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Age of Wonders 4

Triumph Studios · Paradox Interactive · 2023-05-02

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RPGStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 02, 2023 (PlayStation 5), May 02, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 02, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S)

Rule a fantasy realm of your own design! Explore new magical realms in Age of Wonders’ signature blend of 4X strategy and turn-based tactical combat. Control a faction that grows and changes as you expand your empire with each turn!

Age of Wonders 4 is a $49.99 RPG, Strategy game released in 2023, estimated to have 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners, with a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 23060 reviews).

1,413
playing now
81%
positive of 23k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
23
twitch viewers (latest)
4.6
viewers/channel (concentration)
86/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (15 ratings)
116
Nexus mods (66k downloads)
4.51★
PlayStation Store rating (2,065 ratings)
82/100
opencritic · strong · 94% recommend · from 34 critics
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$49.99
steam price (US)

1,413 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Age of Wonders 4 is a 2023 4X turn-based strategy video game developed by Triumph Studios and published by Paradox Interactive. It is the sixth game in the Age of Wonders series, following Age of Wonders: Planetfall.

Trailer

Age of Wonders 4 trailer thumbnail

Age of Wonders 4 - Launch Trailer | PS5 Games

≈446,232 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,413 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,633 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~204/week).
  • · Review velocity down 32% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (6,535 reviews).
  • · Top 3% of 13,891 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 460k–1.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 22,997 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$24.99-50%
Microsoft Store$49.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $21.82 at GameBillet (2025-11-20)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $49.99 · on sale 97 of 150 observed days · $3.17 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5.2k5.2k20232026Week of 2023-05-01: 5,247 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1,288 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 582 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 190 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 259 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 794 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 133 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 437 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 303 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 457 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 22 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3.2k8992026-09-15 12:00 — 1,198 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 1,615 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 974 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 1,643 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 2,500 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 1,288 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 1,136 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 1,878 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 1,467 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 1,644 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 1,750 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 1,298 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 982 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 2,000 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 2,362 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 1,391 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 1,988 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 2,078 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 1,407 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 2,513 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 3,187 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 1,519 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 1,413 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
15k911May 2023Aug 2026May 2023 — avg 15,171 · peak 42,826Jun 2023 — avg 4,196 · peak 8,472Jul 2023 — avg 2,124 · peak 4,937Aug 2023 — avg 967 · peak 1,843Sep 2023 — avg 929 · peak 1,860Oct 2023 — avg 911 · peak 1,814Nov 2023 — avg 2,772 · peak 6,698Dec 2023 — avg 1,967 · peak 4,250Jan 2024 — avg 1,917 · peak 4,494Feb 2024 — avg 1,637 · peak 6,250Mar 2024 — avg 2,910 · peak 6,240Apr 2024 — avg 1,604 · peak 3,115May 2024 — avg 1,547 · peak 3,215Jun 2024 — avg 2,797 · peak 7,511Jul 2024 — avg 2,513 · peak 5,148Aug 2024 — avg 1,538 · peak 2,671Sep 2024 — avg 1,223 · peak 2,173Oct 2024 — avg 1,906 · peak 4,050Nov 2024 — avg 4,773 · peak 15,447Dec 2024 — avg 2,533 · peak 5,670Jan 2025 — avg 2,038 · peak 4,043Feb 2025 — avg 1,790 · peak 3,437Mar 2025 — avg 1,847 · peak 3,612Apr 2025 — avg 3,844 · peak 8,724May 2025 — avg 2,386 · peak 4,859Jun 2025 — avg 1,751 · peak 3,211Jul 2025 — avg 1,917 · peak 3,407Aug 2025 — avg 3,735 · peak 9,170Sep 2025 — avg 2,378 · peak 5,171Oct 2025 — avg 2,868 · peak 5,579Nov 2025 — avg 3,468 · peak 7,970Dec 2025 — avg 2,727 · peak 4,619Jan 2026 — avg 2,504 · peak 4,921Feb 2026 — avg 1,882 · peak 3,397Mar 2026 — avg 2,909 · peak 6,275Apr 2026 — avg 2,125 · peak 4,067May 2026 — avg 2,538 · peak 4,493Jun 2026 — avg 2,730 · peak 6,021Jul 2026 — avg 2,477 · peak 5,145Aug 2026 — avg 1,810 · peak 3,131
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
95952026-09-212026-10-122026-09-21: 7 new positive2026-09-21: 6 new negative2026-09-22: 6 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new positive2026-09-23: 5 new negative2026-09-24: 1 new positive2026-09-24: 95 new negative2026-09-25: 2 new positive2026-09-25: 34 new negative2026-09-26: 5 new positive2026-09-26: 11 new negative2026-09-27: 7 new positive2026-09-27: 11 new negative2026-09-28: 4 new positive2026-09-28: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$49.99$19.732023-03-022026-10-142023-03-02 — best price $43.492023-04-18 — best price $49.992023-05-31 — best price $41.472023-09-01 — best price $41.992023-11-08 — best price $34.492023-12-11 — best price $47.492024-02-08 — best price $30.992024-03-01 — best price $34.492024-04-18 — best price $29.892024-05-17 — best price $34.992024-06-21 — best price $29.882024-07-11 — best price $28.392024-08-20 — best price $30.792024-10-09 — best price $32.492024-10-29 — best price $33.302024-11-14 — best price $35.992024-12-02 — best price $34.992024-12-27 — best price $32.172025-01-15 — best price $32.492025-02-04 — best price $31.082025-04-01 — best price $25.992025-05-16 — best price $26.492025-06-26 — best price $29.992025-08-12 — best price $29.992025-09-30 — best price $19.732025-11-11 — best price $19.732026-01-05 — best price $39.892026-02-06 — best price $49.992026-03-26 — best price $49.992026-05-06 — best price $24.502026-06-24 — best price $39.892026-08-22 — best price $49.992026-09-09 — best price $24.992026-09-24 — best price $49.992026-10-09 — best price $24.992026-10-14 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

190582026-05-27 — 112 pageviews2026-05-31 — 109 pageviews2026-06-04 — 95 pageviews2026-06-08 — 126 pageviews2026-06-12 — 69 pageviews2026-06-16 — 190 pageviews2026-06-20 — 179 pageviews2026-06-24 — 125 pageviews2026-06-28 — 170 pageviews2026-07-02 — 109 pageviews2026-07-06 — 123 pageviews2026-07-10 — 77 pageviews2026-07-14 — 98 pageviews2026-07-18 — 82 pageviews2026-07-22 — 64 pageviews2026-07-26 — 110 pageviews2026-07-30 — 70 pageviews2026-08-03 — 88 pageviews2026-08-07 — 84 pageviews2026-08-11 — 93 pageviews2026-08-15 — 115 pageviews2026-08-19 — 92 pageviews2026-08-23 — 143 pageviews2026-08-27 — 110 pageviews2026-08-31 — 98 pageviews2026-09-04 — 87 pageviews2026-09-08 — 90 pageviews2026-09-12 — 81 pageviews2026-09-16 — 87 pageviews2026-09-20 — 104 pageviews2026-09-24 — 98 pageviews2026-09-28 — 90 pageviews2026-10-02 — 166 pageviews2026-10-06 — 115 pageviews2026-10-10 — 117 pageviews2026-10-12 — 141 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

14102026-09-30 21:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 00:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 18:34 — 90 viewers2026-10-03 03:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-03 12:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-03 21:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-04 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-04 15:34 — 141 viewers2026-10-05 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 03:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-06 12:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-06 21:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-07 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 15:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-08 00:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-08 09:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-08 18:34 — 50 viewers2026-10-09 03:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-09 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 21:34 — 30 viewers2026-10-10 06:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-10 15:34 — 34 viewers2026-10-11 00:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-11 09:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-11 18:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-12 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 12:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-12 21:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-13 06:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-13 15:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-14 00:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-14 09:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-14 18:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 23 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
71.6%
earned "Secret Technique"
14.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam Workshop14 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian

Post-launch support: 14 DLC released, first 2023-05-02, latest 2026-06-16 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9,0680%114
PS5 (PlayStation)8500%115
Xbox Series (Xbox)7850%114
Windows (Xbox)522%114

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

4XRPGCo-opDwarfMagicCombatFantasyModdableStrategyLore-Rich

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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