Dominions 5 - Warriors of the Faith
Worth it · Multiplayer · 2017
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $39.99.
- Length
- 40h
- Value
- $1.00/hr
- Reviews
- 94% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 748 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
In Dominions 5 you take control of a powerful being that rules a nation and aspires to godhood. The type of Pretender Gods can vary from magically powerful arch mages to huge titans or large monuments. Dominions is a deep 4x turn based strategy game with a very large variety of spells and units.
What drives the score
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The value story
The lowest price on record is $9.99, set in March 2024. It has been discounted 67 times in the 9 years tracked here, typically at 40 percent off, with about 7 weeks between sales.
Value puts it in the top 2 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 99 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 98 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Dominions 6 - Rise of the Pantokrator ($26.99, scores 81) beats it on value, while it beats Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension ($34.99, scores 49).
This site sampled 372 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 1 was written by a buyer who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to June 2026.
HowLongToBeat players log 40 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 1000, 25 times as much.
Players
12 players online when we last checked, on Oct 1, 08:48 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
I have angered the gods. All the gods. So many hours studying units. So many hours researching spells. So many hours reading guides. So many hours watching tournaments. So many hours planning pretenders. So few hours acutally playing. (in reality it's something like 150 hours, but it's still nothing by Dominions standards) Dishonor. Best toy soldier army unboxing simulator, 10 out of 10. Play the sixth one.
It's got a very messy UI. This often means that you need multiple clicks to get anywhere and the game can be impenatrable without outside sources such as youtube videos or other explanations. Having said that, there is a lot of potential fun here. If it weren't such a god awful experience to interact with the thing it could actually be my all-time go to game.
As much as I tried to enjoy this game, it is simply Micromanagement hell. I generally like strategy games. I really enjoyed Crusader Kings, Stellaris and so on. This game manages to take simplicity (Very few resources to manage, for example) and create difficulty by making everything need constant attention every moment. It's a bit like trying to turn a hobby into a job, I suppose.
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
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Cite this score
Dominions 5 - Warriors of the Faith scores 80/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/722060/dominions-5-warriors-of-the-faithReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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