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Spectromancer

Apus Software · Three Donkeys LLC · 2009-02-11

Steam

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Aug 27, 2012 (iOS), Jan 03, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A turn-based online fantasy card game. No character leveling, no grinding, no deck building - just 100% skill-based and fast-paced card battles!

Spectromancer is a 2009 Indie and Strategy game priced at $6.99, with a Very Positive sentiment from 88% of 381 reviews and an estimated owner base of 100,000 .. 200,000.

13
playing now
88%
positive of 381 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
89/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (70 downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$6.99
steam price (US)

13 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Spectromancer is a computer game developed by Apus Software and Three Donkeys LLC. The game was released in October 2008. The expansions League of Heroes, Truth & Beauty, and Gathering of Power are upgrades to the game rather than stand-alone expansions and, were released in 2010, 2011, and 2013, respectively.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 13 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 19 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 46% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 49,616 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 15k–30k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 381 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.76 at Steam (2024-06-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820142026Week of 2014-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 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

1522026-09-15 01:00 — 8 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 9 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 9 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 6 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 10 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 7 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 11 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 11 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 7 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 15 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 13 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 10 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 6 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 12 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 9 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 8 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 7 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 7 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 11 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 13 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
112Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 11 · peak 22Dec 2012 — avg 9 · peak 22May 2013 — avg 10 · peak 21Oct 2013 — avg 7 · peak 20Mar 2014 — avg 4 · peak 14Aug 2014 — avg 5 · peak 12Jan 2015 — avg 4 · peak 13Jun 2015 — avg 5 · peak 16Nov 2015 — avg 5 · peak 12Apr 2016 — avg 4 · peak 10Sep 2016 — avg 3 · peak 11Feb 2017 — avg 4 · peak 12Jul 2017 — avg 3 · peak 10Dec 2017 — avg 3 · peak 10May 2018 — avg 3 · peak 11Oct 2018 — avg 2 · peak 10Mar 2019 — avg 3 · peak 8Aug 2019 — avg 3 · peak 9Jan 2020 — avg 4 · peak 13Jun 2020 — avg 4 · peak 15Nov 2020 — avg 4 · peak 13Apr 2021 — avg 6 · peak 16Sep 2021 — avg 5 · peak 16Feb 2022 — avg 5 · peak 16Jul 2022 — avg 6 · peak 18Dec 2022 — avg 6 · peak 18May 2023 — avg 9 · peak 22Oct 2023 — avg 8 · peak 19Mar 2024 — avg 9 · peak 19Aug 2024 — avg 8 · peak 24Jan 2025 — avg 9 · peak 22Jun 2025 — avg 9 · peak 18Nov 2025 — avg 8 · peak 19Apr 2026 — avg 8 · peak 18Aug 2026 — avg 8 · peak 18
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.762015-01-012026-03-092015-01-01 — best price $9.952016-06-23 — best price $4.992016-11-29 — best price $9.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992021-06-24 — best price $4.892021-10-16 — best price $6.992021-10-28 — best price $5.242021-12-01 — best price $6.992022-04-04 — best price $4.892022-07-07 — best price $6.992022-12-22 — best price $2.792023-03-24 — best price $2.792023-05-08 — best price $4.992023-06-30 — best price $1.742023-09-04 — best price $6.992023-11-21 — best price $3.492023-12-11 — best price $6.992024-01-15 — best price $3.492024-03-04 — best price $6.992024-04-08 — best price $3.492024-05-27 — best price $6.992024-07-29 — best price $3.492024-09-16 — best price $6.992024-12-28 — best price $1.742025-03-03 — best price $6.992025-04-07 — best price $5.242025-07-10 — best price $6.992025-09-29 — best price $5.242025-11-03 — best price $6.992025-12-18 — best price $3.492026-01-26 — best price $6.992026-03-09 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1612026-05-31 — 7 pageviews2026-06-04 — 3 pageviews2026-06-08 — 8 pageviews2026-06-12 — 2 pageviews2026-06-16 — 11 pageviews2026-06-20 — 6 pageviews2026-06-24 — 9 pageviews2026-06-28 — 9 pageviews2026-07-02 — 5 pageviews2026-07-06 — 2 pageviews2026-07-10 — 8 pageviews2026-07-14 — 5 pageviews2026-07-18 — 3 pageviews2026-07-22 — 2 pageviews2026-07-26 — 4 pageviews2026-07-30 — 8 pageviews2026-08-03 — 12 pageviews2026-08-07 — 8 pageviews2026-08-11 — 3 pageviews2026-08-15 — 9 pageviews2026-08-19 — 7 pageviews2026-08-23 — 4 pageviews2026-08-27 — 5 pageviews2026-08-31 — 14 pageviews2026-09-04 — 16 pageviews2026-09-08 — 8 pageviews2026-09-12 — 6 pageviews2026-09-16 — 8 pageviews2026-09-20 — 10 pageviews2026-09-24 — 7 pageviews2026-09-28 — 6 pageviews2026-10-02 — 10 pageviews2026-10-06 — 5 pageviews2026-10-10 — 10 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

51
achievements tracked
7.7%
earned "Illusionist Duelist Badge"
1.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing1 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Russian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2011-06-13 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3541%51

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

Player tags

2DPvPIndiePuzzleFantasyStrategyTabletopCard GameBoard GameTurn-Based

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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