Heroes® of Might & Magic® III - HD Edition

Heroes® of Might & Magic® III - HD Edition

Fair · RPG · 2015

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

WAIT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 8 of 8 sales

Fair today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 75% in the Winter Sale 2025.

Today

$14.99Fair

Typical seasonal cut

$3.7475% offFair

Cost per hourS
$0.26/hr
Reviews▼
79% of 25,142
Critics
65 players 14 higher
Genre rank
Top 12% RPG

Holding it back: Reviews

Watch this gameOne alert at $3.74 or less.

Time and effort

Main story
57.3h
To 100%
97h 1.7x the story
Achievements
13

Price and sales

Sales
71 on record
Typical cut
75% off
Steam low
$3.74 September 2015
Sale every
51d last September 2026
Lowest now on Steamall-time low $3.22 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
1,427 now
Recent reviews
83% 30 days
Cheaper than
22% of its genre
Better reviewed
74% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

19% start to 2% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

This 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 71 discounts in the 12 years tracked, the median cut is 75 percent, about 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.

Its score sits in the top 12 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 79 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 74 percent. Among the games that feel like it, King's Bounty: The Legend ($1.04, scores 70) beats it on value, while it beats Age of Wonders ($5.99, scores 51).

More about Heroes® of Might & Magic® III - HD Edition

65 from critics against 79 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.

Of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 12 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written January 2025 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 50 percent of the 2,135 reviews written there were positive, against 79 percent overall, and those are 11 percent of everything written about it.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Last discount ended 31 days ago.

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

Raising the score
Cost per hour$0.26/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
MonetizationNone
Checked: no in-game purchases or loot boxes. That earns a small credit unless Steam lists in-app purchases
Holding it back
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
For context
Refunds12 of 800 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

What players say

The player is forced to either play the HD version without any add-ons or the non-HD version that has both of them. If you didn't already know that Ubisoft is a joke of a company, now you do. It is what it is though, and I'm not gonna throw sh*t on this beautiful gem just because its current publisher s*cks major d*cks. I'm happy to announce that Heroes III HD works without any issues on Windows 10. It's still the...
BomfistRecommendedafter 2.2h10 found this helpfulRead on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
1995 was a good time to be alive and have a rich friend with computer games. this one is a core memory for me.
Jamin son of JamesRecommendedafter 4.1hOct 2026Read on Steam
Game will not run on steam anymore, really enjoyed it but can find no way to keep it from crashing.
ivanbroNot recommendedafter 1215hOct 2026Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

About the game

The most popular Heroes® title of all time is back in HD! Fifteen years later, rediscover the epic tale of Queen Catherine Ironfist, as she re-embarks on her critically acclaimed quest to unite her ravaged homeland and re-conquer the kingdom of Erathia.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory. Windows only.

Cite this score

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Heroes® of Might & Magic® III - HD Edition scores 58/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/297000/heroes-of-might-magic-iii-hd-edition
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Reviews 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 Oct 31, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+14
Critics65
Players79
Player favorite. The critics underrated it.
Metacritic critics · 25,142 Steam player reviews

Details

DeveloperDotemu
PublisherUbisoft Entertainment
GenreRPG
Released2015
Players1.5Mowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements13