Age of Wonders 4

Age of Wonders 4 is a strategy game in which you rule a fantasy realm, explore magical worlds and expand an empire turn by turn. It combines empire building and role-playing with turn-based tactical battles. Each game adds another chapter to a continuing saga, shaped by your choices and the realms you explore.

Shape your people

You create a faction by combining bodily forms, societal traits and arcane powers. This lets you make groups such as cannibal halflings or mystic moon elves, or create other fantasy peoples. As you claim Tomes of Magic, you can enchant armies and evolve your people, who may physically change into angelic beings or scions of chaos.

Build and guide an empire

You can pursue glory through domination, alliances or arcane knowledge. Each choice opens different possibilities and tactical advantages, giving you new strategies and powers to try as you develop your empire.

A storytelling event system shows your decisions shaping the realm: cities grow, armies roam and magic can alter the world. You can also explore a new realm in each game or create one of your own, combining locations and features such as frozen wastelands ruled by ice queens or ruined lands where dragons roam.

Fight turn-based battles

Tactical battles bring your armies into combat in environments shaped by your decisions. Fights range from skirmishes with roaming monsters to large sieges with dozens of units on each side. A morale system and other features add challenges to each battle.

Continue your saga

Victory or defeat does not end the story. You can ascend your rulers to an in-game pantheon and unlock further ways to customize your experience. In later games, you may encounter your own creations as allies or rivals and continue their story.

A varied, open-ended realm

Empires, units and environments vary from game to game. The game also offers modding and open-ended play, with new combinations of locations and features to explore.