The Spell Brigade

Item: The Spell Brigade
Rating: 63
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-07-10

Summary

Fun co-op experience, best with friends
Insufficient game content, early access
Roguelike bullet hell gameplay
Frequent crashes and disconnections
Engaging elemental spell combinations
Mixed recommendations, strong future potential

Emotions

Satisfaction24%Frustration18%Disappointment16%Joy9%Excitement7%

Reviews (sample size): 2000
Helpful reviews: 77%
Unhelpful reviews: 23%
Protest reviews: 0%

63%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
37%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 2942
Negative points: 3092
Gameplay points: 746
Perf. points: 85
Rec. points: 549
Misc points: 516

Point	Description	Importance
Fun Co-op Experience Description The game is highly enjoyable, especially when played with friends in co-op mode. Its chaotic yet fun gameplay and high replayability make it suitable for both short and long sessions, whether solo or with a group. Importance 86%	The game is highly enjoyable, especially when played with friends in co-op mode. Its chaotic yet fun gameplay and high replayability make it suitable for both short and long sessions, whether solo or with a group.	86%
Relaxing Time Killer Description The game is praised for being a great time killer, offering a relaxing and casual experience that helps players unwind. Its simple, easy-to-learn mechanics make it accessible for quick, mindless sessions, often leading to hours of play without noticing time pass. Importance 36%	The game is praised for being a great time killer, offering a relaxing and casual experience that helps players unwind. Its simple, easy-to-learn mechanics make it accessible for quick, mindless sessions, often leading to hours of play without noticing time pass.	36%
Active Developer Support Description The developers are highly praised for their active engagement, consistent updates, and responsiveness to community feedback. This dedication ensures continuous improvement, new content, and prompt bug fixes, making the game feel polished even in Early Access. Importance 28%	The developers are highly praised for their active engagement, consistent updates, and responsiveness to community feedback. This dedication ensures continuous improvement, new content, and prompt bug fixes, making the game feel polished even in Early Access.	28%
Great Value for Price Description Reviewers consistently highlight the game's excellent value for its price, especially considering its Early Access status. It's seen as a polished and promising title with charming aesthetics and good performance, often exceeding expectations for its cost. Importance 27%	Reviewers consistently highlight the game's excellent value for its price, especially considering its Early Access status. It's seen as a polished and promising title with charming aesthetics and good performance, often exceeding expectations for its cost.	27%
Engaging Spell Combinations Description The game's spell system, with its diverse elemental combinations and upgrade options, is a major highlight. Players enjoy experimenting with different spell builds and synergies, which adds depth and variety to each run. Importance 13%	The game's spell system, with its diverse elemental combinations and upgrade options, is a major highlight. Players enjoy experimenting with different spell builds and synergies, which adds depth and variety to each run.	13%
Balanced Difficulty Description The game strikes a good balance between challenge and fun, offering adjustable difficulty levels that cater to both casual and veteran players. It provides enough challenge to remain engaging without becoming overly frustrating. Importance 11%	The game strikes a good balance between challenge and fun, offering adjustable difficulty levels that cater to both casual and veteran players. It provides enough challenge to remain engaging without becoming overly frustrating.	11%
Appealing Art Style Description The game's art style is consistently praised for being cute, pleasant, and visually appealing. Its distinct cartoon aesthetic, charming animations, and unique character designs contribute significantly to the game's overall positive atmosphere. Importance 10%	The game's art style is consistently praised for being cute, pleasant, and visually appealing. Its distinct cartoon aesthetic, charming animations, and unique character designs contribute significantly to the game's overall positive atmosphere.	10%
Satisfying Progression System Description The progression system is satisfying, offering meaningful upgrades and unlockables that keep players engaged. The game provides a good sense of growth and achievement, with challenges that scale appropriately as players advance. Importance 9%	The progression system is satisfying, offering meaningful upgrades and unlockables that keep players engaged. The game provides a good sense of growth and achievement, with challenges that scale appropriately as players advance.	9%
Unique Friendly Fire Description The friendly fire mechanic is a notable feature that adds a unique layer of chaos, humor, and strategic depth to multiplayer sessions. While it can be toggled off, many players find it enhances the fun and interaction. Importance 7%	The friendly fire mechanic is a notable feature that adds a unique layer of chaos, humor, and strategic depth to multiplayer sessions. While it can be toggled off, many players find it enhances the fun and interaction.	7%
Intuitive Gameplay Mechanics Description The game features intuitive controls and simple core mechanics that are easy to grasp for new players. Despite its simplicity, it offers strategic depth through terrain layouts and various difficulty levels. Importance 7%	The game features intuitive controls and simple core mechanics that are easy to grasp for new players. Despite its simplicity, it offers strategic depth through terrain layouts and various difficulty levels.	7%
Positive Chinese Feedback Description This cluster, primarily in Chinese, praises the game's art style, chaotic co-op, addictive nature, and comparison to Vampire Survivors with a wizard theme. It also mentions character variety, unlockable skins, and customizability. Importance 6%	This cluster, primarily in Chinese, praises the game's art style, chaotic co-op, addictive nature, and comparison to Vampire Survivors with a wizard theme. It also mentions character variety, unlockable skins, and customizability.	6%
Diverse Builds & Playstyles Description The game offers a wide variety of builds, characters, and abilities, encouraging players to experiment with different playstyles. This diversity ensures high replayability and allows for personalized combat approaches. Importance 5%	The game offers a wide variety of builds, characters, and abilities, encouraging players to experiment with different playstyles. This diversity ensures high replayability and allows for personalized combat approaches.	5%