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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 · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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...

Heroes of Might & Magic V: Hammers of Fate is a 2008 Strategy game priced at $9.99, with a Very Positive sentiment (87% of 415 reviews) and an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners.

42
playing now
87%
positive of 415 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
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)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$9.99
steam price (US)

42 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 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.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 42 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 37 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 3% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 23% of 14,125 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 17k–33k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 415 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 17 of 32 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820172026Week of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

64122026-09-15 03:00 — 22 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 29 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 36 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 21 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 47 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 45 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 20 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 25 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 45 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 19 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 27 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 40 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 28 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 19 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 45 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 31 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 17 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 43 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 53 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 22 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 52 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 46 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 12 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 42 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
415Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 10 · peak 19Dec 2012 — avg 7 · peak 21May 2013 — avg 11 · peak 31Oct 2013 — avg 6 · peak 18Mar 2014 — avg 13 · peak 33Aug 2014 — avg 11 · peak 26Jan 2015 — avg 12 · peak 33Jun 2015 — avg 20 · peak 70Nov 2015 — avg 13 · peak 35Apr 2016 — avg 14 · peak 38Sep 2016 — avg 18 · peak 41Feb 2017 — avg 17 · peak 45Jul 2017 — avg 20 · peak 54Dec 2017 — avg 18 · peak 46May 2018 — avg 14 · peak 33Oct 2018 — avg 19 · peak 41Mar 2019 — avg 21 · peak 56Aug 2019 — avg 19 · peak 45Jan 2020 — avg 20 · peak 49Jun 2020 — avg 17 · peak 45Nov 2020 — avg 22 · peak 45Apr 2021 — avg 23 · peak 51Sep 2021 — avg 17 · peak 44Feb 2022 — avg 24 · peak 54Jul 2022 — avg 22 · peak 50Dec 2022 — avg 21 · peak 46May 2023 — avg 21 · peak 49Oct 2023 — avg 20 · peak 44Mar 2024 — avg 27 · peak 63Aug 2024 — avg 25 · peak 51Jan 2025 — avg 30 · peak 67Jun 2025 — avg 26 · peak 54Nov 2025 — avg 38 · peak 76Apr 2026 — avg 32 · peak 68Aug 2026 — avg 29 · peak 61
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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

2312026-05-31 — 4 pageviews2026-06-04 — 5 pageviews2026-06-08 — 8 pageviews2026-06-12 — 9 pageviews2026-06-16 — 4 pageviews2026-06-20 — 10 pageviews2026-06-24 — 10 pageviews2026-06-28 — 10 pageviews2026-07-02 — 12 pageviews2026-07-06 — 8 pageviews2026-07-10 — 5 pageviews2026-07-14 — 3 pageviews2026-07-18 — 5 pageviews2026-07-22 — 1 pageviews2026-07-26 — 2 pageviews2026-07-30 — 6 pageviews2026-08-03 — 3 pageviews2026-08-07 — 3 pageviews2026-08-11 — 9 pageviews2026-08-15 — 9 pageviews2026-08-19 — 8 pageviews2026-08-23 — 9 pageviews2026-08-27 — 23 pageviews2026-08-31 — 9 pageviews2026-09-04 — 6 pageviews2026-09-08 — 4 pageviews2026-09-12 — 4 pageviews2026-09-16 — 8 pageviews2026-09-20 — 9 pageviews2026-09-24 — 7 pageviews2026-09-28 — 6 pageviews2026-10-02 — 8 pageviews2026-10-06 — 9 pageviews2026-10-09 — 5 pageviews
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.