Age of Wonders: Planetfall

best AoW game on the tactical level.
Really do hope for a Plantefall 2 someday.

Loved the game. Easy on the eyes and decent sci-fi stories with lots of heroes to play and are very customizable. I finished the original campaign. The only down side was in the final scenario it uses the largest map with about 10 total AIs and toward the end I and 2 AIs were up against 4 AIs. I won more by politics or building a wonder than combat on Normal difficulty. Planetfall is an older game and does not used multi-core cpus well. From about the middle of the game to the end it was taking a real 6-10 minutes for the AI to complete each turn. I have 64 gigs ram and a AMD 5800X3D cpu.

So many options in the tech tree (for any given faction) it is overwhelming what to pick. But it hardly matters, because that one guy is always going to build the doomsday device. Tactical encounters are meaningful, yet quick, and you can press the easy button to let the game play itself (if you are not a master tactician). Plenty of needy NPC's to sap your resources while you're trying to defend against your rivals, human or AI or both! The smart AI is very aggressive and a challenging opponent. The graphics and artwork for this game are top-notch and have stood the test of time, they still look great, 6 years later after the game first rolled out.

Doooope game... I could care less what gatekeeping tactical game snobs think. I played xcom till my hands bled back in the day and this lives up to it

This game had so much potential, it's a shame the devs basically abandoned it.

I can even go so far as to say that the units and races are much more interesting compared to AoW4 (not like race means anything in AoW4...)

The biggest problem this game has is awful multiplayer experience (I say that but still play multiplayer) and some game-breaking bugs in the Galactic Empire mode.

Still, I recommend it.

It's a fun, pretty game and it seems like it might take me a little bit to learn. I don't think it's going to be as complex as HOI4 or Stellaris but the combat is deeper on the micro level which more than makes up for it. I like the squad combat system, the powers being all used in conjunction with each other gives combat a nice fun dynamic. All in all I do recommend it so far. I can't wait until I figure the game out more, and then start looking for mods, because it's a paradox game I'm pretty sure there's going to be a ton of mods for it. So far a nice 7/10 I have Trex's that have laser rifle arms.

I should have written this reivew a long time ago. Age of Wonders: Planetfall is a great game. A interesting twist on Age of Wonders with is new Science Fiction setting (with some more fantastical elements like Psionics.)

It is a game that still looks great in my book. One of the best looking 4x games still in 2025. Has a lot of interesting faction. And if you want Age of Wonders, but a bit more directed. A bit more constrained then Age of Wonder 4, then this is a good option. The two games play diffrent enough that I find this game still interesing even if I like Age of Wonders 4 to. So if you missed it, get it! The very fact that I when back to this after Age of Wonders 4 should show that this is still a strong game. And I love Age of Wonder 4!

(Oh and at this current time there is a lot of chines reivew bombing of this game. Has nothing to do with the game. Just hate directed at the published of this game. Should mean they own the game however if they are leaving reivews. So cool... Maybe they should go and play game instead and become a bit more happy.)

its complex has alot of mechanics if you have the time to learn it

Same as the third game. Throws a login section first thing when you hit start. I have a steam account, i have the game on steam and that's all i need to start the game and play it. I don't need to be stopped by the third party account police and asked for my id so they can steal my data.

Great game. Empire mode and mods make this game go from good to great.

boring

I've played Aow 3, Planetfall and AoW 4.

This game might be the best one, especially if you like the sci-fi theme.
The developers put a ton of thought into the game mechanics.
I'ts by no means perfect, but there's a ton of replayability and various strategies to use.


if you like tactical combat, you can really outwit your opponents. Nothing is quite as satsifying as winning a fight where you are outnumbered and outgunned because you use good positioning and conserve your resources better.

Age of Wonders is great. I m having fun and continu to play. Let s go !!

Age of Wonders has always been the gold standard of fantasy turn-based strategy games, and Planetfall could well be the gold standard of sci-fi turn-based strategy games.

The first quest breaks if you conquer one of the AI factions, leaving you at 2/3rds completion with no other options and so I wasn't able to progress. The text pre amble before it implies you might have to fight them so I thought that conflict could be a solution. Not impressive given this is the first quest that you would assume would be the most tested.

The whole push to do quests isn't really my cup of tea generally, I'll try the sandbox modes later.

I have a 4 thousand dollar pc that has yet to struggle with any game. this game crashes, and it crashes a lot. i have reported dozens of crashes and i have yet to receive an email about any of them. i have tried and tried to fix the issue, but after all this time, the game is still coded like garbage. they have not fixed the issues by now, they never will.

Age of Wonders 4 in Space, but less polished and forgiving. Positioning is crucial. Go Team Borg eh Assembly!

After 100 hours of both games I can say I much prefer Planetfall than Age of Wonders 4. There are so much way to customize each separated unit in your army and it's quite fast and painless to do so. The only downside of this game is the outdated UI and UX.

fun combat system. complex but in the beginning you can ignor the more niche things

pretty fun!

Can't make sense of the map. Makes me feel stupid.

I don't really play turn based civ type games since I usually find the combat to be underwhelming but the combat here was very fun

git gut

I read about the game and decided to pay for it and download it. This is my first AOW game. I began with the tutorial, got really into it, and went into my first planet.

After a couple of turns, it started crashing at the end of the turn, with no warning. Again, and again, and again, and again. I tried every fix I could think of, and still crashing. Games that I encounter these types of crashes with are usually the kind that involve some type of graphics issue, but not this one.

It stinks that I paid a hefty fee and have no good result. I cannot recommend this game for that reason.

Plays like a civ game, more focus on combat and added account progression (galactic empire building) to incentivize replays. Highly recommended!

Devs, we can't wait for Planetfall 2!

Very good game, you could say the only viable sci fi alternative in Heroes genre.

It works with Proton 7.0-6 on Linux/Debian 11 Operating System.
Funcionou com Proton 7.0-6 no Sistema Operacional Linux/Debian 11.

Age of Wonders 40K. But where are my Orks?! We need ta teach tha rest of these gits a propa lesson!

This game is pure strategy crack. Don't start it unless you want to get addicted.

This game is for me what HoMM 3 is for other people; an instant classic and a game I will return to.

I see Planetfall as a great system for building combos and synergies of units and operations (spells). Of course, there is plenty of stuff to combine related to economy and expansion too. The amount of general content and possible strategies is staggering, and during my over 100h hours of playtime, I think I haven't explored even half of them.

The creativity put into this game is also quite impressive. There are many unique ideas in the general art style and design of units and the world.

Buy the game, buy DLCs and hope for Plantefall 2.

After 500 hrs on record, this game is the best and ever best.
The Galactic Empire system is very cool , I dont know why other game have not it XD

It seems like i'm the minority in this but I like this game more than AOW 4.

need to start requiring refunds for games like this that add a third party account after the fact.

this is one of the reasons off the top of my head steam will be sued in the future. "only 15% of play time was spent on newer games" gee. wiz... i wonder why when the companies keep changing the eula to cause denial of service issues if you wont let them sell your data. almost like the industry is better off without all of them for a reason.

V.GOOD.

My mistake was getting into AoW:4, then giving this one a chance right after thinking it would be a similarly exciting experience. Having Planetfall sit in my library for awhile now in the Technology catagory, wanting to get into it but never getting around to it.

There probably is a lot of potential, but honestly it is too alien to feel satisfying.

best strategy game ever made

i dont like this game.
i don't know why.
i feel its slow, and the battles inconsequential, and the heroe system overly complex.
its not a bad game. but i was bored to death. but hey, maybe you will enjoy it.

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I LIKEY ALOT

i like it

game is quite good!

Game good

I really wanted to love this game, but...

Think of a good science-fiction book. Now imagine it dumbed down and re-published as a comic series for teens? That's what the story and writing feel like in this. The setting had great potential, but the presentation is absolutely godawful.

The gameplay itself is okay. Nice base-building mechanics. Manual combat is... something, but not engaging enough to choose it over the automatic option. Decent if somewhat simplistic diplomacy. Too many upgrades and items to be fun. Also, gameplay variety sometimes interferes with the story: it's possible to win a scenario by diplomacy before completing the story quests, thus missing parts of the plot, such as it may be.

So yeah... no.

This game is really fun to play, even though it took me long time to invest the right time into it, to understand my ways.
You dont need any mods, its rich of story and the turn based fights are very fun.
I like the different approaches of the different races and their style to win... or loose the game :-)
In a sale its pretty cheap to grab and it will grant you alot of hours of fun.
One point feels really cool and remind me on the AOW series the most - levening up the heroes and their equipment! Its amazing to see how they get stronger and attain an enhanced playstyle with a developing skilltree.
Thumbs up, you cant really fail on this one.

Pretty good successor in Age Of Wonders series. Decent graphic, story-telling company, variety of combat scenarios depending on your choice of development strategy. Good time killer and brain refresher after daily routine.

GREAT GAME!!!!

******

The map and interface is pretty, but too noisy for me; I'll always miss the clean, perfect map & interface in the original AoW. But the gameplay is reliably great. Great varying play styles between each faction!

my favorite turn based strategy game by far and ive played them all

Having a lot a fun with age of wonders 4, I tried to return to this game but it crashes on paradox launcher, already sent report for crash

Yeah man, shit's good.