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Is Academagia: The Making of Mages worth it for you?
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Play it if you…
Good fit- Fantasy RPG players who want to balance academy activities with exploration and spellcasting
- Players who enjoy shaping a character through choices, skills, and relationships rather than following a fixed character path
- Players seeking a broad menu of adventures and activities in a magical setting
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players looking for continuous action may find the school-year activities and choice-based progression too measured
- Players wanting a short, tightly focused campaign may find the many skills, actions, and adventures too sprawling
- Players uninterested in study, social relationships, or character development may find fewer points of engagement
Our take on Academagia: The Making of Mages
The game centers on a mage's first year at an ancient academy, where classes, relationships, exploration, and choices shape the character's development.
What is Academagia: The Making of Mages?
Academagia is a 2D life simulation and role-playing game about a teenager arriving at an ancient Academy of Magic.
Players attend classes, build skills, compete for their College, make friends and enemies, train a familiar, explore the campus, research in libraries, and set out on adventures. Choices such as creating a magical item, dealing with instructors, or dueling rivals shape character development. The game features more than 80 students, over 800 possible random events, and over 100 adventures.
Players can learn skills and actions, cast spells from five Pillars of Magic or study the Forbidden Arts, and add effects to spells by learning magical vocabulary. The Steam version includes interface customization, eight achievements, trading cards, and DLC 17, which includes previous DLC.
How Academagia: The Making of Mages plays
- 01Student Relationships
- The academy year includes interactions with more than 80 students, with opportunities to make friends and enemies.
- 02Random Events
- The game offers more than 800 possible random events.
- 03Spell Development
- Players can add effects to existing spells as they learn the vocabulary of magic.
- 04Familiar Training
- Players can teach, train, and adventure with a familiar chosen from dozens of species.
- 05Customizable Interface
- Many components can be repositioned or resized, and text size can be adjusted in key areas.
- 06Steam Version Extras
- The Steam version includes eight achievements and trading cards; DLC 17 includes all previous DLC.
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Academagia: The Making of Mages: platforms & release
Is Academagia: The Making of Mages worth it?
It is worth it if: fantasy RPG players who want to balance academy activities with exploration and spellcasting. Skip it if: players looking for continuous action may find the school-year activities and choice-based progression too measured.
Where can I download Academagia: The Making of Mages?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Academagia: The Making of Mages's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Academagia: The Making of Mages on?
Windows only.
