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Heroes of Might & Magic V

by Nival Interactive

Released May 16, 2006
$9.99
19 h to beat
Mac
PC (Microsoft Windows)

88%positive reviews

3,834 positive505 negative

What players say

Pros

Addictive turn-based strategy with tons of turns
Strong fantasy world and heroes

Cons

Better bought as a bundle or expansion
Ubisoft account and DRM concerns

Mixed

Some call it a must-play, others recommend the GOG bundle instead

Media

Trailer (YouTube)

DLC, expansions and more

Standalone expansions (1)

Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East

System requirements

OS *: Windows® 2000/XP (only)

Processor: Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon™ 1.5 GHz (Pentium® 4 2.4 GHz recommended)

Memory: 512 MB (1 GB recommended)

Graphics: DirectX® 9 compliant w/ 64MB RAM (128 MB recommended) (see supported list*)

DirectX Version: DirectX® 9 or higher

Sound: DirectX® 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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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. The fate of…

Ratings

79IGDB players265 ratings
82Critics3 reviews
80Overall268 scores

Time to beat

19 hStory onlyto the credits
39.5 hStory and extraswith side content
43 hCompletionist100%

Languages

Language	Interface	Full audio	Subtitles
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish (Spain)

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Mixed

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