7 Games with a historical setting like Sancticide that you should try

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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentUpdated May 19, 2026How this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

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We filtered the 41 games similar to Sancticide down to the 7 that fit the “Historical” category. Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon, Nioh 2 and God of War II top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Sancticide.

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The best games with a historical setting like Sancticide

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Sancticide. Each one has been evaluated across 20 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

#1Armored Core VI: Fires of RubiconClosest overall match

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreSoulslike

SoloMeleeHardcoreNarrativePost-ApocalypticHistoricalThird Person3D

Steam👍 92%· 83KIGDB87· 7OC85· 148

Year 2023Dev FromSoftware · Bandai Namco EntertainmentOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Same family of Soulslike games: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and shooter

≠ Its own twist: combat tactical, setting scifi and multiplayer gameplay, while skipping roguelike runs

Where it drifts furthest from Sancticide: game mode and combat.

Genre100Visuals100Tone79Setting63Combat44Game mode28

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#2Nioh 2Closest on tone

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreSoulslike

SoloMeleeHardcoreDarkFantasyHistoricalThird Person

IGDB84· 9OC85· 102

Year 2020Dev Team NINJA · Koei Tecmo GamesOn PS4

✓ Same family of Soulslike games: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: multiplayer gameplay and co op, while skipping shooter

Where it drifts furthest from Sancticide: game mode.

Genre100Tone83Visuals62Setting59Combat50Game mode35

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#3God of War IIClosest on combat

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreThird-Person ARPG

SoloMagicMeleeFantasyHistoricalThird Person

IGDB93· 4

Year 2007Dev SCE Santa Monica Studio · Capcom

✓ If you enjoyed Sancticide, expect deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: precision platforming, setting mythology and loot and gear systems, while skipping shooter

It predates Sancticide by 19 years, with what that implies technically.

Combat100Game mode100Genre75Visuals62Setting51

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#4Rise of the Argonauts

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreThird-Person ARPG

SoloMeleeMagicFantasyHistoricalThird Person

Steam👍 73%· 811RAWG👍 41%· 94MC59IGDB60· 2

Year 2008Dev Liquid Entertainment · CodemastersPlaytime ~1hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Shared with Sancticide: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: setting mythology, while skipping shooter

###The role model Released in 2008, the game, is similar to another well-known representative of the genre of action-role-playing games God of War series. Developers became studio Liquid Entertainment, and the publisher company Codemasters.

Where it drifts furthest from Sancticide: setting.

It predates Sancticide by 18 years, with what that implies technically.

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#5Enclave

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreThird-Person ARPG

SoloMagicMeleeFantasyHistoricalThird Person

Steam👍 80%· 6.6KIGDB81· 2

Year 2002Dev Starbreeze Studios · Black Label GamesOn Linux · PC · Mac

✓ If you enjoyed Sancticide, expect deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: ranged combat and setting medieval, while skipping shooter

It predates Sancticide by 24 years, with what that implies technically.

Game mode100Combat84Genre75Visuals63Setting53

GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreThird-Person ARPG

SoloFantasyHistoricalThird Person

OC94· 256

Year 2009Dev SCE Santa Monica Studio · Sony Computer EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3

✓ Nearly identical: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and adventure storytelling.

≠ Missing: shooter.

It predates Sancticide by 17 years, with what that implies technically.

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#7The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreThird-Person ARPG

SoloFantasyHistoricalThird PersonMedieval

IGDB65· 2

Year 2002Dev Hypnos Entertainment · Electronic Arts

✓ If you enjoyed Sancticide, expect deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings setting medieval, while skipping shooter

A level-based hack-and-slash built around three characters with genuinely different movesets and an upgrade system tied to combo scoring. It cuts between film footage and play well for its era. It is short and entirely linear — a handful of hours, no exploration, and boss fights that come down to memorising a single pattern.

It predates Sancticide by 24 years, with what that implies technically.

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