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SpellForce 3

SpellForce 3 is the perfect blend between RTS and RPG! The game goes back to the roots of the SpellForce saga. The story takes place before the acclaimed SpellForce: The Order of Dawn and the players becomes a…

74 7 December 2017

SpellForce 3 is a real time strategy (rts) developed by Grimlore Games, released 7 December 2017 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What SpellForce 3 is

SpellForce 3 is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Grimlore Games and released in 2017. It was published by THQ Nordic. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

"It is the year 518, before the Convocation. The rebellion of the four royal houses against the crown of Nortander instigated by a renegade mage has been quashed by the Queen with the help of a loyal house, but it was a Pyrrhic victory; the war has devastated the country and public order has broken down in many regions, where the law of the strongest now reigns. As if that wasn’t enough, the Queen was seriously injured in the last battle of the war and has been lying in a coma ever since, so the supreme commander of the royal forces is now in charge of state affairs either until she awakens or dies, in which case her niece will step up as her successor. The Lord Marshal rules with an iron…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 39 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

SpellForce 3 holds a critic score of 74 out of 100. That places it above 48% of the 612 rated real time strategy (rts) games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 3 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5 3570, AMD FX-6350, 6 GB RAM and NVIDIA GTX 660 2GB, AMD Radeon 7850 2GB. An 6GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 51GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

SpellForce 3 launched on 7 December 2017, within three weeks of Star Wars Battlefront II, Hello Neighbor, Yakuza Kiwami 2 and Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Star Wars Battlefront II, Hello Neighbor, Yakuza Kiwami 2, Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for SpellForce 3 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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Screenshots

All media

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Quick answers

SpellForce 3 — frequently asked questions

When did SpellForce 3 come out?
SpellForce 3 was released on 7 December 2017 for PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for SpellForce 3?
At minimum, SpellForce 3 needs Intel Core i5 3570, AMD FX-6350, 6 GB RAM, NVIDIA GTX 660 2GB, AMD Radeon 7850 2GB graphics, 51 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is SpellForce 3?
The PC version needs about 51 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("51 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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