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Age of Wonders 4

Fantasy 4X strategy with custom empires and tactical turn-based battles

Triumph Studios · Published by Paradox Interactive · Released May 2, 2023

RPGStrategy

Reviews
Very Positive
81% of 23K
Recent reviews
Very Positive
81% of 117 in 30 days
Playing now
1,158
right now
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update
2 months ago
Jul 16, 2026

What is Age of Wonders 4?

A fantasy 4X strategy game where you create a faction, explore customizable realms, expand cities and armies, form alliances or pursue conquest, master magical tomes, and fight turn-based tactical battles. Returning Wizard Kings seek to rule the realms as gods.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy empire building and turn-based tactical battles
  • +you want extensive faction and realm customization
  • +you value varied strategies across repeated playthroughs

Not for you if...

  • −you prefer linear campaigns over open-ended strategy games
  • −you want action combat instead of turn-based battles

What players say

81% of 23,073 reviews are positive · 81% of 117 in the last 30 days

Players most often praise the faction customization, strategic variety, and replayability. The dominant complaint concerns the amount and price of DLC, with some calling the base game limited without it. Players also report frequent multiplayer desyncs and other bugs, including campaigns becoming unstable after updates.

Screenshots and trailer

Age of Wonders 4

Age of Wonders 4 system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS
Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit (version 21H1)
Processor
Intel® Core™ i5-2500K or AMD® Ryzen™ 5 1600X
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
Memory
8 GB RAM
Storage
35 GB available space
DirectX
Version 12
Notes
1080p (30FPS)

Recommended

OS
Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit or Windows® 11 (latest)
Processor
Intel® Core™ i7-9700K or AMD® Ryzen™ 5 5600X
Graphics
Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 1070 Ti (8GB) or AMD® Radeon™ RX 5700 XT (8GB)
Memory
16 GB RAM
Storage
>35 GB available space
DirectX
Version 12
Notes
1080p (60FPS)

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM
None declared on Steam
Third-party account
Paradox Account (For Multi-player) (Supports Linking to Steam Account)
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Achievements
114
Steam features
Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Age rating
13+

Steam Deck: Playable

  • The launcher or setup tool may need the touchscreen or virtual keyboard
  • Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • Shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
  • External controllers are not supported for the primary player

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese.

Tags

Recent updates

14 DLC available.

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