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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.

30
playing now
97%
positive of 763 reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$5.99
steam price (US)

30 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 08:00 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

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 36% of 5,909 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 15k–34k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 763 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.99-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 48 of 76 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

64222026-08-11 22:00 — 55 players2026-08-12 14:00 — 46 players2026-08-13 05:00 — 22 players2026-08-13 21:00 — 42 players2026-08-14 13:00 — 44 players2026-08-15 05:00 — 39 players2026-08-15 21:00 — 55 players2026-08-16 13:00 — 55 players2026-08-17 05:00 — 28 players2026-08-17 20:00 — 54 players2026-08-18 12:00 — 44 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 30 players2026-08-19 20:00 — 44 players2026-08-20 11:00 — 30 players2026-08-21 03:00 — 40 players2026-08-21 19:00 — 42 players2026-08-22 11:00 — 38 players2026-08-23 02:00 — 40 players2026-08-23 18:00 — 64 players2026-08-24 10:00 — 29 players2026-08-25 02:00 — 48 players2026-08-25 18:00 — 59 players2026-08-26 10:00 — 29 players2026-08-27 02:00 — 38 players2026-08-27 18:00 — 52 players2026-08-28 10:00 — 25 players2026-08-29 02:00 — 41 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 30 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing2 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

4XMagicDemonsClassicFantasyStrategyTurn-BasedDark ComedyPixel GraphicsTurn-Based Strategy

Census log

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

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