RPG · March 31, 2014

Age of Wonders III (2014)

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Age of Wonders III is the long anticipated sequel to the award-winning strategy series. Delivering a unique mix of Empire Building, Role Playing and Warfare, Age of Wonders III offers the ultimate in turn-based fantasy strategy for veterans of the series and new players alike! Create an Empire in your own Image Rule as one of 6 RPG style leader classes: Sorcerer, Theocrat, Rogue, Warlord, Archdruid, or the tech-focused Dreadnought. Research powerful skills unique to your class to develop your empire and arsenal. Choose your allies from among the six main races - Humans, High Elves, Dwarves, Orcs, Goblins and Draconians - and fantastical monster dwellings. Explore and Exploit a Living Fantasy World Explore a rich fantasy world that is more detailed and alive than ever with over 50 location types to raid for treasure. Expand your domain by building new settlements, forge pacts with monstrous allies and capture valuable resources. Wield earth shattering magic and terra-form the lands for your needs. Fight In-depth Tactical Battles Recruit legendary heroes, equip them with magical weapons, and let them lead your armies into battle. Crush your enemies using the detailed 3D turn-based Tactical Combat System. Become a master tactician. Crush city defenses. Learn to use flanking and master your army’s hundreds of abilities. Master Age of Wonders III’s many Modes! Immerse yourself in a rich single player story campaign, playable from two sides of an epic conflict. Create endless scenarios using the random map generator. Compete in multiplayer wars with up to 8 players online. Please note that: Level Editing Tools are provided as a courtesy to fans. They might have different system specifications from the Age of Wonders III game, are not tech supported and have an English only interface. Coop: Random maps and stand-alone scenarios can be played using player alliances versus computer opponents. Local Coop: Random maps and stand-alone scenarios can be played using “Hot Seat” mode on the same computer using player alliances versus computer opponents.

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Strategy · 1.2k
  • Turn-Based Strategy · 710
  • Fantasy · 550
  • RPG · 488
  • 4X · 454
  • Turn-Based · 388
  • Multiplayer · 263
  • Singleplayer · 216
  • Tactical · 200
  • Dwarf · 169
  • Hex Grid · 138
  • Co-op · 110
  • Adventure · 87
  • Grand Strategy · 84
  • Great Soundtrack · 64

Position in RPG

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume12.6k Steam reviewsTop 28% in RPG
Positive rating80% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 74%
Metacritic80/100Genre average 78 — top 53% of RPG titles
Concurrent peak163 playersTop 36% in RPG by live player count
Engagement hours25 h averageTop 39% for session depth among RPG

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Reception Metrics

Steam community

80%Mostly Positive · 12.6k reviews

10.1k positive · 2.5k negative

Metacritic

80/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

8.0/10

Curator recommendations

7.0k

Peak concurrent players

163

RPG releases from 2014

12 RPG titles launched in 2014 — top 6 by review volume.

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player
  • Co-op
  • Shared/Split Screen
  • Cross-Platform Multiplayer

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Workshop
  • Steam Cloud
  • Remote Play Together

Other

  • Single-player
  • Includes level editor
  • Family Sharing

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (5)

  • English volume_up
  • German volume_up
  • French
  • Polish
  • Russian volume_up

Full audio (3)

  • English
  • German
  • Russian

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

25h

moderate (15–40 hours)

Median

3h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

7h

Current engagement

Achievements

74

Steam unlocks available

More from Triumph Studios

Triumph Studios has 6 titles indexed — all listed below.

Release & Availability

Release dateMar 31, 2014
DeveloperTriumph Studios
PublisherParadox Interactive
Base price$7.49
DLC / Add-ons3 released
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support · [email protected]

Editions & Packages

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