Battle Mages
Skip · RPG · 2014
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 43, under the fair line, at $3.99.
- Length
- 1.7h 15.8h to 100%
- Value
- $2.35/hr
- Reviews
- 77% of 231 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
There is a world which needs your defense. You are the young mage that has just graduated the mages school and you must pass through several hard tests to become a decent defender.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 256 MB of memory, nVidia GeForce 2 / ATI Radeon 7500, 901 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
It has been discounted 105 times in the 12 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 80 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Value puts it in the top 27 percent of the games it competes with. It is cheaper than 78 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 61 percent. Among the games that feel like it, SpellForce 2 - Anniversary Edition ($14.99, scores 44) beats it on value, while it beats SpellForce 3 Versus Edition (free, scores 39).
More about Battle Mages
Finishing takes 1.7 hours; clearing it takes 16, which is 9.3 times the campaign.
What players say
I finished campaign. I would definitely recommend the game. It was fun and very particular way of strategy that almost none except something like spellcraft 1 could come close. It might be hard and rough at some edges, but it was very fun to play. Just note that some units and artifacts might not follow you into next chapter of your campaigns, especially, at the end and not beginning. I liked it a lot. There is...
2 more reviews
Lots of fun, great vibes, original ideas and plenty of jank, what's not to love?
I threw a fireball at the boss and he replied with a kitten - now my magic comes with built-in memes.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Battle Mages scores 43/100 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/302470/battle-magesReviews 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 30, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.