Spellmasons

Spellmasons

Released Jan 2023

Spellmasons is a magical, tactical roguelike where you customize your spells. Play solo or team up with your friends in online multiplayer, and explore a deep magic system where clever combinations yield powerfully satisfying results!

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Evaluation

Spellmasons launched on January 31, 2023 and has been receiving a sustained stream of substantial updates ever since from its solo developer (Jordan at Octavia Blue). The game's post-launch major content history includes: new spells and a boss (Goru) in April 2024, two new playable wizards (Deathmason and Goru) in July 2025, a large update adding Gripthulu, Maladies, handmade maps, and familiars in October 2025, a new playable wizard (The Warden) alongside a new burn spell set and sandbox mode in March 2026, and most recently — on August 26, 2026, just one day before today — a massive update adding Steam Workshop support, seven new spells, thirteen new runes, and a new playable wizard (The Statue). That August 26 update also announced and launched the game's first paid DLC, **Spellmasons: Runesmith**, on August 31, 2026 — four days from now. Since that release date is in the future as of today (August 27, 2026), the DLC is currently unreleased, confirming that additional content is actively arriving. Runesmith adds a deep spell augmentation system with 66 augments and four new Challenge Room types. The developer has not made any statement suggesting development is winding down. To the contrary, the November 2024 "Labor of Love" Steam Award nomination post described the game as an ongoing passion project, and the developer also announced a new game ("Some of You May Die") in March 2026 — showing the studio is active and growing, not shutting down.
Evidence
Spellmasons: Runesmith DLC listed with a release date of August 31, 2026 — four days after today's assessment date of August 27, 2026. It is currently unreleased.
dlc listing · Aug 31, 2026 source content planned
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Major update shipped on August 26, 2026 adding Steam Workshop support, 7 new spells, 13 new runes, a new playable wizard (The Statue), and simultaneously announcing the launch of the Runesmith DLC on August 31, 2026.
news post · Aug 26, 2026 source content planned
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Content

3 of 3 released · no outstanding content
Released
Aug 2026

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
Octavia Blue
Achievements
22
Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
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Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op · Local/Split Screen

About this game

Spellmasons is a turn-based, tactical roguelike where you use your wit to blend spells and create new combinations. You can play solo or with friends in online co-op!

Discover Clever Combinations

The Spell System is deep and powerful: spells alter each other to allow for tons of creative possibilities.  For example: When you cast "Swap" on an enemy, the next spells in the combo will target your original location that you teleported away from so you can link nearby enemies together and follow up with a powerful damage spell that dispatches all of them at once! 

Spellmasons rewards variation and creativity: spells get more expensive as you use them, and less expensive as turns pass, so you are encouraged to try new strategies often.

Explode your friends!

Work together with your friends in online co-op.  Save each other from near death or accidentally blow up each other!

Spellmasons features a unique “Faction-based” turn system where you and your friends can take your turn at the same time to keep the action going.

Specialize your magic

The Rune system adds a whole new layer to your magical potential by enhancing and specializing your magic.  If you want to be a Contagious Plague Mage who carries around curses so you can infect enemies wherever you go, you can do that.  How about a necromancer who creates copies of himself whenever he teleports and has a random chance to resurrect any enemy that he kills to fight for him?  Yup.  The possibilities are endless.

Challenging and Rewarding

Champion-ranked enemies provide an extra special challenge. They have modifiers such as “Growth” which makes them become stronger over time so you need to dispatch them quickly or “Slime” which gives them the ability to clone themselves.  Champions will make you think beyond your favorite strategies and come up with something new. 

Uncover Secrets and Exploits

Find clever ways to push beyond your maximum mana to pull off ridiculously powerful spells.

Some spells combine in powerful and unexpected ways and the Discord community is always discovering new secrets.

Will I enjoy Spellmasons?

Spellmasons is a thoughtful, challenging, deliberate turn-based experience. Take your time, think creatively, and watch all of your plans unfold just like your diabolical little heart intended!

Last evaluated Aug 27, 2026
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