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A turn-based online fantasy card game. No character leveling, no grinding, no deck building - just 100% skill-based and fast-paced card battles!

Release DateFeb 11, 2009
Price$ 6.99
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)86.5% (very positive) / 86.7%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)79.5% Top 25% / 80%  Top 20%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)244  Top 30% / 286  Top 25%
Curators16 reviews
Median Play Time25.5 hours  Top 5%
Play Time per Dollar5.1 hours  Top 2%
Followers706 
Owners± 25.7K  Top 30%
Copies Sold± 17.8K  Top 25%
Gross Revenue ($)± 139.4K  Top 20%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Spectromancer steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This chart shows Spectromancer's Steam rating and reviews from November 2010 to December 2023. Steam's rating is varying from 96.1% (November 2013) to 85.5% (June 2020).

With its 286 reviews Top 25%, Spectromancer could be considered a decent success for an indie game. There are peaks that suggests major updates or discounts.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Spectromancer and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut chart displays the languages of Spectromancer's reviewers. The most popular language is English (67%), followed by Russian (10%). There is a nice diversity in the reviews, with 18 languages represented. The game has 2 translations (English and Russian), it's always good to have more translations to access other markets.

Time Played

Chart displaying Spectromancer percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in Spectromancer depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. You'll notice that the time played is very impressive, reaching 132 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 6.6 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. Some Spectromancer players left negative reviews after playing for a long time (more than 39 hours for the top 20%), it can be a sign that a part of the fanbase was displeased about the evolution of the game and decided to review bomb it. The Players' feedback section might give some insight about that.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • No deckbuilding required
  • Unique class system
  • Simple mechanics
  • Deep gameplay
  • Versatile
  • Fun and interesting experience
  • Decent AI
  • Great free demo available
  • Multiplayer
  • Creature interplay
  • Draconian DRM scheme
  • Locked to five activations
  • Broken multiplayer
  • Version mismatch warning
  • Unbearably slow and clunky animations
  • Gimmicky classes
  • Unlucky hand due to RNG
  • Outdated visuals
  • Bad attitude towards customers
  • Developer still selling older expansions at full price

These advantages and disadvantages are not meant to provide a fair assessment of the game, but to help developers identify potential improvements. The game's 86.5% rating should be factored in during their evaluation.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Spectromancer's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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