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Battle Mages: Sign of Darkness

Targem Games · ESDigital Games · 2014-07-24

Steam

RPGStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 13, 2006 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A thousand years had passed since the great battle between the Lord of Chaos and the forces of the Order. Little by little, life returned back to normal. The story begins, when a young neophyte journeys north, to learn from an eccentric wizard, one of the most ancient and powerful Guild’s members.

Battle Mages: Sign of Darkness is a 2014 RPG and Strategy title priced at $4.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and Mostly Positive reviews (77% of 165 reviews).

1
playing now
77%
positive of 165 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$4.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 38% of 13,891 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 4.1k–9.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 165 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2016-06-23) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 29 of 50 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520142026Week of 2014-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
200Jul 2014Jan 2024Jul 2014 — avg 2 · peak 6Oct 2014 — avg 0 · peak 5Jan 2015 — avg 0 · peak 4Apr 2015 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2015 — avg 0 · peak 4Oct 2015 — avg 1 · peak 7Jan 2016 — avg 1 · peak 7Apr 2016 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2016 — avg 3 · peak 22Oct 2016 — avg 0 · peak 4Jan 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2017 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Jul 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6Apr 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Oct 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2021 — avg 2 · peak 41May 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3Aug 2021 — avg 20 · peak 340Nov 2021 — avg 4 · peak 108Feb 2022 — avg 5 · peak 192May 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2022 — avg 4 · peak 207Dec 2022 — avg 13 · peak 700Jul 2023 — avg 2 · peak 5Jan 2024 — avg 2 · peak 5
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$0.492015-01-012026-08-142015-01-01 — best price $1.242015-10-29 — best price $1.242016-02-05 — best price $1.242016-07-11 — best price $1.692016-11-23 — best price $0.742017-06-22 — best price $0.492017-12-21 — best price $0.492018-06-21 — best price $0.492018-11-21 — best price $0.492019-02-25 — best price $0.992019-10-28 — best price $0.492020-03-16 — best price $0.492020-11-25 — best price $0.492021-06-24 — best price $0.492021-11-24 — best price $0.492022-05-16 — best price $0.742022-11-22 — best price $0.492023-05-22 — best price $0.492023-10-09 — best price $0.992023-11-20 — best price $0.742023-12-24 — best price $0.992024-02-07 — best price $0.742024-04-02 — best price $1.242024-04-23 — best price $4.462024-05-21 — best price $4.462024-07-11 — best price $4.992024-09-08 — best price $4.462025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-04-10 — best price $0.992025-06-28 — best price $1.142025-07-28 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $1.172026-03-09 — best price $1.022026-04-07 — best price $1.092026-05-16 — best price $1.222026-06-25 — best price $1.022026-07-24 — best price $1.122026-08-14 — best price $4.33
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Russian

Player tags

RPGRTSFantasyStrategy

Census log

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

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