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Terra Mystica
In a world of fantasy, called Terra Mystica, 14 races are fighting together or individually against their opponents to gain power and territory. Using their resources smartly and terraforming wisely to gain supremacy and lead their own settlers to victory.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-14.
What reviewers agree on
43 of the 97 reviews raise this.
“TL;DR 4/10, unclear/not fully encompassing tutorial, buggy, and unattractive digital board game. Pros: + The game itself has potential + Different theme music for each class + deep strategy Cons: + Terrible tutorial +…”
“I see a lot of petty complaints about the UI, but here's the thing: When a computer is automating all the time-consuming fiddly bits of an otherwise fantastic board game, I am totally willing to forgive a slightly weird…”
“Terra Mystica is my favorite board game so far. The two main appeals with Terra Mystica, for me, are that nothing is based on luck - it's all strategy; and that the re-playability is quite high because of the different…”
11 of the 97 reviews raise this.
“The reviews for this game are unreasonably negative. Yeah, the interface is awful, but you get used to it. Online play works fine with friends, never tried an open lobby. Where the game really shines is the AI. I've…”
“Just got this game and absolutely love it. I see some people complaining about the interface but I think it´s fine. I had no trouble learning the game and it runs very smoothly and fast. But the best thing about this…”
“Nearly perfect digital conversion of one of the top rated boardgames. Slick interface, high production values and since the mobile versions have been out for a while and updated several times we got a much more finished…”
9 of the 97 reviews raise this.
“The reviews for this game are unreasonably negative. Yeah, the interface is awful, but you get used to it. Online play works fine with friends, never tried an open lobby. Where the game really shines is the AI. I've…”
“"Three computer difficulties" is currently false. "Medium" and "hard" are labelled "coming soon" and are not available for selection. The "easy" difficulty is split up into thinking time categories, from 1 second to 15…”
“I do not own the board game and have never played the physical game which is much more expensive than this game. By looking at videos of game play with the physical game, I was able to piece together the interface on…”
9 of the 97 reviews raise this.
“I wanted to give this game a shot, because we love the board game version so much. Unfortunately it has several issues/bugs: When you trade in priests to workers / workers to coin it still says you can't afford upgrades…”
“Just got this game and absolutely love it. I see some people complaining about the interface but I think it´s fine. I had no trouble learning the game and it runs very smoothly and fast. But the best thing about this…”
“Nearly perfect digital conversion of one of the top rated boardgames. Slick interface, high production values and since the mobile versions have been out for a while and updated several times we got a much more finished…”
6 of the 97 reviews raise this.
“This game is OK but not worth the money. The artwork is pretty nice and the tutorials are decent enough. But there are way too many screens and clicking for this game to flow nicely. There are also so many basic…”
“I wanted to give this game a shot, because we love the board game version so much. Unfortunately it has several issues/bugs: When you trade in priests to workers / workers to coin it still says you can't afford upgrades…”
“Terra Mystica is the best board game ever, but this UI is so horrifically bad that I'd rather play anything else. Every important bit of information is hidden behind a side panel, and many don't look like the real game…”
57 of the 97 reviews raise this · 27 of them still recommend the game.
“I've never reviewed a game on Steam before, but Terra Mystica is my favorite board game of all time and this implementation is absolute garbage. I can not come up with words to adequately express how much I absolutely…”
“First, I want to say that Terra Mystica is one of my favourite board games. However, this version might be ok for tablets and devices with a small screen, but for a PC monitor its just infuriating. Everything is way too…”
“TL;DR 4/10, unclear/not fully encompassing tutorial, buggy, and unattractive digital board game. Pros: + The game itself has potential + Different theme music for each class + deep strategy Cons: + Terrible tutorial +…”
28 of the 97 reviews raise this · 13 of them still recommend the game.
“Playing against AI. There is a network error. Pleae check your connection. Game resets to the menu. This has happened 3 games in a row. Why do I need network connetion to play a AI game!?!”
“TL;DR 4/10, unclear/not fully encompassing tutorial, buggy, and unattractive digital board game. Pros: + The game itself has potential + Different theme music for each class + deep strategy Cons: + Terrible tutorial +…”
“As others have noted, the interface is absolutely atrocious. But as I found out the tutorial is completely unplayable, with large chunks of the explanation and game play zipping by, unreadable, leaving me completely at…”
24 of the 97 reviews raise this · 16 of them still recommend the game.
“TL;DR 4/10, unclear/not fully encompassing tutorial, buggy, and unattractive digital board game. Pros: + The game itself has potential + Different theme music for each class + deep strategy Cons: + Terrible tutorial +…”
“As others have noted, the interface is absolutely atrocious. But as I found out the tutorial is completely unplayable, with large chunks of the explanation and game play zipping by, unreadable, leaving me completely at…”
“I'd never heard of this game before, but my wife and I love boardgames in this vein. Kind of "Settlers of Catan" meets "Stone Age" combined with "Small World" and a dash of "Seasons". That isn't 100% accurate, but it…”
12 of the 97 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“I've never reviewed a game on Steam before, but Terra Mystica is my favorite board game of all time and this implementation is absolute garbage. I can not come up with words to adequately express how much I absolutely…”
“First, I want to say that Terra Mystica is one of my favourite board games. However, this version might be ok for tablets and devices with a small screen, but for a PC monitor its just infuriating. Everything is way too…”
“Terra Mystica is my favorite board game so far. The two main appeals with Terra Mystica, for me, are that nothing is based on luck - it's all strategy; and that the re-playability is quite high because of the different…”
12 of the 97 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“TL;DR 4/10, unclear/not fully encompassing tutorial, buggy, and unattractive digital board game. Pros: + The game itself has potential + Different theme music for each class + deep strategy Cons: + Terrible tutorial +…”
“I enjoy Terra Mystica, but this is a shameful iteration that feels more like a bad mobile port than a fully fleshed out PC game. It's riddled with graphical bugs and typos, the animations are weak and robotic, and the…”
“I looked forward to Terra Mystica, not just for myself but for others who could learn the game and enjoy it that didn't have a nearby audience that would be attuned to these types of games. The digital version, instead…”
Counted across 97 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 62.2% positive rating · as of 2026-05-14
“Alright if you already play Terra Mystica, yes, this is way better than what we have currently for online gaming. The interface is solid, although things are a little clumped and you need to do some clicking and open some menus. But since it's terra mystica, that's like a given.…”
— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played“The game is very good, I've been playing iOS version and it has all what it should have. And I definitely recommend the game to any boardgamers and those who dares to step into the world of top-5 board games of all time. Although, there are few things that I'd like to be…”
— a player, Steam review · 77 hrs played“06/2017 I was really excited to see this get ported to Steam. I was tempted to get it for Tabletop Simulator, but I didn't feel like managing all the bits, and I would have liked an AI to play against. The good: It's Terra Mystica with the rules enforced, no fiddling around! AI…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-07 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 2026-09-19.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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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 News
Dear Community, with this Update we addressed general cross platform capability maintenance and also fixes for these issues: - Issues for some users concerning the allocation of avatars from other gam
Update 12th September 2023
Hello everyone! Todays update contains the following fixes: fixed tutorial getting stuck in desktop view fixed menu music playing in-game fixed kick player button not showing up in-game fixed missing
Update: Performance issue fix
Some players experienced performance issues and lags. Games got slower the longer they were played. We found the issue and fixed it with this update . ⏫
Small Update with fixes
The latest Update contains following fixes: fixed stuck player turn overlay fixed avatar not changeable fixed long player names glitch
New server migration Update
Hello everyone! With todays update we migrated Terra Mystica to our new server. 🎉⏫ This includes the following changes: Main menu 2.0 implementation Added Lobby feature, new profile (+ Avatar customiz
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Indie, Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · Indie · Tabletop · Board Game · Turn-Based · 2D · Singleplayer · Multiplayer · Atmospheric · Classic · Difficult · Replay Value (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Shared/Split Screen · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements |
| Languages | English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian |
| Achievements | 27 |
| Official site | http://digidiced.com/terra-mystica/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP SP2+ Processor: 1 Ghz Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: DX9 (shader model 3.0) DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 250 MB available space