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Spellmasons

Spellmasons

Octavia Blue · released Jan 30, 2023

IndieStrategyPC

Spellmasons is a magical, tactical roguelike where you customize your spells. Play solo or team up with your friends in online multiplayer, and explore a deep magic system where clever combinations yield powerfully satisfying results!

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85
VGC Score
▼Declininghigh confidence

anchored at patch: “Huge Update + Steam Workshop Support” (6d ago)

79%
At launch
92%
Steam all-time
n/a
Press
84%
Recent sentiment

Screenshots & trailers

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)––0
All-time Steam reviews92%86605
Metacritic user ratings––0
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)84%7834
Calibration prior (typical game)–7250

Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Aug 26, 2026) · 30 reviews sampled · 34 total reviews in window · weighted 14.4 up / 2.7 down · computed 5h ago · full methodology →

Patch history

  1. Hotfix: v1.82.1
    Aug 31, 2026
  2. Huge Update + Steam Workshop Support
    Aug 26, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  3. New Playable Wizard
    Mar 31, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  4. v1.171.1 Patch
    Dec 15, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  5. v1.70.1 - New mods, Balancing and Bug Fixes
    Nov 17, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  6. Balancing and Bug Fixes
    Oct 29, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  7. Gripthulu, Maladies, and more!
    Oct 24, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  8. New Mod: The Doom Scroll
    Aug 28, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  9. Remote Play Together - now Supported
    Aug 4, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  10. Spellmasons Major Update: New Wizards
    Jul 14, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  11. v1.54.1
    Jan 10, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  12. Even MORE Runes!
    Dec 10, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  13. New Champion Modifiers!
    Nov 11, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  14. v1.48.1 Hotfix: Fixes broken Deathmason, spawn points, and more
    Oct 29, 2024
  15. Intelligent Clones!
    Oct 26, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  16. Update v1.45.2
    Oct 15, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  17. Performance Optimizations!
    Sep 27, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  18. Update v1.41
    Aug 9, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  19. Patch v1.39.1
    Jun 17, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  20. Patch v.1.38.1
    Jun 2, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  21. Patch v1.37.0
    May 21, 2024
  22. Hotfix patch v1.36
    May 19, 2024
  23. Anniversary Update
    Apr 27, 2024
  24. Stabililty Update
    Apr 14, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  25. Optional "No Gore" Mode
    Feb 19, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  26. Small Hotfix / Bug Fixes
    Feb 17, 2024
  27. Update 28: Dramatic Entrance
    Feb 10, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  28. Update 27: Tons of fixes and improvements
    Jan 13, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  29. Update 26: Waves
    Dec 20, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  30. Update 25: The Witch
    Dec 8, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  31. Spellmasons Update #24
    Nov 30, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  32. Fixed server crash bug
    Nov 17, 2023
  33. Hotfix: Spell Predictions
    Nov 14, 2023
  34. Spellmasons Update #23!
    Nov 13, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  35. Spellmasons Update v1.22.4
    Nov 2, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  36. Spellmasons Update v1.21.2
    Oct 25, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  37. Spellmasons Update v1.20.0
    Oct 9, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  38. Spellmasons Update v1.18.0
    Aug 3, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  39. Rene's Gimmicks
    Jun 28, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  40. Fixes mods not allowing multiple spritesheets - other misc. fixes
    Mar 31, 2023significant · resets scoring window

…and 9 earlier patch announcements.