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Released Sep 16, 2024

The Spell Brigade

2024 · E10+
Bolt Blaster Games · PC · PS5

The Spell Brigade is an online co-op Survivors-like for 1-4 players. Team up with your wizard friends to slay hordes of dark creatures. Complete team-based objectives, unlock new upgrades and create overpowered spell synergies. Friend nor foe is safe in this friendly fire bullet heaven!

Real Score
83
Broadly loved
from 817 reactions
very high confidence
77% positive12% mixed11% negative
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2Platforms

What people are saying

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The Real Review

The Spell Brigade is a chaotic co-op Survivors-like where wizards blast hordes together, and it's a total hit for the people playing it. The core gameplay loop of combining spells and the multiplayer experience are universally praised, delivering exactly what players want from a "bullet heaven." The big caveat is the difficulty, which some find frustratingly unbalanced, and the PC performance on platforms like Steam is a common point of criticism. For fans of the genre looking for a great group activity, though, the fun and value easily outweigh those rough edges.

Synthesized from 817 real reactions · very high confidenceMultiplayerGraphicsGameplayValuePerformanceDifficulty

Sentiment split

Every qualifying reaction, weighted.

77%positive
  • Positive77%
  • Mixed12%
  • Negative11%

By aspect

What people scored, piece by piece.

multiplayer92
graphics88
gameplay82
value75
story75
performance55
difficulty38

How opinion moved

The Real Score, night by night.

818385Sep 29Oct 14688383

Buzz

42 reactions over two weeks, counted by the day they were posted.

048Sep 25: 2 reactionsSep 25Sep 26: 4 reactionsSep 27: 0 reactions27Sep 28: 4 reactionsSep 29: 1 reaction29Sep 30: 0 reactionsOct 1: 1 reaction1Oct 2: 4 reactionsOct 3: 3 reactions3Oct 4: 5 reactionsOct 5: 1 reaction5Oct 6: 3 reactionsOct 7: 8 reactions7Oct 8: 1 reaction8

Where the signal came from

Volume and platform mix only.

Steam432
Social Media385

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Names and topics that came up

Mentions across all reactions, with the share that were positive. Anything mentioned fewer than twice never shapes the review.

Bolt Blaster Gamesdeveloper351×9%+
The Spell Brigadefeature74×55%+
Steamplatform64×0%+
PCplatform62×3%+
Twitchplatform59×3%+
co-opfeature19×89%+
spellsfeature11×64%+
The Spell Brigadedeveloper10×80%+
twitch.tvplatform9×0%+
friendly firefeature8×75%+
YouTubeplatform7×0%+
bullet hellfeature7×71%+
updatefeature6×83%+
PlayStation 5platform6×17%+
Bullet Heavenfeature4×100%+

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