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Heroes of Science and Fiction
Developer Oxymoron Games
Heroes of Science and Fiction (originally known as Silence of the Siren) is a turn-based strategy video game developed and published by Czech studio Oxymoron Games for Windows, macOS, and Linux. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
212 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Lemmy, Bluesky) · newest Oct 1, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
80
LovedLoved
159 positive · 39 negative
95% range 74–85%
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| Steam reviews | 159 | 39 | 0 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
14 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
841 of 939 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
A faithful, fun HoMM3 clone with sci-fi flair, but bugs and AI issues hold it back.
Players widely praise the game as a loving homage to Heroes of Might and Magic 3, with many calling it a faithful modern implementation that feels fresh. The sci-fi setting, art style, and music are frequently highlighted as charming and well-crafted. [1][4][6][16]
However, many players report significant technical issues, including long load times, performance dips, and game-breaking bugs. The AI is often criticized as unintelligent, and some find the campaigns unbalanced or repetitive. [1][19][31][32][33][34]
Praised Faithful HoMM3 clone · Sci-fi setting and art style · Fun and engaging gameplay
Criticised Technical issues (load times, performance, bugs) · Weak AI · Campaign balance and repetitiveness
Summary drafted by an AI model from the 36 reactions it cites ([n] links open each post), then checked by code: every paragraph cites real posts and every quote is verbatim. Written Oct 8, 2026. Method
Reactions
60 of 212 · most liked firstMan, this review hurts to give. It's clear the developers have a lot of love for the material that inspired this game, and it has a lot of fantastic ideas and does a lot of things right. The drama around the name change is, as you can imagine, pointless to pay attention to. But as someone who intentionally waited to touch this until a 1.0 release, I can confidently say the game was not ready to leave early access. In the short time I've played it so far: - The game itself runs at an unstable…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Heroes of Science and Fiction, a HoMM-like is set in a sci-fi universe, with new mechanics on top of the classic formula, released on Steam.
unlabelledView post →First I should say, I think the game has amazing potential and this review would likely change if they fixed a few things. The worst of the various issues is quite clearly that if you try to do the Custom scenarioes, the game runs like liquid ass. A large map with 6 players and it literally takes forever between turns and heaven forbid if you enter the city or something and tries to go back to the map, it can quite often 'think' so hard the game stalls out. Very obviously (in my view) not…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very good HoMM-like game. The factions are interesting and most units have special abilities to make them unique. Some ideas like consumables are forgettable, but overall the game stays close to the HoMM formula that we know and love. The campaigns are fun and I appreciated the writing (despire the story being fairly basic). My biggest gripe is that load times are very long, and the AI turns can take a while in certain maps
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For those unaware, there is also Heroes of Science and Fiction, which is essentially homm 3 with a fresh scifi coat of paint and lots of qol stuff. It's in early access but man it catches the vibe so well.
unlabelledView post →I've played other Homm type games including the recent release of Olden era. I like them all but this is my favorite out of them. I love the art style, animation, character quirks, and especially the pacing for both the world and combat maps. It's a seriously fun game that doesn't take itself too seriously. I hope the developers get more attention and more opportunity for continued development.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An excellent turn-based strategy game—I highly recommend it to all fans of the genre. The audio is pleasant. The graphics are cartoonish, the kind that runs smoothly even on a Steam Deck at high settings, yet still charming in their own way. The controls are fairly standard for the genre. Now, a detailed breakdown of the gameplay: There are five factions, four of which have their own campaigns. The factions differ in their unit rosters and a few minor city mechanics. Additionally, faction…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Heroes of Might and Magic 3 done right. HOMM3 is one of the best games ever made. So if someone wants to pay homage to that amazing series. Just freaking copy it, add some own additions and it's DONE. Heroes of Science does exactly that. It feels like discovering HOMM once again, learning cities, units, abilities, hero strenghts and weaknesses. Its basicaly re-living the first experience with HOMM. Combat view is basicaly the same, world map movement and strats plays exactly like a HoMM…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Familiar enough to feel comfortable playing it. New enough to feel fresh and intesting.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very good Sci-Fi-HOMM game which seem to used HOMM 3 as blueprint and added some modern QOL. Every tribe has a building to teleport to every base. One time use items can be stored and used later. You can build some small structures on the map, e.g. to farm extra resources or stop the movement of an enemy hero. There is only one upgrade choice for the troops, which i personally like better than the variants because most of the time i always pick the same upgrade anyway. They simplified the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Is this game fun? YES! This has the potential to become a great HOMM spinoff or clone as it was intended without breaking the IP. Can i recommend it currently as of July 2026? NO! There are so many bugs in a full release. Some are game breaking. CON: AI isn't really smart. Some maps have objective that it can not do. (example: gather key to open gateway). CON: Usable items are not that diverse. Ending up with multiple of the same. Which can't be stacked. CON: Multiplayer is.. still in beta?…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played HoSF for 83 hours and I'm enjoying the game as a big fan of HoMM3. If you don't mind SF surrounding (I don't know why would you), you'll feel like this is HoMM3 in space with some improved things that only improve your playing experience. Maps are beautiful, all factions are hand drawn in a style of European SF comics (at least that's my impression). Combat is great, as you would expect from HoMM-inspired game, and towns look nice too (especially Fossorians, who have communist-like…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a "HoMM 3" clone, and it has quite a few shortcoming. To name a few: The balance in campaigns is all over the place. One typical scenario is a two-phased map — you can prepare for how long you need to, then trigger an event, and the enemies come guns blazing. It works once, it's ok-ish twice, but this scheme is repeated literally in every campaign. IMHO, the races have little differences (compared to "HoMM 3") and generally you can use the same tactics over and over. Implementation is…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Could be a funny heroes like game, but it still needs work, especially the AI. Explained by example The enemy has a huge army. Still, you just walk in his territory through the backdoor entrance. He will almost ignore you, just continuing capturing mines and stuff. You can just conquer his cities, because they are almost unprotected - his huge army is with his king and another hero. Then, he combines his whole army in the secondary hero to hunt one of your heroes (instead of taking back…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is a lot of fun, especially for Heroes of Might and Magic fans like me! Creatively made and very imaginative. The only noticeable downside, so far, is that it is a little rough around the edges. It is, for example, often difficult to move to an exact area and repeated clicks may be necessary to find a path- along with a lack for an option to right click movement and attack. I am guessing that despite the creative talent behind the game their budget may be a little slim. Hopefully…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you like HoMM(2,3, or 5), this is a very faithful modern implementation of that style game. There are some new systems, innovations, quality of life improvements, but the overall game is quite similar. Story is great and the campaign is fun to play. Just about through all the campaigns and would highly recommend. If you are reading this and looking for another great implementation of the classic HoMM formula, I would also highly recommend…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Heroes of Science and Fiction is an outstanding game. It shares a lot of similarities with games from the Heroes of Might and Magic series (who'd have thought, right?). It, however, further iterates on the original formula. In my opinion it does so incredibly successfully. Everything you know and love from its originators is here. The base building, the battles, the overworld, the hero 'magic' system, the unique tiered units which can be upgraded, the various resources. All of it. The main…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played a ton of games like this, going back to the original King's Bounty on release (yeah, I'm old lol). This one is just uninspiring. The units, AI, base building (which is really boring/lacking), combat, no sense of urgency, etc. just makes it....boring to me. I'm thinking when they changed the name from Silence of the Siren to something that players may mistake to be part of the Heroes of Might & Magic series, they knew the game was lacking. I did like the dialog and little quips in it…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm excited about it and have finally found that scratch for my itch with the Heroes of Science and Fiction which surprisingly was true to the old HOMM games. Overall this is a great direction because these games have been neglected and forgotten for what feels like decades, so it's nice to be in a sort of golden era and hopefully these sales continue so it can go even further.
unlabelledView post →It’s better than it has any right to be. It’s a proud rip-off of Heroes of Might and Magic, but it should be proud. It manages to feel like a HOMM game, but interesting enough in its own right to feel fresh. Now that it’s on Version 1.0, it’s time to give it a recommended and start playing again!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wanted to like this and I enjoyed the hours I played but there's just too many things wrong with this game. I quit after I started the 4th campaign and could not proceed any further. I wrote the review after being frustrated for not being able to continue the game, which I fairly enjoyed for 40 hours. But in the 1st map in the 4th campaign I'm up against enemies way stronger than I am who can cross half the map in a single turn and annihalate either of my heroes within 3 turns. I just…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is the very definition of both HIT and MISS, for me. Love: The music. The style of the graphics. The world. The title (I think its better than Silence of the Siren or whatever they changed from). The options on how to play the game, including maps and different scenarios. The writing so far is quite fun. Dislike: The factions; for me I could consider playing Sovereign Fleet, UNSS and Children of the Source... but they all just miss some real appeal that factions have in Songs of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Playing on Linux is a pain (for me at least) I've tried and tried to get this to work but it hangs most of the time at the title screen When it does work the graphics flicker (using NVIDIA drivers) and it doesn't run very well for the level of graphic fidelity on offer I tried using Proton with more success but it does some odd things and hangs in various places. I do like the look of the game, shame ===== Update 17-APR-2026 Changing my review to Thumbs Up I tried the game again today and it…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Heroes 3 in Space. It's got heart, and it makes a point, while also just being fun to play. Very recommended.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Старая, как мир, игромеханика, но в перчатке свежего научно-фантастического сеттинга. Нетривиальные фракции в виде антропоморфных кротов, разумных грибов и мехажуков прилагаются. Картинка красивая и напоминает старенькие флеш-игры. Множество карт, четыре полноценные кампании, мультиплеер. А музыка... Какая музыка! Звучит, как честная сделка и добротная работа.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So, there's no speed setting for commander movement? While 2 of my 3 commanders are just logistics for getting troops to the front line..? Also clicking a commander should select it, not tell already selected commander to move there Your fast forward autoplay battles have the troops in a seizure, hard to look at MORE HOTKEYS! Is it not a HMM3 clone? I suppose there's a few different mechanics GG, little slow, good 2d graphics and colorful
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As we approach a multiplayer beta and then the full release of Heroes of Science and Fiction, we thought you'd enjoy a little comparison with some of the earliest builds! 🙂 #gamedev #indiedev Get or wishlist the game: store.steampowered.com/app/2147380/...
unlabelledView post →https://milkandhate.wordpress.com/2026/07/26/heroes-of-science-and-fiction/ full text didn't fit https://youtu.be/Tn1vwuT-qxo video of the full text Brilliant. Genius. Magnificent. Great. Absolute art. Raspberry ringing. Originally this game was called Silence of the Siren, which is way better name. And that's why they had to change it, someone already registered it, so that's my theory why they changed it to a stupid suck up name like Heroes of Science and Fiction, without releasing a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Heroes of Science and Fiction, a HoMM-like is set in a sci-fi universe, with new mechanics on top of the classic formula, released on Steam.
unlabelledView post →Heroes of Might and Magic Meets Sci Fi, [in a spinoff titled "Heroes of Science and Fiction"] and It Leaves Early Access In March.
unlabelledView post →A very good game in the style of Heroes of Might and Magic but set in a different setting. Very polished and I quite like the writing and the art style. Looking forward to the 1.0 release.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a nice and interesting game, but it's unplayable - the wait time between the turns takes forever, after some time in the play it's starting to slow down, sometimes it merely stops with the "next turn" button becoming inactive
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's OK. I beat 3/4 missions of the first campaign and I think I can talk about it now. It's a modern complete overhaul of HoMM 3, with some fresh ideas. A bit slow to load and has some performance dips on my machine. Loading in/out of the city an combat also causes the game to hiccup for a second. Together it adds up to the game being a bit slow to play, even with maxed out animation speed. Missing some QOL features like quickly splitting units and auto-resolving easy battles. But the gameplay…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played through the tutorial and just finished the first mission/map of the first campaign. Played on the default medium difficulty. Was easy so might need to continue on hard but it was also the very first mission so it may get harder regardless. Much more fun than I expected. Very much Heroes in space. Even enjoying the story so far. Well worth the $15 it's selling for right now.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →it looks well and smooth, but setting is not very appealing, cyber-moles? holy insectoids? You must be a bit off your head to enjoy this. And the very fist mission needs some precise hardcore steps to complete it seems - its either bad design or bad random, no wish to discover
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is fun if you like HoMM. And please remember to LOCK your FPS to 60 in the settings. Your PC fan will appreciate that.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Made a promising first impression but it crashed after ~90 minutes and it really struggled to load things going in and out combat or the town menu.....the kind of lag I'd begrudgingly tolerate from the endgame of a max size HoMMV map but not early game where armies are still modest on a regular large map.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This review is in English and Slovak language: Táto recenzia je v Anglickom a Slovenskom jazyku: The game appealed to me more than the newly released HoMaM: Olden Era. It is a pleasant change from the fantasy world to the science-fiction world. The story in the campaign is good and engaging. It was fun to play for all factions. However, there are still many shortcomings. The multiplayer game immediately revealed how unbalanced the game is and the AI opponents are relatively stupid (but that is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you look at the global achievements, it's seems to indicate that 2/3 of the people buying this game have never even played it. That's a shame, because it's actually a pretty good game that deserves attention. The comparisons to Heroes of Might and Magic (HOMM) games are inevitable, since this is a direct clone in almost every way. But except for being in 3-D, it's a good clone. (I really miss 2-D games where you could actually see everything easily.) So what are HOMM games? Very basically,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game while interesting is an unoptimized mess. The large maps are literally unplayable, as even from the very beginning AI turns take at least 1 and a half minutes. There are also tons of other loading times 5-10 seconds each, like in the beginning of the turn, after the battle, etc... Also there is no way to speed up the game, either in fights or on the map, and so the end result is extremely frustrating slow gameplay experience that is being interrupted by constant waiting times. The…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is interesting, it mimics Heroes 3 but has its own unique values. The beggining is hard and you need to force yourself playing it. Overall the Game has an interesting idea
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →New on Player32: ▸ Heroes of Science and Fiction ▸ I Expect You To Die 2: The Spy and the Liar ▸ Cloud Gardens ▸ Cat Mail Co. Trailers, demos and deals for every game → https://player32.com/ #PCGaming #gamedev
unlabelledView post →Campaign is short and easy, but enjoyable, A very good improvement on HOMM3. with some QOL enhancements.. hopefully DLC adds some interesting stuff. Also the game is a system hod when it shouldn't be.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Games crashes on a never-crashing PC both on both Windows and Linux. If developers don't fix their bugs, they do not deserve my money. It's a hard decision because this game seemed to have potential... ...but let's refund it. Sorry lads!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was hesitant about the game from reading the description, but it turned out much better than I expected. Although I don't particularly like art style or sci-fi setting in general, this game captures the formula of Heroes 3 perfectly, while at the same time bringing enough innovation to feel fresh and interesting - not like a reskin of old classics. Heroes' abilities feel much more balanced, a lot of QoL improvements (e.g. teleporting to castle is level 1 spell now and you can quick travel…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There's enough here for me to recommend this game already, I particularly love the art style. Reputation of the devs is well established after Project Hospital, they can be trusted to deliver a complete and working product of high quality. Please keep working on the random map generation and map setup options - this can be a literal game changer for a game like this. Well done on what you've created so far!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun game that plays similarly to heroes of might and magic games with its own scifi twist. My only gripe so far is that out of 5 playable factions only 4 have campaign.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Songs of Conquest in space and it's amazing with it's own twist.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really enjoy the game. Very HOMM. While no auto combat, the auto battle is fast enough that it works out well. Campaigns are good without being too long. On my 3rd campaign now. Played first on easy and it was a solid challenge, played next 2 on easy to speed it up a bit. I'd like some more interesting random events - but otherwise the itemization, skills and abilities are pretty good. There are some skills and abilities I don't really use and I definitely have my favorites. I…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Heroes of Science and Fiction goes on sale today! 🎉 Starting later today, you can get the game at a discount on Steam, Humble and Fanatical. 🔗 store.steampowered.com/app/2147380/... #IndieGame #StrategyGame #TurnBased
unlabelledView post →It is an okayish game, but I cannot recommend it since HoMM3 and Olden Era are definitely better. Good: + Exploration is well done + Good basic mechanics, copied from HoMM3 Bad: - The game is cumbersome: not more challenging, strategic or fun than HoMM3, only more confused - Units and commanders feel not distinct and too similar, in terms of gameplay and graphics - Abilities (magic) feel underwhelming - The campaign in a nutshell: wait and skip turns until you have a doomstack, then…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like the campaign. Didnt play other modes yet.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What a great game. Bright art style, fantastic, sharp writing, unique campaign missions, and so many nice little quality of life features that make it a breeze to play. HOSF starts from a HOMM template of course, but does its own thing in so many directions that makes it clear it's much more than a tribute act. As a suggestion to make a great game even better, it would be nice if the factions had a little more to differentiate them. They don't play identically or anything, but they are a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Heroes of Science and Fiction has just released on #GOG !🚀 Get the #DRMfree version of the game with a 50% launch discount here: www.gog.com/en/game/hero... #Strategy #TurnBased #FullRelease #IndieGame
unlabelledView post →Steam Deck's claim of full compatibility is inaccurate. The interface text is difficult to read.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Can't recommend it right now, it just has way too much loading for me. Every turn takes about 2 minutes to end which doesn't sound bad until you realise a lot of your turns will only be about 18 seconds of play, then clicking end round and waiting again.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Heroes of Science and Fiction is an enjoyable experience. It's very inspired by HoMM3 but retains it's own identity.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Okay, it is probably early for me to recommend this game, and it is in Early Access, so, perhaps somethings will change too. As a fan of, but very bad player of HOMM games, I find this to be so enjoyable. I think the setting is, while sci-fi tropey, still manages to be creative. So far really like the characters and the dialogue. It feels like HOMM3 with its own sci-fi setting. Sometimes I wished they pushed it a bit harder and made it really different but I think it really scratches that…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good alternative to HOMM games. Not as vast and complex but still good enough.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →(edit) aaaand i just found out the skirmish maps are not randomly generated! i only play 1v1, so i get exactly 4 maps to play on. and they all have some gimmick, teleporters etc. if random maps are a must have, you know what to do. (/edit) others can explain about the HOMM-ness of this game, here are my takeaways: game takes a long time to boot. not excessively long, but certainly longer than i would think a 2D game should take. loading your saved game does go quickly. the maps are…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →
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