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Mage's Initiation: Reign of the Elements

Himalaya Studios · 2019-01-30

SteamGOG

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 30, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 30, 2019 (Linux), Jan 30, 2019 (Mac)

D'arc is a sixteen-year-old Mage to be. A sinister plot threatens his initiation and risks plunging the land of Iginor into conflict and chaos. Choose from four classes and train in the Elemental arts. Master a unique range of spells to solve puzzles, battle monsters, and confront the ultimate evil.

88%
positive of 163 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
61/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$2.99
steam price (US)
Mage's Initiation: Reign of the Elements is a 2019 adventure game created by Himalaya Studios for Windows, Linux, and macOS.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 36% of 22,934 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.1k–9.8k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 163 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 0 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
202020192026Week of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$2.99$2.992026-08-132026-09-302026-08-13 — best price $2.992026-08-14 — best price $2.992026-08-15 — best price $2.992026-08-16 — best price $2.992026-08-17 — best price $2.992026-08-26 — best price $2.992026-09-25 — best price $2.992026-09-26 — best price $2.992026-09-27 — best price $2.992026-09-28 — best price $2.992026-09-29 — best price $2.992026-09-30 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

702026-07-05 — 1 pageviews2026-07-08 — 1 pageviews2026-07-11 — 0 pageviews2026-07-14 — 1 pageviews2026-07-17 — 3 pageviews2026-07-20 — 1 pageviews2026-07-23 — 7 pageviews2026-07-26 — 1 pageviews2026-07-29 — 0 pageviews2026-08-01 — 1 pageviews2026-08-04 — 3 pageviews2026-08-07 — 2 pageviews2026-08-10 — 4 pageviews2026-08-13 — 0 pageviews2026-08-16 — 1 pageviews2026-08-19 — 2 pageviews2026-08-22 — 3 pageviews2026-08-26 — 0 pageviews2026-08-29 — 0 pageviews2026-09-01 — 1 pageviews2026-09-04 — 2 pageviews2026-09-07 — 6 pageviews2026-09-10 — 1 pageviews2026-09-13 — 1 pageviews2026-09-16 — 0 pageviews2026-09-19 — 4 pageviews2026-09-22 — 3 pageviews2026-09-25 — 2 pageviews2026-09-28 — 2 pageviews2026-10-01 — 6 pageviews2026-10-02 — 2 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

44
achievements tracked
58.5%
earned "Dabbling"
9.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Player tags

RPGIndieMagicRetroActionFantasyAdventureOld SchoolPoint & ClickPixel Graphics

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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