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Assassin's Creed
Action 13 November 2007
An action adventure game with stealth elements, created by the Ubisoft Montreal studio. The plot revolves around centuries-long conflict between the Assassin Brotherhood and the Templar Order. Players take on the role of Desmond Miles, who lives in modern age, but thanks to the machine called Animus he can also relive and control the actions of his ancestor – a Syrian assassin living in the 12th century, Altair Ibn-La'Ahad.
Cossacks 3
Strategy 20 September 2016
The third installment in a real-time strategy series, set in a historical setting of the 17th and 18th century. The game was created by the reactivated GSC Game World studio, known for such titles as S.T.A.L.K.E.R. or American Conquest. In terms of the plot, this game is a remake of the first installment, originally released in 2000. In the game you can select any of the 12 available historical nations, each having their own buildings, units, and technologies.
Project Caesar
Strategy TBA
A grand stratey game from Paradox Tinto studio, identified based on the rumors and publishings as Europa Universalis V. Project Caesar is the codename of this game and it's supervised by Johan Andersson - creator of the Europa Universalis series.
Six Days in Fallujah
Action 2025 (early access since 22 June 2023)
A realistic action game dedicated to the battle for the Falluja. The creators focused on presenting the clash as accurately as possible, without taking sides in the conflict.
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
Strategy 06 December 2016
A tactical real-time strategy game inspired by the Commandos series. Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun is set in Japan in 1615. The new shogun decided to enforce peace in the entire country which requires him to silently eliminate all the opposition that may dream of rebelling against him. To achieve this, he asks a group of five specialists who deal in murder, sabotage, and espionage.
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
Strategy 14 November 2019
A remastered and improved edition of Age of Empires II – the second installment in the best-selling real time strategy series, originally released in the year 2000. The enhanced edition has been developed by Forgotten Empires. The improvements implemented herein regard mostly the visuals and the interface – the visuals have been significantly improved, and the game supports 4K resolution. The developers have also decided to implement the symphonic soundtrack to accompany the player’s efforts.
Steel Division 2
Strategy 20 June 2019
A continuation of Steel Division: Normandy 44 - war strategy published in 2017. As in the case of its predecessor, the game takes place during World War II, but this time the players are thrown on the infamous eastern front.
Imperator: Rome
Strategy 25 April 2019
Imperator: Rome is a large scale strategy game, in which you play as a leader of an ancient nation, starting from Athens' golden age. You have many duties, such as managing your country, developing the society, economy, and military, and maintaining relations with other nations.
We. the Revolution
Adventure 21 March 2019
Inspired by a popular game Papers, Please, this is an unusual mix of genres by the Polish studio Polyslash. We. The Revolution is set in the 18th-century Paris during the French Revolution. The player takes the role of a judge in the Revolutionary Tribunal, who judges both revolutionists and their enemies, as well as criminals and ordinary citizens.
Titanic: Honor and Glory
Adventure 2025
A first-person adventure game from ORM Entertainment, which was initially supposed to be nothing more than modification to the popular shooter Crysis 2. Its story revolves around the disaster of the famous ocean liner, which sunk in 1912 with hundreds of people on board. We play as a man named Robert Morgan, who, due to false accusations, has to hide aboard the liner from the police.
Assassin's Creed: Liberation HD
Action 14 January 2014
A re-released edition of the action game Assassin's Creed: Liberation, previously released for PlayStation Vita, now converted for PC Windows and home consoles. Like in the 2012 original, the protagonist of Assassin's Creed: Liberation is the Black woman Aveline de Gandpré, who joins the Assassins to fight for liberty and justice. The game is set mostly in New Orleans in the turbulent years 1765-1780.
Mount & Blade: Warband - Viking Conquest
RPG 11 December 2014
The second DLC expansion for Mount & Blade: Warband - an action-RPG sandbox game. Viking Conquest is set in Britain and Scandinavia, focusing on the conquests of the titular Vikings. Similar to the previous, "Napoleonic" expansion, the creators were inspired by a fan-made modification Brytenwalda - they improved it with the help of its original creators.
Sea Power: Naval Combat in the Missile Age
Strategy 2024
Sea Power: Naval Combat in the Missile Age is a strategy game from the Triassic Games studio, moving us into the 1970s and 1980s. Our task is to lead an aircraft carrier strike team in a campaign taking place in the Atlantic Ocean.
Empire of Sin
Strategy 01 December 2020
Paradox Interactive's strategy to lead a mafia organization in Chicago in the age of Prohibition. In Empire of Sin, a player must both manage the economic side of criminal activity and command gangsters in turn-based tactical battles. The production is developed by the Romero Games studio, headed by the famous John Romero.
Crown Wars: The Black Prince
Strategy 23 May 2024
A turn-based strategy with RPG elements set during the Hundred Years' War. Crown Wars: The Black Prince has us playing as a glory-seeking noble, who ends up facing a mysterious, evil cult.
Age of Empires: Definitive Edition
Strategy 20 February 2018
A refreshed version of Age of Empires, a real-time strategy game that debuted in 1997. Microsoft, the company responsible for the new version, focused not only on improving the graphics so that they now support 4K resolution, but on recording a new version of the symphonic soundtrack as well. The title contains the contents of the basic version of the original game and of the Rise of Rome expansion pack. The single player scenarios were expanded with new narrative features.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
RPG 2024
A sequel of the first-person perspective RPG set in the Medieval times in the Czech Republic. Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 continues the story of Henry, but this time on a grander scale. The game offers two huge maps, as well as many new and improved gameplay mechanics.
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Strategy 15 October 2020
A refreshed and improved version of Age of Empires III, a game from 2005 that was the third installment in the series of best-selling real-time strategy games. The new version was developed by Forgotten Empires, a studio that also created remastered editions of the first and second games in the series. Most of the changes are related to the graphics and interface – they were adapted to modern computers and displays. This enabled the game to support 4K resolution.
The Pillars of the Earth
Adventure 15 August 2017
An adventure game from Daedalic Entertainment, based on a popular history novel written by Ken Follet, entitled The Pillars of the Earth. The game of the same title is set in the 12th-century, in the tumultuous period known as the Anarchy. After the sudden death of king Henry I and the only heir to the throne having been killed in the crash of the White Ship, England gets consumed in a violent war of succession.
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag - Freedom Cry
Action 17 December 2013
A standalone expansion to Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag developed by an in-house Ubisoft studio. Unlike the base game, this time around, the player doesn't assume the role of Edward Kenway, but of his former quartermaster – Adewale, an emancipated black slave who joined the ranks of Assassins.
Enlisted
Action 10 November 2020
An online shooter which is a debut project of the Latvian studio Darkflow Software, created in cooperation with Gaijin Entertainment, the studio responsible for War Thunder. Enlisted takes place during World War II. The initial phase of the project is marked by two extensive campaigns released separately: Operation Typhoon (Battle of Moscow), and Operation Overlord (Battle for Normandy), while the next campaigns are in development.
Ancestors Legacy
Strategy 22 May 2018
Ancestors Legacy is a complex real-time strategy game developed by the Polish independent studio Destructive Creations. The game takes place in Medieval times and its single player campaign is based on the actual historical events. We can play as one of the four available factions: Slavs, Germanic peoples, Vikings, and Anglo-Saxons. In terms of gameplay, Ancestors Legacy focuses on large-scale battles.
Humankind
Strategy 17 August 2021
A turn-based 4X strategy from the Amplitude studio, inspired by the Sid Meier's Civilization series. In Humankind, the player creates his own civilization, selecting elements from many historical cultures, and then must lead it through the centuries, from ancient times to modern times.
Ultimate General: American Revolution
Strategy 17 November 2023
Ultimate General: American Revolution is a strategy game that recreates the War of Independence of the United States of America. The game offers extensive, multi-layered and realistic gameplay mechanics. It was developed by Game-Labs studio.