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The 10 best DOS historical events games

The 10 best DOS historical events games, as the players of dos.games rate them. Steel Panthers III: Brigade Command - 1939-1999 leads the list, ahead of Reach for the Skies and Silent Hunter.

Every game on the list plays in your browser, with nothing to install. The order comes from players' ratings and real play time, so it moves as people play.

Updated How the lists are ranked

  • 21DOS historical events games in the archive
  • 10 of 10Play in your browser
  • 3.3Score of #1, out of 5

  2. 2. Reach for the Skies

    1993 · Rowan Software Ltd. · Simulation

    3.3No ratings yet

    Reach for the Skies is a combat flight sim focused on WWII's famous "Battle of Britain", splitting the battle into four stages and giving you the option to take part for either the Royal Air Force or the German Luftwaffe.

    Play now: Reach for the SkiesAbout the game

  9. 9. Gettysburg (1993)

    1993 · Charles Dollins · Strategy / tactics

    3.2No ratings yet

    Gettysburg is a one or two player, shareware, computerised version an old-school war-game of this historic battle of the American Civil War.The game is played on a hexagonal grid of which the player can see only a part while moving their units.

    Play now: Gettysburg (1993)About the game

  10. 10. North & South

    1990 · Infogrames · Action

    3.2No ratings yet

    Based on the Belgian comic book, "Les Tuniques Bleues", this strategy game allows you to replay the American Civil War from both the North and the South sides.

    Play now: North & SouthAbout the game
Ranks 11–20

More great DOS historical events games

  1. Perfect General II — playable in the browserQuantum Quality Productions · Strategy / tactics · 1994Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Perfect General II
  2. Operation Crusader — playable in the browserThe Avalon Hill Game Company · Strategy / tactics · 1994Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Operation Crusader
  3. Steel Panthers — playable in the browserStrategic Simulations · Strategy / tactics · 1995Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Steel Panthers
  4. Wings of Glory — playable in the browserElectronic Arts, Inc. · Simulation · 1995Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Wings of Glory
  5. Western Front: The Liberation of Europe 1944-1945 — playable in the browserStrategic Simulations · Strategy / tactics · 1991Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Western Front: The Liberation of Europe 1944-1945
  6. Conquest of the New World: Deluxe Edition — playable in the browserInterplay Productions, Inc. · Strategy / tactics · 1996Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Conquest of the New World: Deluxe Edition
  7. Empire Deluxe — playable in the browserNew World Computing, Inc. · Strategy / tactics · 1993Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Empire Deluxe
  8. Hannibal — playable in the browserMicroLeague · Strategy / tactics · 1994Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Hannibal
  9. Search and Destroy — playable in the browserBrøderbund Software, Inc. · Simulation · 1987Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Search and Destroy
  10. The Oregon Trail Deluxe — playable in the browserMECC · Educational · 1992Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open The Oregon Trail Deluxe
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What is the best DOS historical events game?

Steel Panthers III: Brigade Command - 1939-1999 (1997, Strategic Simulations, Inc.) is the best DOS historical events game by our players' ratings, ahead of Reach for the Skies and Silent Hunter. The ranking follows players' ratings and real play time, so it changes as people play.

Can I play these DOS historical events games online?

Yes. 10 of the games on this list play free in your browser on dos.games, with no download and no emulator to set up. Press Play on any of them; your progress can be saved.

How many DOS historical events games are there on dos.games?

21. This list ranks the best 10 in full and the next ones below them; the catalogue has every one, with filters for year, studio and more.

Which year had the most great DOS historical events games?

1993. 3 of the games on this list came out that year: Reach for the Skies, Fields of Glory and Gettysburg (1993).

How is this list ranked?

With the same score as our Best DOS Games ranking: players' ratings, pulled toward the archive's own rating while a game has few of them, plus a small bonus for the games people actually keep playing. No editor and no sponsor decides a place.