The gameplay has also been updated, featuring a new role-playing style leader class based system and interchangeable choices of strategy and appearances for each playable race. It features a new graphics engine for the series, in addition to an updated soundtrack.

The game is set in a high fantasy fictional setting, where players take the role of a leader to explore the world, interacting with other races and kingdoms, both diplomatically and through warfare while progressively expanding and managing their empire. A port to Linux and OS X was released on April 14, 2015. It was released on March 31, 2014, through digital distribution, as well as through retail in select territories for Microsoft Windows.

It is the fourth game in the Age of Wonders series, following Age of Wonders, Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne and Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic released in 1999, 2002, and 2003 respectively. Age of Wonders III is a 2014 4X turn-based strategy video game developed and published by Dutch developer Triumph Studios.

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