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Warlords III: Darklords Rising

Strategic Studies Group · SNEG · 2024-05-15

SteamGOG

Strategy

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

Releases: Aug 21, 1998 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Conquer kingdoms, wield dark magic, and lead armies in Warlords III: Darklords Rising. Master strategy in this fantasy world of warfare.

92%
positive of 106 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$5.99
steam price (US)

Half a century ago, Lord Bane was cast down and exiled from his homeland - the Realms of Death, by Lord Albion and the Sirian Knights. Now he has returned to seek revenge. This time, he vows to murder Albion and his family, raze the citadels of Albion's allies, and poison their lands. The Lord Sartek's failure at Duernoth, where he lost the Dragonshard to Albion and ensured Bane's defeat, will not be forgotten. He will be punished for his incompetence. Now the Dark Lord's war will again descend upon Marthos. Lord Albion will be slain, his brave deeds stricken from the scrolls of history, and(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 22 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 24% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 41% of 13,509 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.1k–4.8k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 106 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.59-40%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.33 at GOG (2022-03-21) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 55 of 80 observed days · $1.26 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020242026Week of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$5.99$2.992019-11-202026-10-112019-11-20 — best price $5.992020-07-06 — best price $5.992020-12-14 — best price $5.992021-04-05 — best price $5.992022-01-05 — best price $5.992022-04-04 — best price $5.992022-07-06 — best price $5.992022-10-27 — best price $3.592023-01-14 — best price $5.992023-04-04 — best price $5.992023-10-03 — best price $5.992024-03-01 — best price $5.992024-05-15 — best price $5.092024-07-25 — best price $5.992024-09-17 — best price $3.592024-10-28 — best price $3.592024-12-18 — best price $5.992025-03-02 — best price $4.012025-04-25 — best price $5.992025-07-10 — best price $5.992025-09-11 — best price $5.992025-10-10 — best price $3.592025-11-23 — best price $3.592026-01-21 — best price $5.992026-03-08 — best price $5.992026-04-24 — best price $5.992026-06-09 — best price $3.592026-08-06 — best price $3.592026-09-17 — best price $3.592026-09-25 — best price $3.592026-10-03 — best price $3.592026-10-11 — best price $3.59
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Player tags

2DMagicRetroCombatFantasyWargameStrategyIsometricOld SchoolExploration

Census log

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