Heroes of Might and Magic , one of the longest-running modern gaming franchises, has recently received a new game: Olden Era . And though it modernizes much of the gameplay and strives to be a holistic HoMM experience incorporating bits and pieces of every major entry, it seems new and old players are equally ecstatic to give it a go, as it’s already sold over 500,000 copies.

This was confirmed by its developers on Steam, who announced that Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era has successfully crossed the half-million threshold in under 72 hours. “Less than three days have passed since you first stepped into the world of HoMM: Olden Era , and you have already changed our lives forever,” the dev team wrote in a Steam post today .

HoMM: Olden Era brings back the classic gameplay but refines many systems to make them feel modern and more accessible.…