Best Historically Accurate Games of All Time

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Video games have plenty of benefits that many people rarely stop to consider. From honing your hand-eye coordination in FPS games to building meaningful social interactions in MMORPGs, video games are more than just another form of escapism.

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Total War: Attila takes place between 395 and 447 AD during what is now known as Late Antiquity, an interesting period in history we rarely see portrayed in video games. This was a period of important transitions in Europe marked by the crumbling and eventual collapse of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD.

TOTAL WAR: ATTILA

The game features quite a few important historical figures, most notably Wenceslaus IV of House Luxembourg and his half-brother Sigismund.

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KINGDOM COME: DELIVERANCE

If you don’t mind difficult and complicated grand strategy games, Europa Universalis IV is a must-play. In spite of what its title might suggest, the game puts at your disposal the entire map of the world and all the nations in it.

EUROPA UNIVERSALIS IV

WOLFENSTEIN RPG The core gameplay is the same, but Wolfenstein’s story, style, and lore help to put the game over the top.

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The Total War series has so many good entries that we just had to add more than one to this list. The reason why we chose Shogun 2, in particular, is because there aren’t many historically accurate games set in feudal Japan.

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TOTAL WAR: SHOGUN 2

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The game is in Early Access at the time of writing and doesn’t have much of a story, but it does have an interesting historical setting. Hellish Quart takes place in the 17th century Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and features period-accurate clothing, weapons, and fencing techniques.

HELLISH QUART

I was pretty hesitant about putting an Assassin’s Creed title on a list of historically accurate video games because the series is known for taking a lot of liberties with things like important figures, events, and weapons. Among other things.

ASSASSIN’S CREED IV: BLACK FLAG

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Many Americans who grew up in the 80s and 90s have a lot of nostalgia for The Oregon Trail, however, it’s worth noting that the version that was popular at the time was a remake developed in 1985.

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THE OREGON TRAIL

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