Etherlords
Released Feb 2014
Four races of wizards, adepts of four magical schools, collide in a brutal fight for world domination. Etherlords, an iconic strategy created by Nival, became a bestseller in the world and earned highest grades from critics.Etherlords is an exciting mix of turn-based strategy and fantasy trading card game.
42% positive · 234 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to buy
Steam $4.99
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Evaluation
Etherlords is a classic strategy/card game originally released in 2002 and brought to Steam on February 13, 2014. The store description presents it as a complete, self-contained product — describing fixed, enumerated content (4 races, 300+ spells, 64 heroes, 10+ levels) with no mention of ongoing updates, expansions, or future content. The developer news feed contains no posts of any substance — zero content updates, zero announcements, zero bug fixes, and zero developer communications of any kind. There is no DLC listed. This game launched on Steam as a finished classic title with no post-launch content cycle, and no developer activity has occurred since. It is a complete package as released.
Evidence
Store description lists fully enumerated, fixed content — 4 races, 300+ spells, 64 heroes, 10+ levels — with no mention of DLC, updates, or planned additions. Presented as a complete classic title.
Developer news feed contains 2 posts with no meaningful content — zero updates, announcements, patches, or developer communications of any kind since the Steam release.
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Nival
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer
About this game
Four races of wizards, adepts of four magical schools, collide in a brutal fight for world domination. Etherlords, an iconic strategy created by Nival, became a bestseller in the world and earned highest grades from critics.
Etherlords is an exciting mix of turn-based strategy and fantasy trading card game. Innovative game mechanics that first appeared in this game formed the basics of most modern games of this genre.
Etherlords is an exciting mix of turn-based strategy and fantasy trading card game. Innovative game mechanics that first appeared in this game formed the basics of most modern games of this genre.
Key Features
- 4 races of magical creatures, each with their own unique lands, architecture, spells and strategy;
- 2 battle campaigns for each two allied races;
- More than 300 spells, including sorcery, battle magic, summoning and rituals;
- More than 10 game levels, all connected by one storyline;
- 64 heroes of all races; their parameters, special abilities and selected skills progress with each level gained.
- Individual battle style for each hero with the help of their unique sets of spells;
- A combination of magical battle system based on table games and strategic use of resources;
- Full 3D turn-based battles with unlimited variety of tactical decisions;
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Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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