Magecraft: Spellbuilding

Magecraft: Spellbuilding

Released Sep 2025

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.

98% positive · 149 reviews
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Released, but still in active development
Medium confidence
Active Development

Where to get it

Free on Steam

Evaluation

Magecraft: Spellbuilding launched on September 12, 2025 as a free-to-play deckbuilding roguelite. Since launch, Violet Grimoire has shipped two substantial free content updates: the Halloween Update on October 11, 2025 (adding a New Game Plus mode, the Pumpkin Knight character, and new Sigils) and the Twilight Update on March 22, 2026 (adding a new dungeon, a new character, and more Sigils). These two major updates are spaced roughly 5 months apart, establishing a clear pattern of ongoing content additions. Beyond the major updates, the developer has maintained consistent activity through numerous feature patches and bug fixes, with the most recent patch posted on June 12, 2026 — just 5 days before today. We are currently about 3 months past the Twilight Update, which is well within the established 5-month major update window. No specific future content has been announced, but the developer has not indicated that content development is winding down either.
Evidence
Twilight Update (v1.1.0) shipped, adding a new dungeon (Twilight Woods), a new character (The Spellsword), and new Sigils — the second major free content update since launch.
news post · Mar 22, 2026 source content shipped
high
Halloween Update (v1.0.5) shipped, adding New Game Plus mode, a new unlockable character (Pumpkin Knight), and two new Sigils — the first major post-launch content update.
news post · Oct 11, 2025 source content shipped
high

Media

Details

Publisher
Violet Grimoire
Achievements
16
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player

About this game

Magecraft: Spellbuilding is a deckbuilder with a focus on crafting your own spell cards and creating unique decks to take with you into the turn-based combat of the Dungeons.

While you have control over the cards you start with, the randomized Dungeon layouts, enemy encounters, passive powers, and scrolls ensure that no two runs are the same.

Take on enemy attacks, destroying them to keep yourself safe from harm - or take the hit and attack enemies directly to do as much damage as possible.

Fight your way through three distinct, themed dungeons, each with its own sets of enemies to defeat, powers and scrolls to collect, and events with with different choices to make.

Combine over 50 Sigils - with effects that deal damage, inflict debuffs, grant buffs, summon allies, and more - to craft custom spell cards for your deck.

Choose between a variety of appearances, color palettes, and unique Background powers when creating a character - and unlock new character colors to change into, as well as new characters with powerful abilities.

The Abyss is a separate mode with randomized characters and starting decks, where unlike the main game, dying means starting a new run from the very beginning.

Last evaluated Jun 17, 2026
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