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Age of Wonders Shadow Magic

Triumph Studios · Paradox Interactive · 2010-10-12

SteamGOG

RPGStrategy

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

Releases: Q4 2010 (Linux), Jul 25, 2003 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic is the third entry in the award winning fantasy strategy series. This fan-favorite enhances the series' praised fusion of empire building, role-playing and tactical combat with the eerie Shadow World and battle with races never before seen, across new and diverse landscapes.

Age of Wonders Shadow Magic is a 2010 RPG and Strategy title priced at $9.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 652 reviews).

25
playing now
90%
positive of 652 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
89/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (33 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (6 downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$9.99
steam price (US)

25 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic is a turn-based strategy video game in a fantasy setting. Shadow Magic is the third incarnation of the Age of Wonders series, and is a stand-alone expansion to Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne. All three games were developed by Triumph Studios. The series is a spiritual successor to Master of Magic, featuring strategic overworld and tactical combat layers.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 25 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 23 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 21% of 13,891 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 26k–52k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 652 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

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Steam$2.49-75%
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Gamesplanet$2.50-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.96 at WinGameStore (2021-05-20) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 86 of 128 observed days · $1.53 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
151520172026Week of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3002026-09-15 01:00 — 19 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 15 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 26 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 17 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 21 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 22 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 19 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 12 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 24 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 26 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 12 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 15 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 19 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 14 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 20 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 30 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 17 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 23 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 23 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 28 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 19 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 19 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 25 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
5411Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 19 · peak 44Dec 2012 — avg 19 · peak 49May 2013 — avg 21 · peak 58Oct 2013 — avg 19 · peak 40Mar 2014 — avg 54 · peak 121Aug 2014 — avg 17 · peak 38Jan 2015 — avg 18 · peak 45Jun 2015 — avg 21 · peak 65Nov 2015 — avg 13 · peak 32Apr 2016 — avg 14 · peak 35Sep 2016 — avg 11 · peak 26Feb 2017 — avg 15 · peak 36Jul 2017 — avg 16 · peak 43Dec 2017 — avg 19 · peak 39May 2018 — avg 19 · peak 43Oct 2018 — avg 20 · peak 46Mar 2019 — avg 21 · peak 42Aug 2019 — avg 21 · peak 53Jan 2020 — avg 19 · peak 40Jun 2020 — avg 17 · peak 36Nov 2020 — avg 22 · peak 46Apr 2021 — avg 18 · peak 47Sep 2021 — avg 18 · peak 43Feb 2022 — avg 20 · peak 39Jul 2022 — avg 23 · peak 44Dec 2022 — avg 25 · peak 51May 2023 — avg 23 · peak 48Oct 2023 — avg 19 · peak 42Mar 2024 — avg 20 · peak 45Aug 2024 — avg 19 · peak 42Jan 2025 — avg 22 · peak 44Jun 2025 — avg 17 · peak 34Nov 2025 — avg 19 · peak 38Apr 2026 — avg 19 · peak 42Aug 2026 — avg 19 · peak 42
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.972015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $4.992016-06-23 — best price $2.492017-10-13 — best price $9.992018-02-15 — best price $2.492018-06-19 — best price $9.992018-10-01 — best price $9.992018-12-18 — best price $1.802019-03-15 — best price $1.802019-06-17 — best price $1.992019-09-11 — best price $1.992019-11-28 — best price $1.992020-01-25 — best price $8.812020-04-07 — best price $1.962020-07-10 — best price $1.892020-09-14 — best price $9.992020-11-08 — best price $8.792021-02-11 — best price $4.992021-04-21 — best price $1.892021-07-09 — best price $1.932021-10-28 — best price $1.992022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-04-18 — best price $9.992022-07-25 — best price $1.992022-09-30 — best price $8.812022-12-22 — best price $1.992023-03-31 — best price $8.992023-07-27 — best price $9.992023-11-01 — best price $2.292024-02-13 — best price $8.992024-05-21 — best price $2.492024-10-29 — best price $2.502025-01-16 — best price $8.992025-08-16 — best price $8.992026-02-05 — best price $8.392026-05-22 — best price $9.992026-08-27 — best price $2.492026-09-26 — best price $9.992026-10-14 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3272026-05-30 — 18 pageviews2026-06-03 — 20 pageviews2026-06-07 — 11 pageviews2026-06-11 — 20 pageviews2026-06-15 — 12 pageviews2026-06-19 — 12 pageviews2026-06-23 — 31 pageviews2026-06-27 — 17 pageviews2026-07-01 — 30 pageviews2026-07-05 — 27 pageviews2026-07-09 — 16 pageviews2026-07-13 — 18 pageviews2026-07-17 — 21 pageviews2026-07-21 — 17 pageviews2026-07-25 — 21 pageviews2026-07-29 — 7 pageviews2026-08-02 — 8 pageviews2026-08-06 — 25 pageviews2026-08-10 — 24 pageviews2026-08-14 — 22 pageviews2026-08-18 — 22 pageviews2026-08-22 — 23 pageviews2026-08-26 — 32 pageviews2026-08-30 — 16 pageviews2026-09-03 — 13 pageviews2026-09-07 — 8 pageviews2026-09-11 — 11 pageviews2026-09-15 — 15 pageviews2026-09-19 — 12 pageviews2026-09-23 — 19 pageviews2026-09-27 — 18 pageviews2026-10-01 — 16 pageviews2026-10-05 — 20 pageviews2026-10-09 — 12 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

4XRPGMagicClassicFantasyHex GridStrategyTurn-BasedMultiplayerSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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