1493
The Seven Cities of Gold	1984	1493

Games set in the Renaissance era (1500–1700)

Title	Release date	Time period	Notes on setting
Imperialism II: Age of Exploration	1999	1500s
Uncharted Waters	1990	1500s
Galleons of Glory: The Secret Voyage of Magellan	1990	1500s
Gold of the Americas: The Conquest of the New World	1989	1500s
Nioh 2	2020	1500s	Set in Japan during the late 1500s
Demon Chaos	2005	1500s
Red Ninja: End of Honor	2005	1500s
Samurai Warriors	2004	1500s
Devil Kings	2005	1500s
Sword of the Samurai	1989	1500s
Tenchu: Stealth Assassins	1998	1500s
Anito: Defend a Land Enraged	2003	1500s
Port Royale: Gold, Power and Pirates	2002	1500s–1600s
Port Royale 2	2004	1500s–1600s
Port Royale 3: Pirates & Merchants	2012	1500s–1600s
No Man's Land	2003	1500s–1700s
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood	2010	1500–1507	The main story takes place immediately after the plot of Assassin's Creed II, featuring Assassin Ezio Auditore da Firenze in 16th century Italy and his quest to restore the Assassin order, and destroy his enemies: the Borgia family.
Anno 1503	2002	1503
Assassin's Creed: Revelations	2011	1511–1512, 1191–1257	Revelations features two other returning protagonists: Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad in 12th and 13th century Masyaf, and Ezio Auditore da Firenze in 16th century Constantinople.
Pentiment	2022	1518
Expeditions: Conquistador	2013	1518–1520
The Secrets of Da Vinci: The Forbidden Manuscript	2006	1522
Total War: Shogun 2	2011	1540s–1600s
Kessen III	2004	1550–1590
Jerusalem: The Three Roads to the Holy Land	2002	1552
Onimusha: Warlords	2001	1560s
Nobunaga's Ambition	1986	1560s–1580s
Touché: The Adventures of the Fifth Musketeer	1995	1562
Age of Empires III/Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition	2005	1565–1866
Kessen	2000	1570s–1603
Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader	2003	1588
Astrologaster	2019	1590s	The game follows Simon Forman in Elizabethan England.
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice	2019	1600	The game takes place in a fictionalized Japan set during the Sengoku period, and makes strong references to Buddhist mythology and philosophy.
Nioh	2017	1600–1615	Set during a fictionalized version of the year 1600, the plot follows the journeys of William Adams, an Irish sailor named after and inspired by the historic Englishman who became one of the only ever Western samurai.
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun	2016	1600s–1700s
Trek to Yomi	2022	1600s–1700s
Cossacks: European Wars	2001	1600s–1700s
Cossacks 3	2016	1600s–1700s
East India Company	2009	1600s–1700s
Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales	2006	1600s
Age of Pirates 2: City of Abandoned Ships	2009	1600s
Corsairs: Conquest at Sea	1999	1600s
Cutthroats: Terror on the High Seas	1999	1600s
Pirate Hunter	2003	1600s
Tortuga: Two Treasures	2007	1600s
Sid Meier's Pirates!	2004	1600s
Betrayer	2014	1600s	Set in colonial Virginia.
Buccaneer	1997	1600s
Pirates of the Caribbean	2003	1600s
Raven's Cry	2015	1600s
Anno 1602	1998	1602
7 Blades	2000	1650
High Seas Trader	1995	1650
Sea Of Thieves	2018	1650–1750
An Eye for Optical Theory 1666	2023	1666
Versailles 1685	1997	1685
Cutthroat Island	1995	1688
Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden	2024	1695	Set in colonial New England.

Games set in the industrial era (1700–1900)

Title	Release date	Time period	Notes on setting
Card Shark	2022	1700s	Set in France.
Mir-Mahna	2011	1700s
Skull & Bones	2022	1700s
The Case of the Golden Idol	2022	1700s
Empire: Total War	2009	1700
Anno 1701	2006	1701
Call to Arms	1982	1750–1942
Birth of America	2006	1755–1783
Rise of Prussia	2010	1756–1763
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag	2013	1715–1722	Golden Age of Piracy
Assassin's Creed Freedom Cry	2013	1735
Assassin's Creed Rogue	2014	1751–1776	Seven Years' War
Assassin's Creed III	2012	1754–1781	American War of Independence
Assassin's Creed III: Liberation	2012	1765–1777
Assassin's Creed Unity	2014	1776–1794	French Revolution
China: The Forbidden City	1998	1775
Age of Sail	1996	1775–1820
Age of Sail II	2001	1775–1820
Liberty or Death	1993	1775–1783
Mozart: The Conspirators of Prague	2009	1788
Imperial Glory	2005	1789–1815
Napoleon Senki	1988	1796–1802
War and Peace: 1796–1815	2002	1796–1815
Napoleon: Total War	2010	1796–1815
Pirates of the Barbary Coast	1986	1798
Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars	2005	1799–1815
Anno 1800	2019	1800
Imperialism	1997	1800s
Alter Ego	2010	1800s
Black Book	2021	1800s	Set in Russia.
Outlaws	1997	1800s
Ravenous Devils	2022	1800s
Taipan!	1979	1800s
This Land Is My Land	2021	1800s
Wooden Ships and Iron Men	1996	1800–1815
Return of the Obra Dinn	2018	1807
March of the Eagles	2013	1805–1820
Guns of Fort Defiance	1981	1812
1821: The Struggle for Freedom	2001	1821
1453–1821: The Coming of Liberation	2008	1821–1830
Nightmare Creatures	1997	1834
Victoria: An Empire Under the Sun	2003	1836–1936
Victoria II	2010	1836–1936
Victoria 3	2022	1836–1936
Amnesia: The Dark Descent	2010	1839
The Oregon Trail	1985	1848
Aviary Attorney	2015	1848
Gold Rush!	1988	1848
Square's Tom Sawyer	1989	1855
Red Dead Revolver	2004	1860s
Ultimate General: Civil War	2016	1861–1865
Ultimate General: Gettysburg	2014	1863
Total War: Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai	2012	1864–1867
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood	2009	1864–1866	A prequel to Call of Juarez, the game follows the adventures of Confederate deserters Ray and Thomas McCall during the search of the legendary Gold of Juarez in Mexico.
Voyage: Inspired by Jules Verne	2005	1865
3 Skulls of the Toltecs	1996	1866
Fenimore Fillmore's Revenge	2008	1866
Inspector Schmidt - A Bavarian Tale	2023	1866
Like a Dragon: Ishin!	2014	1866
The Westerner	2003	1866
Assassin's Creed Syndicate	2015	1868	Victorian London
1869	1992	1869
Desperados III	2020	1870s
Rails West!	1984	1870–1900
America	2000	1870–1900
Stanley: The Search for Dr. Livingston	1992	1871
80 Days	2005	1873
Darkwatch	2005	1876
Way of the Samurai	2002	1878
ZuluWar!	1996	1879	Anglo-Zulu War
Gun	2005	1880
Chocolatier	2007	1880
Colonial Conquest	1985	1880
Doctor Lautrec and the Forgotten Knights	2011	1880s
The Gene Machine	1996	1880s
Kim	2016	1880s
Dust: A Tale of the Wired West	1995	1882
Black Sails: The Ghost Ship	2010	1884
Call of Juarez	2006	1884
The Order: 1886	2015	1886
Dance of Death: Du Lac & Fey	2019	1888
The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes	1992	1888
The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Rose Tattoo	1996	1889
Dead Man's Hand	2004	1890s
Heart of Africa	1985	1890s
A Vampyre Story	2008	1890s
Curse: The Eye of Isis	2003	1890
Hunt: Showdown	2019	1895
ARIDA: Backland's Awakening	2019	1896
The Yukon Trail	1994	1897
Koudelka	1999	1898
Maid of Sker	2020	1898
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs	2013	1899
Red Dead Redemption 2	2018	1899–1907	The story is set in 1899 in a fictionalized representation of the West, Midwest, and Southern United States and follows outlaw Arthur Morgan.

Games set in the Modern Period (1900–now)

Title	Release date	Time period	Notes on setting
Aggression – Reign over Europe	2008	1900s–1950s
Nostalgia 1907	1991	1907
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger	2013	1910
Shadow of the Comet	1993	1910
Red Dead Redemption	2010	1911–1914	The Sequel timeline wise to Red Dead Redemption 2
Titanic: Adventure Out of Time	1996	1912
Shadow Hearts	2001	1913
The Last Express	1997	1914, 24–27 July	Adventure game set on the Orient Express just before World War 1
Tannenberg	2019	1914	World War I
Wing Nuts: Battle in the Sky	1995	1914	World War I
Valiant Hearts: The Great War	2014	1914–1917	World War I
World War One	2008	1914–1918	World War I
Warbirds	1991	1914–1918	World War I
The Great War: Western Front	2023	1914–1918	World War I
The Entente: Battlefields WW1	2003	1914–1918	World War I
Battlefield 1	2016	1915–1918	World War I
Shadow Hearts: Covenant	2004	1915
Verdun	2015	1916	World War I
Vampyr	2018	1918
Command HQ	1990	1918–2023
Daughter of Serpents	1992	1920s
Draugen	2019	1920s
Gangbusters	1982	1920s
Gangster Town	1987	1920s
Gangsters: Organized Crime	1998	1920s
A Golden Wake	2014	1920s
The Hound of Shadow	1989	1920s
Layers of Fear	2016	1920s
Omerta – City of Gangsters	2013	1920s
Post Mortem	2002	1920s
The Ship	2006	1920s
The Sinking City	2019	1920s
Nocturne	1999	1920s–1930s
Empire of Sin	2020	1920–1933
SOS	1993	1921
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth	2005	1915–1922	Set mostly in the year 1922
Clive Barker's Undying	2001	1923
The Colonel's Bequest	1989	1925
Black Mirror	2017	1926
Codename Eagle	1999	1927
Cruise for a Corpse	1991	1927
Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness	2000	1927
Gangsters 2	2001	1928–1929
Glass Rose	2003	1929
Shadow Hearts: From the New World	2005	1929
Rule of Rose	2006	1930
Nancy Drew: Secret of the Old Clock	2005	1930
Total Eclipse	1988	1930
Blues and Bullets	2015	1930s
Borrowed Time	1985	1930s
Call of the Sea	2020	1930s
Calvino Noir	2015	1930s
Chicago 1930	2003	1930s
Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge	2003	1930s
Heart of China	1991	1930s
Jack Orlando	2001	1930s
Mafia	2002	1930s
Mob Enforcer	2004	1930s
Prisoner of Ice	1995	1930s
Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express	2006	1934
The Godfather	2006	1936
Lost Horizon	2010	1936
Murder on the Zinderneuf	1983	1936
Ripley's Believe It or Not!: The Riddle of Master Lu	1995	1936
Hearts of Iron	2002	1936–1948	World War II
Hearts of Iron II	2005	1936–1948	World War II
Hearts of Iron III	2009	1936–1948	World War II
Hearts of Iron IV	2016	1936–1948	World War II
The Secrets of Atlantis: The Sacred Legacy	2006	1937
Amnesia: Rebirth	2020	1937
Crimson Skies	2000	1937
Spirit of Speed 1937	1999	1937
Deadfall Adventures	2013	1938
Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None	2005	1939
Noir: A Shadowy Thriller	1996	1940
The Saboteur	2009	1940	World War II
Secret Weapons Over Normandy	2003	1940s	World War II
Company of Heroes 2	2013	1940s	World War II
Company of Heroes 3	2023	1940s	World War II
Battlefield V	2018	1940–1945	World War II
Call of Duty: WWII	2017	1940–1945
Enemy Front	2014	1940–1945
Soldiers: Heroes of World War II	2004	1940–1945	World War II
Faces of War	2006	1940–1945
Men of War	2009	1940–1945
Axis & Allies	2004	1940–1945
Battlestations: Midway	2007	1941–1942
Battlestations: Pacific	2009	1941–1945
Call of Duty: Vanguard	2021	1941–1944
1942: Joint Strike	2008	1942
Bomber Crew	2017	1942
Call of Duty: World at War	2008	1942
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault	2002	1942
Sniper Elite III	2014	1942
Battlefield 1943	2009	1943
Sniper Elite 4	2017	1943
Call of Duty 3	2006	1944
D-Day	2004	1944
Martha Is Dead	2022	1944	Set in Italy against the backdrop of World War II.
Order of War	2009	1944
Sniper Elite 5	2022	1944
Steel Division: Normandy 44	2017	1944
Steel Division 2	2019	1944
Company of Heroes	2006	1944
Fran Bow	2015	1944
Sniper Elite	2005	1945
Sniper Elite V2	2012	1945
Mafia II	2010	1945–1951
This Bed We Made	2023	1950s
Call of Duty: Black Ops	2010	1960s	Cold War
Detention	2017	1960s	Set in Taiwan during the White Terror.
Mafia III	2016	1960s
The Operative: No One Lives Forever	2000	1960s
1979 Revolution: Black Friday	2016	1979	Set in Iran during the Iranian Revolution.
Family	2020	1985–1995	Focuses on a fictional music scene in London

See also

• Lists of video games
• List of World War II video games
• List of Vietnam War games