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Lords of Magic: Special Edition

Impressions Games · Rebellion · 2015-12-03

SteamGOG

RPGStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Sep 30, 1998 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Urak, once peaceful, is now a land of darkness, chaos and death. The people yearn for a champion to drive away the forces of evil. That champion is you.

Lords of Magic: Special Edition is an RPG and Strategy game released in 2015, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 556 reviews).

21
playing now
92%
positive of 556 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

21 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

Lords of Magic is a turn-based strategy Microsoft Windows game designed for Windows 95/98 by Sierra On-Line. The game was intended to combine elements of Heroes of Might and Magic II and Lords of the Realm II. The special edition also contains the Legends of Urak quest pack, a set of five individual quests that revolve around stories unrelated to the main plot of the game.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 21 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 36 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 23% of 13,987 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 14k–33k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 556 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$5.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.37 at GamersGate (2023-10-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 47 of 102 observed days · $5.62 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
121220172026Week of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2972026-09-15 23:00 — 18 players2026-09-17 07:00 — 9 players2026-09-18 14:00 — 22 players2026-09-19 22:00 — 21 players2026-09-21 05:00 — 15 players2026-09-22 13:00 — 11 players2026-09-23 20:00 — 14 players2026-09-25 04:00 — 14 players2026-09-26 11:00 — 13 players2026-09-27 19:00 — 29 players2026-09-29 02:00 — 12 players2026-09-30 10:00 — 7 players2026-10-01 17:00 — 17 players2026-10-03 01:00 — 22 players2026-10-04 09:00 — 14 players2026-10-05 17:00 — 21 players2026-10-07 00:00 — 27 players2026-10-08 08:00 — 13 players2026-10-09 15:00 — 13 players2026-10-10 23:00 — 25 players2026-10-12 07:00 — 12 players2026-10-13 14:00 — 17 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 21 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
216Dec 2015Aug 2026Dec 2015 — avg 14 · peak 41Apr 2016 — avg 7 · peak 16Aug 2016 — avg 6 · peak 17Dec 2016 — avg 10 · peak 26Apr 2017 — avg 8 · peak 25Aug 2017 — avg 12 · peak 37Dec 2017 — avg 11 · peak 30Apr 2018 — avg 11 · peak 28Aug 2018 — avg 12 · peak 24Dec 2018 — avg 12 · peak 27Apr 2019 — avg 15 · peak 41Aug 2019 — avg 11 · peak 31Dec 2019 — avg 12 · peak 30Apr 2020 — avg 17 · peak 32Aug 2020 — avg 15 · peak 39Dec 2020 — avg 16 · peak 33Apr 2021 — avg 13 · peak 30Aug 2021 — avg 13 · peak 27Dec 2021 — avg 14 · peak 31Apr 2022 — avg 13 · peak 28Aug 2022 — avg 16 · peak 32Dec 2022 — avg 17 · peak 38Apr 2023 — avg 16 · peak 35Aug 2023 — avg 15 · peak 29Dec 2023 — avg 16 · peak 30Apr 2024 — avg 15 · peak 29Aug 2024 — avg 18 · peak 36Dec 2024 — avg 16 · peak 33Apr 2025 — avg 18 · peak 34Aug 2025 — avg 19 · peak 37Dec 2025 — avg 19 · peak 34Apr 2026 — avg 20 · peak 45Aug 2026 — avg 17 · peak 39
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$5.99$0.382015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $5.992015-11-09 — best price $2.992016-04-22 — best price $1.992016-12-08 — best price $2.992017-10-17 — best price $5.992018-05-21 — best price $2.032018-12-17 — best price $1.702019-10-10 — best price $1.272020-01-27 — best price $4.992020-05-27 — best price $2.032020-08-07 — best price $4.492020-09-07 — best price $4.492020-10-10 — best price $4.492020-11-10 — best price $4.492020-12-14 — best price $5.992021-01-26 — best price $4.992021-02-26 — best price $4.992021-04-08 — best price $4.142021-05-08 — best price $4.142021-06-07 — best price $4.142021-10-24 — best price $3.662022-02-06 — best price $4.992022-06-23 — best price $1.692022-11-21 — best price $1.292023-03-06 — best price $1.272023-07-17 — best price $2.032023-10-23 — best price $4.992024-01-16 — best price $5.992024-05-07 — best price $1.492024-09-06 — best price $3.662025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-08-11 — best price $4.992025-12-24 — best price $1.492026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-07-15 — best price $1.792026-09-15 — best price $5.992026-10-05 — best price $5.992026-10-15 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

57182026-06-01 — 37 pageviews2026-06-05 — 37 pageviews2026-06-09 — 34 pageviews2026-06-13 — 20 pageviews2026-06-17 — 27 pageviews2026-06-21 — 38 pageviews2026-06-25 — 32 pageviews2026-06-29 — 38 pageviews2026-07-03 — 25 pageviews2026-07-07 — 39 pageviews2026-07-11 — 24 pageviews2026-07-15 — 28 pageviews2026-07-19 — 25 pageviews2026-07-23 — 23 pageviews2026-07-27 — 18 pageviews2026-07-31 — 29 pageviews2026-08-04 — 33 pageviews2026-08-08 — 33 pageviews2026-08-12 — 29 pageviews2026-08-16 — 49 pageviews2026-08-20 — 31 pageviews2026-08-24 — 29 pageviews2026-08-28 — 31 pageviews2026-09-01 — 28 pageviews2026-09-05 — 40 pageviews2026-09-09 — 21 pageviews2026-09-13 — 23 pageviews2026-09-17 — 31 pageviews2026-09-21 — 33 pageviews2026-09-25 — 26 pageviews2026-09-29 — 19 pageviews2026-10-03 — 37 pageviews2026-10-07 — 34 pageviews2026-10-11 — 38 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Player tags

4XRPGDwarfClassicFantasyStrategyTurn-BasedReal-Time with Pause

Census log

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

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