Age Of Wonders 4 is the first sequel in nine years for the Age of Wonders fantasy strategy game series, bringing new levels of customization and replayability to the games’ iconic empire-building, role-playing, and best-in-class tactical combat.

Rule a fantasy realm of your own design in Age of Wonders 4! Explore new magical realms in Age of Wonders’ signature blend of 4X strategy and turn-based tactical combat. Control a faction that grows and changes as you expand your empire with each turn.

Triumph Studios’ award-winning strategy series has emerged into a new age, evolving the game’s iconic empire building, role-playing, and warfare to the next level. A new storytelling event system and hugely customizable empires provide an endlessly replayable experience, where each game adds a new chapter to your ever-growing saga.

Powerful Wizard Kings have returned to the realms to reign as gods among mortals, and players will rise to challenge their rule using Tomes of Magic to unleash arcane destruction and evolve their armies, gaining new abilities and forms. For the first time in the series, players can create their own custom factions, and leave their mark on countless worlds through each choice they make.

Paradox Interactive shared the full details of Age of Wonders 4: Secrets of the Archmages, adding new narrative and gameplay content themed around secret, forbidden powers hidden by Age of Wonders’ Wizard Kings. Secrets of the Archmages will add three narrative story realms, six new magical tomes, a new Owlkin physical form, new world map options, and more.

Unravel the Hidden Powers of the Cosmos in Age of Wonders 4: Secrets of the Archmages. Follow the footsteps of Athla’s renowned Wizard Kings; discover the secret arts they learned and face the perils left in their wake as they ventured through the most infamous Worlds of the Astral Sea.

Age of Wonders 4: Secrets of the Archmages Key Features:

• New Narrative Content: Three new Story Realms will guide players through the adventures of Athla’s most legendary Wizard Kings. Uncover secrets as Merlin’s apprentice in Evermore, survive a chaotic, infernal world of endless carnage in the Azh’Ruun Pit, and rescue legendary hero Ham Binger from a Fey domain in the Burrow Downs.
• 6 New Tomes: Add the powers of the legendary Wizard Kings to your library and wield new spells to complement your arcane strategy. Safeguard your armies with the Tome of Abjuration or let your units feast upon your enemies with the Tome of Gluttony. Delve into the Tome of the Sprite and wield the befuddling powers of the Fey, or use the Tome of the Weaver to unleash a sprawling spider army. Unleash furious, demonic arts in the Tome of Burning Passion, or master the universe itself and become one with the Tome of the Cosmos!
• New Owlkin Form: Lead a civilization of Owlkin: wise and watchful beings, who move through the world with quiet confidence and an air of ancient mystery. Customize your faction with a variety of striking looks and create a unique character to rule your kingdom.
• New World Map Content: Discover hidden pocket dimensions created by the wizards of old to guard their most powerful secrets. Claim forbidden spells of extraordinary power and bend reality using magic too dangerous to be contained in an ordinary Tome! Explore new landmarks, new infestations, and discover realms never seen before in the Astral Sea.
• So Much More: A new mount, new Pantheon content, new music tracks, new Wildlife and Units, a new interface skin, and secrets beyond compare!

The Secrets of the Archmages Story Pack will be available on June 16, 2026 for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S at $19.99/£16.99/€19.99, and is also included in the Age of Wonders 4: Expansion Pass 3 bundle.

Key Features:

• Create the Empire of Your Wildest Fantasies: Craft your followers by combining bodily forms, societal traits and arcane powers. Build anything from a clan of cannibal halflings to mystic moon elves, or recreate your favorite fantasy tropes. Seek powerful tomes of magic to enchant your armies and see your people physically change as they morph into angelic beings or scions of chaos to face their enemies.
• Strategy Meets Role-Playing Like Never Before: Every choice opens up new possibilities and tactical advantages; deep, multilayered strategy allows you to try new tactics or explore new powers at every turn. Tactical turn-based battles bring your armies to life, from skirmishes with roaming monsters to vast sieges with many units on each side!
• Write Your Own Legend: A new event system provides unexpected levels of storytelling for 4X games. See your decisions shape the world around you as you seek glory through brutal domination, cunning alliances, or ultimate arcane knowledge. Your own creations may even appear as potential rivals or allies in subsequent games, as you experience the next chapter in your own story!
• Make Your Mark on a Vast, Reactive World: Explore a new realm in each session - or create your own! Challenge new variations and combinations of locations and features, from frozen wastelands ruled by ice queens to desolated ruins where dragons roam. With a tremendous variety of empires, units, and environments to keep the game endlessly replayable, Age of Wonders is more open-ended - and mod-friendly - than ever before in the series’ history.

Age Of Wonders 4 is available for PS5, Xbox Series |XS and PC (Steam).