Hero of the Kingdom III
Skip · RPG · 2018
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 46, under the fair line, at $9.99.
- Length
- 6.1h
- Value
- $1.64/hr
- Reviews
- 78% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, DirectX 10.0 compatible, 522 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Immerse yourself in this lovely adventuring RPG and save the kingdom from an ancient evil. Wander through picturesque valleys, help those in need, set up a safe camp, and learn new crafts in a serene world that patiently waits for you.
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
The value story
It has never been cheaper than $0.99. That was February 2021. It has been discounted 87 times in the 8 years tracked here, typically at 80 percent off, with about 5 weeks between sales.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 23 percent on value. It is better reviewed than 67 percent of its genre. On the same math Hero of the Kingdom: The Lost Tales 1 ($6.99, scores 78) and Hero of the Kingdom ($7.99, scores 84) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.
1 of the 460 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026.
The drop-off
76% start to 45% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
9 players online when we last checked, on Sep 27, 18:50 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Holy crap... this is by far the worst of the three. Especially given that I gave the first two games a positive review... I cannot in good conscience do that with the third. Money becomes a major issue in this game, and while there is a way to repeatedly cycle items through vendors to get more, this is extremely boring and repetitive. Buy grain, turn grain to flour, sell flour... Repeat, a LOT. I repeated this over...
Hero of the Kingdom III started off pretty good; they added some new things, like your skills leveling up to a 100 and a crafting screen for food, potions, and weapons. But about half way through, the game just grinds to a halt. Every enemy takes requires 5 or more potions to fight, so you're constantly harvesting ingredients and making potions. Your weapons break all the time and you have to craft more, it becomes...
Silly story and corny dialogue and significantly more grindy than the previous games in the series (you will spend a lot of time cooking and crafting potions since many encounters, especially late game, require a lot of strength and pots), but a typical HotK installment in all the good ways.
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Hero of the Kingdom III scores 46/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/772430/hero-of-the-kingdom-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 Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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