Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.
At $9.99. It has been as low as $2.49.
- Story and characters: 82 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 49 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 43 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Crashes: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Bugs: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 4k player reviews · updated 3 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
So in short, buy the ToTE version and download the original campaign mod, NOT this one.
Updated 6/29/2022: This game still works perfectly on windows 10 and 11 while using an AMD 5600 graphics card.
As for gameplay, that is where Heroes 5 really starts to shine.
The writing is laughably bad at times (as is the voice acting), the story is predictable and very generic and the whole plot overall feels like a discount store version of Heroes 3's campaign, Restoration of Erathia.
With both single player, multiplayer, and even hot seat player capability you can play with friends far or near, or solo.
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Should you buy it now?
Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.
Currently $9.99. The lowest we've tracked is $2.49.
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We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.
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