Mages of Mystralia
Fair · Action · 2017
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $19.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 8.9h
- Value
- $2.25/hr
- Reviews
- 86% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, GeForce GTX 560 Ti or equivalent, 8 GB of storage. Windows only.
In a world of magic, your mind is your greatest weapon. Learn the ways of magic and design your own spells to fight enemies, navigate treacherous terrain, and right past wrongs in the kingdom of Mystralia.
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
The value story
The lowest price on record is $4.99, set in December 2019. 39 discounts in the 9 years on record. They run about 75 percent off, roughly 9 weeks apart.
On value it sits in the top 9 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 94 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 90 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Epistory - Typing Chronicles ($14.99, scores 70) beats it on value, while it beats Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms (free, scores 44).
Critics scored it 74. Players sit 12 points higher at 86 percent, which usually means a game that plays better than it reviews.
This site sampled 374 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 2 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026.
At 8.9 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
54% start to 6% 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
Players
2 players online when we last checked, on Oct 1, 16:50 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
DO NOT PLAY ON ARCHMAGE FIRST PLAYTHROUGH. IT IS NOT FUN. IT IS NOT THE INTENDED GAME DIFFICULTY. I haven't finished the game yet, and I don't know if I will. I'm torn. I was pleasantly surprised with this game, but as it went on, it just got more and more difficult and hasn't been fun for half of the playthrough. I only JUST found out that the difficulty I chose was a post-launch update for a much harder mode. When...
Great game! Scaffolds well and allows for a lot of creativity in gameplay! Loved this gem!
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
Mages of Mystralia scores 55/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/529660/mages-of-mystraliaReviews 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 1.
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