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The Last Spell
Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
78 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I really want to recommend The Last Spell but I can't. I paid $3 for this game and had $3 worth of fun but wouldn't pay more. The game has a lot of interesting RPG systems, the perks a character can get feel genuinely…”
“What an excellent game! I got hooked right off the bat. The learning curve isn't steep at all, not too complex but challenging. Just survived Gildenberg by the skin of my teeth and the victory is so satisfying! What I…”
“Wasn't expected that I would put more than 30 hours on this game in less than two weeks. I always love turn-based games, never heard of this game, saw this on sale, was thinking like 'okay I will give it a try', and…”
17 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“What an excellent game! I got hooked right off the bat. The learning curve isn't steep at all, not too complex but challenging. Just survived Gildenberg by the skin of my teeth and the victory is so satisfying! What I…”
“very challenging but fun note this game won't be for everyone, for newcomers it can be a bit hard, as someone going in blind I will admit my first try was very difficult took me awhile to understand everything I needed…”
“I've played over 100 hours of this game across Steam and PS5. And I can say this is the most innovate tactical turn based game of the past decade. The Last Spell weaves together XCOM with tower defense in a way I never…”
15 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I've played over 100 hours of this game across Steam and PS5. And I can say this is the most innovate tactical turn based game of the past decade. The Last Spell weaves together XCOM with tower defense in a way I never…”
“Fun game with great progressions for heroes, town defenses, and gear.”
“Highly recommend! Great roguelite. Fun runs and character building. Love the game mechanics and builds and the challenge.”
9 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Fun game and great music!”
“Amazing game. Most of the issues I read in the reviews are now fixed. I don't like story in any game I play and sitting through animation and story telling is the worst for me. But this game has now everything skippable…”
“*Target boss with strongest lightning spell in your arsenal *Forget spell propagates *2 nearby teammates explode from crit friendly damage *Misses boss for no damage... 9/10 would target again It's a fun game that feels…”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Wasn't expected that I would put more than 30 hours on this game in less than two weeks. I always love turn-based games, never heard of this game, saw this on sale, was thinking like 'okay I will give it a try', and…”
“I like a great deal about this game, the art, while overly busy and distracting is still excellent and I'm happy with the audio. The writing could use some work but that's okay, we're not spending very much time with it…”
“This game is great. It really scratches both the turn based tactics itch and the rouge-lite itch at the same time. The game's art and art style are both incredible. If I had to make one complaint, it's that the…”
13 of the 103 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“I really want to recommend The Last Spell but I can't. I paid $3 for this game and had $3 worth of fun but wouldn't pay more. The game has a lot of interesting RPG systems, the perks a character can get feel genuinely…”
“I like a great deal about this game, the art, while overly busy and distracting is still excellent and I'm happy with the audio. The writing could use some work but that's okay, we're not spending very much time with it…”
“This game is great. It really scratches both the turn based tactics itch and the rouge-lite itch at the same time. The game's art and art style are both incredible. If I had to make one complaint, it's that the…”
10 of the 103 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“very challenging but fun note this game won't be for everyone, for newcomers it can be a bit hard, as someone going in blind I will admit my first try was very difficult took me awhile to understand everything I needed…”
“wish i could rate this neutral. overall on okay game but its bad balanced. you can spend a few hours on a run just to get destroyed by the boss at the end while you were easy farming the way to him. also the ui isnt the…”
“Yeah no. I really love the depth of this game, dont get me wrong, but 6hrs and 40min for one run is insane (and I lost because I didnt know anything about the boss, which comes right at the end and felt very punishing…”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“I really want to recommend The Last Spell but I can't. I paid $3 for this game and had $3 worth of fun but wouldn't pay more. The game has a lot of interesting RPG systems, the perks a character can get feel genuinely…”
“Yeah no. I really love the depth of this game, dont get me wrong, but 6hrs and 40min for one run is insane (and I lost because I didnt know anything about the boss, which comes right at the end and felt very punishing…”
“Incredibly fun and crunchy strategy tower defence RPG-lite. Great soundtrack, great sound design and very fun game loop. Difficulty spikes a bit due to small number of maps but incredibly well made and engaging.”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“I like a great deal about this game, the art, while overly busy and distracting is still excellent and I'm happy with the audio. The writing could use some work but that's okay, we're not spending very much time with it…”
“wish i could rate this neutral. overall on okay game but its bad balanced. you can spend a few hours on a run just to get destroyed by the boss at the end while you were easy farming the way to him. also the ui isnt the…”
“This game is NOT FOR EVERYONE. it's a somewhat unique flavor of difficult tactical rpg with large amounts of minmaxing and a whole lotta enemies to exercise the fruits of those efforts. the final nights in particular…”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“I really want to recommend The Last Spell but I can't. I paid $3 for this game and had $3 worth of fun but wouldn't pay more. The game has a lot of interesting RPG systems, the perks a character can get feel genuinely…”
“I bought it for 3 dollars, so yea at that price it's a no brainer. However, at normal price I would say no. There's a great game somewhere in there, but to uncover it the devs will have to fix pacing issues. The game…”
“Tower Defense with Tactical Turn based combat. Manage your heroes, set up your defenses and fight a horde of monsters. Pretty solid game, recommend getting it on a sale though.”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 91.8% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“A great game that rewards careful planning. If you're too slow with planning and preparations, some runs have taken me about 10 hours over multiple IRL nights. Once you're used to the game, a lot of prep and planning can be cut short. Some of the more recent long areas I've done…”
— a player, Steam review · 153 hrs played“Thank you for the wonderful 300 hours of fun. Hope more great games will be released in the future.”
— a player, Steam review · 324 hrs played“This game hits my spot; customizing a squad under constraints and then taking them out to see how they perform in a tactics-based challenge. They captured the flavor of defending against never-ending hordes of wimps punctuated by some truly dangerous enemies in a fantasy setting…”
— a player, Steam review · 160 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:17 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
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.
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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.
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Changelog 1.3.32.8
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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 | Action, Indie, RPG, Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · Singleplayer · Turn-Based Strategy · RPG · Turn-Based Tactics · Tactical · Turn-Based Combat · Turn-Based · Tactical RPG · Strategy RPG · 2D · Dark Fantasy (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Adjustable Text Size · Camera Comfort · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty · Partial Controller Support |
| Languages | English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, Japanese, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Russian, Ukrainian, Portuguese - Brazil |
| Achievements | 94 |
| Estimated owners | 500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://lastspell.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Intel Core i5-3470 or AMD FX-8370 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650, 2 GB or AMD Radeon HD 7770, 2 GB DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 2 GB available space