Mage and Monsters

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 932 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 8h for positive, 4.2h 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 (95.6% 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 (77)

• Novice Survive level 10. 100%
• Adept Survive level 20. 96%
• Greed is Good Own 500 gold or above. 94%
• Scholar Survive level 30. 88%
• Savant Survive endgame round 5. 75%
• Procellus Freed Survive endgame round 5 with Procellus. 54%
• From Afar Survive endgame round 5 with Summon Ranged. 53%
• Forest Novice Survive forest level 10. 47%
• No Reinforcements Survive endgame round 5 without summon spells. 43%
• Blessed Survive endgame round 5 with Bless. 39%
• No Lightning or Rain Survive endgame round 5 without Chain Lightning and without Rain of Death. 38%
• Forest Adept Survive forest level 20. 35%
• Simple Magics Survive endgame round 5 without buying Rank 2 spells upgrade. 35%
• Magnificent Mage Survive endgame round 9. 34%
• Forest Scholar Survive forest level 30. 32%
• Don't Throw Me a Bone Survive endgame round 5 without using any Blood Shards on upgrades. 30%
• Forest Savant Survive forest endgame round 5. 30%
• Now Let's Show Them Use over 1000 Blood Shards on upgrades. 30%
• Brutal Novice Survive level 10 on brutal difficulty. 28%
• Astrina Freed Survive endgame round 5 with Astrina. 25%
• Gus Freed. Survive endgame round 5 with Gus. 25%
• Brutal Adept Survive level 20 on brutal difficulty. 25%
• Geryon Freed Survive endgame round 5 with Geryon. 23%
• Brutal Scholar Survive level 30 on brutal difficulty. 23%
• Brutal Savant Survive endgame round 5 on brutal difficulty. 20%
• Medela Freed Survive endgame round 5 with Medela. 17%
• Exekias Freed. Survive endgame round 5 with Exekias. 16%
• Insane Novice Survive level 10 on insane difficulty. 13%
• Sicaria Freed. Survive endgame round 5 with Sicaria. 13%
• Insane Adept Survive level 20 on insane difficulty. 12%
• Iscar Freed Survive endgame round 5 with Iscar. 12%
• Insane Scholar Survive level 30 on insane difficulty. 12%
• Insane Savant Survive endgame round 5 on insane difficulty. 11%
• Effero Freed. Survive endgame round 5 with Effero. 11%
• Forest Magnificent Mage Survive forest endgame round 9. 9.6%
• Cave Normal Defeat Cave on normal or harder difficulty. 9.6%
• Impossible Novice Survive level 10 on impossible difficulty. 8.1%
• Brutal Magnificent Mage Survive endgame round 9 on brutal difficulty. 7.7%
• Impossible Adept Survive level 20 on impossible difficulty. 7.6%
• Sinon Freed Survive endgame round 5 with Sinon. 7.5%
• Impossible Scholar Survive level 30 on impossible difficulty. 7.4%
• Impossible Savant Survive endgame round 5 on impossible difficulty. 7.1%
• Simple Troops Survive endgame round 5 without buying Tier 2 units upgrade. 6.0%
• Insane Magnificent Mage Survive endgame round 9 on insane difficulty. 5.0%
• Arena Brutal 800 Blood Shards Defeat Arena on brutal or harder with max 800 Blood Shards spent on upgrades. 4.4%
• Knights of the Round Table Recruit 100 knights. 4.1%
• The Developer is Proud of you. Survive endgame round 5 on +160% difficulty. 3.9%
• Impossible Magnificent Mage Survive endgame round 9 on impossible difficulty. 3.7%
• The Developer is 60% more proud of you. Survive endgame round 5 on +220% difficulty. 2.7%
• Gus Arena Impossible Freed. Survive arena endgame round 5 with Gus on Impossible or harder. 2.4%
• The Developer is 120% more proud of you. Survive endgame round 5 on +280% difficulty. 2.1%
• The Developer is 180% more proud of you. Survive endgame round 5 on +340% difficulty. 1.8%
• The Developer is 240% more proud of you. Survive endgame round 5 on +400% difficulty 1.6%
• W00000000T!!!! Survive endgame round 5 on +475% difficulty. 1.5%
• Sicaria Arena Impossible Freed. Survive arena endgame round 5 with Sicaria on Impossible or harder. 1.5%
• Forest Brutal 800 Blood Shards Defeat Forest on brutal or harder with max 800 Blood Shards spent on upgrades. 1.5%
• Cave Brutal 800 Blood Shards Defeat Cave on brutal or harder with max 800 Blood Shards spent on upgrades. 1.4%
• Cave Impossible Defeat Cave on impossible or harder difficulty. 1.3%
• Geryon Arena Impossible Freed. Survive arena endgame round 5 with Geryon on Impossible or harder. 1.0%
• Exekias Arena Impossible Freed. Survive arena endgame round 5 with Exekias on Impossible or harder. 1.0%
• Procellus Arena Impossible Freed. Survive arena endgame round 5 with Procellus on Impossible or harder. 0.9%
• Effero Arena Impossible Freed. Survive arena endgame round 5 with Effero on Impossible or harder. 0.9%
• Gus Arena +475% Freed. Survive arena endgame round 5 with Gus on +475%. 0.9%
• Sinon Arena Impossible Freed. Survive arena endgame round 5 with Sinon on Impossible or harder. 0.8%
• Astrina Arena Impossible Freed. Survive arena endgame round 5 with Astrina on Impossible or harder. 0.7%
• Medela Arena Impossible Freed. Survive arena endgame round 5 with Medela on Impossible or harder. 0.7%
• Iscar Arena Impossible Freed. Survive arena endgame round 5 with Iscar on Impossible or harder. 0.7%
• Procellus Arena +475% Freed. Survive arena endgame round 5 with Procellus on +475%. 0.5%
• Astrina Arena +475% Freed. Survive arena endgame round 5 with Astrina on +475%. 0.5%
• Medela Arena +475% Freed. Survive arena endgame round 5 with Medela on +475%. 0.5%
• Iscar Arena +475% Freed. Survive arena endgame round 5 with Iscar on +475%. 0.5%
• Geryon Arena +475% Freed. Survive arena endgame round 5 with Geryon on +475%. 0.5%
• Sinon Arena +475% Freed. Survive arena endgame round 5 with Sinon on +475%. 0.5%
• Effero Arena +475% Freed. Survive arena endgame round 5 with Effero on +475%. 0.5%
• Exekias Arena +475% Freed. Survive arena endgame round 5 with Exekias on +475%. 0.5%
• Sicaria Arena +475% Freed. Survive arena endgame round 5 with Sicaria on +475%. 0.5%
• Cave +400% Defeat Cave on +400% or harder difficulty. 0.5%