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Age of Wonders III

Triumph Studios · Paradox Interactive · 2014-03-31

SteamGOG

RPGStrategy

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

Releases: Mar 31, 2014 (Mac), Mar 31, 2014 (Linux), Mar 31, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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!

Age of Wonders III is an RPG, Strategy game released in 2014, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive (80% of 12821 reviews) sentiment.

117
playing now
80%
positive of 13k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
63/100
IGDB user rating (50 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

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

Age of Wonders III is a 2014 4X turn-based strategy video game developed and published by Dutch developer Triumph Studios. It is the fourth game in the Age of Wonders series, following Age of Wonders, Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne and Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic released in 1999, 2002, and 2003 respectively. It was released on March 31, 2014, through digital distribution, as well as through retail in select territories for Microsoft Windows. A port to Linux and OS X was released on April 14, 2015.

Trailer

Age of Wonders III trailer thumbnail

Age of Wonders III - Gameplay Trailer

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Health check

Quietly active
  • · 117 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 71 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity down 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 13,891 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 321k–769k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 12,821 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Gamesplanet$7.24-76%
Steam$7.49-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.29 at MacGameStore (2021-05-20) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 46 of 82 observed days · $3.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10810820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

256872026-09-15 12:00 — 139 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 189 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 102 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 196 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 256 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 108 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 125 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 180 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 133 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 131 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 164 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 131 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 102 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 166 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 174 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 95 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 138 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 171 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 135 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 181 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 242 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 107 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 117 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3.5k0Dec 2012Aug 2026Dec 2012 — avg 0 · peak 0May 2013 — avg 0 · peak 0Oct 2013 — avg 0 · peak 0Mar 2014 — avg 98 · peak 11,091Aug 2014 — avg 667 · peak 1,303Jan 2015 — avg 866 · peak 2,080Jun 2015 — avg 1,154 · peak 3,267Nov 2015 — avg 653 · peak 1,466Apr 2016 — avg 659 · peak 1,337Sep 2016 — avg 524 · peak 1,002Feb 2017 — avg 656 · peak 1,241Jul 2017 — avg 681 · peak 1,338Dec 2017 — avg 810 · peak 1,757May 2018 — avg 716 · peak 1,826Oct 2018 — avg 626 · peak 1,194Mar 2019 — avg 622 · peak 1,358Aug 2019 — avg 1,399 · peak 2,776Jan 2020 — avg 605 · peak 1,091Jun 2020 — avg 710 · peak 1,247Nov 2020 — avg 522 · peak 953Apr 2021 — avg 448 · peak 798Sep 2021 — avg 392 · peak 725Feb 2022 — avg 401 · peak 680Jul 2022 — avg 389 · peak 796Dec 2022 — avg 426 · peak 716May 2023 — avg 580 · peak 1,252Oct 2023 — avg 244 · peak 435Mar 2024 — avg 244 · peak 418Aug 2024 — avg 212 · peak 369Jan 2025 — avg 229 · peak 388Jun 2025 — avg 178 · peak 315Nov 2025 — avg 203 · peak 349Apr 2026 — avg 172 · peak 385Aug 2026 — avg 162 · peak 288
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$4.472015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $23.992016-06-23 — best price $7.492017-09-26 — best price $29.992018-01-19 — best price $7.492018-05-16 — best price $7.492018-08-23 — best price $29.992018-11-12 — best price $7.142019-02-01 — best price $25.192019-04-01 — best price $7.492019-07-02 — best price $7.492019-09-15 — best price $22.992019-11-27 — best price $5.992020-01-18 — best price $6.252020-03-07 — best price $28.492020-05-19 — best price $29.992020-07-21 — best price $29.992020-09-16 — best price $29.992020-11-01 — best price $21.992021-01-04 — best price $29.992021-03-12 — best price $7.492021-05-05 — best price $26.882021-07-15 — best price $8.752021-11-15 — best price $29.992022-02-01 — best price $4.472022-05-07 — best price $7.502022-08-15 — best price $6.582022-11-29 — best price $26.452023-03-16 — best price $7.492023-07-15 — best price $7.502023-10-23 — best price $7.492024-02-22 — best price $7.492024-06-27 — best price $7.492024-12-02 — best price $29.992025-06-16 — best price $7.492026-01-31 — best price $29.992026-05-22 — best price $29.992026-10-14 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

49122026-06-01 — 38 pageviews2026-06-05 — 30 pageviews2026-06-09 — 22 pageviews2026-06-13 — 24 pageviews2026-06-17 — 38 pageviews2026-06-21 — 23 pageviews2026-06-25 — 30 pageviews2026-06-29 — 39 pageviews2026-07-03 — 39 pageviews2026-07-07 — 33 pageviews2026-07-11 — 35 pageviews2026-07-15 — 27 pageviews2026-07-19 — 39 pageviews2026-07-23 — 34 pageviews2026-07-27 — 29 pageviews2026-07-31 — 22 pageviews2026-08-04 — 19 pageviews2026-08-08 — 21 pageviews2026-08-12 — 38 pageviews2026-08-16 — 25 pageviews2026-08-20 — 19 pageviews2026-08-24 — 27 pageviews2026-08-28 — 37 pageviews2026-09-01 — 41 pageviews2026-09-05 — 17 pageviews2026-09-09 — 22 pageviews2026-09-13 — 19 pageviews2026-09-17 — 21 pageviews2026-09-21 — 24 pageviews2026-09-25 — 31 pageviews2026-09-29 — 25 pageviews2026-10-03 — 31 pageviews2026-10-07 — 29 pageviews2026-10-10 — 22 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
63.5%
earned "First Blood"
10.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split ScreenCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudIncludes level editor3 DLC

4 supported languages: English, German, French, Polish

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2014-03-31, latest 2015-04-14 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)26,9692%74

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-opDwarfFantasyHex GridStrategyTacticalAdventureTurn-Based

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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