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The Masked Mage

ERMedia · Plug In Digital · 2018-10-13

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 13, 2018 (Linux), Oct 13, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Masked Mage is a slow paced, peaceful metroidvania game focusing on exploration, atmosphere and a story about friendship, mystery and of course magic. There are no bosses to fight. Think of this as a sort of 2D walking simulator.

The Masked Mage is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2018, priced at $9.99, with an owner estimate of 0 .. 20,000 and a Mostly Negative sentiment (27% of 11 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

25%
positive of 12 reviews
Mostly Negative
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 250% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 93% of 29,063 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-03

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1120182026Week of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Census log

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