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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.

Spellcaster University is a magic, simulation and colony sim game developed by Sneaky Yak Studio and published by Sneaky Yak Studio and WhisperGames.
Released on June 15th 2021 is available on Windows and MacOS in 8 languages: English, French, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese and Polish.

It has received 4,048 reviews of which 3,357 were positive and 691 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.0 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 20.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 0.72€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified Spellcaster University into these genres:

Magic Simulation Colony Sim Base-Building Management Immersive Sim Singleplayer Economy Choices Matter 3D Dark Fantasy Colorful Indie Supernatural Nonlinear Strategy Resource Management Cartoony Funny Medieval

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System requirements

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Windows

OS *: Windows 7 or better
Processor: Intel i3-2100 / AMD A8-5600k
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce GTX 630 / Radeon HD 6570
Storage: 5 GB available space

MacOS

OS: OS X Lion
Processor: Intel i3-2100
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce GTX 630 / Radeon HD 6570
Storage: 5 GB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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March 2026

I absolutely love this game! I haven't had any bugs or issues, not sure why that is compared to others, maybe I just haven't noticed them? I have completed a few campaigns so who knows. Anywho, It is simple to understand and I enjoy the randomness of card drawing/house attributes. Every playthru is different so I can keep trying new things or adding challenges. Super cute graphics also! Oh and I see they are still doing updates plus a DLC on the way, very cool considering it released in 2021. It's a really great casual game and I definitely recommend it!

Feb. 2026

Spellcaster University - 6/10 Spellcaster University is a decent attempt at creating something novel: a Hogwarts simulator. The idea of a game where you can create your own wizarding school is intriguing and while I got a brief moment of joy and wonder out of the game; in the end, it did not hold up enough for the game to keep me interested past eight hours of gameplay. This was largely due to a variety of factors. For one, the possible creativity you could unleash in this game is greatly inhibited by a lack of open options for wizard house design and castle design. It is nice to have attributes connected to each house, but each time you create a new house, you can only choose from a limited selection of attributes which is randomized each time. Why not allow full access to attributes to allow more custom-made houses? You can choose which magic they use and disallow, but there is a lack in openness when it comes to the house designer overall. I’m sure the devs are working on this and it will no doubt be updated. Castle design is fun in this game; it’s simple and cutesy. However, you will quickly come to find that the game mechanic used to gain new rooms, decorations, furniture, pets, and architecture limits your creativity. By building up your reserves of coin and a variety of magic/mana, you can buy cards which have the items you need to build your wizarding school. The cards come in randomized packs of three, where you pick one from the deck of cards that best suits your needs. If the game had a more open castle designer with the option to purchase rooms and items at any time like a traditional simulator; it would be a far superior title. BUT the randomization of assets does add some difficulty to the campaign. The campaign is basic but challenging: get three stars on each map. Stars are rewarded for beating challenges; some challenges are easier than others. The story is bread and butter fantasy; something we’ve all seen before but it’s fine because the purpose of this game is to live out the fantasy of running your own wizarding school. The story is background noise; it’s a McGuffin to give reason for a timer on each map. Meanwhile, there is a free play mode which has no timer thus no threat of restarting eventually. This is nice as a way to build up a school and do your own thing for a while but without the storyline being involved, it quickly becomes a repetitive bore. This title has potential. It has the mechanics already there; it just needs to be given some detail and customization features. Open up the castle builder, fix some errors and bugs which is largely due to poorly optimized pathing for the NPCs, and let us better fully customize the houses. I recommend waiting for this game to go on sale before buying.

July 2025

First I'll address the negative reviews, Yes the game is a bit over-priced for its actual content, 15$ would be much more fitting for the quality. Yes the game is not very forgiving with room placement and the such, but its also a rogue-lite, you aren't suppose to build the perfect school, you are suppose to finish a goal before the school in consumed by the forces of evil and you have to move to the next zone. If this looks like something you'd like to play, but the rogue-lite aspects and limited quality are bothering you, Check out "Mind Over Magic" it is literally the same exact game, but focus on 1 school, more in depth building, and higher general quality. I play the games together, Mind over magic as the serious, big investment one, and Spellcaster University as the "lite" mode when I don't want to invest that much time.

May 2025

pretty fun, some reviews said its way too luck based but they probably just didn't understand the faction interaction system. For example: you aren't supposed to roll for all your basic classrooms via the gold card packs, you can easily buy them from the merchants. The game could definitely do a better job at telling you these things but I personally enjoy the lack of hand-holding. I saw some people complaining about the length of the "matches" being either too long or you not having enough time to enjoy the university you built, which means they clearly did not see the option to increase or decrease the duration right as you are making the campaign.

May 2025

Been enjoying this, it's my kind of game. Something about it doesn't quite fully click, hard to put my finger on it, but overall still enjoyable.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Spellcaster University is currently priced at 20.99€ on Steam.

Spellcaster University is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 20.99€ on Steam.

Spellcaster University received 3,357 positive votes out of a total of 4,048 achieving a rating of 8.02.

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Spellcaster University was developed by Sneaky Yak Studio and published by Sneaky Yak Studio and WhisperGames.

Spellcaster University is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Spellcaster University is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Spellcaster University is not playable on Linux.

Spellcaster University is a single-player game.

There are 3 DLCs available for Spellcaster University. Explore additional content available for Spellcaster University on Steam.

Spellcaster University does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Spellcaster University does not support Steam Remote Play.

Spellcaster University is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Spellcaster University.

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