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Avencast: Rise of the Mage cover art

Avencast: Rise of the Mage

ClockStone · 2010-03-17

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 30, 2007 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Play Avencast, the epic roguelike action-RPG with tons of combat moves, spells, and equipment. Fight against evil forces to save your academy and vanquish the darkness. As you progress, learn powerful spells and combos to increase your chances of victory.

Avencast: Rise of the Mage is an Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG game released in 2010, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (69% of 721 reviews).

0
playing now
69%
positive of 721 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
53/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
44/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Avencast: Rise of the Mage is an action role-playing game for Windows developed by ClockStone and published by Lighthouse Interactive. The game heavily borrows elements of beat 'em ups. This is apparent from the ability to cast spells by rapidly combining movement inputs with mouse buttons. Alternatively short cuts can be assigned for easy access of spells. Also the scheme of recurring Boss fights reflects this relation. The inclusion of riddles shows the connection to adventure games.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 38% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 29k–58k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 721 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.74 at Fanatical (2024-06-17) · bundled 18×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 1 of 50 observed days · $4.25 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720172026Week of 2017-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
161Jul 2012Oct 2023Jul 2012 — avg 2 · peak 9Nov 2012 — avg 1 · peak 8Mar 2013 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2013 — avg 1 · peak 7Nov 2013 — avg 1 · peak 6Mar 2014 — avg 16 · peak 108Jul 2014 — avg 1 · peak 7Nov 2014 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2015 — avg 15 · peak 91Jul 2015 — avg 2 · peak 9Nov 2015 — avg 2 · peak 6Mar 2016 — avg 1 · peak 7Jul 2016 — avg 2 · peak 8Nov 2016 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2017 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Nov 2017 — avg 1 · peak 7Mar 2018 — avg 2 · peak 9Jul 2018 — avg 2 · peak 9Nov 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Mar 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Nov 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Nov 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Mar 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Nov 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Mar 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Sep 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2023 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2023 — avg 2 · peak 5
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.992015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $1.002015-08-03 — best price $2.492016-02-05 — best price $1.992016-07-13 — best price $2.492016-09-27 — best price $2.492016-12-20 — best price $1.492017-03-20 — best price $9.992017-04-23 — best price $0.992017-08-29 — best price $1.992017-11-28 — best price $9.992018-02-15 — best price $0.992018-05-28 — best price $9.992018-10-01 — best price $9.992019-02-22 — best price $1.002019-08-12 — best price $0.992020-01-20 — best price $0.992020-09-10 — best price $9.992021-03-01 — best price $0.992021-10-28 — best price $0.992022-01-27 — best price $0.992022-05-24 — best price $4.992022-08-29 — best price $4.992022-11-29 — best price $4.992023-02-07 — best price $4.992023-05-17 — best price $0.992023-08-25 — best price $4.992023-12-13 — best price $0.992024-02-14 — best price $0.992024-05-10 — best price $4.992024-07-22 — best price $4.992024-12-19 — best price $2.492026-09-03 — best price $4.992026-09-21 — best price $4.992026-10-09 — best price $4.992026-10-14 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

902026-05-30 — 3 pageviews2026-06-03 — 3 pageviews2026-06-07 — 5 pageviews2026-06-11 — 6 pageviews2026-06-15 — 0 pageviews2026-06-19 — 2 pageviews2026-06-23 — 6 pageviews2026-06-27 — 4 pageviews2026-07-01 — 5 pageviews2026-07-05 — 0 pageviews2026-07-09 — 3 pageviews2026-07-13 — 5 pageviews2026-07-17 — 6 pageviews2026-07-21 — 5 pageviews2026-07-25 — 9 pageviews2026-07-29 — 6 pageviews2026-08-02 — 2 pageviews2026-08-06 — 2 pageviews2026-08-10 — 4 pageviews2026-08-14 — 6 pageviews2026-08-18 — 3 pageviews2026-08-22 — 2 pageviews2026-08-26 — 2 pageviews2026-08-30 — 8 pageviews2026-09-03 — 3 pageviews2026-09-07 — 3 pageviews2026-09-11 — 4 pageviews2026-09-15 — 4 pageviews2026-09-19 — 2 pageviews2026-09-23 — 7 pageviews2026-09-27 — 2 pageviews2026-10-01 — 6 pageviews2026-10-05 — 6 pageviews2026-10-09 — 1 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, German, French

Player tags

3DRPGActionTop-DownIsometricAction RPGRogue-likeStory RichThird PersonChoices Matter

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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