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Heroes of Might & Magic V: Tribes of the East cover art

Heroes of Might & Magic V: Tribes of the East

Nival · Ubisoft · 2008-10-10

Steam

Strategy

Franchise: Might and Magic · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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

For the first time, play as the Orc faction and recruit heroes, build armies and manage cities as you explore and conquer legendary lands. Use tactics, skills and magic to outsmart fantasy armies while developing your heroes and unveiling the dark plot that threatens to tear the world of Ashan apart.

Heroes of Might & Magic V: Tribes of the East is a Strategy game priced at $9.99 and released in 2008, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 3277 reviews).

297
playing now
92%
positive of 3.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
60/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (52 ratings)
27h
to beat · rushed 12h · completionist 24h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$9.99
steam price (US)

297 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East is the second expansion pack to the turn-based strategy game Heroes of Might and Magic V and the first stand-alone expansion pack released for the fifth series. It was developed by Nival Interactive and was released by Ubisoft in 2007.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 297 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 197 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~25/week).
  • · Review velocity down 1% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 14,082 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 132k–264k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,294 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.36 at Nuuvem (2015-02-11) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 39 of 72 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
626220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4681112026-09-14 22:00 — 184 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 118 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 275 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 280 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 147 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 284 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 346 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 115 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 265 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 400 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 116 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 210 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 391 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 128 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 231 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 468 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 138 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 174 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 330 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 239 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 172 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 317 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 290 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 297 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
31927Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 45 · peak 80Dec 2012 — avg 37 · peak 87May 2013 — avg 55 · peak 125Oct 2013 — avg 40 · peak 94Mar 2014 — avg 67 · peak 188Aug 2014 — avg 69 · peak 124Jan 2015 — avg 105 · peak 229Jun 2015 — avg 180 · peak 620Nov 2015 — avg 93 · peak 209Apr 2016 — avg 101 · peak 217Sep 2016 — avg 107 · peak 225Feb 2017 — avg 113 · peak 228Jul 2017 — avg 153 · peak 326Dec 2017 — avg 139 · peak 310May 2018 — avg 132 · peak 258Oct 2018 — avg 147 · peak 302Mar 2019 — avg 180 · peak 435Aug 2019 — avg 186 · peak 394Jan 2020 — avg 215 · peak 448Jun 2020 — avg 187 · peak 346Nov 2020 — avg 209 · peak 453Apr 2021 — avg 204 · peak 414Sep 2021 — avg 195 · peak 415Feb 2022 — avg 221 · peak 435Jul 2022 — avg 237 · peak 449Dec 2022 — avg 216 · peak 451May 2023 — avg 223 · peak 439Oct 2023 — avg 209 · peak 391Mar 2024 — avg 266 · peak 511Aug 2024 — avg 255 · peak 474Jan 2025 — avg 276 · peak 556Jun 2025 — avg 250 · peak 492Nov 2025 — avg 307 · peak 666Apr 2026 — avg 275 · peak 539Aug 2026 — avg 235 · peak 446
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
552026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 4 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new positive2026-10-01: 1 new negative2026-10-04: 1 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-10: 1 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new negative2026-10-14: 5 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$11.61$1.402015-01-012026-09-182015-01-01 — best price $4.882015-04-13 — best price $5.252015-06-29 — best price $5.502015-12-24 — best price $9.952016-07-04 — best price $9.992017-01-01 — best price $5.252017-09-22 — best price $6.772018-04-16 — best price $1.552018-09-19 — best price $8.992018-10-16 — best price $8.992018-11-11 — best price $8.992018-12-08 — best price $8.992019-01-06 — best price $8.992019-01-31 — best price $8.992019-02-26 — best price $8.992019-03-26 — best price $8.992019-04-21 — best price $8.992019-05-16 — best price $8.992019-09-17 — best price $9.992019-12-22 — best price $2.122020-03-09 — best price $9.992020-05-25 — best price $9.992020-09-01 — best price $2.492021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-06-04 — best price $9.992021-11-21 — best price $9.992022-04-24 — best price $9.992022-08-22 — best price $9.992023-02-07 — best price $9.992023-05-08 — best price $9.992023-09-25 — best price $2.152024-01-01 — best price $9.992024-04-24 — best price $2.502024-08-19 — best price $2.202025-01-04 — best price $2.492025-05-20 — best price $9.992025-10-09 — best price $2.492026-02-12 — best price $2.502026-05-21 — best price $9.992026-09-18 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2902026-06-01 — 7 pageviews2026-06-05 — 8 pageviews2026-06-09 — 5 pageviews2026-06-13 — 11 pageviews2026-06-17 — 7 pageviews2026-06-21 — 9 pageviews2026-06-25 — 18 pageviews2026-06-29 — 9 pageviews2026-07-03 — 18 pageviews2026-07-07 — 11 pageviews2026-07-11 — 10 pageviews2026-07-15 — 12 pageviews2026-07-19 — 16 pageviews2026-07-23 — 13 pageviews2026-07-27 — 14 pageviews2026-07-31 — 7 pageviews2026-08-04 — 7 pageviews2026-08-08 — 8 pageviews2026-08-12 — 4 pageviews2026-08-16 — 11 pageviews2026-08-20 — 12 pageviews2026-08-24 — 10 pageviews2026-08-28 — 10 pageviews2026-09-01 — 8 pageviews2026-09-05 — 15 pageviews2026-09-09 — 11 pageviews2026-09-13 — 13 pageviews2026-09-17 — 8 pageviews2026-09-21 — 10 pageviews2026-09-25 — 14 pageviews2026-09-29 — 7 pageviews2026-10-03 — 13 pageviews2026-10-07 — 10 pageviews2026-10-10 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

302026-09-30 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGMagicFantasyStrategyTacticalAdventureTurn-BasedMultiplayerSingleplayerGreat Soundtrack

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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