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Spellcaster University cover art

Spellcaster University

Sneaky Yak Studio · 2021-06-15

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SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 02, 2025 (PlayStation 5), May 02, 2025 (Nintendo Switch), May 02, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S), Sep 24, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 24, 2019 (Mac), May 02, 2025 (PlayStation 4)

Develop a prestigious university of mages. Build rooms, train your students, fight orcs, slay the bureaucrats, manage your budget... a director's life is not a quiet one.

31
playing now
83%
positive of 4.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
16h
to beat · rushed 10h · completionist 31h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

31 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 31 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 116 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~15/week).
  • · Review velocity up 1% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (405 reviews).
  • · Top 14% of 6,703 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 86k–194k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,301 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$8.75-65%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$8.75-65%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.74 at Steam (2025-06-27) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 27 of 45 observed days · $0.01 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
33433420192026Week of 2019-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 334 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

7902026-08-07 00:00 — 35 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 29 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 43 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 49 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 37 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 54 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 39 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 44 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 73 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 48 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 31 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 56 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 35 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 68 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 38 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 33 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 48 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 45 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 33 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 53 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 56 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 25 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 53 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 39 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 27 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 21 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 48 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 31 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$8.742019-09-242026-08-302019-09-24 — best price $22.492020-08-03 — best price $22.222021-01-05 — best price $24.992021-05-02 — best price $24.932021-10-15 — best price $24.992021-11-26 — best price $19.992022-02-17 — best price $24.992022-03-25 — best price $19.912022-06-10 — best price $16.272022-07-19 — best price $24.992022-09-16 — best price $17.992022-10-24 — best price $16.192022-12-13 — best price $17.492023-01-06 — best price $24.992023-01-31 — best price $20.432023-03-14 — best price $15.732023-06-01 — best price $24.992023-08-07 — best price $24.992024-01-04 — best price $24.992024-03-01 — best price $24.992024-04-01 — best price $24.992024-04-23 — best price $24.992024-05-30 — best price $24.992024-07-19 — best price $24.992024-09-19 — best price $9.992024-11-27 — best price $9.992025-01-27 — best price $9.992025-06-27 — best price $8.742025-09-25 — best price $8.742025-11-20 — best price $24.992026-01-22 — best price $24.992026-03-27 — best price $8.792026-06-25 — best price $8.742026-08-29 — best price $8.752026-08-30 — best price $8.75
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

26
achievements tracked
77.1%
earned "Teaching staff"
28.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,3240%26
PS5 (PlayStation)3719%21
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)303%20
Switch (Nintendo)50%0
PS4 (PlayStation)30%21

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

Player tags

3DIndieMagicEconomyColorfulNonlinearColony SimManagementSimulationDark Fantasy

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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