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ManaSoul

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72%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
72% User Score Based on 100 reviews

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About ManaSoul

ManaSoul is a single player and multiplayer open world role playing game with a fantasy theme. It was developed by Celtaria Productions and was released on December 1, 2023. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

In ManaSoul you take on the role of a Mage in the world of Valeyra! In this world, everyone has the ability to learn magicks, but not everyone can master them! Explore a hand-crafted open world made with passion and love pixel by pixel. Begin your journey to become an Archmage and leave your mark on history! Start a Guild and create memories with friends, challenge yourself against difficult encou…

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72%Audience ScoreBased on 100 reviews
gameplay4 positive mentions
grinding4 negative mentions
  • Engaging and fun 2D pixel art MMO with solid combat system and extensive class/build variety.
  • No pay-to-win mechanics and fully free-to-play, with premium items earned via in-game quests.
  • Passionate and responsive developers with frequent updates, supported by a friendly and helpful community.
  • Servers frequently offline and connectivity issues including rubber-banding, causing unplayability at times.
  • New player experience is confusing due to poor quest guidance, unintuitive UI, and lack of quality-of-life features.
  • Limited content at current early access stage with grindy progression, some bugs, and occasional admin-community conflicts.

  • story

    16 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    19% positive mentions, 62% neutral mentions, 19% negative mentions

    The story offers a variety of quests, puzzles, and community engagement, but lacks a clear overarching narrative, leading to a somewhat aimless progression focused on grind and exploration. The quest system has usability issues, such as unclear objectives and poor interaction with NPCs, which detract from the overall experience. Despite these flaws, there is plenty of content and potential for enjoyable gameplay.

    • “Great progression and leveling with story and monsters to slay.”
    • “Open world style, you choose where to go and it has a lot of quests and dungeons.”
    • “7 hours of playtime and plan to come back and play more; there is a lot to do and a lot more I have to do. There are plenty of quests, dungeons, and delves you can do alone.”
    • “I do think it's weird that enemies don't give you XP, and there doesn't feel like there's an overarching story, so you're kind of just told to go find quests and do them to level up.”
    • “The main quest isn't even available yet, leaving the only things to do as grinding basic enemies and fending for yourself more or less.”
    • “It's a lot of aimless walking trying to find wherever your next quest can be.”

  • gameplay

    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    67% positive mentions, 16% neutral mentions, 17% negative mentions

    The gameplay is praised for its fluid and engaging 2D mechanics, a flexible class system, and a variety of fun activities like fishing and mining, offering substantial content especially for an early development stage. However, combat can be confusing due to a lack of tutorial, though the overall gameplay loop remains enjoyable and immersive.

    • “Good interface, gameplay, very fluid for a 2D game, no tile-based grid here. The class system is great; you can expand and change your class anytime. There are many fun systems and skills to level up, including fishing, cooking, mining, and more. Lots of content for a game still early in development, with much more to come in 2026.”
    • “Surprisingly fun gameplay loop; I have had a great time.”
    • “The game has a fun gameplay loop of grinding out "memories," which are non-P2W gacha that you open for gear.”
    • “Combat is confusing at best, and there's no real tutorial to familiarize yourself with mechanics.”

  • graphics

    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    60% positive mentions, 40% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The graphics receive praise for their beautiful pixel art and charming, meticulously crafted visuals that enhance the game's appeal. However, some users note technical issues like map transitions and engine syncing problems that disrupt the experience. Overall, the art style is enjoyable, but these flaws may affect immersion for some players.

    • “The meticulously crafted world draws you in with its charming visuals, all the while concealing challenging mechanics beneath its cutesy facade.”
    • “The graphics are beautiful.”
    • “I like the skills, the graphics, and the community from what I saw.”

  • grinding

    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 20% neutral mentions, 80% negative mentions

    Grinding in the game is a mixed experience: while some find the leveling and content progression grindy due to limited endgame content, many appreciate the rewarding and engaging gameplay loop of grinding "memories" for gear without pay-to-win elements. The grind is challenging but generally avoids feeling tedious, though some aspects, like puzzles, are simple and punctual in grind intensity.

    • “Leveling is too grindy to overcome a lack of end game content.”
    • “The game is very grindy, and the puzzles so far were quite simple (click something and the obstacle is gone).”
    • “A bit grindy sometimes.”

  • monetization

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game’s monetization is praised for being fair, with no pay-to-win elements, no cash grab tactics, and no cash store.

    • “No cash grab, no pay-to-win, no cash store.”

  • character development

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 100% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Users appreciate the ability to create and customize their own character, preferring to develop them independently rather than having predefined character progression.

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Play Times

6h Median play time
5h Average play time
2-7h Spent by most gamers
*Based on 2 analyzed playthroughs
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ManaSoul is a open world role playing game with fantasy theme. Common tags for ManaSoul include indie, magic, exploration, family friendly, pixel graphics and others.

ManaSoul is available on PC, Mac OS, Windows and Linux.

On average players spend around 5 hours playing ManaSoul.

ManaSoul was released on December 1, 2023.

ManaSoul was developed by Celtaria Productions.

ManaSoul has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked ManaSoul for its gameplay but disliked it for its story.

ManaSoul is a single player game with multiplayer and local co-op support.

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