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Warlords Battlecry III cover art

Warlords Battlecry III

Infinite Interactive · Retroism · 2016-01-22

SteamGOG

Strategy

Franchise: Warlords · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 17, 2004 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Warlords Battlecry III is the next installment in the award-winning Warlords Battlecry series. Builds upon the famous features of previous Battlecry titles such as the outstanding AI, innovative gameplay and hero system that has made this brand renowned throughout the RTS genre.

Warlords Battlecry III is a Strategy game released in 2016, priced at $9.99, with Very Positive (84% of 1021 reviews) and an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000.

22
playing now
84%
positive of 1.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
IGDB user rating (20 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$9.99
steam price (US)

22 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Warlords Battlecry III is a real-time strategy game developed by Infinite Interactive and published in 2004. It is the third installment in the Warlords Battlecry series and the sequel to Warlords Battlecry II.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 22 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 43 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 14,087 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 26k–61k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,021 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$5.99-40%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.97 at GamersGate (2017-08-31) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 88 of 126 observed days · $4.02 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
151520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3482026-09-15 03:00 — 17 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 12 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 18 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 19 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 15 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 21 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 20 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 16 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 21 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 24 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 18 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 27 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 30 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 12 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 28 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 31 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 8 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 10 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 27 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 17 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 26 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 23 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 12 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 22 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
719Jan 2016Aug 2026Jan 2016 — avg 71 · peak 145May 2016 — avg 12 · peak 31Sep 2016 — avg 10 · peak 24Jan 2017 — avg 16 · peak 41May 2017 — avg 15 · peak 34Sep 2017 — avg 14 · peak 31Jan 2018 — avg 14 · peak 39May 2018 — avg 15 · peak 42Sep 2018 — avg 14 · peak 36Jan 2019 — avg 17 · peak 41May 2019 — avg 14 · peak 35Sep 2019 — avg 15 · peak 34Jan 2020 — avg 19 · peak 41May 2020 — avg 23 · peak 54Sep 2020 — avg 20 · peak 42Jan 2021 — avg 25 · peak 56May 2021 — avg 19 · peak 45Sep 2021 — avg 17 · peak 41Jan 2022 — avg 21 · peak 44May 2022 — avg 21 · peak 44Sep 2022 — avg 21 · peak 50Jan 2023 — avg 22 · peak 48May 2023 — avg 18 · peak 38Sep 2023 — avg 17 · peak 38Jan 2024 — avg 19 · peak 39May 2024 — avg 21 · peak 42Sep 2024 — avg 19 · peak 44Jan 2025 — avg 20 · peak 43May 2025 — avg 17 · peak 36Sep 2025 — avg 20 · peak 42Jan 2026 — avg 23 · peak 54May 2026 — avg 18 · peak 40Aug 2026 — avg 20 · peak 47
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$1.992015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $9.952015-11-05 — best price $9.992016-05-07 — best price $5.992016-10-10 — best price $5.992017-01-29 — best price $5.992017-05-11 — best price $5.992017-09-11 — best price $5.992018-02-21 — best price $9.992018-08-07 — best price $5.992018-12-18 — best price $5.992019-05-02 — best price $5.992019-08-26 — best price $9.992019-12-16 — best price $5.992020-03-30 — best price $9.992020-07-18 — best price $9.992020-11-17 — best price $9.992021-03-08 — best price $9.992021-07-25 — best price $9.992021-11-30 — best price $9.992022-03-23 — best price $9.992022-08-01 — best price $9.992022-11-21 — best price $5.992023-03-02 — best price $9.992023-06-30 — best price $5.992023-10-30 — best price $9.992024-02-22 — best price $9.992024-06-11 — best price $4.492024-10-10 — best price $4.992025-03-11 — best price $5.992025-08-01 — best price $9.992025-11-24 — best price $9.992026-03-09 — best price $5.392026-07-14 — best price $9.992026-09-19 — best price $5.992026-10-14 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3682026-06-01 — 28 pageviews2026-06-05 — 23 pageviews2026-06-09 — 14 pageviews2026-06-13 — 22 pageviews2026-06-17 — 18 pageviews2026-06-21 — 16 pageviews2026-06-25 — 18 pageviews2026-06-29 — 36 pageviews2026-07-03 — 28 pageviews2026-07-07 — 14 pageviews2026-07-11 — 15 pageviews2026-07-15 — 19 pageviews2026-07-19 — 32 pageviews2026-07-23 — 20 pageviews2026-07-27 — 30 pageviews2026-07-31 — 28 pageviews2026-08-04 — 20 pageviews2026-08-08 — 18 pageviews2026-08-12 — 14 pageviews2026-08-16 — 14 pageviews2026-08-20 — 29 pageviews2026-08-24 — 16 pageviews2026-08-28 — 15 pageviews2026-09-01 — 23 pageviews2026-09-05 — 15 pageviews2026-09-09 — 11 pageviews2026-09-13 — 30 pageviews2026-09-17 — 25 pageviews2026-09-21 — 16 pageviews2026-09-25 — 22 pageviews2026-09-29 — 30 pageviews2026-10-03 — 18 pageviews2026-10-07 — 23 pageviews2026-10-11 — 16 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

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Player tags

RPGRTSDwarfClassicFantasyStrategy

Census log

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

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