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Spellmasons
Give it 4 hours
Gets good by 4h then rated almost like by veterans
Started playing 2% of owners
Steam reviews 92% positive of 1,260
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (20%); after 7h it's 1 in 18 (6%).
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- Only 2% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 1,275 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 11.3h for positive, 6.5h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (1.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.
All achievements (22)
- Use a Mod Play a game with a Steam Workshop mod active 100%
- Heavily Shielded Have more shield than health 93%
- Traitor! Kill any enemy with a summon of itself 93%
- Mistakes Were Made Lose a level after dying to your own spell 67%
- Target 30 Target 30 or more entities in one cast 67%
- Win as Spellmasons Win as Spellmasons 53%
- A sacrifice I am willing to make Win a level with a spell that kills you too 40%
- Win as Statue Win as Statue 40%
- Necromancer Capture the souls of 7 different enemy types in one game 33%
- Big Arc Hit 10 enemies with a single cast of bolt 27%
- Contemplation Spent over 10 minutes on a single turn 27%
- Heavily Cursed Curse a single unit with 6 or more curses 27%
- That's a cold move Freeze yourself 27%
- Team Up Play a game with 3+ different wizard types 27%
- Undying Resurrect the same ally 3 times 20%
- Win as Deathmason Win as Deathmason 20%
- I reject my humanity Blood Curse Yourself 13%
- I don't feel so good Polymorph Yourself 13%
- Win as Goru Win as Goru 13%
- Ultimate Nukitsuke 2 Reach the damage cap for Nukitsuke 2 6.7%
- Scholar Teach a clone a spell that is at least 5 spells long 6.7%
- Win as Warden Win as Warden 6.7%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.