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while a lot of gamers like to play as an
undefeatable army of one others prefer
to make like Julius Caesar and vini vidi
vici
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our picks for the top
10 historical strategy games for this
list we’ll be looking at games to let
you unleash your inner napoleon as you
spent dozens of hours conquering the
world one puny city-state at a time
this sadly precludes games with
fantastical elements but what these
games lack in magic and monsters they
make up for in devotion to historically
accurate mayhem number 10 castles to
siege and conquest
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coming up for max way way back in 1992
castles to siege and conquest is the
oldest entry on our list but it’s
surprisingly refined gameplay has aged
like a fine wine the battle is about to
begin your majesty
a message has arrived from your
commander castles to was highly robust
for its era as it let players take
control of one of five factions during
the Hundred Years War and use diplomacy
economics and warfare to support their
bid for kingship true to its name the
game features customizable castles that
will keep your land safe from peasant
revolts as well as invading armies the
old adage is not true here the bigger
they are the less you had to worry about
them falling for many years I have
refined these skills now I wish to offer
my services to you number 9 battle
stations Pacific what’s your mission
Bomber
we got cargo to deliver the medicine
Uncle Sam prescribed for the enemy the
sequel to 2007 battle stations Midway
Pacific allows you to take control of
and switch between warships submarines
and fighter planes in massive sea
battles as the American and Japanese
Navy’s battle for control of the Pacific
Ocean while its predecessors
single-player campaign focused on the
American war effort
Pacific switches things over to the
Japanese side of things and even lets
you take command at the attack of Pearl
Harbor if committing one of the greatest
tragedies to ever occur on American soil
makes you uncomfortable Pacific also
features eight person multiplayer
matches where you can decimate your
friends in more than 100 historically
accurate vehicles number 8 you wrote by
Universalis for
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one of the deepest grand strategy games
out there
EU makes it look like clash of clans
whether you want to rule the world with
your crushing military might shrewd
diplomacy or economic acumen the u4
gives you the tools to make any path to
victory the right one also unlike the
Civilization series in u4 takes place in
real time so if you’re the time that
likes to take your sweet time admiring
the vast Dominion of your realm you
might want a hotkey the pause button
while complex the game is much more
inviting than its predecessors with
small design decisions that will let you
tweak every aspect of your Empire
without getting bogged down in too many
menus
number seven Lords of the realm
one of the precursors to the RTS genre
that blew up in the 90s boards of the
realm is a turn-based strategy game
where you build your kingdom on a
campaign map before leading your blurry
8-bit knights into real-time battles
in many ways it resembles a very
primitive total war game right down to
the random events that will cripple your
food supply and leave your poor starving
peasants twisting in the wind the game
spawned numerous expansion packs and
sequels though there hasn’t been a new
one since 2004 or throughout three
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number six Crusader Kings to
if there’s one thing that Game of
Thrones has taught us it’s that
destroying your enemies with guile and
manipulation can be just as satisfying
as running them through with a sword
Crusader Kings 2 is a 4x game from
Paradox Interactive that lets you
unleash your inner lannister as you
guide the destiny of a medieval dynasty
using treachery assassination and even
diplomacy to become the most powerful
family in the realm
however before you can get around to
poisoning Nobles and seducing siblings
for the sake of political advancement
you have to make it oversee k2s
punishing difficulty curve and
impenetrable menus but if you’re willing
to put in the work no other game makes
it feel so good to be so bad
number five rise of nations
most real-time strategy games tend to
focus on a specific period in history
such as the Middle Ages or the ancient
world where rise of nation differs
however is that it lets you build it out
in every era you can imagine all in the
same match in rise if you don’t eat up
territory or advanced technologically
fast enough you can find yourself trying
to use Spears and arrows against tanks
and biplanes created by game designer
Brian Reynolds who had previously worked
on the Civ series Rhys has a lot more
depth in its economy and diplomacy
systems than other RTS is at the time
including a focus on expanding your
borders so your units don’t take
attrition on enemy soil
number four company of heroes while
there are plenty of first-person
shooters that let you get into the grit
and mayhem of World War two there are
significantly fewer games that let you
take control of the action from a
top-down perspective and belt out orders
like General Patton but that’s okay
because we have the company of hero
series to help us get our fix of type
tactical combat and historically
accurate World War 2 era strategy in
addition to taking control of infantry
battalions and tank divisions Company of
Heroes also lets players call in
airstrikes lay down artillery
bombardment and capture strategic points
like machine gun placements and AAA guns
enemy unit dead number 3
row total war ah Rome
home of the Vatican the Colosseum and
birthplace of one of history’s single
most successful empires in rome total
war the third game in d total war
franchise players got the chance to take
control of one of the Republic’s feuding
families and leave their indefatigable
legions to glory against barbarians
Carthaginians Greeks and anyone else
fool enough to question the might of
Rome the young Hannibal Baca
general of the mighty Carthaginian sets
out to destroy the Romans alternatively
you could choose to take control of one
of those unique barbarian weak or near
Eastern factions and make the Eternal
City a footnote in world history if his
cavalry charge too soon they’ll be
isolated and cut down by the Roman
infantry number two Age of Empires to
the Age of Kings the second game in the
beloved age of empire series AOE 2 Age
of Kings flash things forward a few
hundred years from the originals Bronze
Age setting to medieval times featuring
a plethora of new units from around the
world including mounted Knights Aztec
jaguar warriors and even katana wielding
samurai each faction had a unique flavor
that made for some spectacular
engagements in the field of Honor
a OE to also had a wide variety in its
single-player campaigns that let you
follow in the footsteps of famous
historical figures like Joan of Arc and
Genghis Khan even to less well-known
warriors like El Cid and Frederick
Barbarossa kept the tutorial even let
you play as Braveheart himself William
Wallace as Longshanks tends his
attention to scuttling the shadow of
fear settles across the Heinie’s before
we turn back time to our top pick here a
few honorable mentions
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number one civilization 5 cocaine will
you answer the call can you build a
civilization that will stand the test of
time sid meier’s civilization game
pioneered the Forex Jarrah by giving
players options to win beyond just
crushing their opposition voyage to a
brave new world explore expand exploit
or yes exterminate as you see fit with
your choice of civilization and leader
while sip 4 was one of the deepest games
in the series 5 both simplifies and
innovates the formula pioneered by its
predecessors to create one of the most
refined strategy experiences ever made
and their story is not given only on
stone over there clay but abides
everywhere it even changed the ground a
series stood on by replacing the
traditional square grid with a hexagonal
one with a total of 43 civilizations if
you include the ones from dlc and
expansion packs few games can offer as
much choice flexibility and fun as
civilization 5 thousands of years ago
they created the great monuments which
still stand tall and proud do you agree
with our list did we miss your favorite
armchair general simulator your lamp
would be remembered as long as the stars
burn
in the night sky for more awesome top
10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com assure us of
your continued goodwill with a generous
offer of to go
[Music]
while a lot of gamers like to play as an
undefeatable army of one others prefer
to make like Julius Caesar and vini vidi
vici
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our picks for the top
10 historical strategy games for this
list we’ll be looking at games to let
you unleash your inner napoleon as you
spent dozens of hours conquering the
world one puny city-state at a time
this sadly precludes games with
fantastical elements but what these
games lack in magic and monsters they
make up for in devotion to historically
accurate mayhem number 10 castles to
siege and conquest
[Music]
coming up for max way way back in 1992
castles to siege and conquest is the
oldest entry on our list but it’s
surprisingly refined gameplay has aged
like a fine wine the battle is about to
begin your majesty
a message has arrived from your
commander castles to was highly robust
for its era as it let players take
control of one of five factions during
the Hundred Years War and use diplomacy
economics and warfare to support their
bid for kingship true to its name the
game features customizable castles that
will keep your land safe from peasant
revolts as well as invading armies the
old adage is not true here the bigger
they are the less you had to worry about
them falling for many years I have
refined these skills now I wish to offer
my services to you number 9 battle
stations Pacific what’s your mission
Bomber
we got cargo to deliver the medicine
Uncle Sam prescribed for the enemy the
sequel to 2007 battle stations Midway
Pacific allows you to take control of
and switch between warships submarines
and fighter planes in massive sea
battles as the American and Japanese
Navy’s battle for control of the Pacific
Ocean while its predecessors
single-player campaign focused on the
American war effort
Pacific switches things over to the
Japanese side of things and even lets
you take command at the attack of Pearl
Harbor if committing one of the greatest
tragedies to ever occur on American soil
makes you uncomfortable Pacific also
features eight person multiplayer
matches where you can decimate your
friends in more than 100 historically
accurate vehicles number 8 you wrote by
Universalis for
[Music]
one of the deepest grand strategy games
out there
EU makes it look like clash of clans
whether you want to rule the world with
your crushing military might shrewd
diplomacy or economic acumen the u4
gives you the tools to make any path to
victory the right one also unlike the
Civilization series in u4 takes place in
real time so if you’re the time that
likes to take your sweet time admiring
the vast Dominion of your realm you
might want a hotkey the pause button
while complex the game is much more
inviting than its predecessors with
small design decisions that will let you
tweak every aspect of your Empire
without getting bogged down in too many
menus
number seven Lords of the realm
one of the precursors to the RTS genre
that blew up in the 90s boards of the
realm is a turn-based strategy game
where you build your kingdom on a
campaign map before leading your blurry
8-bit knights into real-time battles
in many ways it resembles a very
primitive total war game right down to
the random events that will cripple your
food supply and leave your poor starving
peasants twisting in the wind the game
spawned numerous expansion packs and
sequels though there hasn’t been a new
one since 2004 or throughout three
[Music]
number six Crusader Kings to
if there’s one thing that Game of
Thrones has taught us it’s that
destroying your enemies with guile and
manipulation can be just as satisfying
as running them through with a sword
Crusader Kings 2 is a 4x game from
Paradox Interactive that lets you
unleash your inner lannister as you
guide the destiny of a medieval dynasty
using treachery assassination and even
diplomacy to become the most powerful
family in the realm
however before you can get around to
poisoning Nobles and seducing siblings
for the sake of political advancement
you have to make it oversee k2s
punishing difficulty curve and
impenetrable menus but if you’re willing
to put in the work no other game makes
it feel so good to be so bad
number five rise of nations
most real-time strategy games tend to
focus on a specific period in history
such as the Middle Ages or the ancient
world where rise of nation differs
however is that it lets you build it out
in every era you can imagine all in the
same match in rise if you don’t eat up
territory or advanced technologically
fast enough you can find yourself trying
to use Spears and arrows against tanks
and biplanes created by game designer
Brian Reynolds who had previously worked
on the Civ series Rhys has a lot more
depth in its economy and diplomacy
systems than other RTS is at the time
including a focus on expanding your
borders so your units don’t take
attrition on enemy soil
number four company of heroes while
there are plenty of first-person
shooters that let you get into the grit
and mayhem of World War two there are
significantly fewer games that let you
take control of the action from a
top-down perspective and belt out orders
like General Patton but that’s okay
because we have the company of hero
series to help us get our fix of type
tactical combat and historically
accurate World War 2 era strategy in
addition to taking control of infantry
battalions and tank divisions Company of
Heroes also lets players call in
airstrikes lay down artillery
bombardment and capture strategic points
like machine gun placements and AAA guns
enemy unit dead number 3
row total war ah Rome
home of the Vatican the Colosseum and
birthplace of one of history’s single
most successful empires in rome total
war the third game in d total war
franchise players got the chance to take
control of one of the Republic’s feuding
families and leave their indefatigable
legions to glory against barbarians
Carthaginians Greeks and anyone else
fool enough to question the might of
Rome the young Hannibal Baca
general of the mighty Carthaginian sets
out to destroy the Romans alternatively
you could choose to take control of one
of those unique barbarian weak or near
Eastern factions and make the Eternal
City a footnote in world history if his
cavalry charge too soon they’ll be
isolated and cut down by the Roman
infantry number two Age of Empires to
the Age of Kings the second game in the
beloved age of empire series AOE 2 Age
of Kings flash things forward a few
hundred years from the originals Bronze
Age setting to medieval times featuring
a plethora of new units from around the
world including mounted Knights Aztec
jaguar warriors and even katana wielding
samurai each faction had a unique flavor
that made for some spectacular
engagements in the field of Honor
a OE to also had a wide variety in its
single-player campaigns that let you
follow in the footsteps of famous
historical figures like Joan of Arc and
Genghis Khan even to less well-known
warriors like El Cid and Frederick
Barbarossa kept the tutorial even let
you play as Braveheart himself William
Wallace as Longshanks tends his
attention to scuttling the shadow of
fear settles across the Heinie’s before
we turn back time to our top pick here a
few honorable mentions
[Music]
[Music]
number one civilization 5 cocaine will
you answer the call can you build a
civilization that will stand the test of
time sid meier’s civilization game
pioneered the Forex Jarrah by giving
players options to win beyond just
crushing their opposition voyage to a
brave new world explore expand exploit
or yes exterminate as you see fit with
your choice of civilization and leader
while sip 4 was one of the deepest games
in the series 5 both simplifies and
innovates the formula pioneered by its
predecessors to create one of the most
refined strategy experiences ever made
and their story is not given only on
stone over there clay but abides
everywhere it even changed the ground a
series stood on by replacing the
traditional square grid with a hexagonal
one with a total of 43 civilizations if
you include the ones from dlc and
expansion packs few games can offer as
much choice flexibility and fun as
civilization 5 thousands of years ago
they created the great monuments which
still stand tall and proud do you agree
with our list did we miss your favorite
armchair general simulator your lamp
would be remembered as long as the stars
burn
in the night sky for more awesome top
10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com assure us of
your continued goodwill with a generous
offer of to go
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