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Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era cover art

Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era

Unfrozen · Hooded Horse · 2026-04-30

Steam

RPGStrategyEarly Access

Franchise: Might and Magic · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Apr 30, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era is the official prequel hailing back to the origins of the genre-defining, critically acclaimed series of turn-based strategy games. Raise grand armies and wield devastating spells to overcome your foes in both solo and multiplayer.

Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era is an RPG, Strategy, and Early Access game released in 2026, priced at $39.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (87% of 21,561 reviews).

1,996
playing now
87%
positive of 22k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,260
twitch viewers (latest)
80/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

1,996 players in-game as of 2026-08-12 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era is a turn-based strategy game developed by Unfrozen and published by Hooded Horse and Ubisoft for Windows. An installment in the Heroes of Might and Magic series, it contains mechanics, role-playing elements and features not widely presented in the series; in addition to a single-player mode, the game supports multiplayer, co-op, and a map editor. A demo version of the game was published on Steam on October 9, 2025. It was released in early access on April 30, 2026.

Health check

Cooling
  • · 1,996 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,575 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~322/week).
  • · Review velocity down 84% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (8,942 reviews).
  • · Top 5% of 6,151 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 443k–996k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 22,143 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $27.69 at AllYouPlay (2026-05-04)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 22 of 37 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8.0k8.0k20262026Week of 2026-04-30: 7,970 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 972 negativeWeek of 2026-05-07: 2,754 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 404 negativeWeek of 2026-05-14: 1,396 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 221 negativeWeek of 2026-05-21: 830 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 127 negativeWeek of 2026-05-28: 583 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 94 negativeWeek of 2026-06-04: 349 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 76 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 312 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 77 negativeWeek of 2026-06-18: 303 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 69 negativeWeek of 2026-06-25: 319 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 66 negativeWeek of 2026-07-02: 401 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 94 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 262 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 65 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 154 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 166 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 46 negativeWeek of 2026-07-30: 174 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 39 negativeWeek of 2026-08-06: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

7.8k2.0k2026-08-06 16:00 — 5,990 players2026-08-06 20:00 — 5,557 players2026-08-07 00:00 — 2,445 players2026-08-07 04:00 — 2,180 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 3,389 players2026-08-07 12:00 — 4,918 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 6,200 players2026-08-07 20:00 — 6,151 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 2,744 players2026-08-08 04:00 — 2,964 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 4,739 players2026-08-08 12:00 — 6,207 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 6,923 players2026-08-08 20:00 — 6,296 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 3,028 players2026-08-09 04:00 — 3,252 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 5,074 players2026-08-09 12:00 — 7,082 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 7,544 players2026-08-09 20:00 — 6,197 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 2,441 players2026-08-10 04:00 — 2,164 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 3,180 players2026-08-10 12:00 — 4,685 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 5,752 players2026-08-10 20:00 — 5,557 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 2,190 players2026-08-11 04:00 — 2,044 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 3,136 players2026-08-11 12:00 — 4,558 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 5,585 players2026-08-11 20:00 — 5,333 players2026-08-12 00:00 — 2,128 players2026-08-12 01:00 — 1,996 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Chart history

#50#502026-08-062026-08-122026-08-06 — #502026-08-07 — #502026-08-08 — #502026-08-09 — #502026-08-10 — #502026-08-11 — #502026-08-12 — #50
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
35352026-08-072026-08-302026-08-07: 25 new positive2026-08-07: 7 new negative2026-08-08: 27 new positive2026-08-08: 6 new negative2026-08-09: 26 new positive2026-08-09: 10 new negative2026-08-10: 26 new positive2026-08-10: 2 new negative2026-08-11: 17 new positive2026-08-11: 10 new negative2026-08-12: 18 new positive2026-08-12: 5 new negative2026-08-14: 17 new positive2026-08-14: 5 new negative2026-08-15: 17 new positive2026-08-15: 7 new negative2026-08-16: 33 new positive2026-08-16: 4 new negative2026-08-17: 20 new positive2026-08-17: 4 new negative2026-08-18: 10 new positive2026-08-18: 5 new negative2026-08-19: 16 new positive2026-08-19: 10 new negative2026-08-20: 14 new positive2026-08-20: 6 new negative2026-08-21: 31 new positive2026-08-21: 8 new negative2026-08-22: 17 new positive2026-08-22: 24 new negative2026-08-23: 26 new positive2026-08-23: 9 new negative2026-08-24: 21 new positive2026-08-24: 2 new negative2026-08-25: 25 new positive2026-08-25: 6 new negative2026-08-26: 33 new positive2026-08-26: 11 new negative2026-08-27: 35 new positive2026-08-27: 20 new negative2026-08-28: 31 new positive2026-08-28: 16 new negative2026-08-29: 33 new positive2026-08-29: 13 new negative2026-08-30: 20 new positive2026-08-30: 10 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$39.99$26.242026-04-292026-08-152026-04-29 — best price $39.992026-04-30 — best price $26.242026-05-01 — best price $29.992026-05-04 — best price $27.692026-05-05 — best price $39.992026-05-09 — best price $29.992026-05-13 — best price $29.992026-05-14 — best price $31.992026-05-15 — best price $39.992026-05-28 — best price $39.992026-06-04 — best price $29.992026-06-11 — best price $39.992026-06-13 — best price $29.992026-06-19 — best price $29.992026-06-22 — best price $26.242026-06-25 — best price $29.992026-06-26 — best price $29.992026-06-29 — best price $34.992026-07-09 — best price $39.992026-07-13 — best price $39.992026-07-14 — best price $39.992026-07-15 — best price $29.992026-07-16 — best price $29.992026-07-21 — best price $29.992026-07-23 — best price $31.992026-07-25 — best price $29.992026-07-30 — best price $39.992026-07-31 — best price $26.242026-08-04 — best price $39.992026-08-05 — best price $39.992026-08-06 — best price $29.992026-08-07 — best price $29.992026-08-10 — best price $34.992026-08-11 — best price $29.992026-08-13 — best price $29.992026-08-14 — best price $39.992026-08-15 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.8k2262026-05-29 — 668 pageviews2026-06-01 — 587 pageviews2026-06-04 — 490 pageviews2026-06-07 — 466 pageviews2026-06-10 — 406 pageviews2026-06-13 — 538 pageviews2026-06-16 — 619 pageviews2026-06-19 — 450 pageviews2026-06-22 — 390 pageviews2026-06-25 — 440 pageviews2026-06-28 — 644 pageviews2026-07-01 — 389 pageviews2026-07-04 — 530 pageviews2026-07-07 — 454 pageviews2026-07-10 — 380 pageviews2026-07-13 — 360 pageviews2026-07-16 — 298 pageviews2026-07-19 — 329 pageviews2026-07-22 — 280 pageviews2026-07-25 — 323 pageviews2026-07-28 — 355 pageviews2026-07-31 — 306 pageviews2026-08-03 — 292 pageviews2026-08-06 — 249 pageviews2026-08-09 — 288 pageviews2026-08-12 — 270 pageviews2026-08-15 — 265 pageviews2026-08-18 — 226 pageviews2026-08-21 — 262 pageviews2026-08-24 — 280 pageviews2026-08-26 — 1,805 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

2.0k332026-08-26 19:15 — 1,733 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 1,956 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 48 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 49 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 88 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 242 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 824 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 1,605 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 1,487 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 368 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 46 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 51 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 384 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 627 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 1,065 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 1,135 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 731 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 227 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 101 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 87 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 170 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 430 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 565 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 703 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 689 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 253 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 564 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 82 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 639 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 863 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 1,221 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 1,260 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

22
achievements tracked
54.4%
earned "Just One More Turn"
12.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsColor Alternatives#category_contrast_controls

15 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Czech, Hungarian, Japanese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8,0482%22
Windows (Xbox)7335%22

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.

Census log

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

Recent updates

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