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Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era

Turn-based fantasy strategy with city building and creature armies

Unfrozen · Published by Hooded Horse · Released Apr 30, 2026 · Early Access

RPGStrategy

Reviews
Very Positive
86% of 20K
Recent reviews
Very Positive
81% of 626 in 30 days
Players
2,699
daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
6 days ago
Oct 22, 2026
Minimum PC
GTX 1650
8 GB RAM · 8 GB disk
Full requirements

What is Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era?

An Early Access strategy RPG set in a fantasy world. You explore maps, recruit heroes, develop cities, and upgrade creatures from six factions for turn-based tactical battles. Play spans handcrafted and procedurally generated maps, plus a story campaign about an approaching catastrophe.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy planning around different creatures and their abilities
  • +you want local hotseat matches with friends

Not for you if...

  • −you prefer real-time action over turn-based battles
  • −you want fights without managing cities and armies

What players say

86% of 20,228 reviews are positive · 81% of 626 in the last 30 days

Players praise its return to the style of earlier Heroes games and report smooth performance. The most common complaints concern poor AI decisions and difficulty that players say relies on unfair army advantages rather than smarter opponents.

Screenshots and trailer

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Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era system requirements

Minimum: GTX 1650, 8 GB RAM, 8 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

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

Recommended

OS
Windows® 10 (64-bit)
Processor
Intel® Core™ i5-12400T (hexa-core) / AMD® Ryzen™ 5 5500 (hexa-core)
Graphics
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1660 (6 GB) / AMD® Radeon™ RX 5600 OEM (6 GB) / Intel® Arc™ A750 (8 GB)
Memory
16 GB RAM
Storage
8 GB available space
DirectX
Version 12
Notes
SSD required

Does Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era have co-op or multiplayer?

Yes: co-op online and split-screen; PvP online and split-screen. It also has a single-player mode. Crossplay with other platforms is declared. With Remote Play Together, one copy is enough to play the local modes online with friends.

Does Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • Default controller config not fully functional
  • Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
  • Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
  • Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Achievements
22
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Czech, Hungarian, Japanese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Italian, Portuguese - Brazil.

Does Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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