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Historically inaccurate

Historical theme

Set in historic times, yet fails to adhere to facts known of those times.

17
games
11
platforms
Apollo 18: Mission to the Moon (MS-DOS)
Apollo 18: Mission to the Moon
DOS 1988
Talvisota: Icy Hell (Windows)
Talvisota: Icy Hell
WIN 2008-02
Colonial Conquest (Apple II E)
Colonial Conquest
IIE 1985
Assassin's Creed (Xbox 360)
Assassin's Creed
X360 2007-11-14
Tropico 5 (Windows)
Tropico 5
WIN 2014-05-23
Defender of the Crown (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Defender of the Crown
NES 1989-07
Assassin's Creed (PlayStation 3)
Assassin's Creed
PS3 2007-11-14
Wolfenstein 3D (MS-DOS)
Wolfenstein 3D
DOS 1992-05-05
Dnieper River Line (Apple II E)
Dnieper River Line
IIE 1981
Run, Jesus Run! (Flash)
Run, Jesus Run!
FLA 2010-05
Assassin's Creed (Windows)
Assassin's Creed
WIN 2008-04-08
Time Traveller (Arcade)
Time Traveller
ARCD 1991
Related:
* Fictional history
* Historical theme
For games in "real-world" setting where certain facts about history are inaccurately stated or even completely fictitious compared to what is (or was) known.

These are usually cases where insufficient research (if any) has been done or some facts are changed for the game to be more dramatic.

Preferably the inaccuracies are explained in an article or farther defined by more specific tag.

Popular tags

12thcentury 1940s 19thcentury 1stcentury 2010s 20thcentury 21stcentury 2ndmillennium actionadventure ahistoric alternatetimeline antiquity classicalantiquity dawnofanewage future grandstrategy historicfigure imperiumromanum medieval mesoamerican-theme middleages past wargame worldwar2

Games by year

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The first Historically inaccurate video game was released in 1981.

Molleindustria, Ubisoft Entertainment and Paradox Interactive published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 5
MS-DOS 2
Apple II E 2
Arcade 1
NES 1
PS3 1
X360 1
Flash 1
Internet Only 1
Linux 1
Mac OS X 1

Most common companies

Molleindustria3
Ubisoft Entertainment3
Paradox Interactive2