31 Best Historical Games That Will Give You A HISTORY LESSON
We all love a good historical game, don’t we? Games that are both educational and entertaining in equal measure. Of course, there’s a LOT of them out there and they can be incredibly difficult to sift through, so we’ve taken it upon ourselves to narrow them down to 30 games.
Platform: PC
Release Date: June 22, 2023 (early access)
Steam
Some war games offer a small glimpse into what things were like during the heat of battle. It’s a dark time for those involved, and in Six Days in Fallujah, we’re looking at a realistic take on one of the more tense battles during the war in Iraq. More specifically, we’re getting accounts from soldiers present during The Second Battle of Fallujah. This battle took place in 2004 when Al Qaeda seized control of Fallujah, a city now home to its local residents’ brutal conditions. American and British forces worked together for six days as they fought to free Fallujah. Players can expect a tactical FPS experience with online co-op if they wish to play with friends. However, this is an early access title, so the full gameplay experience is still being developed.
Look, sure, Assassins Creed isn’t exactly historically accurate. But it is historically a lot of fun, and that’s what counts for games like these. You can go from Italy to London to Egypt to Greece to basically anywhere, there’s so many games in the series and all of them are at least pretty passable. The question is: What kind of assassin do you really want to be? Personally, I sees myself as quite the pirate.
Sid Meier’s Civilization VI is a turn-based strategy 4X game that’ll take you through our history and beyond it. As you build up your empire through the Ancient Era, the Classical Era, the Medieval Era, the Renaissance Era,
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