# fheroes2: a Heroes of Might and Magic II engine recreation

> fheroes2 reimplements the Heroes of Might and Magic II engine from scratch and runs on resources from a full or demo copy of the game. It adds higher-resolution graphics, AI changes, fixes and interface improvements across several platforms.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/ihhub/fheroes2>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/ihhub/fheroes2/blob/61849101d6329033d4d03d0401eff75702b3890f/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/fheroes2-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/fheroes2-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/fheroes2-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Provide a full or demo copy of Heroes of Might and Magic II for its game resources.
- **License:** Source code is licensed under GPL-2.0; project artwork is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/ihhub/fheroes2/blob/61849101d6329033d4d03d0401eff75702b3890f/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/ihhub/fheroes2/blob/61849101d6329033d4d03d0401eff75702b3890f/docs/INSTALL.md>

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