Spectromancer

A turn-based online fantasy card game. No character leveling, no grinding, no deck building - just 100% skill-based and fast-paced card battles!

Spectromancer is a strategy, turn-based and card battler game developed by Apus Software and Three Donkeys LLC and published by Three Donkeys LLC.
Released on February 11th 2009 is available only on Windows in 2 languages: English and Russian.

It has received 329 reviews of which 287 were positive and 42 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.1 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 6.89€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Spectromancer into these genres:

Strategy Turn-Based Card Battler Multiplayer Replay Value Card Game Free to Play Fantasy 2D PvP Indie Board Game Local Multiplayer Puzzle Tabletop Difficult Deckbuilding Touch-Friendly

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Windows

OS *: Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8/10
Processor: P3 class or faster
Memory: 128 MB
Graphics: GeForce-2 class or faster with 32+ MB RAM, 1024x768 screen resolution
DirectX Version: DirectX 8
Hard Drive: 50 MB

* On Windows 7 or higher may require Windows XP compatibility mode for full functionality.

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Jan. 2025

Absolutely brilliant game. Takes the best parts of a card game but eliminates the RNG. As far as I am aware there is literally 0 RNG in this game, aside maybe from who goes first in a multiplayer game. Custom decks have a relatively small amount of options but each possible inclusion in the deck makes a big difference, and actually this small pool of cards is one of the game's strengths. I can already tell this game has a tremendous amount of replay value. I was big into Ascension but Spectromancer is definitely giving Ascension a good run. DRM is removed in the "latest version" of the game, so definitely buy the more expensive alternative. Also this game can run on a toaster which is crazy considering how much fun and how much strategy it actually offers

Nov. 2024

Love the game, nice twist on the deckbuilding genre, where you chose your class, but don't actually build your deck.

Oct. 2024

A hidden gem! The campaign has some very imaginative (and painful) opponents, and the base concept of not knowing which of your creatures and spells you're going into each encounter with makes things very interesting (and even more painful) Definitely recommend if you enjoy these kinds of battlers and want to try something new!

July 2024

I had an extensive review written but... the steam app fucking sucks sometimes. (As a single player gamer)A total recommend, easy ruleset, beautiful old school mtg styled card art. Great campaign, excellent save system. Tons of depth, and etc etc. Worth a buy at full price. Be sure to get all the dlc with it for custom deck building and other great singleplayer experiences.

Feb. 2024

A gem from a simpler time, back when Steam was still olive green and approaches to copy protection were still less standardized. Spectromancer is a fun and approachable card game but not a great product. Think of it as something like Magic: the Gathering or Hearthstone but for people who don't want to construct decks or collect random cards. It's easy to learn, fast to play but still just as "mathy" and interesting as long as you don't expect an ever-evolving metagame fueled by new card releases. You can play as different kinds of mages but despite the diversity of them if you go for the DLC (more on that below), most of them play very similarly and their class only changes about 20% of their cards. This is bad if you crave variety but makes the game so much easier to pick up and you'll instantly recognize most of your opponents' cards. But being a product of its time it comes with some unexpected and annoying drawbacks. The first, you'll realize is that the game you download is shareware until you manually input the serial key. There's also a limit to the number of how many times this key can be activated, which led me to only really play it a decade since I bought it. But the good news is that if you enjoy the base game, the Gathering of Power DLC fixes this as well as other issues the game has. It also includes all the content on the legacy DLC as well as some card rebalancing. That's the main reason why I'm giving this game a positive review: if you consider the base game + DLC as a single purchase it's a great deal. But the inconveniences in the base game are still tolerable if you stick to it.

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6.89€

8.1

287

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Developer

Apus Software, Three Donkeys LLC

Publisher

Three Donkeys LLC

Release 11 Feb 2009

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