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Mage and Monsters

Mage and Monsters

Create an army and use spells while it fights for you. Mage & Monsters is an active auto battler, where you must choose wisely between upgrading the might of your army, or increasing the power of your spells.

Released Oct 12, 2022 Developer Lasse Zacho Malver Platforms Windows Auto BattlerStrategyPerma DeathMagicRogue-like
View on Steam ↗ $2.49 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

90.3%positive867 reviews
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“Mage and Monsters is an indie strategy auto-battler developed and published by Lasse Zacho Malver that successfully blends streamlined tactical decision-making with hands-off battlefield chaos. At first glance, it presents itself as a minimalist top-down fantasy strategy game,…”

— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Fun game you don't have to pay attention to second to second. I think the best part is that there is some difficulty in when to cash in like a PVP autobattler, but it's always the same enemy comp so you get really good feed back about what works or doesn't work.”

— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“A fun game. I would buy again for sure. It's close to clash royale kinda... you can play mouse only or use mouse and keyboard for easy spell casting. it's a strategy game mixing auto battler with clash style game and it's single player. I like it!”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

77achievements
7.3%median completion
0.5%rarest: Cave +400%
95.7% of players 92.1% of players 90.0% of players 84.3% of players 72.1% of players 51.3% of players 50.6% of players 45.0% of players 41.3% of players 37.5% of players 36.5% of players 33.2% of players 33.1% of players 32.9% of players 30.5% of players 28.9% of players 28.9% of players 28.3% of players 26.8% of players 24.3% of players 23.8% of players 23.6% of players 22.4% of players 21.7% of players 19.4% of players 15.9% of players 14.8% of players 12.8% of players 12.0% of players 11.9% of players 11.5% of players 11.5% of players 10.9% of players 10.0% of players 9.2% of players 9.1% of players 7.7% of players 7.4% of players 7.3% of players 7.1% of players 7.1% of players 6.8% of players 5.7% of players 4.8% of players 4.1% of players 3.9% of players 3.7% of players 3.5% of players 2.6% of players 2.2% of players 2.0% of players 1.7% of players 1.5% of players 1.4% of players 1.4% of players 1.3% of players 1.3% of players 1.2% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 95.7% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
95.7%Novice — Survive level 10.
92.1%Adept — Survive level 20.
90.0%Greed is Good — Own 500 gold or above.
Rarest badges of honor
0.5%Cave +400% — Defeat Cave on +400% or harder difficulty.
0.5%Sicaria Arena +475% Freed. — Survive arena endgame round 5 with Sicaria on +475%.
0.5%Exekias Arena +475% Freed. — Survive arena endgame round 5 with Exekias on +475%.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$2.49−50% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$4.99base price
$2.49lowest since tracking began2026-07-25
US2.49 USD−50%
EU2.49 EUR−50%
UK2.14 GBP−50%
Australia3.75 AUD−50%
Canada3.24 CAD−50%
Japan290 JPY−50%
Brazil8.49 BRL−50%
China11.00 CNY−50%

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$1.6 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$2.9

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Oct 30, 2024
Improving on heroes + Mage and Monsters 2 demo out now!

Hello, Mage and Monsters has 10 different heroes/mages to choose from, but I think that with the exception of some (Like Gus who cannot use spells) they are not different enough. In the sequel I am wo

Mar 25, 2024
Improving on Mage and Monsters: The UI

Hi, there were many things I think I could have done better with Mage and Monsters. The first one is the user interface (UI). When I made it, it was mostly just the default Unity UI that I used to mak

Feb 17, 2024
The Future of Mage and Monsters

Hello all, thank you for the great reception that Mage and Monsters has received! The game is currently on a 90% positive rating out of 771 reviews, which is far far better than I could ever have imag

Nov 20, 2023
Patch 3.2.5: Improved pathfinding effiency

The pathfinder has been improved from using 1 thread to now being able to use 4 threads. This should make the units move smoother, and make them less likely to sometimes move back and forth while walk

Sep 28, 2023
Patch 3.2.4: Fixed some cave bugs

Patch 3.2.4: Cave map: -Fixed a bug where selecting Effero or upgrading ranged units' range would mistakenly grant enemy ranged units, such as Archers or Cyclops, extra range. -Fixed a bug that could

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresStrategy
Player tagsAuto Battler · Strategy · Perma Death · Magic · Rogue-like · Pixel Graphics · Top-Down · War · Choices Matter · Combat · Management · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, Simplified Chinese
Achievements77
Estimated owners100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy)
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP/Vista/7 (32- or 64-bit) Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 1.10 GHz Memory: 500 MB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce 8800 or ATI Radeon® X1900 Storage: 500 MB available space Sound Card: DirectX-compatible sound card