Master of Magic Classic
BANGER · Strategy · 2020
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
BUY IT.
A BANGER at $5.99.
- Length
- 9.3h
- Value
- $0.64/hr
- Reviews
- 97% of 766 positive
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
Master of Magic is a classic, one of the most popular strategy games of the 90s. It is a 4X fantasy strategy game that allows you to play as an extremely powerful wizard, leading your troops and overcoming your magical opponents.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 256 MB of memory, 215 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 41 discounts in the 7 years tracked, the median cut is 50 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 1 percent on value. It is better reviewed than 99 percent of its genre. It outscores the games it most resembles, including Age of Wonders ($1.49, scores 51) and Heroes of Might & Magic V ($9.99, scores 77).
$10.94 is where it would stop being a BANGER.
More about Master of Magic Classic
The press gave it 75; the people who bought it give it 97 percent. A 22-point gap in the buyer's favour.
This site sampled 320 of its Steam-purchase reviews; none were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written May 2020 to August 2026.
Players
- Players online
- 33 when we last checked, on Oct 15, 09:54 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
A timeless masterpiece Master of Magic is a blend of the two greatest 4X strategy games of its era: Master of Orion and Civilization. It takes tactical combat and a diverse selection of races from Master of Orion, while borrowing city management and a world map from Civilization. The combination worked so well that people are still playing it over 30 years later. Вespite many attempts, no game has truly managed to...
2 more reviews
Aged like the finest wine, very good stuff, a lot to like, nothing to dislike, at least personally.
For many years, classic DOS Master of Magic was my favorite game of all time. It's like Civilization, but with factions ruled by a planeswalker from Magic the gathering. This version delivers variations of that game for you to enjoy, including faithful ones, and new modded content, so it gets a thumbs up from me. All versions have graphics from the early 90s, so the only mark against is that it might be hard to...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Master of Magic Classic scores 94/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1146370/master-of-magic-classicReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.