Heroes of Might and Magic III hits 'Mostly Negative' Steam reviews because Ubisoft forgot to add the game

Ubisoft released the original version of Heroes of Might and Magic III on Steam, but it appears that the game files were not included. According to XDA Developers and PC Gamer, customers who purchased the game found that the installation was only 23.49 KB in size and resulted in a "dummy executable" error message when trying to launch it.

The game's current user review rating on Steam is Mostly Negative, with many players expressing frustration that the actual game was not included. PC Gamer notes that this issue is particularly disappointing given that the HD rerelease of the game from 2015 was the only version available on Steam until now, and it lacked expansions and a random map generator.

The incomplete release has led some players to recommend purchasing the complete edition on GOG instead, which is currently on sale for half-price. There is no information on when Ubisoft will fix the issue and include the actual game files with the Steam release.

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