Early modern period

Historical theme

A significant portion of the story takes place during the early modern period, spanning from 15th to 19th century.

113
games
24
platforms

Alternate name: Renaissance

Related:
* Early modern period theme

Related:
* 15th century
* 16th century
* 17th century
* 18th century
* 19th century

Succeeded by:
* Late modern period (from 18xx onward)

Preceded by:
* Middle ages (4xx – 14xx)

Overlaps:
* Age of Revolution (1775 – 1848)
* Age of Sail (15xx – 18xx)
* Age of Discovery (14xx – 16xx)
* Victorian era (1837 – 1901)
* Industrial Age (although started in 17xx, explosive growth happened near the end of what is considered early modern period, around 1830s)

Popular tags

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Parent group

Time periods

Child group

Napoleonic wars

Games by year

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The first Early modern period video game was released in 1981.

Microprose, Paradox Interactive and Ubisoft published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 37
Linux 14
MS-DOS 13
Mac OS X 7
Amiga 6
Apple II E 5
Atari ST 3
Amstrad CPC 3
PS3 3
X360 3
NES 3
Mac OS Classic 3
C64 2
Apple IIGS 1
GBA 1
Arcade 1
Atari 400/800 1
Mega Drive 1
ZX Spectrum 1
NEC PC9801 1
Amiga AGA 1
NEC PC8801 1
Thomson 1
Amiga CD32 1