Heroes of Might & Magic V

Witness the amazing evolution of the genre-defining strategy game as it becomes a next-generation phenomenon, melding classic deep fantasy with next-generation visuals and gameplay. In the renowned Might & Magic universe, demon swarms spread chaos over the land in a relentless assault.

Heroes of Might & Magic V is a strategy, turn-based strategy and fantasy game developed by Nival and published by Ubisoft.
Released on May 13th 2008 is available only on Windows in 5 languages: English, French, Italian, German and Spanish - Spain.

It has received 3,700 reviews of which 3,252 were positive and 448 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.5 out of 10. šŸ˜Ž

The game is currently priced at 9.99ā‚¬ on Steam.


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Windows
  • OS *: WindowsĀ® 2000/XP (only)
  • Processor: PentiumĀ® 4 or AMD Athlonā„¢ 1.5 GHz (PentiumĀ® 4 2.4 GHz recommended)
  • Memory: 512 MB (1 GB recommended)
  • Graphics: DirectXĀ® 9 compliant w/ 64MB RAM (128 MB recommended) (see supported list*)
  • DirectX Version: DirectXĀ® 9 or higher
  • Sound: DirectXĀ® 9 compliant
  • Hard Drive: 2+ GB
  • Multiplay: Broadband internet connection
  • *Supported Video Cards at Time of Release: NVIDIA GeForce 4 / FX / 6 / 7 families (GeForce 4 MX NOT supported), ATI Radeon 8500 / 9000 / X families, Matrox Parhelia

    Laptop versions of these cards may work but are NOT supported.
    Originally released for Windows 7, the game can be played on Windows 10 and Windows 11 OS

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Dec. 2024
To me, best game in the series, even above III. I wish they would have remastered it with the DLCs so you can play with the 3rd variant of troops in the main story.
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Oct. 2024
This is such a classic. I played it all those years ago at my uncle's house and really forgot about its name. Now playing it as an adult is quite scintillating. I'm really enjoying my time playing it.
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Sept. 2024
Best 3D graphics, one of my favorite Heroes of Might & Magic series game. Must try.
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June 2024
This was the last good heroes. The ones after aren't working or their server is abandoned. There is a lot of strategy here with detailed campaigns and multiplayer. I've played all of the HOMM games. HOMM 3 and HOMM 5 are the best.
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Jan. 2024
Great game from my youth with a lot of happy memories. I loved Heroes of Might and Magic V. I tried the earlier installments before, but never understood the game and its mechanics. For some reason, HOMM V was a lot more accessible and easier to understand. In Heroes of Might and Magic V, you follow a classic story about saving the kingdom, repel invading factions like demons, undead and creatures of the deep, and become the hero that saves the day. You can play the good and bad campaign, each consisting of many different missions, or scenarios. The story is fair and has a good pacing. Because the game thrives on this story, I will not spoil it further. The mechanics in HOMM V are relatively simple. You explore a map, with various resources, towns, small buildings and upgrades, to increase your strength, stats and army. On the map, different units are stationed, some friendly and ready to join you, but most of them are hostile. You fight them to earn XP, level up and unlock more skills. The goal of each map varies from scenario to scenario but mostly includes the conquering of a town or gate to win. Some scenarioā€™s are timed, adding to the challenge. This game is really hard. The first scenario is some sort of tutorial, and can be completed easily, but after that, the game turns 180 degrees and throws everything it got at you. In the later scenarios, the enemy AI can be unforgiving. I really like all the units, their backstories and their overall design. They just look badass, have awesome attacks, sound effects, animations and skills. In terms of creativity and design, I think the creatures in this game are better than the ones from Kingā€™s Bounty. The graphics are great for the time and the animations of the units en environmental buildings are nicely done. The color pattern is warm and soft and enhances the experience. By far the best aspect of Heroes of Might and Magic V, is the sound. The (combat) music is absolutely great and the sound effects are spot on. I loved the satisfying sound effect of the scythe of the Wraith units and the four-sword attack of the Rakhasa rani. It is sound design at its best. The mechanics, controls and interfaces are easy to understand and can be mastered fairly quickly. The only small issue I experienced are the timed missions. In your quest log, you see that you need to capture a city in a certain amount of days, but on screen, no timer, reminder or warning is shown, making you instantly lose the scenario when not paying attention. Another small problem is the ā€œstalemate situationā€. In the later missions, you and an enemy AI hero can both control heroes and cities and try to take over the enemy city. Because all units get replenished every start of the week, both heroes can get exactly the same power level when buying new units every week. This way, there is no real advantage over the enemy and it is just ā€œluck and prayerā€ if you hit hard enough. Looking back at the game in comparison with Kingā€™s Bounty, I think I prefer the latter in terms of graphics, mechanics, story and overall atmosphere. Nevertheless, Heroes of Might and Magic V will always remain a classic and a piece of nostalgia from my youth. Definitely recommend this game.
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Heroes of Might & Magic V
8.5
3,252
448
Online players
220
Developer
Nival
Publisher
Ubisoft
Release 13 May 2008
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