Mind Over Magic
Magic-school colony sim with room planning and dungeon expeditions
Sparkypants · Published by Klei Publishing · Released Feb 12, 2025
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 87% of 4,483
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 87% of 16 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 74
- peak 24h 80
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 1 year ago
- Sep 3, 2025
What is Mind Over Magic?
A single-player colony simulation about building and managing a school for mages while a deadly fog threatens it. You design rooms, manage schedules and training, craft gear, raise magical creatures and undead workers, and send mages into the underground Underschool for turn-based battles.
For you if...
- +you enjoy planning and optimizing constrained room layouts
- +you want colony management mixed with turn-based battles
- +you prefer layered systems and a self-directed pace
Not for you if...
- −you want freeform building without strict room requirements
- −you dislike extensive character needs and schedule management
- −you expect late-game progress without repetitive waiting
What players say
87% of 4,483 reviews are positive · 87% of 16 in the last 30 days
Players most often praise the school-building system, particularly its room puzzles, layout planning, and optimization. They commonly criticize later progression as slow and repetitive, and say rigid room rules make expansion or rebuilding frustrating.
Screenshots and trailer
Mind Over Magic system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10
- Processor
- 2 GHz
- Graphics
- 2 GB VRAM
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 6 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
- Notes
- Thanks to all the computers out there for making magic happen!
Recommended
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 82
- Steam features
- Workshop, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Playable
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese.
Tags
- Survival
- Building
- Colony Sim
- Management
- Simulation
- Nonlinear
- Base Building
- Crafting
- Dragons
- Tactical RPG
- Stylized
- Singleplayer
- Economy
- Fantasy
- Procedural Generation
- Strategy RPG
Recent updates
- Sep 3, 2025 · The Capstone Update
- May 12, 2025 · Creative Mode Update - Fixes and Improvements
- May 9, 2025 · Creative Mode Update
- Mar 14, 2025 · Hills + QoL Update - Fixes and Improvements
- Mar 11, 2025 · Hills + QoL Update
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