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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 ↗ $4.99 (US · as of 2026-10-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-29 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.

89.5%positive922 reviews
Recommended · 58 found this helpful

“Very fun autobattler with meaningful thinking and strategy required! If you played Hero's Hour this game is basically that game's combat and you pick your units between rounds The dev is a super nice guy who listens to, and implemented a lot of suggestions and bugfixes by…”

— a player, Steam review · 82 hrs played
Recommended · 43 found this helpful

“it is what it is and thats good. watch like 8 seconds of gameplay and you'll get it. a crapload of customizability that rocks. simple but effective gameplay loop. and it costs like 3 dollars. are you kidding. i have 36 hours in a game that cost 3 dollars. thats almost 0 dollars”

— a player, Steam review · 38 hrs played
Recommended · 93 found this helpful

“Category Rating Description 🎮 Gameplay 6 Plays exactly how you’d expect an auto battler to play, but the level and unit design lacks imagination 📷 Graphics 5 They’re simple and don’t distract from all the action, but the levels are dull at best 💲 Value 5 For the price of a…”

— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players, self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.

4peak since Aug 2026
0 1 2 1 avg · Sep 2026

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-26.

77achievements
7.3%median completion
0.5%rarest: Cave +400%
95.6% of players 92.1% of players 89.9% of players 84.3% of players 72.1% of players 51.3% of players 50.6% of players 45.1% of players 41.3% of players 37.5% of players 36.5% of players 33.3% of players 33.1% of players 32.9% of players 30.6% of players 29.0% of players 29.0% 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 12.1% 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 9.2% of players 7.7% of players 7.4% of players 7.3% of players 7.2% of players 7.1% of players 6.8% of players 5.7% of players 4.8% of players 4.2% of players 3.9% of players 3.7% of players 3.5% of players 2.6% of players 2.3% of players 2.0% of players 1.7% of players 1.5% of players 1.4% of players 1.4% of players 1.4% of players 1.3% of players 1.2% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 95.6% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
95.6%Novice — Survive level 10.
92.1%Adept — Survive level 20.
89.9%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.

$4.99current · sampled 2026-10-25 20:53 UTC
$2.49lowest since tracking began2026-07-25
US4.99 USD
EU4.99 EUR
UK4.29 GBP
Australia7.50 AUD
Canada6.49 CAD
Japan580 JPY
Brazil16.99 BRL
China22.00 CNY

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

Brazil≈$3.0 China Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$5.7

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-26). Relative comparison only.

$0 $5 $10 07-25 08-11 08-30 09-17 10-05 10-25

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 2026-05-13.

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
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