Age of Wonders III
Skip · RPG · 2014
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 49, under the fair line, at $29.99.
- Cost per hourA
- $1.13/hr
- Reviews▼
- 77% of 13,354
- Critics
- 80 players 3 lower
- Genre rank
- Top 20% RPG
Holding it back: Reviews, Monetization
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 26.5h
- To 100%
- 145.3h 5.5x the story
- Achievements
- 74
Price and sales
- Sales
- 112 on record
- Typical cut
- 75% off
- Steam low
- $7.49 May 2016
- Sale every
- 35d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 114 now
- Cheaper than
- 5% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 66% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
64% start to 3% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
Across all 112 discounts in the 13 years tracked, the median cut is 75 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 3 weeks ago.
Its score sits in the top 20 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 95 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 66 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Age of Wonders ($5.99, scores 51) beats it on value, while it beats Chaos Reborn ($9.99, scores 32).
More about Age of Wonders III
2 of the 662 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 35 percent of the 463 reviews written there were positive, against 77 percent overall, and those are 7 percent of everything written about it. It sells extras on top of the sticker price (unlock); the score docks it lightly for that.
The main story runs 26.5 hours. Doing everything runs 145, 5.5 times as long.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 19 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
Always was, always will be a fun game. Ignore the recent review-bombing that has quite literally NOTHING to do with the game. And on sale, it's 100% worth getting if you like the whole turn-based strat genre.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Great 4x game, if a little dated. Ignore the recent negative reviews, just a bunch of idiots review bombing a 12 year old game over something that happened in a different game altogether lmao
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About the game
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!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 10 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Cite this score
Age of Wonders III scores 49/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/226840/age-of-wonders-iiiReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 6, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.