Powerful nostalgia and childhood memories
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“Brings back good memories from my childhood. Absolutely love this game and I'm happy i got to play it again after all this time!”
Steam review · 7.5 h played ↗
Heroes® of Might & Magic® III - HD Edition
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 80%Mostly Positive · 80%Dotemu2015Turn-Based Strategy · Strategy · RPG
$14.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A timeless, addictive turn-based strategy classic, but this HD edition is the stripped-down base game with no expansions, random map generator or mod support. Skip it if you want the full experience.
Great for
Nostalgic fans and newcomers wanting the base Heroes III campaign with cleaner HD visuals, ideally on sale
Main risk
Only the base game: no expansions, random maps or mods, so you may wish you'd bought the Complete Edition
What players love
Nicer HD graphics, still faithful
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Lovely visual upgrade on a classic. Still fun after all these years!”
Steam review · 5.5 h played ↗
Deep, replayable strategy with varied factions
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“Great variety of single-player maps and scenarios and multiplayer with a good choice of factions.”
Steam review · translated · 110.8 h played ↗
Addictive 'one more turn' gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“Build your castle, gather ressource, explore the map, recruit a massive army and turn your hero into an imba killing machine. Simple concept, huge replayability.”
Steam review · 118 h played ↗
Great soundtrack and atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“The soundtrack is especially phenomenal, Tower, Rampart, even the start menu music is incredible.”
Steam review · 196.2 h played ↗
Good for co-op and hotseat with friends
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews
“Oldie but fun for two players in hotseat, and for one player campaign mode.”
Steam review · 18.2 h played ↗
What players complain about
Missing expansions and campaigns
Mentioned in ~3 in 5 negative reviews
“This version is just the base game (Restoration of Erathia) and is not the complete version. It is missing Armageddon’s Blade and The Shadow of Death.”
Steam review · 27.4 h played ↗
No random map generator or map editor
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“can not make a scenorio with a randomly generated map in like in the old one. i have to play the pre made ones.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗
Cash grab, overpriced for what it offers
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Ubisoft uploaded a 25-year-old game with slightly updated graphics, but removed all possible additions that came later.”
Steam review · 33.6 h played ↗
No mod support (HotA, VCMI) – GOG is better
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“I would recomend getting the game from Good old games (GOG for short). Where you can get the full game, often at a discount, for both less money and a better experience overall.”
Steam review · 20.1 h played ↗
Missing quality-of-life features, slow and clunky
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“You can't use the spacebar to activate buildings on the adventure map, which means you have to unnecessarily waste movement.”
Steam review · 11.9 h played ↗
Won't launch, crashes and errors
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Frequent "unknown error occurred" crashes. You can expect to not finish many of the maps/campaigns that you start”
Steam review · 98.3 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable
Minimum
OSWindows 10 (64-bit)
ProcessorIntel Core2 Duo E4400 @ 2.0 GHz or AMD Athlon64 X2 3800+ @ 2.0 GHz (or better)
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsnVidia GeForce 8800GT or AMD Radeon HD2900 (256MB VRAM or more with Shader Model 4.0)
Recommended
OSWindows 10 (64-bit)
ProcessorIntel Core2 Duo E6600 @ 2.4 GHz or AMD Athlon64 X2 5600+ @ 2.8 Ghz
Memory3 GB RAM
GraphicsnVidia GeForce 9800GT or AMD Radeon HD3870 (512MB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0)
OSWindows 10 (64-bit)
ProcessorIntel Core2 Duo E4400 @ 2.0 GHz or AMD Athlon64 X2 3800+ @ 2.0 GHz (or better)
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsnVidia GeForce 8800GT or AMD Radeon HD2900 (256MB VRAM or more with Shader Model 4.0)
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