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Minion Masters
An addictive fast-paced hybrid of Card games & Tower-Defense. Play 1v1 - or bring a friend for 2v2 - and engage in epic online multiplayer battles full of innovative strategy and awesome plays! Collect 200+ cards with unique mechanics, all free!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
41 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Started with a goblin and a dream, ended up commanding a dragon army and yelling at skeletons. Lost 7 matches, won 1, felt like Napoleon. Totally broken, totally fun. My wife left me, but my minions stayed. 10/10 would…”
“The closest thing you're going to get to Clash Royale on PC.”
“VERY good card game, more people need to give it a chance. Also available on mobile now too!”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Fun game so far! It feels like you could play for free and still be competitive and I like that.”
“Love this game. Play and win all the cards, no pay walls. Deep strategy. Not the biggest community but the PvP is an adrenaline rush when you climb the ranks high enough”
“Very fun game, don't need to spend money unless you want to. Pay to advance faster not PTW. Nice rewards for playing. I'd just recommend getting battle pass & save gold and rubies for special deals. also they have a lot…”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“free tower defense with different game modes”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Easy and fun”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Awesome game, with quick queues, fun deck building and competitive matches. The matches are extremely fast too which makes fitting games in a pinch easy to do.”
“Love this game. Play and win all the cards, no pay walls. Deep strategy. Not the biggest community but the PvP is an adrenaline rush when you climb the ranks high enough”
“Decent game to solve the hunger of a 1v1 but not enough functionality or reward for private games with friends.”
9 of the 103 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“used to be good and fun then they went full corpo (with netflix deal that didnt do ♥♥♥♥ in the end lol) and started restricting chat , that was one of the best things in the game , being able to have normal real…”
“Used to be the best game ever. Nowadays its a bunch of trolls wasting your time in 2v2. Devs stopped updating the game. Would NOT recommend. DEFINITELY NOT. Report button doesnt work either. I uninstalled the game for…”
“Toxic community, boring updates, lots of microtransactions. Game gets stale quick.”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“It was fun until you realized that they are masters clearly better than others , and the only way to get them is paying , unless you want to waste +50 or who knows how many hours to get 2000 Shards, its just pay to win.…”
“Toxic community, boring updates, lots of microtransactions. Game gets stale quick.”
“WAKE THE ♥♥♥♥ UP DEV'S! This game has so much potential.. stop treating it like a low level cash grab and work on the balance! does not help you get "what is strong this season" and exploit it... i might as well go play…”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Used to be the best game ever. Nowadays its a bunch of trolls wasting your time in 2v2. Devs stopped updating the game. Would NOT recommend. DEFINITELY NOT. Report button doesnt work either. I uninstalled the game for…”
“This game used to be amazing. Then they decided to rebuild it for some reason, and it's like they didn't even try. RIP to what was once an amazing game.”
“Toxic community, boring updates, lots of microtransactions. Game gets stale quick.”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“It was fun until you realized that they are masters clearly better than others , and the only way to get them is paying , unless you want to waste +50 or who knows how many hours to get 2000 Shards, its just pay to win.…”
“This game COULD be great, but the balancing for the monsters is so busted that random and illogical game play is the only result. You can't actually tell what you need to do to become "better" at the game because there…”
“WAKE THE ♥♥♥♥ UP DEV'S! This game has so much potential.. stop treating it like a low level cash grab and work on the balance! does not help you get "what is strong this season" and exploit it... i might as well go play…”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“I'm just a returning player with #40 in rank, why do I always match up with someone who's #20+? I can't win. Other than that, great game!”
“Decent game to solve the hunger of a 1v1 but not enough functionality or reward for private games with friends.”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 89.5% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“Clash Royale on dr*gs. In another time I would have given this game a lot more hours to really delve into the gameplay mechanics, try out metas, and explore every interaction. But since now are other times, this review is based solely on my short but rewarding experience. The…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“R.I.P. One of the best Co-Op Tower Defense games in the past decade. Good job to BetaDwarf and I hope they have a similar successful project in the future”
— a player, Steam review · 202 hrs played“Game is on life support. People say things like that a lot, but no really, on their discord, they post their monthly earnings because they don't have any new major updates coming up. The game is actively dying out, and they post what the money they make per month is, sometimes…”
— a player, Steam review · 242 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:36 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
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.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
2.30
Patch NotesA'Zog, Voidfiend of Shars'RakkAttack speed reduced from 0.8 to 1.1 secondsDamage increased from 25x2 to 30x2Adventuring PartyFixed a bug causing Adventuring Party's cost to be reset after a
2.29
Balance ChangesElite SwarmerMovement speed increased from 7 to 8Cowardly ImpsInstead of gaining Fear when a nearby friendly minion dies, Cowardly Imps now only gains Fear when a nearby Cowardly Imp di
2.28
Balance ChangesJolo the Hero ScratDodge chance reduction reduced to 12%Protocol 45.54.55-1NArc Slash damage increased from 100 to 150Arc Slash cooldown increased from 4 to 6 secondsJadespark WatchersT
2.27
Balance ChangesHypnotizeDuration increased from 4 to 5 secondsRavager - Brutus PerkBrutus now inflicts Fear on his first attack against each minionRavagar - Terror Brutus PerkTerror Brutus now inflict
2.26
Balance ChangesWardancersAttack Speed buffed from 0.9 to 0.8 secondsBladestarDamage increases from 80 to 100Maximum number of bounces reduced from 10 to 8Crossbow Club HouseDuration increases from 10
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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.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Strategy, Free To Play |
| Player tags | PvE · Trading Card Game · Stylized · Turn-Based Tactics · Free to Play · Multiplayer · Card Battler · PvP · Tactical RPG · Strategy · Deckbuilding · Card Game (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 38 |
| Estimated owners | 500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://minionmastersthegame.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i3, 2.4 Ghz or equivalent Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia Geforce GT 240 or equivalent, minimum 512 MB of VRAM DirectX: Version 10 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 6 GB available space