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Age of Wonders Shadow Magic cover art

Age of Wonders Shadow Magic

Triumph Studios · Paradox Interactive · 2010-10-12

SteamGOG

RPGStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

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.

14
playing now
90%
positive of 650 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
89/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (33 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

14 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 06:00 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.

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  • · Top 41% of 6,163 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 26k–52k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 650 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.49-75%
Steam$2.49-75%
GOG$2.49-75%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.49-75%

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 56 of 91 observed days · $1.53 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

36112026-08-11 17:00 — 20 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 12 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 14 players2026-08-13 16:00 — 21 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 13 players2026-08-15 00:00 — 14 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 22 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 13 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 19 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 23 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 11 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 18 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 24 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 14 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 25 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 22 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 20 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 36 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 32 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 13 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 25 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 18 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 14 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 21 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 19 players2026-08-28 06:00 — 15 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 28 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 28 players2026-08-30 06:00 — 14 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.972015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — 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 $2.492026-08-30 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

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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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