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Age of Wonders III is the long anticipated sequel to the award-winning strategy series. Delivering a unique mix of Empire Building, Role Playing and Warfare, Age of Wonders III offers the ultimate in turn-based fantasy strategy for veterans of the series and new players alike!

Release DateMar 31, 2014
Price$ 29.99  Top 3%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)82% (positive) / 80.4%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)79.7% Top 25% / 78.6%  Top 25%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)6.7K  Top 4% / 12.2K  Top 3%
Curators253 reviews  Top 2%
Median Play Time48.1 hours  Top 2%
Play Time per Dollar1.6 hour  Top 15%
Followers64.3K  Top 2%
Owners± 4M  Top 1%
Copies Sold± 596K  Top 3%
Gross Revenue ($)± 8.2M  Top 3%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Age of Wonders III steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see Age of Wonders III's Steam rating and reviews between February 2014 and December 2023. Steam's rating is relatively stable, varying from 83.2% (June 2014) to 78.6% (October 2019).

With 12.2K reviews Top 3%, Age of Wonders III is definitely a major AAA level success. There are peaks that suggests major updates or discounts.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Age of Wonders III and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut graph shows Age of Wonders III's reviewers languages. The most popular language is English (55%), followed by Russian (14%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 28 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game is available in 5 languages. Unless the game has a lot of dialogues, translating is usually not a lot of work compared to completing a game, therefore adding more translations is generally recommended.

Time Played

Chart displaying Age of Wonders III percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in Age of Wonders III depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. You'll notice that the time played is very impressive, reaching 232 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 10 times less than the median for positive reviews. Some Age of Wonders III players left negative reviews after playing for a long time (more than 42 hours for the top 20%), it can be a sign that a part of the fanbase was displeased about the evolution of the game and decided to review bomb it. You could check if there is an explanation in the Players' feedback section.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • 4X-based gameplay
  • Create Your Empire
  • Tactical Battles
  • Online and Local Multiplayer Modes
  • Role-playing leader class-based system
  • Next-generation experience
  • Six different leader classes
  • Detailed Single-player story campaign
  • Random map generator
  • Legendary heroes await you
  • Not engaging as Civilization
  • Battles not fluid as Heroes of Might and Magic
  • Learning spells not rewarding as Master of Magic
  • Campaign experience is weak
  • Visually unimpressive
  • Repetitiveness in certain areas
  • Multiplayer requires extra log in
  • Flawed in some areas
  • Not a full review
  • Ugly glitches

The intention behind these pros & cons isn't to establish a balanced evaluation of the game, but rather to assist developers in identifying enhancement opportunities. The game's rating of 82% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Age of Wonders III's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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