Warlords Battlecry III

Warlords Battlecry III

Fair · Strategy · 2016

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The verdict

NO RUSH.

Fair at $9.99. Buy it if you want it.

Length
14.9h 34.2h to 100%
Value
$0.67/hr
Reviews
84% of 1,024 positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Buy now or wait

Discounted in 7 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.

Next sale
Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

What drives the score

How to read this

Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Raising the score
Value$0.67/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Holding it back
Reviews84% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds4 of 378 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

About the game

Warlords Battlecry III is the next installment in the award-winning Warlords Battlecry series. Builds upon the famous features of previous Battlecry titles such as the outstanding AI, innovative gameplay and hero system that has made this brand renowned throughout the RTS genre.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 123 MB of memory, 100% DirectX compatible graphics, 1 GB of storage. Windows only.

The value story

It has been discounted 99 times in the 11 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 40 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.

On value it sits in the top 6 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 69 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 86 percent. Among the games that feel like it, SpellForce - Platinum Edition ($9.99, scores 77) beats it on value, while it beats SpellForce 3 Soul Harvest ($19.99, scores 64).

More about Warlords Battlecry III

73 from critics against 84 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.

Of the 378 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 4 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 59 percent of the 167 reviews written there were positive, against 84 percent overall, and those are 17 percent of everything written about it.

14.9 hours to finish it, 34 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 2.3 times the campaign.

What players say

Warlords Battlecry III is an underrated RTS ( Real-Time Strategy) classic with an incredible amount of content. With countless heroes, races, units, and customization options, every campaign can feel different, giving the game excellent replay value. The RPG (Role-Playing Game) elements add real depth, allowing you to develop your hero across multiple battles while experimenting with different strategies and army...
PlaymakerRecommendedafter 22hJul 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Warlords Battlecry III is a fantasy real-time strategy game developed by Infinite Interactive and originally released in 2004, later brought to modern digital platforms by Retroism alongside Enlight Software Limited. As the third installment in the Warlords Battlecry series, the game stands out from many other strategy titles of its era by blending traditional RTS mechanics with a surprisingly deep role-playing...
xxadonisxxRecommendedafter 15hMar 2026Read on Steam
High nostalgia factor, beutiful music and looks ok . + + + crashes non stop makes it unplayable . - - - - - -
ondsteinNot recommendedafter 25hMar 2026Read on Steam

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

No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

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Warlords Battlecry III scores 66/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/433280/warlords-battlecry-iii
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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 Sep 27, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+11
Critics73
Players84
Metacritic critics · 1,024 Steam player reviews

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperInfinite Interactive
PublisherRetroism
GenreStrategy
Released2016
Players75Kowners, SteamSpy estimate