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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.

Release DateAug 4, 2017
Price$ 14.99  Top 15%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)62.6% (mixed) Bottom 25% / 59%  Bottom 20%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)59.8% Bottom 30% / 57.2%  Bottom 25%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)147  / 188  Top 30%
Curators13 reviews
Median Play Time3.7 hours
Play Time per Dollar15 minutes  Bottom 30%
Followers5.1K  Top 15%
Owners± 43.7K  Top 25%
Copies Sold± 15.4K  Top 25%
Gross Revenue ($)± 85.9K  Top 25%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Strategy & Tactics: Dark Ages steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This chart shows Strategy & Tactics: Dark Ages's Steam rating and reviews from December 2016 to October 2023. Steam's rating is in a range going from 52.3% (March 2017) to 71.6% (September 2017).

With 188 reviews Top 30%, Strategy & Tactics: Dark Ages could be a decent indie success. Peaks in the chart suggest that major updates or discounts happened.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Strategy & Tactics: Dark Ages and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut graph displays the languages of Strategy & Tactics: Dark Ages's Steam reviews. The most popular language is English (42%), followed by Russian (39%). There is a nice diversity in the reviews, with 15 languages represented. The game has 2 translations (English and Russian). More translations could have boosted the game's popularity.

Time Played

Chart displaying Strategy & Tactics: Dark Ages percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the number of hours played in Strategy & Tactics: Dark Ages, comparing positive and negative reviews. The reviews during the game's time in Early Access are visible too. The time in game is acceptable, with 14 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 2.1 times less than the median for positive reviews. When the negative review time is low (median : 135 minutes), it can be a sign that the game crashes on some systems or that players misunderstood the nature of the game (Does the Steam page clearly explain it, with gifs and a gameplay video ?). It can also mean that some players were somehow offended by Strategy & Tactics: Dark Ages and decided to review it and get a refund under 2 hours. The Players' feedback section might help understanding the issue.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Wide game-play board
  • Collectible leaders
  • Interesting scenarios
  • Unit leveling up system
  • Variety of different units
  • Cool unit designs
  • Fun upgrading system
  • Approachable turn-based strategy
  • Heroes choices add strategy
  • Automated combat with formation planning
  • Crashes frequently
  • Unstable
  • Movement is painfully slow
  • Confusing UI information
  • No open skirmish mode
  • No clear battle strategy
  • AI is quite dumb
  • Small assortment of scenarios
  • Tedious scenarios
  • Overpriced

The intention behind these pros & cons isn't to establish a balanced evaluation of the game, but rather to assist developers in identifying enhancement opportunities. The game's 62.6% rating  Bottom 25% should be factored in during their evaluation.

Please keep in mind that this list was AI-generated with only a statistical sample of Strategy & Tactics: Dark Ages's review data that Steam provides. Additionally, remember that not all issues need to be fixed, sometimes the best approach is to communicate better to manage the player's expectations.

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