Heroes of Might and Magic Online
Last updated: October 4, 2026
Searching for Heroes of Might and Magic Online? Ubisoft's browser game, Might & Magic Heroes Online, shut down in 2020. This page shows where to play Heroes of Might and Magic 3 today and which free browser strategy games offer the same mix of towns, heroes and turn-based battles, including Legend of Gods.
What Heroes of Might and Magic Online was
Might & Magic Heroes Online was a free-to-play browser game in the Heroes of Might and Magic franchise, developed by Blue Byte and published by Ubisoft. According to Wikipedia, it was released worldwide on September 30, 2014 and closed in December 2020. Wikipedia cites the publisher’s own shutdown announcement for that date, but the announcement itself could not be read when we checked, so the shutdown date rests on Wikipedia’s account.
If you want to play Heroes of Might and Magic online today, the plain answer is that no official online version of the series is left. What remains on sale are the paid PC games listed below. The rest of this page shows where to find them, then introduces Legend of Gods, a free browser strategy game in the same spirit, and compares the two. The full history of the closed game is on Might & Magic Heroes Online on Wikipedia.
Where to play Heroes of Might and Magic today
However you phrase the search — heroes 3 online, might and magic heroes online, or the series name plus the word online — the question underneath is the same: where can this series actually be played today? The table below is the short answer.
| Game | Status | Price | Where it runs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Might & Magic Heroes Online | Shut down, December 2020 | Was free to play | Browser, now closed |
| Heroes of Might and Magic III | On sale | Paid | Windows PC, sold at GOG and on Steam |
| Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era | Early Access on Steam | Paid, a free demo exists | Windows PC |
Heroes of Might and Magic 3 on GOG is the Complete edition from 1999, with the Armageddon’s Blade and The Shadow of Death expansions included. Heroes of Might and Magic 3 HD on Steam is the HD Edition, which omits those two expansions because the source code for those releases was lost, according to Wikipedia. Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era is a turn-based strategy game with RPG elements and an official prequel to the series, sold in Early Access on Steam, with a free demo if you want to try before you buy.
A free browser game in the same spirit
Legend of Gods keeps the part of Heroes people look for — a town to grow, heroes who lead armies, battles that wait for your turn — while being its own game rather than a copy. According to the game’s own pages:
- You build a town: it has 15 buildings, each with ten levels to work through.
- Heroes lead armies into turn-based battles, against computer-controlled enemies and in player-versus-player arena battles.
- It is not a copy of Heroes: it has its own world, units and rules, and it is a rebuild of the original 2012 Legend of Gods for modern browsers and mobile.
- It is free to play in a browser, on desktop or mobile, with nothing to install.
- Diamonds, the premium currency, speed up build and recruit queues and never unlock exclusive units, buildings or content.
The screenshot above is the game’s shared world map, where armies travel and mines and other towns sit waiting. You can open Legend of Gods in a browser tab and reach that map from your own town.
How Legend of Gods compares
| Game | Price | Where it runs | Battles | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heroes of Might and Magic III | Paid download | Windows PC | Turn-based, on a hexagonal grid | On sale at GOG and on Steam |
| Legend of Gods | Free to play | In a browser, no download | Turn-based, hero-led armies | Live |
Legend of Gods fits if you want the town-hero-battle loop without paying or installing anything. It does not fit if you want Heroes itself: it is its own game, with its own world, units and rules — a rebuild of the original 2012 Legend of Gods, not of anything in the Heroes series. The town screen below is where most of the decisions happen; every building in Legend of Gods has a defined job and ten levels, and the queues diamonds speed up are the town’s build and recruit queues.
If that sounds like your kind of game, read how to play Legend of Gods or start playing now.
Frequently asked questions
Can you play Heroes of Might and Magic online?
No official online version is left to play. Might & Magic Heroes Online, Ubisoft's free-to-play browser game in the series, shut down in 2020. Heroes of Might and Magic 3 is still on sale as a PC download on GOG and Steam, and free browser strategy games in the same spirit, such as Legend of Gods, run straight in your browser with nothing to install.
Is Hots still active?
Hots usually refers to Heroes of the Storm, a different game this page does not cover. In the Heroes series itself, the online entry has closed: Might & Magic Heroes Online, Ubisoft's free-to-play browser game, shut down in 2020. What is still active is Heroes of Might and Magic 3, sold on GOG and Steam, and free browser strategy games such as Legend of Gods.
Is Magic Online still active?
Magic Online usually refers to the Magic: The Gathering Online card game, which is outside the Might and Magic series and this page. The Might and Magic online game, Might & Magic Heroes Online, shut down in 2020. Still active today are Heroes of Might and Magic 3 on GOG and Steam and free browser strategy games such as Legend of Gods.
Is Legend of Gods a copy of Heroes of Might and Magic?
No. Legend of Gods is its own game, first released in 2012 as a Flash browser game and rebuilt for modern browsers. It shares a genre with Heroes, with towns, heroes and turn-based battles, but it uses its own world, units and rules.
Is Legend of Gods free to play?
Yes. The full game is free to play in your browser with no download. Diamonds, the premium currency, buy convenience such as speeding up build and recruit queues, and they never gate exclusive units, buildings or content.