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Micro Mages cover art

Micro Mages

Morphcat Games · Morphcat Games UG · 2019-05-01

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Apr 30, 2019 (Nintendo Entertainment System), May 01, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 23, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Oct 23, 2024 (PlayStation 4)

Micro Mages is a platformer developed for the original 8-bit NES console. Now on Steam! ROM included. Play solo or with up to 4 players simultaneously. Compete over score or cooperate to overcome challenging levels.

Micro Mages is an Action and Indie game released in 2019 for $9.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (96% of 445 reviews).

1
playing now
96%
positive of 445 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
4.57★
PlayStation Store rating (67 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

Micro Mages is a platform game for the Nintendo Entertainment System that was published on April 30, 2019 by Morphcat Games. The game raised over €150,000 on Kickstarter. The game was published as a physical cartridge for the NES, and later as a digital download, bundled with an emulator, on Steam and Itch.io.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 24 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 21% of 28,012 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 11k–27k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 445 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
272720192026Week of 2019-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$10.99$0.992019-05-012026-07-092019-05-01 — best price $10.992019-10-03 — best price $10.992019-11-25 — best price $10.992019-12-03 — best price $10.992020-01-02 — best price $10.992020-01-27 — best price $10.992020-04-18 — best price $10.992020-06-25 — best price $4.992020-10-29 — best price $5.992020-11-25 — best price $8.492020-12-22 — best price $7.492021-02-11 — best price $7.992021-03-25 — best price $7.992021-06-24 — best price $2.492021-08-06 — best price $7.992021-10-28 — best price $4.992021-11-24 — best price $6.492021-12-22 — best price $3.492022-01-27 — best price $7.492022-02-28 — best price $7.492022-05-02 — best price $7.492022-06-25 — best price $2.492022-12-22 — best price $2.492023-03-17 — best price $7.492023-06-29 — best price $2.492024-03-14 — best price $7.492024-04-30 — best price $4.492024-06-27 — best price $4.992024-11-27 — best price $8.492024-12-19 — best price $2.492025-02-10 — best price $7.492025-03-13 — best price $8.492025-06-26 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $4.992026-06-25 — best price $0.992026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

11532026-05-30 — 4 pageviews2026-06-03 — 4 pageviews2026-06-07 — 15 pageviews2026-06-11 — 7 pageviews2026-06-15 — 11 pageviews2026-06-19 — 12 pageviews2026-06-23 — 5 pageviews2026-06-27 — 10 pageviews2026-07-01 — 7 pageviews2026-07-05 — 5 pageviews2026-07-09 — 10 pageviews2026-07-13 — 12 pageviews2026-07-17 — 7 pageviews2026-07-21 — 11 pageviews2026-07-25 — 11 pageviews2026-07-29 — 15 pageviews2026-08-02 — 16 pageviews2026-08-06 — 20 pageviews2026-08-10 — 14 pageviews2026-08-14 — 7 pageviews2026-08-18 — 115 pageviews2026-08-22 — 9 pageviews2026-08-26 — 8 pageviews2026-08-30 — 14 pageviews2026-09-03 — 19 pageviews2026-09-07 — 8 pageviews2026-09-11 — 27 pageviews2026-09-15 — 12 pageviews2026-09-19 — 12 pageviews2026-09-23 — 10 pageviews2026-09-27 — 9 pageviews2026-10-01 — 5 pageviews2026-10-05 — 7 pageviews2026-10-08 — 11 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenPartial Controller SupportRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)696%41
PS4 (PlayStation)1513%41

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

Player tags

CuteCo-opFunnyIndieActionMedievalLocal Co-OpMultiplayerOnline Co-OpScore Attack

Census log

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

Recent updates

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