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Spellbound & Shelved

Spellbound & Shelved

A wizard-academy library has vanished under its own books. Hire gnomes, unlock shelves, and let the tidying run itself — a cozy idle game about turning magical chaos into calm, one neatly filed spellbook at a time.

Released Sep 7, 2026 Developer needmoar.games Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux CasualArcadeIdlerIncrementalFree to Play
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-09-25)

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 2026-09-25.

87.6%positive380 reviews
Recommended · 21 found this helpful

“I must be overworking my gnomes because they keep running out the door and off the map. Onto bigger and better things, I guess. Thank you for your service, Fizzwick, Bramble & Pippin.”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
Recommended · 15 found this helpful

“Alright, so this is a game that has all the fingerprints of being largely developed by AI (rather than with it). There are too many descriptions that no one needs, a scrolling chat log that busies up the UI, a bunch of details that mean nothing, and a skill tree that has many,…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
Recommended · 12 found this helpful

“Ok, so it's free, so I don't really have a lot bad to say, it's entertaining for like 45 minutes. That said, while it is "technically true" that there are over 200 upgrades, replicating the same upgrade tree of 19 skills 12 times isn't "really" 200 upgrades.”

— a player, Steam review · 2 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 2026-09-26.

30achievements
74.7%median completion
14.4%rarest: Spellbound & Speedy
98.8% of players 97.7% of players 94.8% of players 93.6% of players 92.8% of players 84.9% of players 82.2% of players 82.0% of players 78.1% of players 76.3% of players 76.2% of players 75.9% of players 75.4% of players 75.0% of players 74.9% of players 74.7% of players 74.6% of players 74.4% of players 74.2% of players 74.1% of players 73.9% of players 73.8% of players 73.6% of players 73.4% of players 73.2% of players 73.1% of players 72.7% of players 72.4% of players 63.3% of players 14.4% of players 98.8% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
98.8%An Apprentice Appears — An apprentice visited for the first time
97.7%First Satisfied Reader — A customer finished a book and paid
94.8%It Rolled Under a Shelf — Let a tip vanish uncollected
Rarest badges of honor
14.4%Spellbound & Speedy — Earn every achievement in under 90 minutes
63.3%Five Hundred Thanks — Collected 500 ✦ in tips
72.4%Spellbound & Shelved — Not a single book left on the floor

Latest official news

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

Sep 12, 2026
QoL Enhancements

It has been roughly a week since the release and I am very thankful for everybody playing, giving feedback and writing reviews! Within the community feedback some things have been mentioned several ti

Sep 07, 2026
Small bugfixes

This version prevents those little lazy gnomes to run away from the library. They must, and will work in all eternety. It also prevents them from dropping books out of bounds.

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

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

GenresCasual, Indie, Free To Play
Player tagsCasual · Arcade · Idler · Incremental · Free to Play · 2.5D · Indie · Minimalist · Cute · Relaxing · Automation · Singleplayer (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Custom Volume Controls · Mouse Only Option · #category_playable_at_your_own_pace · Playable without Timed Input · Save Anytime · Touch Only Option
LanguagesEnglish, French, German, Spanish - Spain
Achievements30
Official sitehttps://needmoar.games/?utm_source=steam&utm_medium=shop&utm_campaign=sands
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64-bit Processor: Any 64-bit dual-core Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: OpenGL 3.3 / GLES 3.0 — Intel HD 4000, GeForce 400, Radeon HD 5000 or newer Storage: 500 MB available space Additional Notes: Mouse required · 64-bit only