Heroes of Might and Magic — Steam Gift

Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era — the legend returns as a Steam Gift

The Heroes of Might and Magic series taught a whole generation that a single turn can stretch deep into the night. Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era is the newest chapter, made by Unfrozen under publishers Hooded Horse and Ubisoft. It's a prequel: the story unfolds on the continent of Jadame, long before the wars you remember from the classic entries. Here you get the game as a Steam Gift — our bot adds itself as your friend and delivers it straight to your library.

What kind of game it is

Olden Era is a turn-based strategy with tactical battles and RPG elements. The formula is familiar yet refreshed: you explore the world map hex by hex, gather resources, develop towns, recruit and level up heroes, and lead armies into combat on a dedicated battlefield. Every in-game morning is a dozen small decisions — where to step, what to build, which monster to avoid and which to fight for experience and loot. Those decisions are exactly where the famous "just one more turn" feeling comes from.

The six factions of Jadame

The Early Access launch ships with six full factions, each playing differently:

• Temple — armored knights and the order of light.
• Dungeon — dragons and predators of the deep, built around raw firepower.
• Schism — a chaotic faction caught between worlds.
• Grove — elemental spirits and nature with flexible magic.
• Necropolis — the risen dead and necromancy, an army that grows on its own.
• Hive — a swarm that overwhelms by numbers.

Each faction has its own town buildings, units, abilities and roster of heroes — over a hundred unique characters in all. It's not just flavor: with Necropolis you plan a long game around replenishing your ranks, while with Dungeon you look for the moment to break the enemy with concentrated force.

Combat and the Focus system

Battles play out on a separate tactical field, turn by turn. The standout addition is the Focus resource, which you build up and spend on powerful actions and spells. It makes you weigh not only "who do I hit" but "when do I hold my power back for the decisive moment." Magic, unit initiative, the terrain and the turn order all fold into a puzzle that each fight poses anew.

Modes: campaign, skirmish, multiplayer

Olden Era offers several ways to play. The story campaign introduces the world and its factions through scripted scenarios. Skirmish mode is the classic experience on generated or hand-built maps where you can tune the settings to taste. Multiplayer lets you face a live opponent. There's also a built-in map editor, available right in Early Access, so the community is already crafting its own scenarios.

What "Early Access" means here

Let's be honest about the stage: at launch Olden Era is in Early Access, released on April 30, 2026. That means the game is already large and fully playable — six factions, modes, editor — but the developers keep building it out over roughly a year. Ahead are new scenarios, map templates, an underground map layer and the full story campaign across all acts. All of these updates land in your same copy for free — you buy the game once and grow with it. If you enjoy catching a project early and evolving alongside the patches, now is a great time; if you prefer the finished version, just know that some content is still on the way.

How you receive the game

We deliver Olden Era through the Steam Gift system. After payment, our bot adds itself as your Steam friend and sends the gift — usually within a couple of minutes. You don't have to approve the friend request manually, and Steam Guard is not required. Two things matter: your Steam account region must match the gift region, and you must not already own the game (Steam won't let you accept a gift for a title you already have). Once delivered, the bot removes itself from your friends list automatically.

System notes

Olden Era is on PC (Windows) via Steam. As a turn-based strategy it doesn't demand top-tier hardware for reflexes, but large maps and late-game turns appreciate a healthy amount of RAM. Many turn-based strategies run well on Steam Deck and Linux through Proton, but during Early Access it's worth checking the official verification status on the game's Steam page.

If you love the genre

Fans of turn-based strategy and hex tactics have neighbors worth a look. Check out Songs of Conquest, a spiritual successor to old-school Heroes with a pixel-art soul, Age of Wonders 4 with its fantasy empires and custom races, or Sid Meier's Civilization VII if you want a grand strategy about civilizations rising through the ages.

Who it's for

Olden Era is for anyone who missed those slow evenings over a map, the armies you assemble unit by unit, and the battles won by a good plan rather than fast fingers. If Heroes once stole a couple of sleepless nights from you — this chapter will remind you why you loved it.

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