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The Spell Brigade

Bolt Blaster Games · 2026-04-29

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionCasualIndie

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

Releases: Sep 16, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 29, 2026 (PlayStation 5)

Survivors-like with ONLINE CO-OP for 1-4 players. Team up with your wizard friends to slay hordes of dark creatures. Complete team-based objectives, unlock new upgrades and create overpowered spell synergies. Friend nor foe is safe in this friendly fire bullet hell!

The Spell Brigade is an Action, Casual, and Indie game released in 2026, priced at $12.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 16393 reviews).

2,229
playing now
82%
positive of 17k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
12
twitch viewers (latest)
4.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
17
Nexus mods (3.6k downloads)
4.27★
PlayStation Store rating (353 ratings)
70/100
opencritic · fair · 59% recommend · from 17 critics
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$12.99
steam price (US)

2,229 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

The Spell Brigade trailer thumbnail

The Spell Brigade - Launch Trailer | PS5 Games

≈336,157 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 2,229 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 675 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~84/week).
  • · Review velocity down 64% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 341k–768k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 17,066 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $6.49 at Steam (2026-03-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 12 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
79879820242026Week of 2024-09-16: 293 positiveWeek of 2024-09-16: 60 negativeWeek of 2024-09-23: 248 positiveWeek of 2024-09-23: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-09-30: 240 positiveWeek of 2024-09-30: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-10-07: 153 positiveWeek of 2024-10-07: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-10-14: 126 positiveWeek of 2024-10-14: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-10-21: 114 positiveWeek of 2024-10-21: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-10-28: 118 positiveWeek of 2024-10-28: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-11-04: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-11-04: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-11-11: 128 positiveWeek of 2024-11-11: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-11-18: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-11-18: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-11-25: 798 positiveWeek of 2024-11-25: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-12-02: 370 positiveWeek of 2024-12-02: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-12-09: 106 positiveWeek of 2024-12-09: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-12-16: 88 positiveWeek of 2024-12-16: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-12-23: 97 positiveWeek of 2024-12-23: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-12-30: 102 positiveWeek of 2024-12-30: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-01-06: 80 positiveWeek of 2025-01-06: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-01-13: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-01-13: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-01-20: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-01-20: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-01-27: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-01-27: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-02-03: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-02-03: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-02-10: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-02-10: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-02-17: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-02-17: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-24: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-02-24: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-03: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-03-03: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-03-10: 131 positiveWeek of 2025-03-10: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-03-17: 265 positiveWeek of 2025-03-17: 52 negativeWeek of 2025-03-24: 171 positiveWeek of 2025-03-24: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-03-31: 140 positiveWeek of 2025-03-31: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-04-07: 198 positiveWeek of 2025-04-07: 49 negativeWeek of 2025-04-14: 325 positiveWeek of 2025-04-14: 66 negativeWeek of 2025-04-21: 371 positiveWeek of 2025-04-21: 90 negativeWeek of 2025-04-28: 213 positiveWeek of 2025-04-28: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-05-05: 161 positiveWeek of 2025-05-05: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-05-12: 131 positiveWeek of 2025-05-12: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-05-19: 216 positiveWeek of 2025-05-19: 86 negativeWeek of 2025-05-26: 146 positiveWeek of 2025-05-26: 82 negativeWeek of 2025-06-02: 104 positiveWeek of 2025-06-02: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-06-09: 106 positiveWeek of 2025-06-09: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-06-16: 106 positiveWeek of 2025-06-16: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-06-23: 112 positiveWeek of 2025-06-23: 47 negativeWeek of 2025-06-30: 165 positiveWeek of 2025-06-30: 49 negativeWeek of 2025-07-07: 130 positiveWeek of 2025-07-07: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-07-14: 79 positiveWeek of 2025-07-14: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-07-21: 79 positiveWeek of 2025-07-21: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-07-28: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-07-28: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-08-04: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-08-04: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-08-11: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-08-11: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-08-18: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-08-18: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-08-25: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-08-25: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-08: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-09-08: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-15: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-09-15: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-09-22: 115 positiveWeek of 2025-09-22: 52 negativeWeek of 2025-09-29: 135 positiveWeek of 2025-09-29: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-10-06: 130 positiveWeek of 2025-10-06: 47 negativeWeek of 2025-10-13: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-10-13: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-10-20: 100 positiveWeek of 2025-10-20: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-10-27: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-10-27: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-11-03: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-11-03: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-11-10: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-11-10: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-11-17: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-11-17: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-11-24: 269 positiveWeek of 2025-11-24: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-12-08: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-12-08: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-12-15: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-12-15: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-12-22: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-12-22: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-12-29: 98 positiveWeek of 2025-12-29: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-01-05: 74 positiveWeek of 2026-01-05: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-01-12: 71 positiveWeek of 2026-01-12: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-01-19: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-01-19: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-01-26: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-01-26: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-02-02: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-02-02: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-02-09: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-02-09: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-16: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-02-16: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-23: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-02-23: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-03-02: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-03-02: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-03-09: 72 positiveWeek of 2026-03-09: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-03-16: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-03-16: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-03-23: 101 positiveWeek of 2026-03-23: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-03-30: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-03-30: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-04-06: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-04-06: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-04-13: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-04-13: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-04-20: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-04-20: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-04-27: 305 positiveWeek of 2026-04-27: 299 negativeWeek of 2026-05-04: 225 positiveWeek of 2026-05-04: 268 negativeWeek of 2026-05-11: 122 positiveWeek of 2026-05-11: 121 negativeWeek of 2026-05-18: 125 positiveWeek of 2026-05-18: 53 negativeWeek of 2026-05-25: 92 positiveWeek of 2026-05-25: 40 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-06-08: 84 positiveWeek of 2026-06-08: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-06-15: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-06-15: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-06-22: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-06-22: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-06-29: 93 positiveWeek of 2026-06-29: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-07-06: 86 positiveWeek of 2026-07-06: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-07-13: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-07-13: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-20: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-07-20: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-27: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-07-27: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-08-03: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-08-03: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3.4k8892026-09-15 13:00 — 2,235 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 1,022 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 1,278 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 2,373 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 1,560 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 1,241 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 1,366 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 1,240 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 1,320 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 1,933 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 1,327 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 922 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 1,409 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 2,065 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 1,100 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 1,815 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 3,023 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 1,112 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 1,768 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 3,379 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 1,614 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 1,568 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 2,229 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
5.5k678Sep 2024Aug 2026Sep 2024 — avg 1,295 · peak 2,484Oct 2024 — avg 1,250 · peak 2,773Nov 2024 — avg 922 · peak 3,258Dec 2024 — avg 1,331 · peak 3,488Jan 2025 — avg 832 · peak 1,928Feb 2025 — avg 678 · peak 1,363Mar 2025 — avg 2,478 · peak 8,798Apr 2025 — avg 5,486 · peak 14,162May 2025 — avg 3,980 · peak 8,511Jun 2025 — avg 3,065 · peak 6,893Jul 2025 — avg 2,522 · peak 7,267Aug 2025 — avg 1,638 · peak 3,971Sep 2025 — avg 1,585 · peak 4,341Oct 2025 — avg 2,771 · peak 5,575Nov 2025 — avg 2,103 · peak 4,463Dec 2025 — avg 1,959 · peak 4,218Jan 2026 — avg 1,668 · peak 3,677Feb 2026 — avg 1,445 · peak 3,162Mar 2026 — avg 1,778 · peak 3,878Apr 2026 — avg 1,734 · peak 9,576May 2026 — avg 5,169 · peak 12,366Jun 2026 — avg 2,363 · peak 4,702Jul 2026 — avg 2,087 · peak 4,499Aug 2026 — avg 1,667 · peak 3,329
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
45452026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 45 new positive2026-09-21: 7 new negative2026-09-22: 2 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-23: 4 new positive2026-09-23: 3 new negative2026-09-24: 2 new positive2026-09-24: 3 new negative2026-09-25: 7 new positive2026-09-26: 8 new positive2026-09-27: 8 new positive2026-09-27: 2 new negative2026-09-28: 7 new positive2026-09-28: 2 new negative2026-09-29: 12 new positive2026-09-30: 6 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 9 new positive2026-10-01: 1 new negative2026-10-02: 7 new positive2026-10-02: 1 new negative2026-10-03: 8 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-04: 9 new positive2026-10-04: 2 new negative2026-10-05: 7 new positive2026-10-09: 10 new positive2026-10-10: 13 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 9 new positive2026-10-12: 11 new positive2026-10-12: 4 new negative2026-10-13: 10 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new negative2026-10-14: 4 new positive2026-10-14: 3 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$12.99$6.492024-09-162026-08-062024-09-16 — best price $8.992024-11-27 — best price $7.992024-12-11 — best price $9.992024-12-21 — best price $7.992025-01-04 — best price $9.992025-02-13 — best price $8.992025-03-13 — best price $7.492025-04-08 — best price $9.992025-04-25 — best price $9.992025-06-12 — best price $9.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-08-19 — best price $7.992025-08-26 — best price $9.992025-09-29 — best price $7.492025-12-04 — best price $7.492025-12-18 — best price $6.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-03-19 — best price $6.492026-03-27 — best price $12.992026-04-29 — best price $7.792026-05-06 — best price $12.992026-06-25 — best price $10.002026-07-30 — best price $9.352026-08-06 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

12402026-09-30 22:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-01 07:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 35 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 30 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 32 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 63 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 41 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 39 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 10:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 12 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
45.2%
earned "Betrayal of the Highest Order"
33.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsGamepad RecommendedMouse Only Option4 DLC

17 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America…

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2024-09-16, latest 2026-04-29 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,2671%119
PS5 (PlayStation)38617%59

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

3DCo-opMagicActionArcadeCasualTop-DownRogue-likeRogue-liteBullet Hell

Census log

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

Recent updates

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