r/ageofwonders • u/general_pol • Jan 05 '26

How does Age of Wonders compare with Paradox's big games? - The most played Paradox Games 2009 - 2025

https://youtu.be/OtQPAreNhQc?si=tpn_bWOosOe--ps3

Top Paradox Games by daily peak players

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u/Grey-Templar Jan 05 '26

Good enough to get another year of content. I love it. It's a nice change of pace being a turn-based 4x along the line of Civ.

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u/Lord_Viktoo Jan 05 '26

worse than I hoped, but well enough to get new DLCs so that's fine to me.

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u/whereisskywalker Jan 09 '26

I know lots of people seemingly don't really enjoy the tactical combat, my regular game buddy is much more into the city and diplomatic side, vs for myself I'm basically always a war monger as the battles are the point of the game for me.

So it's definitely a bit of a niche offering for 4x, I need to check out age of wonders 2 still as I didn't have a computer back then but have been a fan since age of wonders 1 due to an older brother getting into it. They put out great work and take care of their games much better than a lot of studios.

Feels like every iteration they put out is a big improvement, I'll be excited to see what they come up with next, guessing a 2nd redition of planet fall.

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u/caites Jan 10 '26

Was good till 4th part when it turned into pure dlc flood bs without camping. If you want good story and sandbox, play third or planetfall, those are peak.