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Mage and Monsters

Lasse Zacho Malver · 2022-10-12

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Strategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 12, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 13, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 17, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Jan 17, 2024 (Xbox One), Oct 09, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Oct 09, 2023 (PlayStation 5)

Create an army and use spells while it fights for you. Mage & Monsters is an active auto battler, where you must choose wisely between upgrading the might of your army, or increasing the power of your spells.

Mage and Monsters is a Strategy game released in 2022, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 921 reviews).

2
playing now
90%
positive of 921 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4.55★
PlayStation Store rating (74 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 23 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 41% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (222 reviews).
  • · Top 15% of 14,126 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 18k–41k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 921 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2025-07-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 22 of 27 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
20320320222026Week of 2022-10-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1322Oct 2022May 2026Oct 2022 — avg 132 · peak 515Nov 2022 — avg 57 · peak 208Dec 2022 — avg 29 · peak 67Jan 2023 — avg 64 · peak 307Feb 2023 — avg 25 · peak 343Mar 2023 — avg 35 · peak 368Apr 2023 — avg 44 · peak 511May 2023 — avg 25 · peak 99Jun 2023 — avg 11 · peak 26Jul 2023 — avg 14 · peak 31Aug 2023 — avg 11 · peak 42Sep 2023 — avg 15 · peak 35Oct 2023 — avg 9 · peak 25Nov 2023 — avg 9 · peak 25Dec 2023 — avg 8 · peak 24Jan 2024 — avg 8 · peak 23Feb 2024 — avg 7 · peak 18Mar 2024 — avg 11 · peak 28Apr 2024 — avg 5 · peak 13May 2024 — avg 6 · peak 17Jun 2024 — avg 5 · peak 21Jul 2024 — avg 7 · peak 19Aug 2024 — avg 5 · peak 14Sep 2024 — avg 5 · peak 13Oct 2024 — avg 4 · peak 11Nov 2024 — avg 4 · peak 11Dec 2024 — avg 6 · peak 20Jan 2025 — avg 4 · peak 11Feb 2025 — avg 3 · peak 7Mar 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Apr 2025 — avg 3 · peak 13May 2025 — avg 3 · peak 7Jun 2025 — avg 6 · peak 21Jul 2025 — avg 4 · peak 14Aug 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Sep 2025 — avg 5 · peak 15Oct 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Jan 2026 — avg 3 · peak 13Apr 2026 — avg 2 · peak 7May 2026 — avg 2 · peak 6
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$2.492022-10-122026-10-082022-10-12 — best price $3.192022-11-20 — best price $3.992023-01-17 — best price $3.192023-03-06 — best price $3.992023-04-25 — best price $2.992023-06-12 — best price $3.992023-07-20 — best price $3.192023-09-19 — best price $3.742023-11-16 — best price $4.992023-12-16 — best price $3.742024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-03-04 — best price $3.342024-03-21 — best price $4.992024-06-22 — best price $3.992024-08-10 — best price $4.992024-10-24 — best price $3.992024-12-04 — best price $4.992024-12-19 — best price $3.992025-02-03 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $3.992025-04-24 — best price $4.992025-06-27 — best price $3.992025-08-01 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $3.342025-11-05 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $3.342026-01-21 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $3.242026-04-22 — best price $4.992026-06-25 — best price $3.242026-08-06 — best price $4.992026-09-10 — best price $9.992026-10-01 — best price $9.992026-10-08 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
95.7%
earned "Novice"
11.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,4441%77
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)18124%39

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

WarMagicActionCombatFantasyStrategyTacticalTop-DownManagementRogue-like

Census log

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

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