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Nine Parchments

Nine Parchments

Nine Parchments is a co-operative blast'em up game of magic mayhem from Frozenbyte, creators of the Trine series!

Released Dec 5, 2017 Developer Frozenbyte Platforms Windows Action RPGTwin Stick Shooter4 Player LocalMagicIsometric
View on Steam ↗ $3.99 (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 2026-09-27 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-15.

77.1%positive4,755 reviews
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“You can kill your friends and heal your enemies. Not that anyone would do that on purpose.... 10/10.”

— a player, Steam review · 44 hrs played
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“A game heavily inspired by Magicka, but one that never quite reaches the same level in terms of spells, possibilities or campaign length. Despite that, Nine Parchments remains a good game, especially when played in co-op, where the combat and spell combinations become much more…”

— a player, Steam review · 32 hrs played
Not recommended · 10 found this helpful

“Enjoyable enough if you like Magicka & want a knock off. However seems to be yet another victim of FrozenByte's 'don't give a sheet' attitude that's made them a poor developer in recent years. Levels are completely linear, if pretty, there's no replay level ability even if you…”

— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.

564all-time peak
0 100 200 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 No data collected for this period 160 avg · Nov 2018

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.

54achievements
24.2%median completion
2.4%rarest: The Hero of Trine
86.5% of players 78.1% of players 74.2% of players 71.6% of players 70.0% of players 65.4% of players 59.7% of players 57.2% of players 55.7% of players 54.3% of players 53.8% of players 47.4% of players 47.1% of players 47.1% of players 44.5% of players 41.3% of players 40.2% of players 38.4% of players 35.1% of players 32.5% of players 31.9% of players 31.3% of players 31.1% of players 27.6% of players 26.5% of players 26.2% of players 25.7% of players 24.2% of players 23.6% of players 22.7% of players 20.9% of players 20.5% of players 20.5% of players 15.8% of players 14.7% of players 14.7% of players 14.6% of players 11.9% of players 10.1% of players 9.6% of players 9.2% of players 9.0% of players 8.8% of players 7.8% of players 7.4% of players 6.6% of players 5.6% of players 5.4% of players 5.1% of players 5.0% of players 4.0% of players 3.0% of players 2.8% of players 2.4% of players 86.5% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
86.5%The Staff Meeting — Collect a wizarding staff
78.1%A Fashionable Hat — Collect a hat
74.2%Quite Exciting — Kill one of the large and scary monsters that tend to guard mystical spell parchments
Rarest badges of honor
2.4%The Hero of Trine — Defeat all bosses as Amadeus
2.8%Fireball Come To Me! — Collect nine parchments as Amadeus
3.0%Piercing Assault — Kill five enemies in two seconds with the Piercing Shadow

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.

$3.99−80% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-10-25 20:53 UTC
$19.99base price
$3.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-15
US3.99 USD−80%
EU3.99 EUR−80%
UK3.09 GBP−80%
Australia5.79 AUD−80%
Canada4.55 CAD−80%
Japan410 JPY−80%
Brazil7.59 BRL−80%
China14.00 CNY−80%

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

Brazil≈$1.4 China Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$4.5

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

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-31 08-21 09-11 10-02 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 08, 2019
Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince Now Available!

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32975759/b24a0229c67ec9586025294e461dcc39b2c9bfe6.jpg In Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince our heroes Zoya the thief, Pontius the knight,

Aug 28, 2019
Boreal Blade Announced!

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32975759/0ba0ddfc9b18acac16961e611ee300118f064555.jpg You probably are unaware of it, but there has been a small team of Frozenbytean

Aug 27, 2019
Trine 4 Pre-Purchase Now Available on Steam!

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32975759/0d755a4275dc53963789434d1b944a7d5babac0d.jpg Hey everyone! The pre-purchases for Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince are now avail

Aug 08, 2019
Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince and Trine: Ultimate Collection arrive October 8

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32975759/245a56de63a752a9dbcd604d58d35942412be199.jpg Great news, we've got a release date for Trine 4 and a brand new trailer! Both

Jul 04, 2019
Trine 4 – Behind the Music

In this Trine 4 Dev Diary, we go behind the scenes with Trine series composer Ari Pulkkinen and learn how the music of the Trine series has evolved over the last 10 years! https://youtu.be/9pzvSui0sWQ

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.

GenresAction, RPG
Player tagsAction RPG · Twin Stick Shooter · 4 Player Local · Magic · Isometric · Local Co-Op · Action · Co-op · Fantasy · Online Co-Op · Colorful · Indie (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op
LanguagesEnglish * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese *
ControllerFull support
Achievements54
Official sitehttp://www.nineparchments.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: (64 bit) Windows 10 / 8 / 7 Processor: Intel Core i3/i5/i7 1.8 GHz CPU dual-core. AMD 2.0 GHz dual-core. Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: 1 GB Video RAM - NVIDIA GeForce 500 Series / Radeon HD 6000 Series DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 7 GB available space Additional Notes: 64 bit operating system required to play!