Can I Run Age of Wonders III?
Triumph Studios released Age of Wonders III in 2014. It is a role playing strategy game, published by Paradox Interactive. It offers a single player campaign and cooperative play. Split screen on one PC is supported, a feature most releases have quietly dropped. Builds exist for macOS and Linux as well as Windows. Steam lists support for 5 languages. Over 7 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported. Critics scored it 80 on Metacritic. There are 74 achievements to chase. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk. At more than a decade old it predates every current graphics architecture, which helps compatibility and limits how well it exploits a modern card. Because it hooks into the Steam Workshop, what a player installs on top can matter more for performance than the official figures.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 2.4 Ghz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ @2.6 Ghz |
|---|---|
| GPU | nVidia 8800 / ATi Radeon HD 3870 with 512MB or Laptop integrated Intel HD 3000 with 3GB system ram |
| VRAM | 3 GB |
| RAM | 2 GB |
| Storage | 10 GB |
| OS | Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 |
| DirectX | 9 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4 Ghz or AMD Phenom X4 9900 @ 2.6 Ghz |
|---|---|
| GPU | nVidia Geforce 460 1GB or AMD Radeon HD 6850 1GB |
| VRAM | 1 GB |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 10 GB |
| OS | Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 |
| DirectX | 9 |
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in a fantasy world, moving through a board the player reads before committing. 7 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion.
Why Age of Wonders III is demanding
Age of Wonders III needs only 1 GB of video memory. At 4 GB, system memory is undemanding. Age of Wonders III takes about 10 GB of disk space. The DirectX requirement is undemanding, at version 9.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Age of Wonders III?
Age of Wonders III targets a mainstream modern PC: nVidia 8800 / ATi Radeon HD 3870 with 512MB or Laptop integrated Intel HD 3000 with 3GB system ram and 2 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to nVidia Geforce 460 1GB or AMD Radeon HD 6850 1GB for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: CPU
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Frequently asked questions
Can my PC run Age of Wonders III?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Age of Wonders III?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 2.4 Ghz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ @2.6 Ghz; GPU: nVidia 8800 / ATi Radeon HD 3870 with 512MB or Laptop integrated Intel HD 3000 with 3GB system ram; 2 GB RAM; OS: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1.
How much storage does Age of Wonders III need?
Age of Wonders III needs about 10 GB of available storage.
What is the bottleneck for Age of Wonders III?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Age of Wonders III is the CPU.