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Age of Wonders
Welcome to Age of Wonders, the authentic turn based fantasy strategy classic that started the hit series. Age of Wonders’ intimate atmosphere with painterly graphics still shines today. The game’s fully patched up, start building your fantasy empire today!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-10-22 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.
“tl;dr Yes, but with a warning below. Age of Wonders, despite the age, is still a worthwhile game. It can appear deceptively simple at first, but as you begin to chip away at the abilities and magic system, you realise just how important deeper knowledge of the game mechanics can…”
— a player, Steam review · 134 hrs played“You might need to install two patches to get the game running. https://aow.heavengames.com/downloads/showfile.php?fileid=850 and after that I still had the game crashing whenever I tried to start a level so I had to install this one and it works now.…”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played“It is SERIOUSLY disappointing that GOG (Good Old Games) makes SURE that old games are runnable (provides a DOS shell, etc.) BEFORE selling it. But Steam does NOT.... They just sell it whether it runs or not. :( Super lame for the top PC platform.”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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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.
Age of Wonders: Planetfall now ready for Pre-Purchase
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | RPG, Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · RPG · Fantasy · Turn-Based Strategy · Classic · Turn-Based · 4X · Great Soundtrack · Dwarf · Singleplayer · Multiplayer · Retro (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Official site | http://www.triumphstudios.com/ageofwonders/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
OS: Windows Processor: Intel Pentium 166+ CPU Memory: 32MB RAM Graphics: DirectX compatible graphic card Hard Drive: 350MB hard disk