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Best historical games
The 158 best historical games, ranked from 30,277 critic and player ratings.
How this ranking is built
- Games are ranked on the aggregated critic score out of 100 imported from IGDB and Metacritic, never on Tier's own grades.
- A game only enters the ranking with at least 80 external ratings, so a single enthusiastic review never outranks a proven classic.
- Each game is ranked in one genre only, the one that defines it best, so the same title never tops two different genre charts.
- Community grades from F to S are shown next to every game, and only stated as a fact above 5 Tier ratings.
- Release window covered: 1970 to 2026.
- 50 games are listed on this page, carrying 30,277 ratings between them.
- Rankings are recomputed hourly; this one was last rebuilt on 7 September 2026.
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51
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
85
/100
52
S
Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag
85
/100
53
The Neverhood
85
/100
54
Day of the Tentacle Remastered
85
/100
55
Apotheon
84
/100
56
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines
84
/100
57
Call of Duty 2
84
/100
58
The Curse of Monkey Island
84
/100
59
Prince of Persia
84
/100
60
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
84
/100
61
Civilization IV: Warlords
84
/100
62
Diablo
84
/100
63
Hearts of Iron IV
84
/100
64
Crash Bandicoot: Warped
84
/100
65
Age of Empires
83
/100
66
Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror
83
/100
67
S
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
83
/100
68
Torchlight
83
/100
69
Darkest Dungeon
83
/100
70
Call of Duty: World at War
83
/100
71
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization
83
/100
72
Anno 1800
83
/100
73
Sid Meier's Pirates!
83
/100
74
Assassin's Creed Revelations
82
/100
75
S
Call of Duty: Black Ops
81
/100
76
Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive
81
/100
77
Assassin's Creed III
81
/100
78
Wolfenstein: The New Order
81
/100
79
Age of Empires III: Complete Collection
81
/100
80
Age of Empires IV
81
/100
81
A Plague Tale: Innocence
81
/100
82
Assassin's Creed
81
/100
83
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
81
/100
84
Far Cry 4
80
/100
85
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
80
/100
86
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
80
/100
87
The Secret of Monkey Island
80
/100
88
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
80
/100
89
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
80
/100
90
Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood
80
/100
91
Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition
80
/100
92
Singularity
80
/100
93
Day of Defeat
79
/100
94
Rome: Total War - Alexander
79
/100
95
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
79
/100
96
Heretic
79
/100
97
Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
78
/100
98
Age of Empires III
78
/100
99
Mount & Blade: Warband
78
/100
100
Gothic
78
/100
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
85
/100
52
S
Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag
85
/100
53
The Neverhood
85
/100
54
Day of the Tentacle Remastered
85
/100
55
Apotheon
84
/100
56
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines
84
/100
57
Call of Duty 2
84
/100
58
The Curse of Monkey Island
84
/100
59
Prince of Persia
84
/100
60
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
84
/100
61
Civilization IV: Warlords
84
/100
62
Diablo
84
/100
63
Hearts of Iron IV
84
/100
64
Crash Bandicoot: Warped
84
/100
65
Age of Empires
83
/100
66
Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror
83
/100
67
S
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
83
/100
68
Torchlight
83
/100
69
Darkest Dungeon
83
/100
70
Call of Duty: World at War
83
/100
71
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization
83
/100
72
Anno 1800
83
/100
73
Sid Meier's Pirates!
83
/100
74
Assassin's Creed Revelations
82
/100
75
S
Call of Duty: Black Ops
81
/100
76
Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive
81
/100
77
Assassin's Creed III
81
/100
78
Wolfenstein: The New Order
81
/100
79
Age of Empires III: Complete Collection
81
/100
80
Age of Empires IV
81
/100
81
A Plague Tale: Innocence
81
/100
82
Assassin's Creed
81
/100
83
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
81
/100
84
Far Cry 4
80
/100
85
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
80
/100
86
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
80
/100
87
The Secret of Monkey Island
80
/100
88
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
80
/100
89
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
80
/100
90
Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood
80
/100
91
Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition
80
/100
92
Singularity
80
/100
93
Day of Defeat
79
/100
94
Rome: Total War - Alexander
79
/100
95
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
79
/100
96
Heretic
79
/100
97
Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
78
/100
98
Age of Empires III
78
/100
99
Mount & Blade: Warband
78
/100
100
Gothic
78
/100