Master of Magic
Skip · RPG · 2022
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 22, under the fair line, at $39.99.
- Length
- 14.2h
- Value
- $2.82/hr
- Reviews
- 71% of 1,233 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
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About the game
Take up the role of a great wizard, wield powerful spells, command fantasy races and challenge your rivals in this remake of a cult turn-based strategy classic. Do you have what it takes to become Master of Magic?
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 12 GB of memory, Direct X 11 class GPU with 2GB VRAM, 10 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
33 discounts in the 4 years on record, a median of 60 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is pricier than 97 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 65 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Songs of Conquest ($29.99, scores 67) beats it on value, while it beats Legends of Kingdom Rush ($14.99, scores 16).
More about Master of Magic
This site sampled 592 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 14 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written December 2022 to September 2026. That is more refunded reviewers than 8 in 10 paid games this site has sampled to the same depth, and among the 2,866 games in its genre sampled this deeply, 353 have a larger share. In its first 30 days on sale, 3 of 100 sampled reviews came from refunders. Inside the two-hour refund window, 46 percent of the 119 reviews written there were positive, against 71 percent overall, and those are 12 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
67% start to 3% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
I have to say that to this day i play the original MoM, and although i still recommend playing it, this version is actually quite nice, it shows love for the original game. Doesn't have the same feel and in late game the turns become slow, but i actually recommend it. i enjoy it quite a bit, but still play the original one. The feel is just unique on that one. But thank you to the developers, this in my opinion e a...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
A great update to the classic. After having gone through the base game and the DLC, a few of the big mods are keeping things interesting. I'm sure I'll still be playing from time to time for years.
I tried to like this game, but the game is very frustrating. Pros: setup, wizard design, lots of stuff all over the map, races seem different enough, overall good enough gameplay. Frustrations: I get my highly level heroes one-shot per battle turn by a fireball spell (3 heroes in a row before I quit). When I cast spells at enemies with lower resistance than me, it does 0-1 damage. I take an enemy's capital city and...
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Cite this score
Master of Magic scores 22/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1623070/master-of-magicReviews 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 27, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.