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The Last Spell

Ishtar Games · Nacon · 2023-03-09

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ActionIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 03, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 09, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 09, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Mar 09, 2023 (PlayStation 5)

Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.

691
playing now
91%
positive of 14k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
11
twitch viewers (latest)
78/100
IGDB user rating (14 ratings)
62h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$6.24
steam price (US)

691 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

The Last Spell is a roguelite, tactical role-playing game developed by French studio Ishtar Games and published by The Arcade Crew. The game released into early access on Steam in June 2021. The final version of the game released on March 9, 2023, on the same day as the launch of the console versions for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5. The game is available in English, French, Chinese, and Japanese.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 691 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,418 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~177/week).
  • · Review velocity up 55% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 272k–613k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 13,624 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$6.24-75%
GOG$6.25-75%
GOG$7.49-70%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.49-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2026-03-19) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 50 of 73 observed days · $5.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.5k2.5k20212026Week of 2021-06-01: 2,489 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 226 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 467 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1,149 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 351 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 397 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 360 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

6911772026-08-06 22:00 — 179 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 177 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 295 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 187 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 239 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 370 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 290 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 292 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 436 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 328 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 201 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 368 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 283 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 228 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 367 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 299 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 234 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 465 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 456 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 214 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 343 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 338 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 237 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 469 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 521 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 341 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 391 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 556 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 469 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 691 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$2.492021-06-032026-08-302021-06-03 — best price $17.992021-10-25 — best price $19.992022-05-02 — best price $15.992022-09-26 — best price $19.992022-12-13 — best price $13.992023-03-09 — best price $22.492023-07-13 — best price $24.992023-12-06 — best price $24.992024-02-06 — best price $17.492024-03-14 — best price $17.492024-04-17 — best price $24.992024-05-16 — best price $16.242024-06-27 — best price $14.992024-08-08 — best price $14.992024-09-25 — best price $24.992024-11-05 — best price $24.992025-01-02 — best price $24.992025-01-27 — best price $24.992025-04-22 — best price $9.992025-06-02 — best price $9.992025-07-10 — best price $24.992025-08-01 — best price $24.992025-09-12 — best price $9.992025-10-07 — best price $9.992025-10-28 — best price $9.992025-11-17 — best price $17.992026-01-18 — best price $24.992026-03-17 — best price $7.502026-04-10 — best price $4.962026-05-01 — best price $7.492026-06-01 — best price $4.962026-07-09 — best price $24.992026-07-31 — best price $4.172026-08-10 — best price $17.992026-08-19 — best price $6.252026-08-24 — best price $6.242026-08-30 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5462026-05-29 — 28 pageviews2026-06-01 — 18 pageviews2026-06-04 — 16 pageviews2026-06-07 — 24 pageviews2026-06-10 — 13 pageviews2026-06-13 — 16 pageviews2026-06-16 — 29 pageviews2026-06-19 — 14 pageviews2026-06-22 — 13 pageviews2026-06-25 — 24 pageviews2026-06-28 — 14 pageviews2026-07-01 — 27 pageviews2026-07-04 — 30 pageviews2026-07-07 — 27 pageviews2026-07-10 — 17 pageviews2026-07-13 — 22 pageviews2026-07-16 — 29 pageviews2026-07-19 — 21 pageviews2026-07-22 — 23 pageviews2026-07-25 — 13 pageviews2026-07-28 — 31 pageviews2026-07-31 — 16 pageviews2026-08-03 — 20 pageviews2026-08-06 — 11 pageviews2026-08-09 — 54 pageviews2026-08-12 — 37 pageviews2026-08-15 — 31 pageviews2026-08-18 — 16 pageviews2026-08-21 — 21 pageviews2026-08-24 — 22 pageviews2026-08-25 — 20 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

2502026-08-27 03:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 17:34 — 11 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
65.9%
earned "Devout"
17.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsAdjustable Text SizeCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing4 DLC

11 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, Japanese, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Russian, Ukrainian, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,9500%94
PS5 (PlayStation)3294%56
PS4 (PlayStation)694%56
Switch (Nintendo)380%0

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

Player tags

2DRPGStrategyTacticalRogue-liteTurn-BasedPerma DeathDark FantasySingleplayerStrategy RPG

Census log

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

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