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Ancient Warfare 3

Ancient Warfare 3

JNI Games · released Jan 25, 2024

ActionIndieSimulationStrategyPC

Dive into a sandbox full of action and customization! Choose from different game modes like deathmatch, conquest, king of the hill, zombie survival and many more. Create your own scenarios and content in the easy to use in-game editors or use one of the 50k+ workshop items from other players...

Steam page ↗Metacritic ↗
88
VGC Score
■Stablehigh confidence

anchored at patch: “Update 1.12.1” (2mo ago)

84%
At launch
95%
Steam all-time
n/a
Press
97%
Recent sentiment

Screenshots & trailers

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)––0
All-time Steam reviews95%901000
Metacritic user ratings––0
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)97%9236
Calibration prior (typical game)–7250

Acclaim gate: the raw blend lands at 89.0, but scores above 88 must be earned in front of a mass audience; this verdict rests on 2,776 player reviews, a largely self-selected fanbase. As more players weigh in, the ceiling rises (full scale unlocks at 100,000 reviews).

Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Jun 29, 2026) · 36 reviews sampled · 34 total reviews in window · weighted 25.8 up / 0.9 down · computed 7h ago · full methodology →

Patch history

  1. Update 1.12.1
    Jun 29, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  2. Update 1.12
    Apr 23, 2026
  3. Update 1.11
    Feb 19, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  4. Update 1.10
    Dec 7, 2025
  5. Update 1.9
    Oct 1, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  6. Update 1.8.0.1 (Bug fixes)
    Aug 4, 2025
  7. Update 1.8
    Jul 22, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  8. Update 1.7
    May 24, 2025
  9. Update 1.6 - Custom Ground Vehicles
    Mar 21, 2025
  10. Update 1.5
    Nov 24, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  11. Update 1.4
    Sep 25, 2024
  12. Update 1.3
    Aug 12, 2024
  13. Update 1.2
    Jun 26, 2024
  14. Update 1.1
    Apr 25, 2024
  15. Full Release
    Jan 26, 2024
  16. 1.0 Update
    Jan 26, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  17. Update 0.49
    Dec 11, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  18. Update 0.48
    Oct 30, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  19. Update 0.47.1
    Sep 28, 2023
  20. Update 0.47
    Sep 15, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  21. Update 0.46
    Sep 1, 2023
  22. Update 0.45.0.1 bug fixing patch
    Aug 8, 2023
  23. Update 0.45
    Aug 7, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  24. Update 0.44.1
    Jul 4, 2023
  25. 0.40.0.1 Bug fixing patch
    May 23, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  26. Technical Update 0.44
    May 17, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  27. Update 0.43.1
    Mar 31, 2023
  28. Technical Update 0.43
    Mar 6, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  29. Update 0.42
    Jan 30, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  30. Update 0.41.1
    Dec 5, 2022
  31. Update 0.41
    Nov 7, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  32. 0.40 Bug fixing patch
    Oct 7, 2022
  33. Update 0.40
    Oct 3, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  34. Update 0.39.1
    Sep 26, 2022
  35. Custom Objects Update
    Sep 5, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  36. Custom Objects Update - Release Date
    Sep 2, 2022
  37. Custom Objects Development Update
    Jul 12, 2022
  38. Update 0.38.1
    Jun 17, 2022
  39. Update 0.38 - Custom Equipment Creators
    May 30, 2022
  40. Technical Update 0.37.7
    Apr 11, 2022

…and 44 earlier patch announcements.