Conan: The Dark Axe is an action-adventure/computer role playing game based on the literary character Conan created by Robert E. Howard for the PC, Xbox, Playstation 2 and GameCube.

Conan (often referred to as Conan the Cimmerian, from the name of his homeland, Cimmeria) is a fictional character created by Robert E. Howard in the 1930s. Howard's Conan appeared as short stories in Weird Tales magazine, a renowned publication of the era.

Conan is a Dark Horse comic series about the famous character Conan the Cimmerian, who was created by writer Robert E. Howard. So far it has run for 35 issues, and more than 3 miniseries.