Steam app 3641420 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 22:52 UTC
Craft spell cards, collect new effects, and build the perfect deck as you fight through rounds of turn-based combat. Survive randomly-generated dungeon layouts by countering enemy attacks with your own spells, and make the most of the powers and scrolls you pick up along the way.
269 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.
13 months, September 2025 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.
The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.
31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
28 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 154 hourly samples from 14 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.
12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 115 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.
Magecraft: Spellbuilding was released on 12 Sep, 2025.
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16 achievements in total.
21 developer announcements, Jun 2025 to Sep 2026 · times in UTC
Change log:Fixed an issue where the Sorceress's reduced hand size could bleed into the Abyss game mode.
Patch notesChange log:Fixed an issue where Spells that had both the Necromancy + Pierce effects on them would could repeatedly (and sometimes infinitely) attack.
Patch notesChange log:Fixed an issue where managing to defeat the tentacled "Beast" enemy present in one of the Twilight Woods boss fights didn't update the Workshop as expected. (This fix only applies going forward, so if you’ve already beaten this…
Patch notesChange log:Spells that were gifted to you, such as the Summon Marionette spell obtained at the start of the game, can now be deleted from your inventory if desired.Managing to defeat the tentacled "Beast" enemy present in one of the…
Patch notesChange log:Added guardrails around saving and loading data. This should help protect against corrupted save data if something goes wrong, like the save process being interrupted.Backups of the previous save data are also created now, and…
Patch notesIt's been a while since the last update, but this one brings a new dungeon, a new character + starting background, a couple of new Sigils, and more.New Dungeon: Twilight WoodsA dark, haunted woods beset by an ever-present twilight moon.This…
Violet GrimoireChange log:You can now load a duplicate of an existing spell into the Spellbuilding menu, allowing you to easily duplicate spells or create modifications of existing spells.This is available from the spell Inventory, via the third button…
Patch notesChange log:Typo fixes for the Fairy Core drop and for dialogue in the Occult ManorCorrected the hover display for Poison when you have the Poison Stacks power (it now says 1/2 of the stacks are lost each turn, rather than 2 stacks each…
Patch notesChange log:Fixed an issue where enemies wouldn’t die upon being brought down to 0 HP in certain situations.The halfway point of Dungeons will now always have a Midboss. (Previously, some paths may not have had a Midboss encounter.)Minor…
Patch notesAn additional note: I won't have as much time to work on updates during the next few weeks, so the next patch likely won't come until the weekend of November 22nd.Change log:The Wolf can now show up in the Workshop even if you’ve chosen the…
Patch notesChange log:The damage from Blood Magic will no longer put you in a strange state of being alive yet at 0 HP. (Blood Magic damage is meant to always leave you with at least 1 HP, even if you already have 1 HP when using a Blood Magic…
Patch notesA small update in the spirit of Halloween, with a New Game Plus mode, a new unlockable character (the Pumpkin Knight), two new Sigils (Dread and Parasites), and some patch notes.New Game PlusAfter beating the main game mode (clearing the…
Violet GrimoireChange log:Fixed a bug where buying the Grimoire or Jewel materials in the Shop wouldn’t respect the discountBuff removal now only removes 1 stack of Undying at a time, rather than all stacks at onceFixed the wording of the Vampire power to…
Patch notesChange log:Added the ability to view Inventory and Decks from the Spellbuilding menuFixed an issue with certain Spells causing the player’s turn to restart while the Spell was executing
Patch notesA couple of balance updates and bug fixes. I'll still be keeping an eye out for additional feedback and suggestions.Change log:Balance updates for the first area of the Abyss:Immortal Knight midboss: Reduced his number of revives by 1, and…
Patch notesThe full release is out now, with 3 main dungeons, several unlockable characters, more than 64 spell sigils, and the rogue-lite Abyss mode.In addition, version 1.0.0 brings with it a handful of updates:When you're defeated during a dungeon…
Violet GrimoireA small update to the demo. Some additional updates will be coming later, with the full game release on September 12th.Change log:Fixed a bug where the second dungeon, the Occult Manor, was sometimes available despite not being a selectable…
Patch notesMagecraft: Spellbuilding will be released on Friday, September 12th, 2025, around 5am PDT.This full release will include:A total of 3 dungeons (2 new ones in addition to the demo's Fae Forest dungeon)More than 64 Sigils to collect and use…
Violet GrimoireChange log:The Player’s shield spells now last into the next turn, instead of disappearing at the end of the turn that the shield was appliedAllies can now be dismissed from battle when desired, allowing you to free up space to summon a…
Patch notesChange log:Removed the limit for how many buffs / debuffs can be applied to a fighterThe UI will now expand to show up to 20 status effects. Additional statuses after 20 won't be shown, but will still take effect.The Spellbuilding menu now…
Patch notesChange log:Spells can now be used in multiple Decks at once, so you no longer need to remove Spells from one Deck in order to use them in another.As part of this change, the Inventory now shows all Spells you own, including those added to…
Patch notesWhat Steam runs, and with what. Straight from the app configuration.
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| Launch | Magecraft Spellbuilding.exe | any |
The folders Steam Cloud syncs. The root is a token Steam uses for a location on your own machine, not a path this page can know.
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WinAppDataLocalLow | Violet Grimoire/Magecraft Spellbuilding/ | *.save |
It runs on public data and somebody's spare time.
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