Games set during the "dark ages" or early middle ages?

That's funny :)

100% fake, but the jokes are solid.

Most games seem to focus on just a few time periods, and they are mostly Eurocentric.. High middle ages & WW2 are the big ones, with a splattering of Napoleonic(ish), Sengoku, Colonial & post fall of the republic Roman eras.
I would love to see more games based on, or inspired by, the far east for an example. China, despite having a long and really interesting history, never seem to get any attention

From what I know, M&B II will be set into a fictional world, even though it draws heavily from the Early Middle Ages.

I never liked Mount & Blade, so that was why I did not consider it :(

Yeah, usually historians go with "early middle ages" or refer to specific time periods within the early middle ages, like "migration period". High middle ages is usually 10th century-13th century (and depending on exactly where you are, possibly also 14th century). The term "dark ages" do give the impression that the time period was just misery and decline, which is not really true, and which is why historians want to move away from it.

Yeah, and it's a bit too late. The black death would be 14th-15th century

ah stronghold, the memorys ^^

Assassin's Creed is set during the crusades (third one, I think), which is post dark ages. 1066, and the Battle of Hastings is often used as an end date for the early middle ages, and the start of the high middle ages (though reality is of course more complex than that).

Nah, that one does not count, despite the name :P

Not quite what I was looking for :P But that does seem like an interesting enough theme for a card game for it to at least be worth a try.

Funny enough, I actually played through that yesterday :P

I could go with a low-fantasy game that's heavily inspired by the time period, if such exists.

Eyes through it, but well, let's just say that people who have tagged games with Medieval have interesting definitions of "medieval".

Age of Decadence is a post apocalyptic game inspired by Roman times :P

No idea what game that is, but my inability to read Chinese would probably make it impossible for me to play :P

Read the last thing I said in my original post before linking to the giveaway :P

Yeah, that's the correct time period, but it's mostly a fantasy game though.

The studio behind Knights of Honor was purchased by Crytek, if my memory serves. As Knights of Honor had different publishers in different regions, it's likely that Paradox does not actually have the rights to the series.

I played that game, pissed me off at the end because my game bugged somehow (whenever I load it it crashes after few seconds), so I uninstalled it , but it's fun
Best moment of that game : "Your king is DEAD.'

I clarified what I meant by dark ages in my original post, as the term "dark ages" can have multiple meanings.

With the "Dark ages" I meant what we usually refer to as the "dark ages" these days, in other words roughly from the fall of the western Roman empire up until the 10th (or possibly early 11th) century, and not the time of the crusades or such, or the original meaning of the term (which was coined during the 17th century and was meant to refer to the 10th & 11th century).

Also, 1000 shitty years? That's not quite fair. A lot of progress was made during this era. While the migration period was one of turbulence, towards the 8th century we get the "Golden Age of Islam", where scientific ideas were advanced beyond that of classical times. This later spread into Europe. Europe was not really at a standstill, but it was rather turbulent.

Thanks for the list of games though.

Yeah, that one fits the bill! I'm just waiting for it to leave early access. And it looks like they're aiming for something that is at least believable, based on their own description.
Expeditions: Viking also looks promising, but that's also not out yet.

Vikings must be a very tricky subjects to make games about. There are so many misconceptions of them that have become "facts" in people's minds that making a too accurate game about them might result in a backlash based on it.

I'm not bound to steam, and have purchased a few games directly from Matrix games in the past. The core game looks like it's mostly ancient battles, but the expansions Decline & Fall and Wolves of the Sea fits what I'm looking for.