Nostalgic classic that still holds up
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“My favorite Heroes part, simply a childhood game.”
Steam review · translated · 1033 h played ↗
Heroes of Might & Magic V
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 88%Very Positive · 88%Nival2008Turn-Based Strategy · Strategy · RPG
$9.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 2 h ago
The verdict
A beloved 3D-era Heroes with strong campaigns, music, art and faction variety, but the Steam base-game port is buggy, has no online play and lacks the expansions. Skip it if you want multiplayer or a polished port.
Great for
Heroes fans and nostalgic players wanting single-player campaigns and hotseat with friends
Main risk
Campaign-breaking bugs and a base-only port with no online play and missing expansions
What players love
Attractive art style and 3D visuals
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Despite being an old game it still has beautiful graphics and music.”
Steam review · 100.3 h played ↗
Great music and atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Great soundtrack, never gets boring.”
Steam review · 268.9 h played ↗
Engaging campaigns and story
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“The campaigns are surprisingly top-tier. The story is genuinely gripping”
Steam review · 52 h played ↗
Deep, varied strategy with distinct factions
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“there’s a great variety of factions, creatures, spells, and strategies to experiment with”
Steam review · 167.6 h played ↗
Fun hotseat and replayability
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“Good replay.”
Steam review · 198.4 h played ↗
What players complain about
Worse than Heroes III; dated and boring
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“It's from that awkward period when poor-quality 3D graphics first replaced beautiful pixel sprites”
Steam review · 22.2 h played ↗
Campaign-breaking bugs and unclear objectives
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Every 3rd/4th campaign scenario has some critical bug in it blocking you from finishing the entire scenario.”
Steam review · 36.6 h played ↗
Won't launch, saves or keeps settings
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Can't even run the game, freezes on black screen.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗
Steam version lacks expansions; better elsewhere
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“Don't buy this version of the game, it only has the base game without any of the content from the expansions.”
Steam review · 41.9 h played ↗
Multiplayer servers shut down
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“Bring back multiplayer, the game is great, much better than parts 6 and 7!”
Steam review · translated · 3.4 h played ↗
Arena stat bonus broken
Mentioned in ~1 in 75 negative reviews
“arena's do not add stats to the hero (+2 defense or attack)”
Steam review · 584.6 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unsupported
Minimum
OSWindows® 2000/XP (only)
ProcessorPentium® 4 or AMD Athlon™ 1.5 GHz (Pentium® 4 2.4 GHz recommended)
Memory512 MB (1 GB recommended)
GraphicsDirectX® 9 compliant w/ 64MB RAM (128 MB recommended) (see supported list*)
Storage2+ GB
OSWindows® 2000/XP (only)
ProcessorPentium® 4 or AMD Athlon™ 1.5 GHz (Pentium® 4 2.4 GHz recommended)
Memory512 MB (1 GB recommended)
GraphicsDirectX® 9 compliant w/ 64MB RAM (128 MB recommended) (see supported list*)
Storage2+ GB
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