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Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic

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4.6/5

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4.6

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Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic
Description
Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic is the third entry in the award winning fantasy strategy series. This fan-favorite enhances the series' praised fusion of empire building, role-playing and tactical combat with the eerie Shadow World and battle with races never before seen, across new and diverse landsca...
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4.6/5

( 75 Reviews )

4.6

75 Reviews

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Product details
2004, Triumph Studios, ...
System requirements
Windows XP or Vista, 1 GHz, 256 MB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 (compatible with...
Time to beat
33 hMain
63.5 h Main + Sides
81.5 h Completionist
46.5 h All Styles
Description
Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic is the third entry in the award winning fantasy strategy series. This fan-favorite enhances the series' praised fusion of empire building, role-playing and tactical combat with the eerie Shadow World and battle with races never before seen, across new and diverse landscapes.

Combined with the option of creating a totally unique environment with the map generator and rewriting the history of this world through the enhanced campaign editor, you are ensured a constant stream of completely new game experiences.
* Revisions to the original 12 Age of Wonders races. Each race has a new city upgrade, which comes with a new unit. For example, the Elves can build a Secret Forest, which cloaks the town and produces Treemen.
* Use diplomacy with your rivals as you see fit. Lay siege to enemy cities with a careful balance of tactical guile and magical augmentations. You might just be destined to become the greatest Wizard-King of all time.
* Confront rivals in Multiplayer via a LAN or over the Internet for up to 8 players - options include Play by Email, Hot Seat, and the exciting Simultaneous-Turn System allowing all players to move at the same time!
* Design your very own scenarios, heroes, items, and even new Wizards with the enhanced scenario editor, challenging others to triumph over your creation
  • Use the random map generator to create new scenarios or multiplayer challenges at the click of one button!
  • Three entirely new races: The steppe roaming Nomads, the sinister Shadow Demons and the otherworldly Syrons.
  • Features a full new Campaign with 5 episodes and 16 scenarios, with new characters and a new unfolding story. 19 stand-alone scenarios are included.

Age of Wonders, the Age of Wonders logo, Triumph Studios and the Triumph Studios logo are trademarks of Triumph Studios b.v. Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Triumph Studios b.v. All rights reserved. All other trademarks and trade names are properties of their respective owners.

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Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
33 hMain
63.5 h Main + Sides
81.5 h Completionist
46.5 h All Styles
Game details
Works on:
Windows (7, 8, 10, 11)
Release date:
{{'2004-01-13T00:00:00+02:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0200 ' }}
Size:
563 MB

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Posted on: June 14, 2025

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Buy this game

It is a nice turn based strategy fantasy game


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Posted on: March 30, 2025

MarshNightmares

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Games: 12 Reviews: 1

Did not launch, Win 11

Did not launch and repeatedly booted me back to the desktop instead. No error message given so I don't know what's wrong specifically. Win 11, AMD Ryzen 5 5000U with Radeon Graphics (2.10 GHz), 8GB RAM.


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Posted on: October 8, 2012

Niob

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Games: 214 Reviews: 1

Why only in English?

Why is this game published here only in English? I know that it was published in many other languages. But besides that: Awesome game!


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Posted on: July 19, 2015

fuinril

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Games: 204 Reviews: 7

does not work

This game is... well... the best game I played over 30 years of intensive gaming. A true jewel among jewels. Now what I review here is the GoG version... It does not work (at least on win10). It has huge framerate drops, laggy interfaces, crashes.... All issues which did not exists on original version. Paying again for a game I already own for a compatibility work half backed up is NOT what I'd call a bargain !


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Posted on: September 24, 2017

rvearl

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Games: 86 Reviews: 2

Best Game Ever

Best Game Ever


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