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Strategy & Tactics: Dark Ages cover art

Strategy & Tactics: Dark Ages

HeroLabs · 2017-08-04

Steam

RPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 12, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Dark Ages is a tactical digital board game set in the violent world of alternate Middle Ages. Vikings against war elephants, musketeers against the Mongol cavalry, ancient phalanx legions against crusaders; the deadliest armies in history clashing in bloody war.

Strategy & Tactics: Dark Ages is an RPG, Simulation, and Strategy game released in 2017, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (59% of 194 reviews).

0
playing now
59%
positive of 194 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 37% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (17 reviews).
  • · Top 36% of 13,891 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 4.8k–12k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 194 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.00 at GamersGate (2017-05-19) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 53 of 87 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
151520162026Week of 2016-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$17.55$1.002016-12-132026-08-212016-12-13 — best price $8.492017-10-09 — best price $14.992017-12-15 — best price $6.442018-02-23 — best price $4.492018-05-10 — best price $5.992018-08-27 — best price $14.992018-12-20 — best price $4.942019-03-01 — best price $14.992019-05-31 — best price $5.092019-09-28 — best price $14.762020-01-07 — best price $13.492020-02-05 — best price $14.842020-05-07 — best price $5.242020-08-02 — best price $3.992020-10-21 — best price $5.242021-02-11 — best price $4.492021-05-18 — best price $14.992021-09-13 — best price $3.602022-01-17 — best price $13.492022-06-10 — best price $3.822022-11-24 — best price $14.992023-02-04 — best price $14.992023-06-19 — best price $13.492023-09-22 — best price $5.992023-12-05 — best price $4.052024-03-17 — best price $14.992024-06-04 — best price $14.992024-08-19 — best price $5.402024-11-02 — best price $14.992025-01-03 — best price $14.992025-03-17 — best price $4.602025-06-13 — best price $14.992025-09-02 — best price $13.492025-11-08 — best price $2.702025-12-20 — best price $14.992026-02-16 — best price $13.492026-05-25 — best price $6.002026-08-21 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

56
achievements tracked
40.1%
earned "Free Riders"
5.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Russian

Player tags

RPGRTSCo-opSandboxMedievalPoliticsStrategyDiplomacyBoard GameHistorical

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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