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Age of Wonders III

Triumph Studios · Paradox Interactive · 2014-03-31

SteamGOG

RPGStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

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!

252
playing now
80%
positive of 13k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
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)
$29.99
steam price (US)

252 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 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.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 252 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 8% of 6,201 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 320k–769k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 12,812 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$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 47 of 87 observed days (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

258992026-08-06 21:00 — 163 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 99 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 158 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 180 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 134 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 193 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 220 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 152 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 202 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 199 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 115 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 171 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 177 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 111 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 168 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 154 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 109 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 218 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 238 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 107 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 175 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 206 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 128 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 188 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 204 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 138 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 128 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 208 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 163 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 252 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$4.472015-01-012026-08-252015-01-01 — 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 $29.992026-08-25 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

49122026-06-01 — 38 pageviews2026-06-04 — 20 pageviews2026-06-07 — 24 pageviews2026-06-10 — 39 pageviews2026-06-13 — 24 pageviews2026-06-16 — 21 pageviews2026-06-19 — 29 pageviews2026-06-22 — 23 pageviews2026-06-25 — 30 pageviews2026-06-28 — 41 pageviews2026-07-01 — 35 pageviews2026-07-04 — 36 pageviews2026-07-07 — 33 pageviews2026-07-10 — 28 pageviews2026-07-13 — 27 pageviews2026-07-16 — 33 pageviews2026-07-19 — 39 pageviews2026-07-22 — 17 pageviews2026-07-25 — 21 pageviews2026-07-28 — 24 pageviews2026-07-31 — 22 pageviews2026-08-03 — 24 pageviews2026-08-06 — 20 pageviews2026-08-09 — 30 pageviews2026-08-12 — 38 pageviews2026-08-15 — 30 pageviews2026-08-18 — 24 pageviews2026-08-21 — 33 pageviews2026-08-24 — 27 pageviews2026-08-27 — 25 pageviews2026-08-28 — 37 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

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.

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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