Heroes of Might and Magic III is getting a full 3D Snowdrop remake

Ubisoft announced Heroes of Might and Magic III Remake at Gamescom Opening Night Live 2026. The publisher is rebuilding the 1999 strategy masterpiece from scratch in the Snowdrop engine for a 2027 release on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S.

The development team built the game from the ground up using Snowdrop, the same engine behind The Division and Star Wars Outlaws. This shifts the game away from its fixed 2D isometric sprites into a full 3D environment with a free camera. The visual overhaul includes 4K resolution support, dynamic lighting, real-time weather systems, and shifting environmental seasons. Snowdrop's rendering capabilities allow for detailed biomes and battlefields that react to the new weather systems, and the free camera means players can finally rotate their view to inspect the overland map from any angle.

They finally found the expansions

The 1999 original by New World Computing and 3DO is widely hailed as the pinnacle of turn-based strategy. The flawed 2015 HD Edition famously omitted the expansions because the source code was lost, but this remake fixes that gap.

It includes the full base game alongside both original expansions, Armageddon's Blade and The Shadow of Death. All nine original factions return intact, meaning you'll still be managing the undead armies of Necropolis, the magical constructs of Tower, and the demonic forces of Inferno. The developers unified the original campaigns into a single narrative. They also added a new prologue, an epilogue, and fully produced cinematics.

The core loop of exploring the map, securing resource mines, expanding your towns, and leveling up heroes remains untouched. The hex-grid tactical combat is still intact, but it now benefits from modern planning and decision-making UI tools to make the experience more intuitive.

25 years of custom maps

Multiplayer supports up to eight players online with improved matchmaking and a simultaneous turn system. Simultaneous turns are a massive quality-of-life upgrade for a game notorious for its marathon session lengths. Instead of waiting ten minutes for your friends to finish their town management and overland movement, everyone can act at once until their armies clash. Local Hot Seat mode also returns for offline matches.

More importantly, the remake promises backwards compatibility with classic community maps from the last 25 years. Players can access these through an in-game user-generated content hub alongside modern editor tools.

Two releases in one day

Alongside the Gamescom reveal, the classic Heroes of Might and Magic III Complete Edition just landed on Steam for the first time. The original game has been notoriously fragmented across digital storefronts for years, often requiring fan patches to run properly on modern displays. Dropping the Complete Edition right now solves a major accessibility problem for the franchise.

You can wishlist the remake on Steam now. According to Gematsu, this remake is a completely separate project from the recently announced Olden Era prequel.