Dominions 3: The Awakening

Dominions 3: The Awakening

Illwinter Game Design · September 10, 2013 · Strategy, Indie, Turn-Based Strategy, Turn-Based, Grand Strategy

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Dominions 3: The Awakening price by region

Dominions 3: The Awakening costs £10.32 in the United Kingdom, $10.49 in Georgia (USD), €12.03 in Europe (EUR), $13.69 in the United States, CA$25.99 in Canada, NZ$28.99 in New Zealand, R$59.99 in Brazil and zł71.30 in Poland right now.

Cheapest Dominions 3: The Awakening offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £10.32 −38% £16.75 £10.32 4
Georgia (USD) $10.49 $10.49 — 1
Europe (EUR) €12.03 −31% €17.55 €12.03 7
United Statesyour region $13.69 −24% $17.99 $13.69 7
Canada CA$25.99 CA$25.99 — 1
New Zealand NZ$28.99 NZ$28.99 — 1
Brazil R$59.99 R$59.99 — 1
Poland zł71.30 −22% zł91.99 zł71.30 2

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About Dominions 3: The Awakening

The Old God has left the world and the pretenders are awakening and coming out from hiding. You start the game by designing one of the pretender gods that will compete for true ascension to godhood. The type of god can range from a magically powerful arch mage to an ancient kraken or a mystic monolith that people pray to.

Dominions 3 is a turn based strategy game taking place in a fantasy world with world altering magic rituals and horrors capable of destroying nations.

A large variety of spells, monsters and special abilities is something this game definitely has. There are more than 60 different nations, 1500 different units, 600 spells and 300 magic items in the game. The game also features a medieval musical score by Erik Ask Uppmark and Anna Rynefors, both awarded the title of Musicians of the Realm by the Swedish Zornmärkeskommiten. Dominions 3 is a highly detailed game and a 300 page pdf manual is included in the download.

Features include:
  • Many monsters (1500+) and many many special abilities.
  • Over 60 different nations to choose from, varying from Marignon with paladins, witch hunters and inquisitors to under water nations like the Lovecraft inspired R'lyeh.
  • Three Eras to play in, Early era is most magic and the late era is more technologically advanced with good steel weapons and armors.
  • Design your pretender god and how his dominion influences provinces and his sacred units.
  • Multiplayer with simultaneous turns (up to 23 players).
  • Network or Play by E-Mail for multiplayer.
  • AI opponents for single- or multiplayer game.
  • Random maps.
  • An extensive magic system with over 600 spells.
  • Blood magic, power your rituals with human sacrifices.
  • Global ritual that affect the entire world.
  • More than 300 magic items.
  • Unique magic artifacts that all players compete for, once forged no one else can make it.
  • Mercenaries are bought on a global market.
  • Scouts, Assassins, Spies, Seducers, Corruptors, Werewolves, Illusionists and more can be sneaking in your provinces.
  • Build Castles, Temples and Labs.
  • Permanent battle afflictions.
  • A 300 page pdf manual including a tutorial and a spell and magic item reference.
  • Easy to Mod (2d graphics)
  • Playable on Windows, Mac OSX and Linux.

Dominions 3: The Awakening — game info

Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux / SteamOS
Player modes
Single-player, Online PvP, Co-op, LAN, Split screen, Cross-platform multiplayer
PC Game Pass
Not included

Dominions 3: The Awakening in the rankings

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Not recommended Oct 19, 2025
A bloated autobattler on sprite engine (early Total Wars look better) melted into a simplified map-coloring simulator (no building) with funny quantity of races & magic spells. All sequels in the series are the same, UI in this one is cooked, buy #5.
6 found this helpful
Recommended Nov 23, 2024
Meh- Fun game, but very very slow. Also the newer versions seem to be the same thing but better.
3 found this helpful
Not recommended May 24, 2025
If i played this in 1990 it would have been a good game
2 found this helpful
Recommended Apr 7, 2026
Was greatly improved in latter iterations
1 found this helpful
Recommended Sep 8, 2026
Great strategic game play for god-wannabes. Setting up your god-avatar has lots of variability and great choices (from a stationary magic fountain, to some color of dragon, to mythical creatures like a manticore or cyclops--each faction has a selection of god-chassis). Like Greek gods? Be one. Or start as a powerful human wizard or druid. Faction troops are fantasy variants of historical cultures, but massively twisted in creatively magical ways (Roman lizard-riders?). Over twenty factions, each with an "early", "middle" and "late" variation. Troops must be assigned to "leader" units before they can be used aggressively. Magic economy is via seven different colors of magic gems, each representing a specialized type of magic (faux-Incans raid for blood slaves in addition). Site-searching for gems, income, and special places is critical. Magic resources are allocated between "tactical" spells (by giving gems to spell-casting leaders) and campaign-changing "global" spells cast at a laboratory site. Stationary militias can be established to protect your holdings. Once bought, these will regenerate as long as you hold their province. Scouts/spies are available--important to kno…
Recommended Feb 13, 2025
Exactly what I was looking for in a game. Depth and detail unparalleled. Love the retro feel and throwback graphics.

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