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Battle Mages

Targem Games · ESDigital Games · 2014-05-30

Steam

RPGStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 27, 2003 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

There is a world which needs your defense. You are the young mage that has just graduated the mages school and you must pass through several hard tests to become a decent defender.

Battle Mages is an RPG and Strategy game released in 2014, priced at $3.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (77% of 231 reviews).

2
playing now
77%
positive of 231 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$3.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 33% of 13,925 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 5.8k–14k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 231 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.39 at Steam (2022-11-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 30 of 48 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620162026Week of 2016-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 4 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
380Jun 2014Aug 2023Jun 2014 — avg 3 · peak 12Sep 2014 — avg 0 · peak 8Dec 2014 — avg 2 · peak 9Mar 2015 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2015 — avg 1 · peak 6Sep 2015 — avg 0 · peak 5Dec 2015 — avg 2 · peak 13Mar 2016 — avg 2 · peak 12Jun 2016 — avg 1 · peak 9Sep 2016 — avg 1 · peak 8Dec 2016 — avg 1 · peak 6Mar 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Jun 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Sep 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Dec 2017 — avg 1 · peak 4Mar 2018 — avg 1 · peak 7Jun 2018 — avg 2 · peak 102Sep 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Dec 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Mar 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Jun 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Sep 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Dec 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Apr 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Jul 2020 — avg 1 · peak 10Oct 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2021 — avg 2 · peak 60Jun 2021 — avg 5 · peak 17Sep 2021 — avg 2 · peak 45Dec 2021 — avg 9 · peak 205Mar 2022 — avg 2 · peak 13Jun 2022 — avg 2 · peak 5Sep 2022 — avg 2 · peak 29Dec 2022 — avg 14 · peak 702Mar 2023 — avg 1 · peak 15Aug 2023 — avg 1 · peak 13
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$3.99$0.392015-01-012026-08-142015-01-01 — best price $0.992015-11-25 — best price $0.592016-05-09 — best price $0.792016-11-14 — best price $0.792017-04-17 — best price $0.792017-10-26 — best price $0.592018-02-26 — best price $0.792018-10-08 — best price $0.792018-12-20 — best price $0.512019-08-05 — best price $0.792019-12-19 — best price $0.512020-08-17 — best price $0.792021-02-11 — best price $0.512021-10-28 — best price $0.512022-03-07 — best price $0.592022-10-24 — best price $0.512023-03-16 — best price $0.392023-10-09 — best price $0.992023-11-20 — best price $0.792023-12-22 — best price $0.992024-02-05 — best price $3.992024-03-18 — best price $0.912024-04-04 — best price $3.562024-05-05 — best price $3.662024-06-07 — best price $3.562024-07-11 — best price $3.992024-08-07 — best price $3.562024-10-21 — best price $0.992025-01-27 — best price $3.992025-05-08 — best price $3.992025-07-01 — best price $0.842025-09-17 — best price $3.872026-01-07 — best price $3.992026-03-14 — best price $3.292026-04-20 — best price $3.992026-06-01 — best price $3.992026-07-22 — best price $3.992026-08-03 — best price $3.992026-08-14 — best price $3.60
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Hungarian, Russian, Bulgarian

Player tags

RPGRTSFantasyStrategyCult Classic

Census log

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

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