# Olden Era

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Olden Era and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a spiritual successor to Heroes of Might and Magic III, with mechanics and a look close to the older Heroes games.

## Why people recommend it

- Spiritual successor to HoMM3 (1 comments): "Olden Era is really good, it's kind of a spiritual successor to HoMM3." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49209819))
- Keeps HoMM3 mechanics (1 comments): "Homm3 mechanics, aesthetic close to Homm2." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50234280))
- Aesthetic close to HoMM2 (1 comments): "Homm3 mechanics, aesthetic close to Homm2." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50234280))
- Praised as really good (1 comments): "Olden Era is really good, it's kind of a spiritual successor to HoMM3." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49209819))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Battle for Wesnoth](https://hackerapproved.com/p/battle-for-wesnoth.md): 39 recommend
- [Sid Meier's Civilization](https://hackerapproved.com/p/civilization.md): 25 recommend
- [Sid Meier's Civilization III](https://hackerapproved.com/p/civilization-iii.md): 20 recommend
- [Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri](https://hackerapproved.com/p/alpha-centauri.md): 16 recommend
- [Heroes of Might and Magic III](https://hackerapproved.com/p/heroes-of-might-and-magic-iii.md): 16 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Olden Era", https://hackerapproved.com/p/heroes-of-might-and-magic-olden-era/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).