This Collider feature ranks the ten greatest historical adventure video games of all time, judging entries on gameplay, narrative, visuals, originality and critical reception. The author distinguishes these titles from strategy or RPG-based historical games, arguing that grounding players directly in a historical era on the ground, rather than commanding armies, delivers a stronger sense of adventure and immersion.

The excerpt covers three of the ten entries. Ranked tenth is The Oregon Trail (2021), a remake of the classic 1840s settler-journey survival game with added historically accurate narrative depth. Ninth is Return of the Obra Dinn (2018), an indie mystery set in 1807 aboard a ship whose 60 crew are found dead or missing, praised for its striking shadow-and-light art style. Eighth is L.A. Noire (2011), Rockstar's post-World War II detective game following Cole Phelps as he investigates murders and a morphine-smuggling ring in Los Angeles.