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Pepper Ratings / Top 10 by Genre / Gaming / Historical

Top 10 Historical Games

History-inspired and period storytelling, including historical fiction rather than a guarantee of factual accuracy.

10 EDITORIAL PICKS
1
GameRed Dead Redemption 2Cover pending
Red Dead Redemption 2 cover
Game2018

Red Dead Redemption 2

An outlaw gang’s decline becomes a richly observed open-world story about loyalty, change and the costs hidden inside a romantic idea of freedom.

9.5/ 10 · Pepper Score
Peppermoon pick · Historical
2
GameAge of Empires II: The Age of KingsCover pending
Game1999

Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings

Building an economy and commanding armies form a clear, enduring strategy framework, with historical campaigns providing varied objectives and contexts.

9.0/ 10 · Pepper Score
Peppermoon pick · Historical
3
GameKingdom Come: Deliverance IICover pending
Game2025

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II

A young man navigates a richly detailed medieval world, where social rules, practical skills and consequential quests give the role-playing journey its weight.

8.6/ 10 · Pepper Score
Peppermoon pick · Historical
4
GameTotal War: Shogun 2Cover pending
Game2011

Total War: Shogun 2

Feudal Japan supplies a focused strategic setting where campaign planning and battlefield positioning reinforce a demanding struggle for regional power.

8.6/ 10 · Pepper Score
Peppermoon pick · Historical
5
GameAssassin’s Creed IICover pending
Game2009

Assassin’s Creed II

A young assassin’s life unfolds across Renaissance Italy, combining architectural exploration and a personal revenge story with an inviting historical atmosphere.

8.4/ 10 · Pepper Score
Peppermoon pick · Historical
6
GameGhost of TsushimaCover pending
Game2020

Ghost of Tsushima

A defender of Tsushima navigates invasion and conflicting obligations, with expressive sword combat and striking landscapes shaping the samurai adventure.

8.4/ 10 · Pepper Score
Peppermoon pick · Historical
7
GamePentimentCover pending
Game2022

Pentiment

An artist’s life intersects with a community’s conflicts, using conversation and historical texture to make an investigation feel socially grounded.

8.2/ 10 · Pepper Score
Peppermoon pick · Historical
8
GameAssassin’s Creed IV: Black FlagCover pending
Game2013

Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag

A pirate’s opportunities and competing loyalties link island exploration with naval combat, giving the series’ historical adventure a particularly free-roaming character.

8.2/ 10 · Pepper Score
Peppermoon pick · Historical
9
GameValiant Hearts: The Great WarCover pending
Game2014

Valiant Hearts: The Great War

Several lives intersect during the First World War in a puzzle adventure that finds emotional force in ordinary people’s attempts to help one another.

8.1/ 10 · Pepper Score
Peppermoon pick · Historical
10
GameA Plague Tale: RequiemCover pending
Game2022

A Plague Tale: Requiem

Two siblings cross a violent medieval landscape, where stealth and environmental puzzles support a severe story about protection, fear and sacrifice.

8.1/ 10 · Pepper Score
Peppermoon pick · Historical

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