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VCMI

Open-source game engine for Heroes of Might and Magic III.

  • Completely free
  • Windows, Linux and Android
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

VCMI is a turn-based strategy game, available on Windows, Linux and Android.

Gameplay elements described in its Debian package description, in its Flathub listing and on its official website: mod support and turn-based play.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Advanced and easy mod support - add new towns, creatures, heroes, artifacts and spells without limits or conflicts” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “VCMI is a turn-based strategy game where the player controls a number of heroes commanding an army of creatures.” — Debian, 10 November 2026
  • “VCMI is a turn-based strategy game where the player controls a number of heroes commanding an army of creatures.” — Debian, 10 November 2026

At a glance

VCMI is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (GPL-2.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • No advertising
  • Commercial use allowed

About

VCMI is an open-source engine for Heroes of Might and Magic III with new possibilities. Years of intensive work resulted in an impressive amount of features. Among the current features are: Complete gameplay mechanics Almost all objects, abilities, spells and other content Basic battle AI and adventure AI Many GUI improvements: high resolutions, stack queue, creature window Advanced and easy mod support - add new towns, creatures, heroes, artifacts and spells without limits or conflicts Launcher for easy configuration - download mods from our server and install them immediately! Random map generator that supports objects added by mods Note: In order to play the game using VCMI you need to own data files for Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Shadow of Death. If you want help, please check our forum, bug tracker or GitHub page.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from F-Droid (credit card, source code, licence, free status, platforms, ads, commercial use, version) —
  • Last technical check: 6 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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