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MINOS

MINOS

Minos is a maze-building roguelite where you, the fabled Minotaur, must defend your sanctuary from bloodthirsty adventurers. Design and re-design deadly labyrinths, set traps, and turn every brave fool into your next victim.

Released Apr 9, 2026 Developer Artificer Publisher Devolver Digital Platforms Windows StrategyTower DefensePuzzleBase BuildingRoguelite
View on Steam ↗ $17.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.

89.3%positive608 reviews
Recommended · 9 found this helpful

“Minos is a roguelite tower defence game where player character Asterion, a minotaur who lives in a labyrinth, must protect his lair from adventurers who have been sent to kill him by King Minos. Gameplay (high quality) • On each floor of the labyrinth you’ll need to build a maze…”

— a player, Steam review · 23 hrs played
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“Although this game is labeled with 'Tower Defense', it is not a place your turrets and start wave go brrrrrrrrrr game. It requires careful planning and execution, at least for the earlier stages. Arrows become VERY BROKEN late game as the amount of arrows just go exponential…”

— a player, Steam review · 23 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“Minos - 100% Completion Review Score: 9/10 Minos is a Roguelike Puzzle game that takes place in the Labyrinth on the Island of Crete where you play as Asterius the Minotaur and Daedalus the Craftsman as you attempt to stop King Minos and Theseus from slaying you and claiming…”

— a player, Steam review · 19 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.

864all-time peak
0 250 500 265 avg · Apr 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 2026-09-26.

35achievements
14.6%median completion
1.3%rarest: The Butcher
78.4% of players 65.1% of players 59.0% of players 56.7% of players 49.3% of players 45.0% of players 32.4% of players 31.4% of players 30.3% of players 28.1% of players 25.9% of players 25.1% of players 24.0% of players 23.4% of players 18.3% of players 16.6% of players 15.4% of players 14.6% of players 13.8% of players 12.6% of players 10.3% of players 10.3% of players 8.5% of players 7.0% of players 6.6% of players 6.4% of players 6.1% of players 4.9% of players 3.4% of players 3.0% of players 3.0% of players 3.0% of players 2.1% of players 1.5% of players 1.3% of players 78.4% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
78.4%First Lessons — Spend 1,000 XP
65.1%The Beast Awakens — Reach Asterion level 3
59.0%Seasoned Survivor — Spend 10,000 XP
Rarest badges of honor
1.3%The Butcher — Beat 6 levels without using trap devices
1.5%Relics Remembered — Unlock lexicon entries for 50 artifacts
2.1%Mind over Stone — Solve 6 Puzzle Mazes

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-26. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$17.99current · sampled 2026-09-26 21:12 UTC
$17.99lowest since tracking began2026-09-26
US17.99 USD
EU17.99 EUR
UK15.99 GBP
Australia25.99 AUD
Canada21.99 CAD
Japan2,250 JPY
Brazil49.90 BRL
China69.00 CNY

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

Brazil≈$9.6 China Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$21

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). 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.

Jul 30, 2026
Patch 1.1.1 is live now!

Greetings Maze Architects! This time around we're releasing a smaller 1.1.1 patch, tackling some of the bugs the community found and reported (thank you!), and bringing a balance change to Disarmers a

Jun 25, 2026
Patch 1.1 is live now!

Greetings Maze Architects! We are very happy to present you with MINOS 1.1, a meaningful patch introducing a new streamlined mode, additional content, two difficulty modes, balance changes, bugfixes &

May 21, 2026
Patch 1.1 Beta available now! Check it out!

Greetings Maze Architects! We are pleased to invite you to participate in the 1.1 Beta , an early sneak peek at what we're cooking up for the next major patch. We would appreciate your feedback and ho

Apr 24, 2026
Patch 1.0.2 is here!

Greetings Maze Architects! The second bugfix and improvement patch (1.0.2) is now live! Thank you for all your feedback, bug reports, and your activity on Discord and the Steam forums - you've been in

Apr 14, 2026
Patch 1.0.1 released

Greetings Maze Architects! We're releasing a small patch today to address some of the most urgent technical issues impacting your experience since the release last week, along with a couple of other m

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.

GenresAction, Adventure, RPG, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsStrategy · Tower Defense · Puzzle · Base Building · Roguelite · Simulation · Fantasy · Turn-Based · Real Time Tactics · Building · Action · 3D (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · DualShock Controller Support · DualShock Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support
LanguagesEnglish, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
ControllerFull support
Achievements35
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 x64 Bit Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K / AMD Ryzen 5 2500U Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 960 / Radeon RX 570 / Arc A380 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 5 GB available space Additional Notes: Low Quality setting, in 1080p, producing 30 FPS