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Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne

Triumph Studios · Paradox Interactive · 2010-10-12

SteamGOG

RPGStrategy

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

Releases: Q4 2010 (Linux), Jun 12, 2002 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Age of Wonders II is the wildly anticipated sequel to the award-winning strategy phenomenon. Delivering an invigorating mix of Empire Building, Role-playing, and Warfare, Age of Wonders II brings s turn-based strategy to new heights.

Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne is an RPG, Strategy title released in 2010, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive sentiment (84% of 411 reviews).

8
playing now
84%
positive of 411 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
IGDB user rating (29 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$9.99
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne is a turn-based strategy video game in a fantasy setting. The sequel to Age of Wonders, it was developed by Dutch video game developer Triumph Studios. It was followed by a stand-alone expansion pack, Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic, which introduced random map generation to the series.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 22 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 26% of 14,020 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 16k–33k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 411 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$2.22-78%
Steam$2.49-75%
GOG$2.49-75%
Gamesplanet$2.50-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.25 at GamersGate (2012-12-21) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 89 of 130 observed days · $1.24 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620172026Week of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2632026-09-15 17:00 — 10 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 8 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 6 players2026-09-19 16:00 — 22 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 10 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 10 players2026-09-23 15:00 — 13 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 8 players2026-09-26 06:00 — 5 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 17 players2026-09-28 21:00 — 19 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 8 players2026-10-01 12:00 — 8 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 26 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 14 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 11 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 16 players2026-10-08 02:00 — 9 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 10 players2026-10-10 17:00 — 21 players2026-10-12 01:00 — 10 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 12 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
256Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 7 · peak 18Dec 2012 — avg 10 · peak 23May 2013 — avg 10 · peak 24Oct 2013 — avg 9 · peak 22Mar 2014 — avg 25 · peak 57Aug 2014 — avg 10 · peak 26Jan 2015 — avg 11 · peak 28Jun 2015 — avg 12 · peak 44Nov 2015 — avg 7 · peak 18Apr 2016 — avg 7 · peak 18Sep 2016 — avg 7 · peak 17Feb 2017 — avg 9 · peak 27Jul 2017 — avg 11 · peak 29Dec 2017 — avg 16 · peak 32May 2018 — avg 10 · peak 32Oct 2018 — avg 9 · peak 25Mar 2019 — avg 14 · peak 32Aug 2019 — avg 14 · peak 31Jan 2020 — avg 13 · peak 30Jun 2020 — avg 12 · peak 32Nov 2020 — avg 13 · peak 32Apr 2021 — avg 11 · peak 33Sep 2021 — avg 10 · peak 27Feb 2022 — avg 13 · peak 27Jul 2022 — avg 13 · peak 28Dec 2022 — avg 14 · peak 34May 2023 — avg 19 · peak 44Oct 2023 — avg 10 · peak 25Mar 2024 — avg 13 · peak 28Aug 2024 — avg 14 · peak 31Jan 2025 — avg 13 · peak 30Jun 2025 — avg 13 · peak 29Nov 2025 — avg 12 · peak 29Apr 2026 — avg 9 · peak 24Aug 2026 — avg 12 · peak 32
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$1.472015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $4.992016-07-04 — best price $9.992017-10-17 — best price $9.992018-03-05 — best price $2.492018-07-18 — best price $9.992018-11-01 — best price $9.992019-01-18 — best price $9.992019-04-26 — best price $9.992019-08-02 — best price $9.992019-10-23 — best price $9.992020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-02-16 — best price $8.652020-05-12 — best price $2.492020-07-27 — best price $2.492020-09-29 — best price $9.992020-11-10 — best price $2.492021-02-22 — best price $9.992021-05-10 — best price $2.292021-08-20 — best price $2.492021-11-24 — best price $2.492022-02-07 — best price $2.502022-05-23 — best price $9.992022-08-26 — best price $9.992023-01-02 — best price $2.112023-05-03 — best price $8.812023-08-17 — best price $9.992023-11-03 — best price $7.902024-03-20 — best price $2.492024-07-11 — best price $9.992024-11-18 — best price $9.992025-02-28 — best price $2.492025-09-25 — best price $2.492026-02-20 — best price $9.992026-06-09 — best price $9.992026-08-31 — best price $2.492026-09-30 — best price $9.992026-10-15 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3252026-05-31 — 24 pageviews2026-06-04 — 16 pageviews2026-06-08 — 23 pageviews2026-06-12 — 20 pageviews2026-06-16 — 13 pageviews2026-06-20 — 32 pageviews2026-06-24 — 22 pageviews2026-06-28 — 20 pageviews2026-07-02 — 19 pageviews2026-07-06 — 12 pageviews2026-07-10 — 16 pageviews2026-07-14 — 22 pageviews2026-07-18 — 21 pageviews2026-07-22 — 13 pageviews2026-07-26 — 20 pageviews2026-07-30 — 15 pageviews2026-08-03 — 14 pageviews2026-08-07 — 18 pageviews2026-08-11 — 12 pageviews2026-08-15 — 19 pageviews2026-08-19 — 22 pageviews2026-08-23 — 23 pageviews2026-08-27 — 19 pageviews2026-08-31 — 19 pageviews2026-09-04 — 23 pageviews2026-09-08 — 22 pageviews2026-09-12 — 16 pageviews2026-09-16 — 19 pageviews2026-09-20 — 14 pageviews2026-09-24 — 21 pageviews2026-09-28 — 16 pageviews2026-10-02 — 14 pageviews2026-10-06 — 14 pageviews2026-10-09 — 14 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

4XElfRPGDwarfClassicFantasyStrategyTurn-BasedSingleplayerGreat Soundtrack

Census log

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

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