Action · January 26, 2024
Ancient Warfare 3 (2024)
Dive into a sandbox full of action and customization! Choose from different game modes like deathmatch, conquest, king of the hill, zombie survival and many more. Create your own scenarios in the custom battle editor. Choose your rules, change the environment, place units, objects or traps, choose your equipment and fight or just relax and spectate a battle. Content Explore content from different eras starting in the stone age, medieval ages, WWI, WWII and the modern era up to futuristic sci-fi content. 3400+ units, 1100+ objects and 580+ equipment items await you. In addition, the Steam Workshop integration allows you to share your creations and choose from 23000+ battles, 5900+ prefabs, 25000+ units, 2200+ campaigns and various equipment items and objects to use them in your own creations! In-game editors The central idea behind the game is to let players customize everything and create their own content! In the custom battle editor you can place units, objects and other items to create your own scenarios with various game modes and settings for each object and unit to adjust their behavior. Custom units The custom unit editor allows you to create detailed and complex units with various equipment slots and settings like color adjustments for armor and clothing items. Custom items The custom equipment and object editors allow you to import your own models into an easy to use in-game editor to create custom melee and ranged weapons, grenades, shields, armor, clothing and environment, consumables and various other functional objects to use them in the battle editor or to create more unique looking custom units. Scripting Engine To give players even more control, there is an event based visual scripting engine which can be used to create custom behavior and rules for battles, units, objects and the player.
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Peer Action titles
Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.
Community Tag Signals
Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.
- Sandbox · 118
- Simulation · 108
- Action · 104
- Strategy · 93
- Indie · 87
- War · 76
- Games Workshop · 75
- Moddable · 74
- Singleplayer · 71
- Physics · 66
- Shooter · 64
- FPS · 61
- First-Person · 60
- Funny · 55
- Early Access · 53
Position in Action
| Metric | This title | Genre position |
|---|---|---|
| Review volume | 2.6k Steam reviews | Top 86% in Action |
| Positive rating | 95% positive | Genre average: 83% — this title sits in top 14% |
| Engagement hours | 28 h average | Top 16% for session depth among Action |
Release & Availability
| Release date | Jan 26, 2024 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Jannik Nickel |
| Base price | $8.44 -35% |
| Platforms | Windows, Linux |
| Estimated owners | 100k–1M |
| External links | [email protected] |
Reception Metrics
Steam community
95%Overwhelmingly Positive · 2.6k reviews
2.5k positive · 131 negative
Curator recommendations
2.6k
Engagement Profile
All-time avg
28h
moderate (15–40 hours)
Median
18h
Typical completion time
Achievements
33
Steam unlocks available
Features & Capabilities
Community
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Workshop
Other
- Single-player
- Includes level editor
- Family Sharing
Editions & Packages
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