SpellRogue

SpellRogue

Steam Deck Verified

Guidelight Games · Deckbuilding · Apr 24, 2025

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $19.99. It has been as low as $7.99.

87%
Very Positive
2k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 78 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 54 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 35 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 11 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
75% of themes are praise13% are divided12% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
SpellRogue is phenomenal as you discover all the different characters and builds, with a healthy balance of managing the inherent randomness in dice through a diverse spell build and optimizing for maximum synergy.
78 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
I want to start by saying that even for an early access title, the game has a great deal of replayability thanks to its deep systems.
54 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
- Graphics are pretty
35 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The music and the sound effects are all pleasant to listen to.
12 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
Overall a 8/10 game that I highly recommend for rogue-like fans, especially if you have steam deck or equivalent for that pick-up-and-play factor.
10 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
Great interface, lots of fun, a huge diversity of builds to try.
7 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love6 themes
Story and characters78 reviews
Gameplay54 reviews
Graphics35 reviews
Audio12 reviews
Steam Deck10 reviews
Interface7 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty46 reviews
83%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat11 reviews
82%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 4 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $19.99. The lowest we've tracked is $7.99.

3 points recordedtoday · $19.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
87%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
78
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.