Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era "broke even on development costs in just one day" as it launches to 90% positive Steam reviews and 250,000 sales

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Heroes of Might and Magic's revival has been a long time coming, and it seems the wait has paid off for fans and developers alike. Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era launched into Steam early access yesterday to very positive user reviews and immediate sales success – so much success, in fact, that the game made its development budget back within its first 24 hours.

"24 hours have passed since we’d first opened the doors and portals to the world of HoMM: Olden Era," the devs at Unfrozen exclaim in their Steam announcement. "Just to say this launch has been a success would be an understatement: In that short time you’ve posted over 3000 reviews and over 90% of you are happy about the game. At this minute there is over 50,000 of you playing Olden Era. Thanks to your amazing support!"

They add, "That means we broke even on development costs in just one day!"

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Unfrozen was founded back in 2016 and launched its debut project, Iratus: Lord of the Dead in 2020. That game was another turn-based strategy title, but one that took heavy inspiration from the indie hit Darkest Dungeon. Irdatus was, by all accounts, pretty good, garnering over 8,000 Steam reviews with 85% positive feedback in the six years since launch.

Going from that kind of slow-burn success to releasing a new game in a beloved series to such immediate acclaim must be quite a leap for a small studio, but it seems everybody's happy with how Olden Era has turned out. Our own Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era early access review calls it "a triumphant return for the legendary strategy RPG series," and while there are certainly elements to polish up before the final release, this looks to be a fine foundation for something special.

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