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Heroes of Might & Magic V: Hammers of Fate

Turn-based fantasy strategy expansion with Dwarves and rune magic

Nival · Published by Ubisoft · Released Oct 10, 2008

Strategy

Reviews
Very Positive
87% of 416
Recent reviews
Not enough recent
Playing now
26
right now
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Last update
1 year ago
Jul 4, 2025

Metacritic: 66/100 (critic reviews)

What is Heroes of Might & Magic V: Hammers of Fate?

This turn-based fantasy strategy expansion sends heroes into unexplored parts of Ashan. You lead armies through missions, use spells in battles, and move units from buildings to cities by caravan. The new Dwarves faction uses rune magic.

For you if...

  • +you like planning battles around spells and faction abilities
  • +you want new missions and single-player strategy maps

Not for you if...

  • you prefer real-time combat to turn-based planning
  • you dislike managing armies and city logistics

What players say

87% of 416 reviews are positive

Players praise the new faction and the additions to the base game.

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Heroes of Might & Magic V: Hammers of Fate

Heroes of Might & Magic V: Hammers of Fate system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

Processor
Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 1.5 GHz
Graphics
DirectX 9 compliant w/ 64MB RAM
Memory
512 MB
Storage
2+ GB free hard disk space
DirectX
DirectX 9.0 or higher

Recommended

Processor
Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 2.4 GHz
Graphics
DirectX 9 compliant w/ 128MB RAM
Memory
1 GB
Storage
2+ GB free hard disk space
DirectX
DirectX 9.0 or higher

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Steam features
Family Sharing

Steam Deck: Unsupported

  • Not supported on SteamOS

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain.

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