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Create a fantasy faction, expand cities and territory through 4X turns, then command its customized armies in tactical battles.
Released 02 May 2023
Build a Custom Faction
Transform Your People
Fight Tactical Hex Battles
Rule a fantasy realm of your own design! Explore new magical realms in Age of Wonders’ signature blend of 4X strategy and turn-based tactical combat. Control a faction that grows and changes as you expand your empire with each turn!
Developed by Triumph Studios · Published by Paradox Interactive
Lead a ruler and a custom faction in a fantasy realm. Choose the people’s physical traits and society, select a culture and ruler, then explore the map, develop cities and provinces, gather resources, and deal with rival factions through diplomacy or war.
Research magic tomes to gain spells, unit enchantments, and transformations that can alter your people and armies. Recruit units and heroes, build armies, and fight tactical, turn-based battles on hex maps—or use auto-resolve. Terrain, unit roles, abilities, and buffs affect how battles play out.
Each realm offers its own map and challenges, with events and scenario-based storylines shaping a run. Pursue different routes to victory, then use the Pantheon system to carry rulers and unlocks into future games.
In the supplied reviews, players often enjoy designing distinctive factions and watching them change through magic, with varied culture, ruler, and tome combinations encouraging new runs. Tactical battles and the freedom to shape a fantasy realm are also recurring draws. Common criticisms include the cost and volume of DLC, multiplayer desyncs, technical problems, and concerns that runs or enemy AI can feel repetitive or shallow.
Rule a fantasy realm of your own design in Age of Wonders 4! Explore new magical realms in Age of Wonders’ signature blend of 4X strategy and turn-based tactical combat. Control a faction that grows and changes as you expand your empire with each turn.
Triumph Studios’ award-winning strategy series has emerged into a new age, evolving the game’s iconic empire building, role-playing, and warfare to the next level. A new storytelling event system and hugely customizable empires provide an endlessly replayable experience, where each game adds a new chapter to your ever-growing saga.
Powerful Wizard Kings have returned to the realms to reign as gods among mortals. Claim and master the Tomes of Magic to evolve your people, and prepare for an epic battle that will determine the ages to come.
Craft your followers by combining bodily forms, societal traits and arcane powers. Build anything from a clan of cannibal halflings to mystic moon elves, or recreate your favorite fantasy tropes
Seek powerful tomes of magic to enchant your armies and evolve your people! See your people physically change as they morph into angelic beings or scions of chaos to face their enemies.
Seek glory through brutal domination, cunning alliances, or ultimate arcane knowledge, and write your legacy into the very fabric of the realm itself!
Every choice opens up new possibilities and tactical advantages; deep, multilayered strategy allows you to try new tactics or explore new powers at every turn
Tactical turn-based battles bring your armies to life, showcasing their power in an environment shaped by your decisions. From skirmishes with roaming monsters to vast sieges with dozens of units on each side, with the addition of a morale system and more features, every battle brings a fresh challenge
Tremendous variety in empires, units, and environments keep the game endlessly replayable. Age of Wonders is more moddable and open-ended than ever in the series’ history
Explore a new realm with each game - or create your own! Challenge new variations and combinations of locations and features, from frozen wastelands ruled by ice queens to desolated ruins where dragons roam
A new event system provides unexpected levels of storytelling for 4X games. See your decisions shape the world around you, from growing cities and roaming armies to world-warping magic effects
Guide your empire to greatness - but the story doesn’t end with your victory or defeat! Ascend your rulers to an in-game pantheon and unlock ways to further customize your experience. Encounter your own creations as potential rivals or allies in subsequent games, and experience the next chapter in your own story!
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 114 |
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| Players | From 1 (maximum not specified) |
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| Multiplayer | Age of Wonders 4 supports single-player, online PvP, online co-op, cross-platform multiplayer, Remote Play Together, and hot seat mode. Multiplayer is repeatedly described as playable with friends and against AI, but many reviews report desyncs, disconnects, lag, and long waits, especially during manual battles and larger matches. The provided information does not state player-count limits. |
| Multiplayer & mods | The game has open mod support and Steam Workshop support, but the provided information does not state specific multiplayer mod compatibility. Reviews mention mods as part of replayability, not as changing multiplayer rules or support. DLC sharing in multiplayer is mentioned by one review: only the host needs the DLC. |
| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 14 listed on Steam |
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| Website | Official website |
