VCMI

Features

• Graphical interface improvements. High resolution, stack queue, creature window...

• The VCMI engine is cross-platform and runs on devices running Windows, Linux, Android, macOS, and iOS

• Random map generator that is compatible with mods

• Multilingual. The game is available in 23 languages

• Multiplatform. Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, and Android

• Convenient launcher that not only installs VCMI itself but also allows downloading and installing most mods, such as:

  • The Rat Mod — adds new neutral units

  • Tides of War — adds alternative units, spells, heroes

  • New Magic Balance mod — changes the spell system in Heroes 3

  • Andruids Expansion — adds new objects, spells, skills, units, etc.

  • Antagarich Burning — adds maps and demonstrates the capabilities of the VCMI engine

  • VCMI new towns list — adds many new towns and alternative versions of old ones, namely: Abyss, Tartarus, Ruins, Retreat, Refuge, Preserve, Pavilion, Meadow, Highlands, Heavenly Forge 2000, Haven, Grove, Forge, Farriery, Fairy, Factory, Death Valley, Cove, Courtyard, Cetatea, Cathedral, Asylum, Ark

  • Diverse Battlefields mod — each creature bank and each guarded dwelling gets its own unique battlefield

  • Third Upgrades mod — a mod based on the modification for the ERA platform. The mod allows additional upgrades of creatures and dwellings, and also adds new artifacts

  • Crossroads of Worlds mod — more than ten variations of Castle from different timelines

  • Fiorin Heroes pack — a set of overpowered Castle, Inferno, and Necropolis heroes that can be used for custom maps and campaigns

  • VCMI PvP balance mod — improves balance in multiplayer

  • Tarnum is back! — allows playing as all previous incarnations of Tarnum

  • Heroes III HD Edition Remastered — adds 32-bit high-resolution graphics from the ERA HD Edition mod, including improved adventure map elements and interface

  • Horn of the Abyss — possibly the best expansion for HoMM3, ported to the VCMI engine

  • Extreme AI — extremely strong AI due to large amounts of starting resources on easy difficulty levels and using cheats on high levels

  • Campaigns pack — a set of story campaigns

  • HoMM3 Campaigns remade — remake of the original campaigns

  • Heroes 3 Extended Soundtrack — adds musical themes from other games in the Heroes series

  • And many others. Some of them have many localizations in different languages