Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era — Latest Updates & Patch Notes
Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era is currently the #50 most-played game on Steam, with a 24-hour peak of 42K concurrent players — ▼ cooling off (was #42 last week).
Last official update Jul 10, 2026 (12 days ago) · 12 updates in the last 90 days · 12 tracked here.
- Steam rank
- #50 ▼
- Peak (24h)
- 42K
- Genre
- RPG, Strategy, Early Access
- Developer
- Unfrozen
- Released
- Apr 30, 2026
- Price
- $39.99
- Steam reviews
- 18K
Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era is the official prequel hailing back to the origins of the genre-defining, critically acclaimed series of turn-based strategy games. Raise grand armies and wield devastating spells to overcome your foes in both solo and multiplayer.
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Latest updates & patch notes
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Patch #12: Bug Fixes & Improvements
Greetings, Heroes! Following Patch #11, we've put together a smaller follow-up patch addressing bugs and rough edges that surfaced after its release. No sweeping changes this time — just a focused round of fixes to make sure everything introduced in Patch #11 is working as…
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Hotfix: Battle Magic, Save Loading & Description Fixes
Greetings, Heroes! A quick hotfix is here to address a few issues discovered after the previous update — including a bug affecting Advanced-tier Battle Magic, a save loading issue, and some incorrect skill and law descriptions. Full patch notes are below. See you on the…
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Patch #11: Necromancy Update, UI Tweaks and Balance Changes
Greetings, Heroes! We are excited to present a massive and fresh update, with a special focus on balancing faction mechanics, fixing exploits, and improving overall gameplay convenience. Based on your feedback and collected statistics, we have prepared a series of large-scale…
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Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era Roundup at the Hooded Horse Summer Sale
Hey Heroes! There has been a ton of new content around Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era recently, between an early access roadmap reveal, a tease of the upcoming PvE content - The Mysterious Island, and plenty of balance, exploit, and bug fixes. Let's get into all this great…
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News
Save 25% on Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era
Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era is on sale at 25% off during the Hooded Horse Summer Sale. Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era is the official prequel hailing back to the origins of the genre-defining, critically acclaimed series of turn-based strategy games. Raise grand…
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Patch #10: Tactics Phase Formation Saving & Bug Fixes
Greetings, Heroes! This patch introduces an update to the combat tactics phase: unit formations are now saved between battles! We've also improved the visual display and sound of unit movement there. You can find the details and nuances of how the new system works in the full…
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Save 25% on Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era
Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era is on sale at 25% off. Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era is the official prequel hailing back to the origins of the genre-defining, critically acclaimed series of turn-based strategy games. Raise grand armies and wield devastating spells…
Read the full notes on Steam → -
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Upcoming PvE Content: The Mysterious Island!
Greetings, Heroes! As we continue our work on the upcoming Teamplay and Advanced Random Map Generator features (among many others featured in our roadmap), we've seen various calls regarding additional PvE content. Today we would like to announce something that we've been…
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Hotfix: Game Exit Exploit, Map Generation & Mondays
Greetings, Heroes! A small hotfix is here to address a few issues that slipped through after the previous update. Changelogv. 0.80.20Fixed another variation of the game exit exploit, which also affected the correct saving of match results. ⚠️We remind you one more time that bug…
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Patch #9: Hotfix & Balance Adjustments
Greetings, Heroes! Yesterday’s patch brought significant changes, and today we’re releasing a hotfix to address them. Having analysed the initial data and your feedback following Patch 8, we’ve concluded that a number of changes have had too significant an impact on single hero…
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Patch #8: Skills Rework, Balance Pass & Exploit Fixes
Greetings, Heroes! A brand-new patch is now live — and it is a massive one. This patch covers extensive balance adjustments across multiple game systems: skills, spells, hero specializations, creatures, artifacts, map templates, and the matchmaking system. The expert-level…
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The Land of Glory: 1,000,000 Copies of Olden Era Sold!
Greetings, Heroes! We are now a month into the Early Access of HoMM: Olden Era during which we’ve got to see you explore Jadame in every way imaginable! However, there's something you have done that has completely blown us away: Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era has already…
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About Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era
This newest entry in the renowned Heroes of Might and Magic series brings strategic empire building, epic turn-based tactical battles, and in-depth RPG mechanics to a world of fantastical beasts, formidable spellcasters, and fierce champions. Explore a vibrant world full of secrets and dangers as you play through an epic narrative campaign that heralds impending doom, or conquer both procedurally generated and hand-crafted maps, building magnificent cities and raising massive armies of mythical creatures to vanquish your foes. Made for series veterans and newcomers alike, Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era is built on the familiar…
Game details
- System requirements (minimum)
- Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows® 10 (64-bit) Processor: Intel® Core™ i3-10300 (quad-core) / AMD® Ryzen™ 3 3100 (quad-core) Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1650 (4 GB) / AMD® Radeon™ RX 5500 XT (4 GB) / Intel® Arc™ A580 (8 GB) DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 8 GB available space Additional Notes: SSD required
- Languages
- English * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Czech, Hungarian, Japanese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Italian, Portuguese - Brazil * languages with full audio…
- Official site
- unfrozen.studio
Frequently asked questions
- Is Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era free to play?
- Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era is a paid game ($39.99) on Steam.
- What is the latest Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era update?
- The most recent official update is "Patch #12: Bug Fixes & Improvements" (Jul 10, 2026), categorized as Patch. Greetings, Heroes! Following Patch #11, we've put together a smaller follow-up patch addressing bugs and rough edges that surfaced after its release. No sweeping changes this time — just a focused round of fixes to make sure everything introduced in Patch #11 is working as…
- How many people play Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era?
- Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era peaked at 42K concurrent players in the last 24 hours, ranking #50 on Steam's most-played chart (it was #42 the previous week).
- When was Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era released?
- Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era was released on Apr 30, 2026 by Unfrozen.
- What kind of game is Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era?
- Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era is a RPG, Strategy, Early Access game, featuring single-player, multi-player, pvp.
Live player counts and update notes are pulled from Steam's public data and refreshed daily (last refresh: Jul 22, 2026). Excerpts are from official announcements; follow the source links for full notes. Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era and all related assets are trademarks of their respective owners.