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Develop a prestigious university of mages. Build rooms, train your students, fight orcs, slay the bureaucrats, manage your budget... a director's life is not a quiet one.

Early AccessSep 24, 2019
Release DateJun 15, 2021
Price$ 24.99  Top 5%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)84.5% (positive) / 83.3%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)81.3% Top 20% / 80.4%  Top 20%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)2.8K  Top 10% / 3.5K  Top 10%
Curators60 reviews  Top 10%
Median Play Time20 hours  Top 10%
Play Time per Dollar48 minutes  Top 30%
Followers36.7K  Top 4%
Owners± 464.7K  Top 10%
Copies Sold± 121.6K  Top 10%
Gross Revenue ($)± 2.5M  Top 5%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

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

Here you can see Spellcaster University's Steam rating and reviews between September 2019 and December 2023. Steam's rating is varying from 79.5% (October 2019) to 90.9% (January 2020).

Spellcaster University is an AAA level success, with 3.5K reviews Top 10%. There is a peak in June 2021 that suggests a major update or discount.

Review Languages
 

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

This donut chart displays the languages of Spellcaster University's reviewers. The most popular language is English (41%), followed by Simplified Chinese (24%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 23 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game is available in 8 languages, which is great.

Time Played

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

This chart displays the time played in Spellcaster University depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. You can also see the reviews during the Early Access phase. The time played is great, reaching 53 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 2.9 times less than the median for positive reviews. A high negative review play time (median : 8 hours) could mean that Spellcaster University crashes after a while or becomes too repetitive or difficult in the end. You could check if there is an explanation in the Players' feedback section.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Addicting gameplay
  • Discworld references
  • Many different objects and artifacts to decorate and improve the school with
  • Unique student accessories
  • Large number of student professions
  • Different student races
  • Different factions with unique effects
  • Different settings for each level
  • Automated card battles
  • Several student traits and magic proficiencies
  • Can't organize the cards in hand
  • Zooming in may be difficult
  • In-game cursor is difficult to see
  • Limited number of random events
  • Difficult to control cards on placement
  • Overwhelming reliance on RNG
  • Absurd save system
  • No key binding
  • No notice system for minor problems
  • Limited tutorial

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 rating of 84.5% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Spellcaster University'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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