Mage and Monsters
Top-down fantasy auto battler with armies and active spellcasting
Lasse Zacho Malver · Released Oct 12, 2022
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 89% of 922
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 2
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 2 years ago
- Nov 20, 2023
What is Mage and Monsters?
In this top-down fantasy auto battler, you lead a mage’s army against monsters, recruiting units and casting spells while your troops fight automatically. You choose whether to strengthen the army or your spells across staged battles in an arena, forest, or cave. Blood Shards earned through play buy power-ups before a new run.
For you if...
- +you like fast battles with straightforward tactical decisions
- +you enjoy testing different army builds and spell combinations
Not for you if...
- −you want to control each unit during combat
- −you prefer a long campaign with many distinct stages
What players say
89% of 922 reviews are positive
Players praise the quick fights and the choices involved in building an army. Some complain that fixed enemy waves make repeat runs stale, while higher difficulties encourage repeating the same strategy.
Screenshots and trailer
Mage and Monsters system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows XP/Vista/7 (32- or 64-bit)
- Processor
- Intel(R) Pentium(R) 1.10 GHz
- Graphics
- NVIDIA® GeForce 8800 or ATI Radeon® X1900
- Memory
- 500 MB RAM
- Storage
- 500 MB available space
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 77
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Playable
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- Native resolution not supported
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Tags
- Auto Battler
- Strategy
- Perma Death
- Magic
- Roguelike
- Pixel Graphics
- Top-Down
- War
- Choices Matter
- Combat
- Management
- Singleplayer
- Fantasy
- Action
- Tactical
- Old School
Recent updates
- Nov 20, 2023 · Patch 3.2.5: Improved pathfinding effiency
- Sep 28, 2023 · Patch 3.2.4: Fixed some cave bugs
- Sep 17, 2023 · Patch 3.2.3: Nerfed dragons, nerfed cave endgame
- Sep 16, 2023 · Patch 3.2.2: Can now start with 1 Frost Giant, improved shuffle enemies
- Sep 12, 2023 · Patch 3.2.0: More gold in cave map and nerfed many enemy units
