Online
The 1996 strategy classic, online: ranked and unranked matches, games with friends, in your browser. Free, nothing to install.
- Free in your browser
- Ranked 1v1
- Unranked quick match
- Up to six players
- Battles fought live
- Many games at once
- Push and email alerts
- Repainted art, or the original
- Seasons and a leaderboard
- Friends and chat
- The original hotkeys
- Play the computer
- Open games lobby
Everything you remember
The original maps, towns, creatures and art, running in your browser. You take your turn, your rivals take theirs, and the map changes under all of you.
Explore the map
Lead your heroes across the original maps. Flag mines, open chests, recruit on the road and fight the monsters guarding the way.
Build your towns
Raise one building a day in each castle, hire its creatures every week, and pick which of the six factions you lead.
Win the battles
Command every stack on the hex battlefield, cast from your spell book, and lay siege to enemy castles.
Online multiplayer
Ranked and unranked
- Unranked
- Quick matchPress Find match and the queue pairs you with another player on a fair two-player map. You both accept within 20 seconds and the game opens for you both.
- Ranked 1v1
- Rated · tiers · seasonsThe same match, rated. Play your placement games, then climb from Bronze to Grandmaster each season. Your tier frames your avatar, and the leaderboard shows the best.
- Standard3 minutes a turn+ 15 minutes in the bank
- Turbo1 minute a turn+ 5 minutes in the bank
Community maps
Built for duels and team games
Maps players made for two, and for four in two teams, kept by the Celestial Heavens and Age of Heroes archives. Play any of them with friends or post one as an open game. Ranked play uses the maps that pass our fairness survey.
1v1Two kingdoms, head to head.
Evil vs. Evil
by Timur
36 × 36 · 2 players
1v1from Age of Heroes
Land of Lore
by Leon
72 × 72 · 2 players
1v1from Age of Heroes
Skillit (2H)
by Don Riale
72 × 72 · 2 players
1v1from Celestial Heavens
The dark path
by Ryan White
72 × 72 · 2 players
1v1from Age of Heroes
A-MAZE-ing
by Paul Wassink
108 × 108 · 2 players
1v1from Celestial Heavens
Land of Giants
by Phantom (Brian Kelley)
144 × 144 · 2 players
1v1from Celestial Heavens
One on one
by Orest Onuszko
144 × 144 · 2 players
1v1from Age of Heroes
2v2Four kingdoms in two teams of two.
Hodge-Podge
by John Messinger
36 × 36 · 4 players
2v2from Age of Heroes
Passages
by Jaxe (JC van der Made)
72 × 72 · 4 players
2v2Free for allfrom Celestial Heavens
Dark Portals
by David Brian (DarkSword)
108 × 108 · 4 players
2v2from Celestial Heavens
Dragons Nest
by buzz
108 × 108 · 4 players
2v2Free for allfrom Celestial Heavens
Holy Wars
by Bruce Clark
108 × 108 · 4 players
2v2Free for allfrom Celestial Heavens
Ragnarok!
Author not recorded
108 × 108 · 4 players
2v2from Celestial Heavens
Rich midlands
by Lars
108 × 108 · 4 players
2v2Free for allfrom Celestial Heavens
Neighbors
by Mark Hanna
144 × 144 · 4 players
2v2from Celestial Heavens
Made by the Heroes II community over the years. Thanks to every author.
Each map is credited to its author and used with thanks. If you made one and would like it taken down, write to support@heroes2online.com and we will remove it.
Or bring your friends
Pick a map, send each friend a link to their kingdom, and choose a time limit. Up to six players, any mix of people and computer kingdoms.
- Battles fought live
- When two heroes meet, each player commands their own army, move by move.
- A clock for every group
- Blitz, Standard, Relaxed with a day for each turn, or no clock at all.
- Open games
- Post a game with free seats and anyone can take one from the lobby.
Play at your pace
Many games at once
Keep a quick match, a ranked game and a slow game with friends going together. Each opens in its own tab, and the ones waiting on you glow, the longest-waiting first.
- See every game at a glance
- Each card shows the map, your castle, whose turn it is and who plays.
- Pin the ones you care about
- Right-click a tab to keep a game first in the rail.
Never miss a turn
Close the tab and get on with your day. The game tells you when it needs you.
- Push notifications
- Your turn, an attack, a match found or a message, on your phone or desktop.
- Email for slow games
- In a Relaxed game, we email you when it is your move.
- Only what you want
- Turn each kind of alert on or off. Nothing arrives while you are already playing.
Original pixels, or repainted
Hero portraits, castles, battlefields and terrain, repainted at four times the detail, with every tower, window and banner where the 1996 artists put it. Each player chooses in Settings: the original art, the repainted set, or a mix of both.
1996Remastered
1996Remastered
1996RemasteredDrag across each picture to compare the 1996 art with the repainted set.
Coming soon
What we are building next
Map builder
Paint terrain, place towns, mines and monsters, set the win conditions, and play your map straight away.
Share your maps
Upload your own maps to your account, share them with friends, and find maps other players made.
New ways to play
Ranked 2v2 with a friend at your side, and more modes to follow.
Familiar, but new
The game you know, rebuilt to play online with friends and rivals.
- Modern design
- A drag-and-drop interface, windows you move and resize, and a map you zoom in and out, in the original art or a repainted set.
- Online play
- Unranked and ranked matches, games that wait for your turn, and a notification the moment it is your move.
- Social features
- Add friends, see who is online, chat in a match or directly, and look up anyone’s record and tier.
- Still the classic
- The original rules and the original hotkeys, and a right-click on anything to see what it holds.
- Coming soonController and touch support
- Coming soonA new AI, alongside the classic one
FAQ
Is it free?
Yes. There is nothing to buy, no ads and no paid extras. You need a free account to play online, so your games and seats follow you from device to device.
Who makes Heroes 2 Online?
Fans of the game, for fun. It is a hobby project, not a company, and it earns nothing.
Do you own Heroes of Might and Magic?
No. Heroes of Might and Magic is a trademark of Ubisoft, and the game's art, music and names belong to their owners. Heroes 2 Online is unofficial and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Ubisoft. If you hold rights in the game and want something changed, write to support@heroes2online.com.
Where can I buy the original game?
On GOG: Heroes of Might and Magic 2: Gold, with The Price of Loyalty expansion, DRM-free for Windows. If you enjoy playing here, buy it: it is the game this whole site is built on.
Do I need the original game to play here?
No. Everything runs in your browser; there is nothing to download or install. If you want the original to play offline, and to support its makers, buy Heroes of Might and Magic II: Gold Edition on GOG.
How close is it to the original?
The rules come from fheroes2, the open-source Heroes II engine, and are checked against it. The game is still being built: most of the adventure map, towns and battles are in, and a few rarer objects and rules are still being ported.
Is there ranked play?
Yes. Ranked 1v1 pairs you with a player near your rating. You play a few placement games, then climb tiers from Bronze to Grandmaster over each season, with a leaderboard and your tier shown on your avatar.
Can I play against the computer?
Yes. Any kingdom in a game can be computer-controlled, so you can play alone, with friends against the computer, or any mix.