{"id":1591408,"date":"2026-05-29T07:37:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T07:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yvEqZ5Z7ZnxbReujHQyCSY"},"modified":"2026-05-29T07:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T07:37:15","slug":"heroes-of-might-and-magic-olden-era-teases-a-roguelike-mode-as-it-hits-1-million-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/heroes-of-might-and-magic-olden-era-teases-a-roguelike-mode-as-it-hits-1-million-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era teases a roguelike mode as it hits 1 million sales"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era’s strategy of building on the series’ peak\u2014the 1999 classic HoMM 3\u2014has paid off. In a single day it broke even, shifting 250,000 copies<\/a>. And in less than a month it managed to climb up to 1 million. <\/p>\n

That’s a heck of an achievement for the new game in a series that largely seemed to have been forgotten by owner Ubisoft\u2014HoMM 5 came out in 2006, and since then it’s been left alone. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

It’s definitely earned its popularity. As I said in my Olden Era early access impressions<\/a>, it’s not some wild reinvention, it’s simply riffing on the best version of HoMM, giving the vets what they’ve always wanted: a return to the good old days of HoMM 3. But at the same time, this isn’t a remaster or remake\u2014there are new ideas here, with big changes introduced to the magic system and the addition of some fancy new modes.<\/p>\n

Speaking of new modes, there are more coming. To celebrate the 1 million sales milestone, Unfrozen and publisher Hooded Horse have shown off a roadmap detailing what’s to come as the game makes its way through early access. <\/p>\n

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There’s some good stuff coming this year, like teamplay and observer modes, along with replays, class reworks and a hero skill rebalance, but the meaty parts will be coming closer to the end of early access and beyond. That’s when we’ll get things like a thieves guild, underground terrain and, perhaps not that surprisingly, a roguelike mode. <\/p>\n

This new PvE mode is still a bit of a mystery, unfortunately, with Unfrozen promising “more information later”. But it’s an exciting prospect all the same. The only issue with Olden Era hewing so close to HoMM 3 is that the veterans have done it all before. But the last time we got a good HoMM, roguelikes weren’t really a thing (yes I know Rogue came out in 1980). <\/p>\n

So I’m genuinely excited to see this very ’90s game get a very ’26 mode. <\/p>\n

The good news is that if you can’t wait for it to hit 1.0, the early access version is already brilliant\u2014and pretty full-featured too. The campaign only has a single act at the moment, and higher-tier magic and monsters are yet to come, but none of that has stopped it from feeling like a return to greatness for the series. <\/p>\n

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