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Archmage Rises

Defiance Game Studio · 2023-04-24

Steam

IndieRPGSimulationEarly Access

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Sep 11, 2023 (Mac), Apr 24, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Experience the freedom normally only found in a tabletop RPG. Empowered with magic, you will create your own story, and experience real consequences from the decisions you make. Will you be the world’s savior... or its destroyer? The choice is yours.

70%
positive of 438 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 39 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 290% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 30% of 24,584 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 8.8k–20k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 438 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.99 at Steam (2023-08-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 1 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
686820232026Week of 2023-04-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$7.992023-04-242025-12-262023-04-24 — best price $25.492023-05-01 — best price $29.992023-06-30 — best price $23.992023-07-13 — best price $9.892023-07-27 — best price $9.992023-08-28 — best price $7.992023-09-04 — best price $9.992023-10-05 — best price $7.992023-10-09 — best price $9.992023-11-08 — best price $7.992023-11-15 — best price $9.992023-11-21 — best price $7.992023-11-28 — best price $9.992023-12-15 — best price $7.992023-12-20 — best price $9.992023-12-22 — best price $7.992024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-04-05 — best price $14.992024-05-13 — best price $11.242024-05-20 — best price $14.992024-06-27 — best price $11.242024-07-11 — best price $14.992025-12-12 — best price $11.992025-12-26 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-08-09 (Steam store data)

Player tags

RPGMagicSandboxTabletopAdventureRogue-likeSimulationStory RichEarly AccessSingleplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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