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Age of Wonders cover art

Age of Wonders

Triumph Studios · Paradox Interactive · 2010-10-12

SteamGOG

RPGStrategy

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

Releases: Q4 2010 (Linux), 2000 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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Age of Wonders is an RPG, Strategy game released in 2010, priced at $5.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (78% of 1047 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

7
playing now
78%
positive of 1.0k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (39 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$5.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Age of Wonders is a 1999 turn-based strategy game co-developed by Triumph Studios and Epic MegaGames, and published by Gathering of Developers.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 35 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 14,212 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 42k–84k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,047 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.49-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.59 at GOG (2018-09-03) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 71 of 117 observed days · $0.90 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
151520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2402026-09-16 07:00 — 11 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 10 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 16 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 14 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 11 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 7 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 7 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 9 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 7 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 8 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 15 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 9 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 16 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 13 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 13 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 10 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 13 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 13 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
234Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 8 · peak 17Dec 2012 — avg 8 · peak 22May 2013 — avg 8 · peak 19Oct 2013 — avg 7 · peak 19Mar 2014 — avg 19 · peak 54Aug 2014 — avg 11 · peak 29Jan 2015 — avg 15 · peak 36Jun 2015 — avg 17 · peak 69Nov 2015 — avg 11 · peak 34Apr 2016 — avg 11 · peak 28Sep 2016 — avg 9 · peak 27Feb 2017 — avg 10 · peak 30Jul 2017 — avg 15 · peak 36Dec 2017 — avg 13 · peak 32May 2018 — avg 9 · peak 25Oct 2018 — avg 10 · peak 31Mar 2019 — avg 10 · peak 28Aug 2019 — avg 14 · peak 33Jan 2020 — avg 16 · peak 29Jun 2020 — avg 17 · peak 35Nov 2020 — avg 14 · peak 34Apr 2021 — avg 14 · peak 34Sep 2021 — avg 14 · peak 30Feb 2022 — avg 18 · peak 39Jul 2022 — avg 12 · peak 28Dec 2022 — avg 23 · peak 59May 2023 — avg 21 · peak 49Oct 2023 — avg 14 · peak 29Mar 2024 — avg 12 · peak 32Aug 2024 — avg 12 · peak 31Jan 2025 — avg 14 · peak 29Jun 2025 — avg 12 · peak 26Nov 2025 — avg 11 · peak 29Apr 2026 — avg 13 · peak 29Aug 2026 — avg 11 · peak 27
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$5.99$0.592015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $2.992016-11-14 — best price $5.992017-10-30 — best price $4.732018-02-21 — best price $5.992018-07-05 — best price $5.992018-10-08 — best price $5.992018-12-28 — best price $5.992019-03-29 — best price $5.992019-07-02 — best price $1.192019-09-19 — best price $5.992019-12-09 — best price $1.192020-02-03 — best price $5.992020-04-20 — best price $4.472020-07-18 — best price $5.282020-09-14 — best price $5.992020-11-05 — best price $5.282021-02-08 — best price $4.932021-04-26 — best price $5.002021-08-02 — best price $1.192021-11-19 — best price $1.192022-01-27 — best price $1.492022-05-13 — best price $5.992022-08-16 — best price $1.192022-11-12 — best price $5.992023-02-02 — best price $1.352023-06-11 — best price $1.192023-09-05 — best price $5.992023-12-21 — best price $1.262024-04-10 — best price $1.492024-08-01 — best price $5.092024-11-26 — best price $1.172025-03-19 — best price $1.492025-10-08 — best price $5.992026-03-11 — best price $1.492026-07-09 — best price $5.992026-09-17 — best price $1.492026-10-15 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

118462026-05-31 — 76 pageviews2026-06-04 — 63 pageviews2026-06-08 — 95 pageviews2026-06-12 — 50 pageviews2026-06-16 — 84 pageviews2026-06-20 — 106 pageviews2026-06-24 — 90 pageviews2026-06-28 — 88 pageviews2026-07-02 — 87 pageviews2026-07-06 — 73 pageviews2026-07-10 — 65 pageviews2026-07-14 — 57 pageviews2026-07-18 — 46 pageviews2026-07-22 — 57 pageviews2026-07-26 — 62 pageviews2026-07-30 — 62 pageviews2026-08-03 — 66 pageviews2026-08-07 — 58 pageviews2026-08-11 — 66 pageviews2026-08-15 — 79 pageviews2026-08-19 — 86 pageviews2026-08-23 — 118 pageviews2026-08-27 — 86 pageviews2026-08-31 — 92 pageviews2026-09-04 — 79 pageviews2026-09-08 — 74 pageviews2026-09-12 — 59 pageviews2026-09-16 — 50 pageviews2026-09-20 — 64 pageviews2026-09-24 — 65 pageviews2026-09-28 — 51 pageviews2026-10-02 — 81 pageviews2026-10-06 — 84 pageviews2026-10-09 — 69 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

4XElfRPGDwarfRetroClassicFantasyStrategyTurn-BasedMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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