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Heroes of Might & Magic V: Hammers of Fate cover art

Heroes of Might & Magic V: Hammers of Fate

Nival · Ubisoft · 2008-10-10

SteamGOG

Strategy

Franchise: Might and Magic · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Oct 10, 2008 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Take part in a thrilling new adventure in the world of Ashan with the Hammers of Fate expansion. Discover uncharted territories and experience new ways of playing Heroes of Might & Magic V. Introducing a brand-new Dwarves faction, made up of heroic warriors and rune magic adepts who stalk the deepest mountains and most hostile regions of...

34
playing now
87%
positive of 413 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (47 ratings)
9h
to beat · rushed 13h · completionist 11h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

34 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Heroes of Might and Magic V: Hammers of Fate is the first expansion pack to the turn-based strategy game Heroes of Might and Magic V. Like the original game, it was developed by Nival Interactive, under the guidance of Ubisoft.

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  • · Top 47% of 5,889 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 17k–33k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 413 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.30 at Nuuvem (2015-02-11) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 20 of 36 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

4892026-08-11 20:00 — 37 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 31 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 9 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 29 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 17 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 10 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 46 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 39 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 18 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 45 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 22 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 13 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 33 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 27 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 18 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 32 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 26 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 17 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 48 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 18 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 16 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 33 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 20 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 21 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 43 players2026-08-28 09:00 — 19 players2026-08-29 01:00 — 14 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 34 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 34 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$10.95$1.392015-01-012026-08-142015-01-01 — best price $4.692015-03-24 — best price $2.492015-05-25 — best price $10.952015-08-07 — best price $2.492016-01-03 — best price $9.992016-05-09 — best price $9.952016-12-01 — best price $4.992017-07-05 — best price $9.992017-11-30 — best price $8.992018-06-01 — best price $9.002018-10-16 — best price $9.992019-04-27 — best price $8.392019-12-03 — best price $9.992020-05-04 — best price $2.492020-09-03 — best price $8.892020-10-07 — best price $8.892020-11-06 — best price $9.992020-12-09 — best price $8.892021-01-20 — best price $9.992021-02-18 — best price $8.892021-03-31 — best price $9.992021-04-29 — best price $8.892021-05-28 — best price $9.992021-09-19 — best price $9.992021-12-23 — best price $8.792022-08-04 — best price $9.992023-03-09 — best price $9.992024-01-03 — best price $2.502024-09-04 — best price $2.502025-04-08 — best price $9.992025-10-30 — best price $9.992026-05-19 — best price $9.992026-08-14 — best price $2.50
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Player tags

RPGDwarfFantasyStrategyTacticalTurn-BasedTurn-Based Strategy

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.