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Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era

Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era

Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era is the official prequel hailing back to the origins of the genre-defining, critically acclaimed series of turn-based strategy games. Raise grand armies and wield devastating spells to overcome your foes in both solo and multiplayer.

Released Apr 30, 2026 Developer Unfrozen Publisher Hooded Horse Platforms Windows StrategyRPGTurn-Based StrategyMultiplayerGrand Strategy
View on Steam ↗ $39.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.

86.6%positive22,889 reviews
Recommended · 38 found this helpful

“I'm old (very old...), and not really an avid 'gamer', but this software has revived an old fondness for turn-based games (Dungeon Master on the Atari; yes, I'm that old...). I never play PvP (too dumb for that...); the Single Player mode has more than enough variety and…”

— a player, Steam review · 31 hrs played
Recommended · 33 found this helpful

“I urge you to look past the prejudices you may have towards the artstyle and give Ubisoft the middle finger by buying this actually well-made, visually cohesive, and cared-for game that lives up to the series' golden days instead of funding their life support machinery as they…”

— a player, Steam review · 110 hrs played
Not recommended · 113 found this helpful

“Foundation is there for a great game, but the AI, campaign and actual gameplay are pointless. Clearly set for PVP not PVE and against the spirit of the HoMM 7 editions before it. Do not recommend if you are hoping for the long and complex campaigns of HoMM in the past.”

— a player, Steam review · 58 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.

60,562all-time peak
0 25k 50k 22.1k avg · May 2026

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

22achievements
12.3%median completion
2.1%rarest: Might over Right
55.3% of players 49.6% of players 48.6% of players 34.0% of players 28.5% of players 20.7% of players 17.5% of players 17.5% of players 16.0% of players 14.7% of players 14.5% of players 12.3% of players 11.7% of players 9.9% of players 7.5% of players 5.2% of players 5.0% of players 3.0% of players 2.7% of players 2.4% of players 2.2% of players 2.1% of players 55.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
55.3%Just One More Turn — Hidden achievement
49.6%Duel of Champions — Hidden achievement
48.6%Ariadne’s Mercy — Hidden achievement
Rarest badges of honor
2.1%Might over Right — Hidden achievement
2.2%Something lingers, unfinished — Hidden achievement
2.4%Bachelor of Heroism — Hidden achievement

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-26. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$39.99current · sampled 2026-09-26 21:12 UTC
$39.99lowest since tracking began2026-09-26
US39.99 USD
EU39.99 EUR
UK34.99 GBP
Australia59.95 AUD
Canada39.99 CAD
Japan3,980 JPY
Brazil79.99 BRL
China149.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$15 China Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$46

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Sep 03, 2026
Patch #14: More PvE Content and Plans for the Future!

Greetings, Heroes! Holiday season and summer may be close to being over, but the news from us aren’t! Together with Ana from Heroes Take Turns , we’re back with another video where we discuss more of

Aug 27, 2026
Hotfix: Desynchronization during Restarts

Fixed a bug where restarting a multiplayer game could cause client desynchronization in certain situations.

Aug 25, 2026
Hotfix: Save Fixes

Greetings, Heroes! This hotfix addresses an issue due to which some players' save files could not be loaded after the latest patch. In addition, we have fixed several other bugs and issues with templa

Aug 20, 2026
Patch #13: The Mysterious Island

Greetings, Heroes! Today, we are excited to present a major patch featuring a massive new single-player map — "The Mysterious Island" ! But that's far from all: we have also substantially overhauled A

Aug 13, 2026
Hotfix: Mouse Freeze

Greetings, Heroes! A quick hotfix is here to address a sudden issue that occured after the recent network library update. Changelog v. 0.80.35 Fixed an issue that caused the game to freeze when moving

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.

GenresRPG, Strategy, Early Access
Player tagsStrategy · RPG · Turn-Based Strategy · Multiplayer · Grand Strategy · Simulation · 4X · Tactical · Turn-Based Tactics · War · Economy · Sandbox (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards
LanguagesEnglish * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Czech, Hungarian, Japanese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Italian, Portuguese - Brazil *
Achievements22
Official sitehttps://unfrozen.studio
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows® 10 (64-bit) Processor: Intel® Core™ i3-10300 (quad-core) / AMD® Ryzen™ 3 3100 (quad-core) Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1650 (4 GB) / AMD® Radeon™ RX 5500 XT (4 GB) / Intel® Arc™ A580 (8 GB) DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 8 GB available space Additional Notes: SSD required