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Age of History 3
Grand strategy wargame where the destiny of Civilizations rests in your hands - will they stand united under your leadership or fall divided in conflict? Journey through the entire saga of human civilization, from its earliest days to the futuristic era, crafting your legacy age by age.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Creative freedom and strategic depth” (49 of 102 reviews) and “Approachable yet challenging difficulty progression” (14); the most common complaint is “Late-game clicking and missing features” (21). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-30 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
49 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“The game is fun but it seems like the developer has abandoned it after less than a year when it still needed work.”
“The game is great, don't get me wrong, but instead of adding multiplayer and making it work better, the dev completely removes it from beta version, and starts working on AOH 2 definitive edition which i think no one…”
“Unlike Paradox games, it allows for playthroughs across a large chunk of history. Unlike Civilization games, it allows playing in real time. It's more basic than either, but it's a good compromise.”
14 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“at first the game looks hard but the more you play the more you get better i personally prefer to play on normal mode and ai aggresiveness on -10 when you start and if you want you can play on sandbox but i would not…”
“A surprisingly deep strategy game. It looks simple at first, but managing nations and shaping history gets really engaging. Easy to pick up, but you can spend hours without noticing.”
“great game, you can play it on easy hard or any difficulty, you can also create your own history”
8 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“10/10. Lots of scenarios and civilizations and even if you played them all you can easily make your own civilization and whole scenarios greates $10 spent on a strategy game.”
“first time i played i created a global beer empire. 10/10”
“A surprisingly deep strategy game. It looks simple at first, but managing nations and shaping history gets really engaging. Easy to pick up, but you can spend hours without noticing.”
3 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“This is a very good game. Way better than the original AOH2. The AOH series is likely the best grand strategy history game after HOI4 (I'm too stupid and broke for that game). If you're too broke and stupid for HOI4…”
“10/10. Lots of scenarios and civilizations and even if you played them all you can easily make your own civilization and whole scenarios greates $10 spent on a strategy game.”
“the game is buggy, it crashes often, it's graphics are ass, nukes in this game suck, theres really no desirable qaulities. Execpt, I can larp as the emperor of a niche african country that takes over the entire known…”
3 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“10/10. Lots of scenarios and civilizations and even if you played them all you can easily make your own civilization and whole scenarios greates $10 spent on a strategy game.”
“I loved his first game which was Age of History 2 and this one is just everything that was and so much better. Its great if you want a long late game style grand strategy.”
21 of the 102 reviews raise this · 14 of them still recommend the game.
“AI slop, u can use free pics for most of the images in the game but instead u choose to use trash AI, AoC2 was better”
“Generally, this is a downgrade compared to the second game, in almost every way. I hate to say it- but it's not only undercooked but currently abandoned. You no longer get to take provinces from enemy allies in peace…”
“AI slop and abondonware. Even with mods, it's barely fun. A worse AoH2 in many aspects. Do not buy it.”
9 of the 102 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“AI slop, u can use free pics for most of the images in the game but instead u choose to use trash AI, AoC2 was better”
“Generally, this is a downgrade compared to the second game, in almost every way. I hate to say it- but it's not only undercooked but currently abandoned. You no longer get to take provinces from enemy allies in peace…”
“AI slop and abondonware. Even with mods, it's barely fun. A worse AoH2 in many aspects. Do not buy it.”
9 of the 102 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“Age of history 3 is a pretty fun game, if you like games that you can play as any country and take over the world. Diplomacy can be slighty limited but it has all the basics like, allies, declare war, give gifts, send…”
“I think this change will make it extremely difficult for players who are facing high difficulty levels and starting with a very high hatred value to turn the situation around. I think the initial 150 is much more…”
“Good game but everytime i tryna destroy a nation a whole coalition is to form to me.”
9 of the 102 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“The game is fun but it seems like the developer has abandoned it after less than a year when it still needed work.”
“The game is great, don't get me wrong, but instead of adding multiplayer and making it work better, the dev completely removes it from beta version, and starts working on AOH 2 definitive edition which i think no one…”
“♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ dev, both this, aoh2 and the definitive edition are just cashgrabs. lukasz promised stuff for aoh2 that he never released, same with aoh3 and same is gonna happen with definitive edition. also supposedly lukasz…”
5 of the 102 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“The game is great, don't get me wrong, but instead of adding multiplayer and making it work better, the dev completely removes it from beta version, and starts working on AOH 2 definitive edition which i think no one…”
“Generally, this is a downgrade compared to the second game, in almost every way. I hate to say it- but it's not only undercooked but currently abandoned. You no longer get to take provinces from enemy allies in peace…”
“great game, has more potential but overall great. would like to see some new features like specific releasables, new maps, more historical gameplay in the historical maps, multiplayer, etc, but overall good.”
Counted across 102 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 85.0% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“It's a bit hard to understand at first, but if you get it it's so much fun and it's way better than AOHII aswell”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played“I like the game a lot but the usage of AI is disappointing, I wish they would license or commission the artwork instead. I will still support the creator because I respect and appreciate his work. I could never make a game like this by myself, and I imagine the budget is tight,…”
— a player, Steam review · 126 hrs played“I see that you, Lukash, have given up on AOH3. You advertised this part so much and gave me hope that this game would be just as good as HOI4. But after all this time, I've played 74 hours. I've been waiting so long for you to make a decent combat system, vassal management, and…”
— a player, Steam review · 74 hrs playedPlayer activity
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Achievement stats
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
New Game Value: Inner Province Border Thickness
New game value added to allow increasing the thickness of inner province borders. File: game/gameValues/GV_Province.json INNER_PROVINCE_BORDER_THICKNESS: 1, Increase the value to make inner province b
Incorporate Vassal - New Diplomacy Action
Added a new diplomatic action: Incorporate Vassal. Spend Gold to begin incorporating your vassal. Provinces will be annexed gradually as long as relations remain favorable. Features: Added a new Incor
Gold Advantage Balance
Gold Advantage Balance Reduced the strength of the Civilization advantage "Gold" Reduced values from 150/200/300 to 30/40/50. It provided too much of an advantage and was almost always chosen. Map Pro
Nuclear Restrictions & Scenario Editor Improvements
Nukes restricted to top 14 Civilizations Nuclear weapons can only be built by the top ranked Civilizations. You can change the limit By default, only the top 14 civilizations can build nukes. This num
New White Peace Event Outcome Added
New event outcomes It is now possible to have a white peace outcome. ## The civilization will sign a white peace with all civilizations it is at war with. white_peace=pol ## White peace between two se
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Wargame · Strategy · Grand Strategy · RTS · Alternate History · Diplomacy · World War I · Economy · Education · 2D · Tactical · World War II (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Workshop · Includes level editor · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , German * , Polish * , French * , Italian * , Spanish - Spain * , Portuguese - Brazil * , Portuguese - Portugal * , Russian * , Turkish * , Korean * , Simplified Chinese * , Spanish - Latin America * , Czech *… |
| Achievements | 93 |
| Official site | https://www.ageofcivilizationsgame.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows® 7/8/10/11 64-bit Processor: 2.7 GHz Single Core Memory: 3 GB RAM Graphics: Hardware Accelerated Graphics with dedicated memory Storage: 1 GB available space