Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era, the latest entry in the iconic turn-based fantasy strategy series, has convinced most players so far, but it's got a long early access journey ahead. Today, publisher Hooded Horse and developer Unfrozen Studio have shared an extensive roadmap.

The announcement came together with a press release confirming more than 1 million copies have been sold since its 30th April launch on PC via Steam and the Microsoft Store. It's made even more impressive by the fact that the game also released into PC Game Pass day one.

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The roadmap, which you can check out below, confirmed the Unfrozen team is looking at highly requested features - many of which were already planned - like Teamplay Mode (co-op against AI opponents), an improved map generator, a wide rebalance of hero skills and epic classes, or advanced options for the online matchmaking system.

Those additions and tweaks are expected to be sorted out (plans might change as development continues) in two stages during the back half of 2026, with Stage 3 following as the road to a full release. At that point, Unfrozen aims to deliver the Underground map layer, the Thieves' Guild, more neutral high-level creatures, an Ironman mode for the campaign, and more systemic and specific improvements.

In Stage 4 (aka 1.0, the final release), Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era will get the second and third acts of its campaign, a PvE "roguelike" mode that hasn't been detailed yet, the ability to share custom maps, and bonus, nice-to-have additions like additional Steam achievements.

By all accounts, it sounds like Unfrozen will be busy for the foreseeable with this one, but after such a spectacular start for a retro-inspired, turn-based strategy game, there's no need to rush to the finish line. As for Ubisoft, rights-holder of the HoMM property, it remains on board as the co-publisher alongside Hooded Horse.