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Age of Wonders 4
Rule a fantasy realm of your own design! Explore new magical realms in Age of Wonders’ signature blend of 4X strategy and turn-based tactical combat. Control a faction that grows and changes as you expand your empire with each turn!
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Deep customization and faction building” (85 of 104 reviews) and “Endless strategic and playstyle variety” (10); the most common complaint is “Excessive DLC pricing and fragmentation” (18). 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 2026-09-29 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
85 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“This game exactly feels as HOMM was back in my childhood. Pretty graphics, many possibilities regarding faction customization. Races have some base traits but you can change them during faction creation as so does the…”
“Coming from mostly being an exclusive Civ player in the strategy 4x/grand strategy genre, this game rocks. Custom creating maps, environments, and factions (playable champions and races) is extremely fun and adds a…”
“If you play solo: get it. if you want to play with a friend or online with AI, don't. It is unplayable and will probably never get fixed. Every few turns you get a desync. Developers and Community managers will gaslight…”
10 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Simply one of the best turn-based strategy games ever made. The AI is challenging. Endless replay ability and strategies. Just buy it.”
“Guys, honestly this is one of my favorite strategy games so far, if not the top one. What I really like in it is replayability. When I started to play it I read some guides, looked at some tier lists, and thought that…”
“I listen to a lot of audiobooks and love the fantasy genre. This game pairs so well with many of them as I can tailor my playstyle to the events of whatever book I'm listening to at any given moment. Even without that…”
9 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“This game exactly feels as HOMM was back in my childhood. Pretty graphics, many possibilities regarding faction customization. Races have some base traits but you can change them during faction creation as so does the…”
“Coming from mostly being an exclusive Civ player in the strategy 4x/grand strategy genre, this game rocks. Custom creating maps, environments, and factions (playable champions and races) is extremely fun and adds a…”
“The graphics are beautiful, but I find this game to be tedious. Combat is especially tedious and made more so by an apparent emphasis of showy graphics over function. I keep waiting for this game to get fun, but it…”
6 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Simply one of the best turn-based strategy games ever made. The AI is challenging. Endless replay ability and strategies. Just buy it.”
“Steep learning curve but fun once you get used to it. Combat is great”
“OMFG. Second game on hard, mods: [Fairplay AI] and [winning personalities]. engaged in first war, was surprised by my first battle against disadvantaged odds -- of paramount importance, the results of which would…”
6 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“This game certainly has the case of the vast majority of content being locked behind DLC, and I fully understand if you don't want to engage with that kind of business practice. It's stability performance certainly…”
“I bought this on day one and I was sad that the game didnt grab me, however a year later and this game has content updates, both paid and free that add so much content not only from the the devs but more tools for the…”
“This is the best turned base game out there and 2 years later the dlc is still rolling”
18 of the 104 reviews raise this · 10 of them still recommend the game.
“I forgot this is paradox. They're never sell complete game. A la carte and forever milking fans. Stop MILKING me!! My milk dried up.”
“Paradox is a horrible publisher and their business model of chopping up games into endless DLC needs to stop. Don't give them money”
“Way too much DLC, way too expensive to pay $20 per race to play a game that doesnt even have a working match making for online play.”
15 of the 104 reviews raise this · 10 of them still recommend the game.
“This game exactly feels as HOMM was back in my childhood. Pretty graphics, many possibilities regarding faction customization. Races have some base traits but you can change them during faction creation as so does the…”
“Enjoyable but repetitive, Paradox is disgusting with dlc pricing especially these bundles are terrible!”
“This game is half-assed, half-baked, and each idea thrown on top of the pile gets almost immediately abandoned. Eldritch rulers have been left to rot since they were launched, Reaver Culture has been left to rot,…”
9 of the 104 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ performance in battles that hasn't been fixed since release. I can run TW Warhammer III battles on max settings at 60 fps with HUNDREDS of units fighting in REAL TIME but this game gives me 30-40 FPS for a…”
“You’ll get your positive review when you fix your ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game! Conceptually, it’s a great game, full of customization and content, even if it gets a bit repetitive at times. As someone else already said, it’s basically…”
“how can you sell this game for this much money when you're unable to fix bugs that are present since RELEASE 3 YEARS AGO I am unable to finish a single map. it crashes about every 30 minutes. Not only does it crash, it…”
8 of the 104 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Way too much DLC, way too expensive to pay $20 per race to play a game that doesnt even have a working match making for online play.”
“If you play solo: get it. if you want to play with a friend or online with AI, don't. It is unplayable and will probably never get fixed. Every few turns you get a desync. Developers and Community managers will gaslight…”
“The game simply does not work. Every patch has made the multiplayer more and more unstable, with desyncs and lost connections now happening on approximately every 5 turns. That means multiple times per each play…”
7 of the 104 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“This game is half-assed, half-baked, and each idea thrown on top of the pile gets almost immediately abandoned. Eldritch rulers have been left to rot since they were launched, Reaver Culture has been left to rot,…”
“This game might be fun, I wouldn't know since it crashes every single time I start playing. Played 6 turns last time before I right clicked a unit and had the entire game crash on me. Yes please send the crash report so…”
“how can you sell this game for this much money when you're unable to fix bugs that are present since RELEASE 3 YEARS AGO I am unable to finish a single map. it crashes about every 30 minutes. Not only does it crash, it…”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 81.3% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Aaaaah, Paradox. This company really tries to be both the angel and the devil on my shoulder. Bet lots of other people feel the same way. Anyways. Yes, yes, I will address the ever-present Parad-elephant in the room - their DLC policy. You see it in Stellaris too. They release a…”
— a player, Steam review · 206 hrs played“Age of Wonders 4 is one of the strongest modern fantasy 4X strategy games—blending empire-building like Civilization with tactical combat and heavy RPG-style customization. It’s deep, creative, and highly replayable, but not without some rough edges. Incredible faction & empire…”
— a player, Steam review · 31 hrs played“Honestly this is a great game but the way that paradox handles their DLC makes me feel like I purchased a portion of the game and in order to get the whole thing I have to pay more money. It feels dishonest and scummy. It's really unfortunate to see a decent product get shredded…”
— a player, Steam review · 568 hrs playedPlayer activity
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Achievement stats
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | RPG, Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · 4X · Character Customization · Fantasy · RPG · Strategy RPG · Turn-Based Strategy · Choices Matter · Moddable · Dwarf · Lore-Rich · Combat (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese * |
| Achievements | 106 |
| Official site | https://www.paradoxinteractive.com/games/age-of-wonders-4 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit (version 21H1) Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-2500K or AMD® Ryzen™ 5 1600X Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 670 (2GB) or AMD® Radeon™ HD 7870 (2GB) or Intel® Arc™ A380 (6GB) or Intel® Iris™ Xe G7 (Tiger Lake) or AMD® Radeon™ Vega 8 DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 35 GB available space Additional Notes: 1080p (30FPS)