Challenge of the Five Realms

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App ID	347240
App Type	Game
Store Name	Challenge of the Five Realms: Spellbound in the World of Nhagardia
Developer	MicroProse Software, Inc
Publisher	Atari, Nightdive Studios
Supported Systems	Windows macOS Linux
Technologies	DOSBOX Emulator
Last Changenumber	30749246
Last Record Update	23 August 2025 – 20:16:32 UTC ()
Release Date	1 April 2015 – 17:01:09 UTC ()

❓ 61.96%

17 reviews

In-Game

The multi-dimensional world of Nhagardia is quickly becoming paralyzed by the evil lord Grimnoth's terrifying plague of darkness. As Prince of Alonia, you now have 100 days to keep the world from being cast into eternal despair!

Additional Information

Developer	MicroProse Software, Inc
metacritic_name	Challenge of the Five Realms
GameManualURL	https://store.steampowered.com/manual/347240/
ReleaseState	released
Publisher	Atari
Store Release Date	1 January 1992 – 08:00:00 UTC ()
community_hub_visible	Yes
Primary Genre	RPG (3)
Store Genres	Adventure (25), RPG (3)
Steam Release Date	1 April 2015 – 17:01:09 UTC ()
Original Release Date	1 January 1992 – 08:00:00 UTC () (694252800)
Store Asset Modification Time	26 March 2015 – 23:10:01 UTC () (1427411401)
review_score	6
review_percentage	70
Detected Technologies (?)	DOSBOX Emulator, SDL SDK, Vorbis SDK
First seen on SteamDB	28 January 2015 – 19:13:51 UTC (), in changelist #868123

Supported Languages

1 Languages	Interface	Full Audio	Subtitles
English	Yes	Yes

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page_background_path	app/347240
timestamp	9 August 2023 – 20:21:25 UTC

Trailers

2038116 ↴
trailer_name	Challenge of the Five Realms - Trailer
trailer_category	0
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trailer_480p/video/mp4	2038116/movie480.mp4
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trailer_max/video/mp4	2038116/movie_max.mp4
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trailer_base_id	33433
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is_highlight	true
timestamp	1447371787

Launch Options

0. Launch

Executable	`dosbox_windows\dosbox.exe`
Arguments	`-conf dosbox_cotfr.conf -conf dosbox_cotfr_launch_windows.conf -noconsole`
Working Directory	`dosbox_windows\`
Launch Type	Unspecified
Description	`Launch`
Operating System	windows

1. Play Challenge of the Five Realms in DOSBox Daum

Executable	`dosbox_windows\daum\dosbox.exe`
Arguments	`-conf dosbox_cotfr.conf -conf dosbox_cotfr_launch_windows.conf -noconsole`
Working Directory	`dosbox_windows\daum\`
Launch Type	Unspecified
Description	`Play Challenge of the Five Realms in DOSBox Daum`
Operating System	windows

2. Launch The Face Paint Program

Executable	`dosbox_windows\dosbox.exe`
Arguments	`-conf dosbox_cotfr.conf -conf dosbox_cotfr_face_windows.conf -noconsole`
Working Directory	`dosbox_windows\`
Launch Type	Unspecified
Description	`Launch The Face Paint Program`
Operating System	windows

3. Challenge of the Five Realms - Configuration

Executable	`dosbox_windows\dosbox.exe`
Arguments	`-conf dosbox_cotfr.conf -conf dosbox_cotfr_config_windows.conf -noconsole`
Working Directory	`dosbox_windows\`
Launch Type	Unspecified
Description	`Challenge of the Five Realms - Configuration`
Operating System	windows

4. Launch

Executable	`dosbox_linux\launch_cotfr_game.sh`
Working Directory	`dosbox_linux\`
Launch Type	Unspecified
Description	`Launch`
Operating System	linux

5. Play Challenge of the Five Realms in DOSBox Daum

Executable	`dosbox_linux\daum\launch_cotfr_game_daum.sh`
Working Directory	`dosbox_linux\daum\`
Launch Type	Unspecified
Description	`Play Challenge of the Five Realms in DOSBox Daum`
Operating System	linux

6. Launch The Face Paint Program

Executable	`dosbox_linux\launch_cotfr_face.sh`
Working Directory	`dosbox_linux\`
Launch Type	Unspecified
Description	`Launch The Face Paint Program`
Operating System	linux

7. Challenge of the Five Realms - Configuration

Executable	`dosbox_linux\launch_cotfr_config.sh`
Working Directory	`dosbox_linux\`
Launch Type	Unspecified
Description	`Challenge of the Five Realms - Configuration`
Operating System	linux

8. Launch

Executable	`COTFR.app`
Launch Type	Unspecified
Description	`Launch`
Operating System	macos

Configuration

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contenttype	3
installdir	Challenge of the Five Realms

Challenge of the Five Realms

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