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The Spell Brigade
Survivors-like with ONLINE CO-OP for 1-4 players. Team up with your wizard friends to slay hordes of dark creatures. Complete team-based objectives, unlock new upgrades and create overpowered spell synergies. Friend nor foe is safe in this friendly fire bullet hell!
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “fun, engaging core mechanics” (82 of 103 reviews) and “fun with friends” (23); the most common complaint is “excessive grind for unlocks” (22). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-30 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
82 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I, as a general rule, don’t play reflex-based games. If something needs me to respond quickly by pressing the correct button, I, by and large, will neither respond nor press the correct button. It’s not who I am, it’s…”
“i play with my cousin kevin its very fun game, must try for relax and chil”
“The Spell Brigade gets the fun factor and challenge levels right. The game has evolved nicely and I recommend it!”
23 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“i play with my cousin kevin its very fun game, must try for relax and chil”
“Overview Survivors-style game that is simple and easy to pick up, which makes it great to play with friends. The characters and the art style are whimsical, and though the mechanics are simple it is fun to experiment…”
“I've had a blast playing Spell Brigade so much so I'm at 82/88 achievements (I just need the more grindy ones). It's a great game to drop in solo, with friends or randoms. The matchmaking makes it so you can go solo or…”
11 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I love this game it’s a lot of fun. I do find it really grindy which isn’t the worst thing cause then you always have something to work towards. One thing I do wish they would add is a way for you to quit endless mode…”
9 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Overview Survivors-style game that is simple and easy to pick up, which makes it great to play with friends. The characters and the art style are whimsical, and though the mechanics are simple it is fun to experiment…”
“Steam Review Originally found this game last summer (in early access) and instantly fell in love with the designs. Now with 1.0 out, it’s been completely revamped. This is currently one of my safe games that I can…”
“Juego de chill, buenas sinergias y personajes divertidos, se hace entrenido para sacar todos los logros”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I, as a general rule, don’t play reflex-based games. If something needs me to respond quickly by pressing the correct button, I, by and large, will neither respond nor press the correct button. It’s not who I am, it’s…”
“The Spell Brigade gets the fun factor and challenge levels right. The game has evolved nicely and I recommend it!”
“Overview Survivors-style game that is simple and easy to pick up, which makes it great to play with friends. The characters and the art style are whimsical, and though the mechanics are simple it is fun to experiment…”
22 of the 103 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“Honestly, 1.0 update sucks. Devs pumped grind like x3-x5 times to already quite grindy game without too much content added (extra wizard and boss and that's it, the rest is just fluff). Third of achivements are…”
“At the end the opinion is shorter The release was genuinely disappointing, especially for people who actually like the project. What makes it worse is that this seems to be the majority opinion — even if the reasons…”
“The grind is insane. You play a match, which takes about 45 minutes in multiplayer, only to get enough gold to buy one measly upgrade out of dozens upon dozens. Let alone the grind needed to ascend a character. It would…”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Honestly, 1.0 update sucks. Devs pumped grind like x3-x5 times to already quite grindy game without too much content added (extra wizard and boss and that's it, the rest is just fluff). Third of achivements are…”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“The grind is insane. You play a match, which takes about 45 minutes in multiplayer, only to get enough gold to buy one measly upgrade out of dozens upon dozens. Let alone the grind needed to ascend a character. It would…”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“At the end the opinion is shorter The release was genuinely disappointing, especially for people who actually like the project. What makes it worse is that this seems to be the majority opinion — even if the reasons…”
“Better before 1.0 Given how much repeating grind there is, it looks like you will never reach the covanents that might freshen up the gameplay again. Game has/had potential and is still decent fun with friends in co-op.…”
“I played this game throughout the entire beta. The game worked flawlessly and had great growth. Fast forward to full game release - Game is now broken. Developers released a version of the game without beta testing, and…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 81.4% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Updated thoughts after the 1.0 update I originally reviewed this game as “mixed” because while the core gameplay was incredibly fun, it felt like it lacked the content and polish needed for long-term replayability. After spending a good amount of time with the 1.0 update, I can…”
— a player, Steam review · 180 hrs played“Disclaimer: giving this a positive since there is no neutral option, and the fun I used to have with this game doesn't deserve a negative. So this one literally came out of Early Access two days ago. In Early Access it was fun. 1.0 came with such an exponential level of grind…”
— a player, Steam review · 126 hrs played“The 1.0 update has removed the ability to unlock characters through completing achievements, and instead must be purchased with in-game gold that you grind for, which you were already spending on giving yourself permanent upgrades. Said permanent upgrades have been changed to…”
— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 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 2026-10-25.
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.
🧙 The Spell Brigade - Performance patch
Greetings Brigadiers! We’ve been deep in the trenches these past few weeks, working hard on stability and performance improvements for Endless runs. We’ve turned the codebase upside down and inside ou
🧙 THE SPELL BRIGADE - SPELL PATCH
Hi there! This is a quick one… We are working on a bigger update, which is planned for the end of the year, but we wanted to already drop some stuff for you to try out. We added some additional spells
The Spell Brigade 1.1 - Patch 4
✅ PATCH NOTES – 1.1.4.19571 (17-09-'26) ⚙️STABILITY & BUGFIXES 🤝 Fixed an issue where the Continue button would not appear during the Game Over sequence if another player quit at a specific moment. 🤝
The Spell Brigade 1.1 - Patch 3
✅ PATCH NOTES – 1.1.3.19565 (08-09-26) ⚙️STABILITY & BUGFIXES 🤝 Fixed an issue where the Soul Sludge objective could partially spawn off the map, blocking the ability to complete it. 🤝 Fixed an issue
The Spell Brigade 1.1 - Patch 2
✅ PATCH NOTES – 1.1.2.19558 (03-09-26) ⚙️STABILITY & BUGFIXES 🤝 Fixed an issue where some spells that explode at the end of their lifetime would not deal damage to their caster. 🤝 Fixed an issue where
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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.
| Genres | Action, Casual, Indie, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Action Roguelike · Online Co-Op · Bullet Hell · Rogue-lite · Co-op · Magic · Action · Rogue-like · Multiplayer · 3D · Top-Down Shooter · Dark Fantasy (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements · Camera Comfort · Custom Volume Controls |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Portugal, Korean, Ukrainian |
| Achievements | 114 |
| Official site | https://thespellbrigade.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 or newer Processor: Intel i5-4590 or similar Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Geforce GTX 1050 or similar Storage: 3 GB available space