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- $24.99 (Price checked Nov 5)
- Deck Playable
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- Released: 2021
- Developer: Sneaky Yak Studio
- Price: $24.99checked Nov 5
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 81% of 1,341 reviews
- Genres: Strategy, Simulation
- Metacritic 73
- Platforms: Windows, macOS
Players highlight
- Dungeons offer rare rewards and unique challenges
- Every playthrough feels fresh with randomized traits
- Humorous and eccentric professor interactions
- Chill
- Cozy
- Relaxing
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About Spellcaster University
The closest matches to Spellcaster University: Mind Over Magic, Foundation, Wizdom Academy, Fabledom, and Against the Storm. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Spellcaster University is your kind of game, the closest matches are Mind Over Magic, Foundation and Wizdom Academy — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as chill, cozy and relaxing, and single out its augment placement and campaign seasonal progression. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Spellcaster University is a magical school management simulation released in 2021 by Sneaky Yak Studio. Players construct and arrange rooms on a puzzle-like grid, managing students, budgets, and fighting off bureaucratic interference as the university grows more ambitious each season. The game blends dungeon-crawling expeditions with strategic room placement and card-based progression across campaign runs. Reviewers note that dungeons offer rare rewards and unique challenges, while players describe every playthrough feeling fresh due to randomized student traits and professor eccentricities. Players highlight that rooms interlock like a puzzle and students grow into powerful mages over time. Priced at $8.74, it runs as Playable on Steam Deck and holds an 81% positive rating from over 1,300 Steam reviews.
About Spellcaster University: 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.
Is Spellcaster University worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 81% of 1,341 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $24.99 (checked Nov 8).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 26 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 25 h before turning negative, so complaints are about the long run, not the first hours.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Dungeons offer rare rewards and unique challenges
- Every playthrough feels fresh with randomized traits
- Humorous and eccentric professor interactions
- Rooms interlock like a puzzle
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“Like many 'passive city-builder' games, it falls victim to the feeling of "what is the point?" problem. Decision making doesn't feel consequential enough like a deck-builder. City (or school) layout doesn't have much strategy. The build…”
“Glitchy, uncomfortable to play, boring and pointless. I especially HATE the games with a timer. What's the point of building stuff? I would recommend this game to someone I really don't like.”
People who play it also play: Mind Over Magic, Foundation, Wizdom Academy
Frequently asked about Spellcaster University
Can I run it?
Does Spellcaster University run on Steam Deck?
Spellcaster University is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Spellcaster University cost?
Spellcaster University is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Spellcaster University?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Spellcaster University are Mind Over Magic, Foundation, Wizdom Academy.
Who developed Spellcaster University?
Spellcaster University was developed by Sneaky Yak Studio and published by Sneaky Yak Studio, WhisperGames.