Unique magic-instead-of-guns battle royale
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“No guns, just pure elemental chaos.”
Steam review · 174.1 h played ↗
Spellbreak
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 87%Very Positive · 87%Proletariat, Inc.2020Battle Royale · Action · RPG
The verdict
Spellbreak was a unique elemental-magic battle royale with great combat and movement, but the servers are shut down. Skip it unless you plan to use community servers.
Great for
Nostalgic fans and players willing to try community-run servers for elemental spell combat
Main risk
Official servers are shut down, so the game can't be played on Steam
What players love
Fun spell combos and build variety
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“The variety of spells, runes, and talents makes it really fun to play.”
Steam review · 30.2 h played ↗
Smooth movement and satisfying combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“The movement along with the combat felt so fresh and different.”
Steam review · 71.8 h played ↗
Beautiful art style
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“amazing movement, super cool art.”
Steam review · 746.3 h played ↗
Fun solo or with friends
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 positive reviews
“perfect to play with friends but also very fun solo.”
Steam review · 65.5 h played ↗
Fair free-to-play monetization
Mentioned in ~1 in 50 positive reviews
“Not a pay to win, but its so good i had to throw a litlle cash their way.”
Steam review · 44.4 h played ↗
What players complain about
Developer neglect and abandonment
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“A gem that was mishandled and neglected.”
Steam review · 221.8 h played ↗
Tiny player base and long queues
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“I just sat in queue for 10 min before getting into the game.”
Steam review · 105.1 h played ↗
Servers shut down, game unplayable
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Here I was thinking I could come back to this later. 0/10 bring the damn servers back online.”
Steam review · 2.3 h played ↗
Lobbies full of bots, hidden
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Decent game but as soon as you hit a certain level they place you against bots with no mention of it.”
Steam review · 59.5 h played ↗
Lack of content and repetitive gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“the lack of new content wasn't very enjoyable, games were repetitive and balancing was pretty much non-existent.”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗
Console aim assist and cheaters
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“Get rid of aim assist for controller if you don't have the skill to hit then you should not get hits.”
Steam review · 9.7 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unsupported18 GB
Minimum
OS64-bit Windows 10
ProcessorIntel(R) Core(TM) i5-6400 CPU @ 2.70GHz (4 CPUs)
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GT 640/Radeon R7 GPU
Storage18 GB available space
Recommended
OS64-bit Windows 10
ProcessorIntel(R) Core(TM) i5-6400 CPU @ 2.70GHz (4 CPUs)
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GT 640/Radeon R7 GPU
Storage18 GB available space
OS64-bit Windows 10
ProcessorIntel(R) Core(TM) i5-6400 CPU @ 2.70GHz (4 CPUs)
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GT 640/Radeon R7 GPU
Storage18 GB available space
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