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Master of Magic Classic cover art

Master of Magic Classic

SimTex · Slitherine Ltd. · 2020-02-25

Steam

Strategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 01, 1994 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Master of Magic is a classic, one of the most popular strategy games of the 90s. It is a 4X fantasy strategy game that allows you to play as an extremely powerful wizard, leading your troops and overcoming your magical opponents.

Master of Magic Classic is a Strategy game released in 2020, priced at $5.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (97% of 764 reviews).

53
playing now
97%
positive of 764 reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$5.99
steam price (US)

53 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Master of Magic is a single-player, fantasy turn-based 4X strategy game in which the player plays as a wizard attempting to dominate two linked worlds. From a small settlement, the player manages resources, builds cities and armies, and researches spells, growing an empire and fighting the other wizards.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 53 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 32 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 14,201 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 15k–34k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 764 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.90 at GamersGate (2016-05-23) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 42 of 65 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
494920202026Week of 2020-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

67292026-09-15 19:00 — 59 players2026-09-17 03:00 — 44 players2026-09-18 10:00 — 31 players2026-09-19 18:00 — 54 players2026-09-21 01:00 — 52 players2026-09-22 09:00 — 40 players2026-09-23 17:00 — 63 players2026-09-25 00:00 — 53 players2026-09-26 08:00 — 45 players2026-09-27 15:00 — 62 players2026-09-28 23:00 — 48 players2026-09-30 06:00 — 29 players2026-10-01 14:00 — 45 players2026-10-02 21:00 — 52 players2026-10-04 05:00 — 46 players2026-10-05 13:00 — 45 players2026-10-06 20:00 — 51 players2026-10-08 04:00 — 35 players2026-10-09 11:00 — 36 players2026-10-10 19:00 — 60 players2026-10-12 03:00 — 44 players2026-10-13 10:00 — 33 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 53 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
6933Mar 2020Aug 2026Mar 2020 — avg 57 · peak 146May 2020 — avg 48 · peak 84Jul 2020 — avg 47 · peak 91Sep 2020 — avg 37 · peak 71Nov 2020 — avg 38 · peak 79Jan 2021 — avg 43 · peak 80Mar 2021 — avg 38 · peak 73May 2021 — avg 69 · peak 112Jul 2021 — avg 58 · peak 97Sep 2021 — avg 49 · peak 87Nov 2021 — avg 48 · peak 83Jan 2022 — avg 61 · peak 109Mar 2022 — avg 53 · peak 101May 2022 — avg 49 · peak 79Jul 2022 — avg 66 · peak 109Sep 2022 — avg 51 · peak 87Nov 2022 — avg 54 · peak 93Jan 2023 — avg 58 · peak 112Mar 2023 — avg 50 · peak 92May 2023 — avg 42 · peak 73Jul 2023 — avg 34 · peak 61Sep 2023 — avg 33 · peak 60Nov 2023 — avg 44 · peak 70Jan 2024 — avg 40 · peak 67Mar 2024 — avg 39 · peak 74May 2024 — avg 39 · peak 62Jul 2024 — avg 42 · peak 81Sep 2024 — avg 41 · peak 69Nov 2024 — avg 40 · peak 72Jan 2025 — avg 43 · peak 83Mar 2025 — avg 43 · peak 76May 2025 — avg 40 · peak 70Jul 2025 — avg 38 · peak 66Sep 2025 — avg 40 · peak 65Nov 2025 — avg 41 · peak 71Jan 2026 — avg 47 · peak 87Mar 2026 — avg 40 · peak 74May 2026 — avg 40 · peak 73Jul 2026 — avg 37 · peak 69Aug 2026 — avg 42 · peak 74
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$6.13$1.492015-01-012026-08-252015-01-01 — best price $5.992015-08-28 — best price $1.792016-06-22 — best price $5.992017-07-27 — best price $1.822019-06-24 — best price $2.402020-04-10 — best price $2.732020-07-17 — best price $5.992020-10-08 — best price $3.002021-01-05 — best price $5.992021-04-25 — best price $2.642021-07-22 — best price $2.992021-11-24 — best price $2.992022-03-03 — best price $2.692022-05-08 — best price $5.992022-08-04 — best price $3.232022-11-07 — best price $3.232023-01-20 — best price $2.992023-04-03 — best price $5.992023-06-26 — best price $2.732023-08-28 — best price $3.292023-12-04 — best price $2.722024-02-14 — best price $4.192024-04-29 — best price $2.992024-07-15 — best price $3.592024-09-10 — best price $5.992024-11-25 — best price $3.592025-01-27 — best price $2.992025-04-16 — best price $5.992025-07-07 — best price $3.002025-09-15 — best price $5.992025-12-08 — best price $5.992026-02-23 — best price $5.992026-05-05 — best price $2.392026-07-09 — best price $5.992026-08-25 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

59222026-05-31 — 52 pageviews2026-06-04 — 52 pageviews2026-06-08 — 35 pageviews2026-06-12 — 40 pageviews2026-06-16 — 39 pageviews2026-06-20 — 50 pageviews2026-06-24 — 33 pageviews2026-06-28 — 38 pageviews2026-07-02 — 42 pageviews2026-07-06 — 22 pageviews2026-07-10 — 30 pageviews2026-07-14 — 43 pageviews2026-07-18 — 33 pageviews2026-07-22 — 40 pageviews2026-07-26 — 30 pageviews2026-07-30 — 40 pageviews2026-08-03 — 39 pageviews2026-08-07 — 52 pageviews2026-08-11 — 29 pageviews2026-08-15 — 24 pageviews2026-08-19 — 28 pageviews2026-08-23 — 39 pageviews2026-08-27 — 59 pageviews2026-08-31 — 46 pageviews2026-09-04 — 48 pageviews2026-09-08 — 42 pageviews2026-09-12 — 44 pageviews2026-09-16 — 36 pageviews2026-09-20 — 39 pageviews2026-09-24 — 47 pageviews2026-09-28 — 46 pageviews2026-10-02 — 34 pageviews2026-10-06 — 43 pageviews2026-10-10 — 40 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing2 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2020-02-25, latest 2021-04-22 (Steam store data)

Player tags

4XMagicDemonsClassicFantasyStrategyTurn-BasedDark ComedyPixel GraphicsTurn-Based Strategy

Census log

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

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