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Spellcaster University
Develop a prestigious university of mages. Build rooms, train your students, fight orcs, slay the bureaucrats, manage your budget... a director's life is not a quiet one.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Spellcaster University - 6/10 Spellcaster University is a decent attempt at creating something novel: a Hogwarts simulator. The idea of a game where you can create your own wizarding school is intriguing and while I got a brief moment of joy and wonder out of the game; in the…”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played“This is a good game for what it is, but ONLY if you get it on sale. I got it for around $8USD and I would say it's worth about $10. The base price of $25 is too high for how shallow and repetitive the base mechanics are. But it definitely has an addictive loop the first hour you…”
— a player, Steam review · 19 hrs played“I like the idea of this game but the implementation leaves a lot to be desired. The largest problems with it are the lack of multiple saves, bad pathfinding, and inability to delete or move rooms. If not for the pathfinding and room issues, multiple saves wouldn't be needed. But…”
— a player, Steam review · 39 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:42 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
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Update 1.07 Grumpy Golem
This update implements significant fixes to character pathfinding and is expected to resolve multiple recurring collision issues or characters getting stuck. Also fix a text problemon mac. Contains a
Update 1.06 "Glitched Pegasus"
Hello, Heads of Magic Schools. Today we’re deploying a fairly significant update, even if you might not notice major changes in the game itself. This update upgrades the Unity engine to a more recent
Bundle The Magic Campus
Hello everyone, Just a quick note to let you know that we’re part of a bundle with the newly released Wizdom Academy, now in Early Access! So if you're in the mood for twice the magical school goodnes
Proto Goblin Update
Hello, headmasters and headmistresses of magic schools! :cutedragon: It’s been a long time! Sorry for the long silence. Here’s a small balance and bug-fix update (see the non-exhaustive list at the bo
Deckbuilders Fest -50% !
Hello everyone! Just a quick note to let you know that Spellcaster University is 50% off for Deckbuilder Fest! Get ready to build the greatest school of magic the world has ever known.
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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 | Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Magic · Simulation · Colony Sim · Base-Building · Management · Immersive Sim · Singleplayer · Economy · Choices Matter · 3D · Dark Fantasy · Colorful (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French * , Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish * |
| Achievements | 26 |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://sneakyyakstudio.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 or better Processor: Intel i3-2100 / AMD A8-5600k Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 630 / Radeon HD 6570 Storage: 5 GB available space