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Spells & Secrets

Alchemist Interactive · rokaplay · 2023-11-09

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ActionAdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Nov 09, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Nov 09, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 09, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Nov 09, 2023 (Nintendo Switch)

In this rogue-lite adventure, you free the Academy of Greifenstein from magical creatures by using your spells creatively. Explore this modern magical world alone or in local co-op mode with friends and family, customize your character, solve mysteries, and find powerful artifacts.

76%
positive of 334 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)
Spells & Secrets is a roguelike game developed by Alchemist Interactive and published by Rokaplay and Merge Games. It was released on 9 November 2023 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 27 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (102 reviews).
  • · Top 40% of 15,377 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.7k–15k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 334 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

IndieGala$2.49-90%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.24-87%
DreamGame$3.75-85%
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.49 at IndieGala Store (2026-07-09) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 176 of 177 observed days · $0.75 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
898920232026Week of 2023-11-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$2.492023-11-022026-09-152023-11-02 — best price $19.992024-02-05 — best price $24.992024-03-19 — best price $17.392024-05-13 — best price $13.122024-06-17 — best price $10.502024-07-07 — best price $24.992024-07-30 — best price $24.992024-08-26 — best price $24.992024-09-23 — best price $8.232024-10-22 — best price $19.882024-11-22 — best price $24.992024-12-20 — best price $9.992025-01-27 — best price $7.132025-02-21 — best price $8.742025-03-28 — best price $24.992025-04-18 — best price $24.992025-05-27 — best price $24.992025-07-01 — best price $5.992025-07-25 — best price $5.502025-08-22 — best price $24.992025-09-17 — best price $5.252025-10-13 — best price $5.252025-11-05 — best price $24.992025-11-25 — best price $4.992025-12-11 — best price $4.992026-01-02 — best price $24.992026-01-18 — best price $24.992026-02-09 — best price $5.242026-02-26 — best price $24.992026-03-18 — best price $5.002026-04-09 — best price $5.002026-04-27 — best price $24.992026-05-14 — best price $24.992026-05-31 — best price $2.722026-07-01 — best price $3.752026-07-24 — best price $24.992026-08-14 — best price $2.492026-09-07 — best price $2.492026-09-15 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1002026-06-17 — 2 pageviews2026-06-20 — 5 pageviews2026-06-23 — 0 pageviews2026-06-26 — 6 pageviews2026-06-29 — 1 pageviews2026-07-02 — 10 pageviews2026-07-05 — 3 pageviews2026-07-08 — 2 pageviews2026-07-11 — 1 pageviews2026-07-14 — 4 pageviews2026-07-17 — 0 pageviews2026-07-20 — 3 pageviews2026-07-23 — 1 pageviews2026-07-26 — 0 pageviews2026-07-29 — 0 pageviews2026-08-01 — 3 pageviews2026-08-04 — 4 pageviews2026-08-07 — 1 pageviews2026-08-10 — 3 pageviews2026-08-13 — 3 pageviews2026-08-16 — 2 pageviews2026-08-19 — 1 pageviews2026-08-22 — 3 pageviews2026-08-25 — 3 pageviews2026-08-28 — 4 pageviews2026-08-31 — 3 pageviews2026-09-03 — 2 pageviews2026-09-06 — 1 pageviews2026-09-09 — 1 pageviews2026-09-12 — 2 pageviews2026-09-14 — 1 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

32
achievements tracked
91.2%
earned "Welcome to Greifenstein"
2.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TV

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6622%32
PS5 (PlayStation)2145%32
Xbox Series (Xbox)730%31
Switch (Nintendo)180%0

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

Player tags

CozyMagicActionCasualFantasyColorfulControllerRogue-liteSimulationLocal Co-Op

Census log

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

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