The Alternate History Zone

Games imagining changed timelines, rewritten conflicts, or history with a twist.

Latest Standouts

Recent releases that landed well, newest first, filtered to games with enough reviews to trust the score.

For the Fatherland: Chronicle of Park Chung-hee - January 1, 1960. Become Major General Park Chung-hee at a turning point in Korean history. Preserve democracy and rise as the father of a nation—or cling to power and become a dictator. The fate of the Republic of Korea is in your hands.
Maestro's Cold War 2 - Addictive yet chill. An immersive Cold War sandbox. Revive the Cold War in this classic strategy game—easy to pick up, yet challenging and deep, offering endless replayability.
States of Power - Command your nation's armies, economy, and diplomacy in this WWII Grand Strategy Wargame. Easy to start, hard to master and a full match fits in one session. Play singleplayer and multiplayer, or create, play and share your own custom scenarios with the built-in Scenario Editor.
Polylithic - Polylithic is a survival game unlike any other, set in the most pivotal moment in mankind's history. Experience life as a Paleolithic hunter-gatherer, settle down as a Neolithic farmer, form tribes in co-op multiplayer, or go it alone in a world where the apex predator is still a distant aspiration.
Social Democracy: An Alternate History - You are the Social Democratic Party of Germany in 1928. Can you stop the Nazis from taking power?
The World Well: Blood of Caro - The World Well: Blood of Caro is a cinematic dark fantasy visual novel where every choice reveals another piece of the truth. Join 4 and Noma as they journey through a vampire-ruled world filled with unforgettable characters, hidden secrets, and difficult decisions.
Blue Sign - In the fictional port city of Rissebra, you work as a marine insurance underwriter. Review the documents brought to your desk by shipowners, and uncover the risks hidden in their vessels, routes, and cargo. The decision to approve or reject each insurance contract rests entirely on your judgment.
TK Punk Gold - A cyberpunk, multi-ending galgame Turn-based raising sim with armor-breaking bishoujo Bar management simulation Alternate-history Three Kingdoms heroes making their way in Hanport City 50 weeks, 13 boys and girls — let’s achieve peace across the land together!
Mr. President - Can you face the challenges of the Oval Office? Find out in Mr. President, a sandbox simulation of the U.S. presidency. Pursue your legislative agenda. Compete with rivals Russia and China. Deal with crises from 9/11 to COVID-19; and direct the U.S. military against terror groups and rogue states.
Below, Rusted Gods - You are the lifeline supporting an expedition into the unknown. Keep both yourself and your squad alive by interpreting instrument readings, explore the facilities, and uncover something ancient and eager to be born.

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Steelrising - Players say: In an automaton-ruled 1789 Paris, Aegis fights the king’s legions, develops her combat skills, and explores a path to stop him. Players like: Revolutionary Paris Setting · Accessible Soulslike Combat · Weapon And Build Variety ·
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Paris, 1789. The French Revolution has been suppressed with bloodshed by Louis XVI and his merciless mechanical army. Aegis, a mysterious automaton masterpiece, must confront the king's army alone to save history in this challenging action-RPG.

Old World - Players say: Guide an ancient kingdom across generations, balancing court politics, city-building, diplomacy, and war with limited orders each turn. Players like: Limited-Order Decisions · Dynasty and Court Drama · Interconnected Strategy ·
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Old World is a revolutionary new historical strategy game where you lead your dynasty over generations of rule against rival kings and queens. Wage massive wars, manage your court, and build a dynasty — or watch your empire crumble to dust. What legacy will you leave behind?

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus - Players say: In Nazi-occupied 1961 America, resistance fighter B.J. Blazkowicz battles through missions with guns, stealth, and melee. Players like: Satisfying Gunplay · Memorable Story Moments · Alternate-History Atmosphere ·
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America, 1961. The assassination of Nazi General Deathshead was a short-lived victory. The Nazis maintain their stranglehold on the world. You are BJ Blazkowicz, aka “Terror-Billy,” member of the Resistance, scourge of the Nazi empire, and humanity’s last hope for liberty.

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Oct 26, 2017
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Age of History 3 - Players say: Lead a civilization from ancient history to the future, developing provinces, researching technology, and fighting for territory. Players like: Era-Spanning Sandbox · Accessible Strategy · Custom Scenario Editor ·
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Grand strategy wargame where the destiny of Civilizations rests in your hands - will they stand united under your leadership or fall divided in conflict? Journey through the entire saga of human civilization, from its earliest days to the futuristic era, crafting your legacy age by age.

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Oct 23, 2024
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Headbangers: Rhythm Royale - Players say: Compete as a pigeon in escalating rhythm, memory, and reflex minigames, using powerups to outlast rivals in online tournaments. Players like: Varied Musical Minigames · Pigeon Customization · Catchy Original Music ·
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Headbangers is a light-hearted, Rhythm Battle Royale Game where you and 29 other Pigeons compete against each other, all to complete your quest of claiming the title of Master Headbanger!

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Oct 31, 2023
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Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition - Players say: As Blade Runner Ray McCoy, investigate murders and hunt replicants in a point-and-click Los Angeles case shaped by shifting identities and choices. Players like: Rainy Noir Atmosphere · Branching Replayability · Blade Runner World ·
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Armed with your investigative skills and the tools of the Blade Runner trade, you'll be immersed in a world that lives and breathes around you with breakthrough lighting and visual effects. Your ability to survive will be put to the test in the richest game environment ever created.

Card Shark - Players say: In 18th-century France, learn card cheats and execute them under pressure while traveling with a gambler through a courtly conspiracy. Players like: Original Cheating Mechanics · Distinctive Hand-Drawn Art · Intriguing Period Story ·
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Card Shark is an adventure game full of cunning, intrigue, and delectable deceit. Enter a world where you’ll need to play your opponents better than you play your cards.

Imperiums: Greek Wars - Players say: Guide one of 30 ancient factions through turn-based diplomacy, empire management, warfare, and optional Greek myth quests. Players like: Strategic Depth · Diplomacy And Trade · Smart Opponent AI ·
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Unique combination of turn-based 4X and historical grand strategy with a mythological twist. Explore the ancient world and build a world leading civilization. Survive, expand, conquer... and win!

Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition - Players say: Lead a HUNT agent through a cult-held island, blasting soldiers, navigating trap-filled mazes, and uncovering keys and secrets. Players like: Faithful Modern Remaster · Retro Charm · Memorable Soundtrack ·
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The HUNT Returns... AGAIN! Play the original Cult Classic '90s FPS remastered in 4K Ultrawide with UNLIMITED frame rates, RESTORED content, NEW episodes, a LEVEL EDITOR, online MULTIPLAYER, LUDICROUS gameplay options and MORE. Make 'em EAT LEAD or they'll bury you in a lunchbox!

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Jul 31, 2023
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Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic - Players say: Plan a Soviet-themed republic by building industries, routing supplies and workers, trading abroad, and meeting citizens’ needs. Players like: Intricate Logistics · Deep Production Chains · Planning Payoff ·
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Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.

Wolfenstein: The Old Blood - Players say: In 1946, B.J. Blazkowicz infiltrates Nazi strongholds in Bavaria, combining stealth, pipe-climbing and first-person firefights. Players like: Satisfying Gunplay · Atmospheric Castle Levels · Action-Stealth Choice ·
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Wolfenstein®: The Old Blood™ is a standalone prequel to the critically acclaimed first-person action-adventure shooter, Wolfenstein®: The New Order. This adventure spans eight chapters and features the hallmarks of MachineGames – thrilling action, immersive story, and intense FPS combat.

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May 4, 2015
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Wolfenstein: The New Order - Players say: In a Nazi-ruled alternate 1960s, soldier B.J. Blazkowicz joins the resistance, fighting with guns or stealth across a sci-fi campaign. Players like: Satisfying Gunplay · Story and Characters · Alternate-History Setting ·
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Wolfenstein®: The New Order reignites the series that created the first-person shooter genre. Wolfenstein offers a deep game narrative packed with action, adventure and first-person combat.

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May 19, 2014
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Hidden Gems

Well-liked but under-played: strong scores, small review counts.

PRODUCER 2021 - a ~2 hour long graphic adventure novella. Tasked with disrupting the end of the world, you explore, investigate and produce your way through a strangely familiar world.
Misericorde: Volume One - Players say: In a 1482 English convent, an isolated anchoress is drawn into investigating a nun’s murder in a choice-free gothic mystery. Players like: Distinctive Sister Cast · Character-Driven Writing · Atmospheric Soundtrack ·
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Misericorde: Volume One is the first part of a series of mystery visual novels set in a convent in 1482.

Escape From Lavender Island - Explore a dream that refuses to end. As Zede Aksis, wander a surreal city that feels both alive and liminal, filled with digital citizens and absurd infrastructure. Can you find an escape? A way out of a world that remembers you better than you remember it?
Repella Fella - Repella Fella is an interactive, point and click, choose your own adventure. This cinematic tale is set in a post-apocalyptic, futuristic Australia. Alternate between 3 intertwining stories. Replay the game multiple times to attempt different solutions and achieve every possible ending.
Angeline Era - Players say: As ex-soldier Tets, search a hidden-level world and battle by colliding with foes on a quest to reach an angelic mothership. Players like: Hidden-world discovery · Bump-based combat · Retro surreal style ·
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Explore a secret-filled land in this 3D Action-Adventure, where every level is hidden in plain sight! Travel and fight through a vast, unmarked overworld. The next surprise is only a single search away!

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Dec 8, 2025
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DAEMON MASQUERADE - Players say: As Detective Lambda, sift a week of documents to identify six masked rivals and the supernatural powers behind them. Players like: Satisfying Deductions · Imaginative Daemon Lore · Comic-Style Artwork ·
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An anime-inspired supernatural detective game. Uncover the identities and powers of your adversaries using a conspiracy board full of evidence.

Knights Within - Knights Within is a hack&slash horde shooter with roguelite elements. Design custom loadouts, navigate procedurally generated levels and utilize random power-ups. Either solo or with friends, can you survive endless waves of enemies to ensure humanity's survival?
INPUT6 - INPUT6 is a short, fast-paced, first-person horror game. Search through the abandoned robot factory avoiding malfunctioning robot by instantly switching between playing in separate sections of the facility. Figure out what led to the company's collapse. Be quick! You don’t have much time.
A Monster's Expedition - Players say: Explore an archipelago as a curious monster, pushing and rolling logs to solve island puzzles and reach human exhibits. Players like: Clever Log Puzzles · Interconnected Island World · Relaxing Atmosphere ·
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An adorable and relaxing open world puzzle adventure for monsters who love to learn about humans!

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Sep 10, 2020
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FLATHEAD - Over or Under? A simple game of gambling with your life.
FULL METAL COFFIN - FULL METAL COFFIN is a 3D co-op submarine simulator. Crew your vessel with up to 4 players. Load the torpedoes, dodge incoming fire, and eliminate the enemy.
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Top Rated

Defining examples of the genre, all rated 85%+ across 1,000+ reviews.

A Tower Full of Cats - Players say: Climb a tower spanning history and beyond, finding more than 1,400 hidden cats while uncovering secrets and side quests. Players like: Cute Cat Artwork · Relaxing Search · Historical Era Variety ·
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A Tower Full of Cats is a hidden object game where you need to gather cats through the whole history of catkind... and beyond!

South Scrimshaw, Part One - Players say: Follow a newborn Brillo whale through an alien ocean in a documentary-style visual novel with illustrated biology and field notes. Players like: Detailed Hand-Drawn Art · Imaginative Alien Biology · Documentary-Style Story ·
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South Scrimshaw is the story of a newborn whale in a vast alien ocean. It is a richly illustrated experimental visual novel, written in the style of a nature documentary.

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Hypnospace Outlaw - Players say: As a 1990s dream-internet moderator, browse personal sites, track rule-breakers, and solve cases hidden among their pages. Players like: Lived-In Websites · Human Character Stories · Retro Web Atmosphere ·
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Greetings Enforcer, and thank you for enlisting in the Hypnospace Patrol Department! As the world falls into its slumber, Hypnospace becomes a bustling global village. These virtual streets aren't going to police themselves!

Ages of Conflict: World War Simulator - Players say: Create or edit a world map, then watch AI nations wage wars—or intervene directly to reshape borders and history. Players like: Watch Nations Fight · Flexible Map Editing · Custom Scenarios ·
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Ages of Conflict is a versatile Map Simulation game where you create and observe custom AI nations battle it out across an infinite number of worlds. Paint beautiful maps and scenarios, and command nations to change history into your liking!

Airships: Conquer the Skies - Players say: Design modular steampunk airships and land vehicles, then command their fleets in real-time battles and map-spanning conquest. Players like: Creative Shipbuilding · Destructive Battles · Replayable Campaigns ·
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Construct mighty steampunk airships and fly them into battle, waging war and conquering the skies!

Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream - Players say: Guide Hanna through an isometric stealth-puzzle adventure as she evades police, searches for her missing brother, and uses allies’ skills. Players like: Detailed City Atmosphere · Beautiful Environments · Strong Voice Acting ·
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Experience an isometric, narrative-driven stealth game and join Hanna’s adventure in the vibrant city of Eriksholm. The mysterious disappearance of her brother, Herman, ignites a chain of catastrophic events that will forever change their lives and the fate of the entire city.

LIZARDS MUST DIE 2 - Players say: Choose a Rus hero and fight a lizard invasion in a humorous slasher campaign, using melee, special skills and more alone or in co-op. Players like: Russian Meme Humor · Co-op With Friends · Improved Soundtrack ·
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LIZARDS MUST DIE 2 is a cooperative slasher action game, a high–quality continuation of the SENSATIONAL first part. Insidious lizards attacked the lands of the Rus again. HYPERBOREA is on fire and only the GLORIOUS HEROES can kick the invaders from their homeland.

TR-49 - Players say: Search a WWII-era computer’s archive by linking coded books and documents to uncover a missing volume and a world-altering secret. Players like: Code-Based Investigation · Eerie Machine Atmosphere · Interconnected Fictional Texts ·
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A World War II computer. An archive of lost books. A world-changing secret. Narrative deduction meets audio drama, from the creators of Overboard!, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.

Vampire Therapist - Players say: A reformed cowboy vampire trains as a therapist in Germany, helping immortal clients spot distorted thoughts through dialogue. Players like: CBT Learning · Character Writing · Voice Acting ·
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Guide vampires through centuries of emotional baggage, decades of delusions and the odd bout of self-loathing with real cognitive behavioral therapy concepts and become a Vampire Therapist! Even vampires need a shoulder to cry on when a neck to bite just won’t do.

The Silent Age - Players say: As janitor Joe, travel between 1972 and a desolate future, solving point-and-click puzzles to uncover humanity’s fate. Players like: Atmosphere and Music · Time-Travel Puzzles · Story and Mystery ·
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Experience a post-apocalyptic world like never before in The Silent Age, a thrilling point-and-click adventure game. Use time travel to unravel the mystery behind humanity's disappearance and save the world from extinction. Start your journey now!

Reverse: 1999 - Players say: As the Timekeeper, trace a reality-reversing Storm across 20th-century eras, rescue Arcanists, and fight with tactical skill cards. Players like: Story and Characters · Distinctive Art Direction · Voice Acting and Music ·
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Reverse: 1999 is a 20th Century Time-Travel Strategic RPG developed by Bluepoch. As the Timekeeper, the observer of eras, you will embark on a journey across time and space, from the Roaring '20s to the turn of the millennium, uncovering the truth about the "Storm" and the mystery of the year 1999.