Mittelborg: City of Mages

About

You play as the immortal leader of a magical city on the brink of collapse. Mittelborg: City of Mages blends turn-based strategy with survival mechanics as you manage resources, assign mages to explore fractured realms, and make irreversible choices that shape the story. Each decision impacts your city’s fate as you battle chaotic forces, gather spells, and navigate mystical storms. The game emphasizes logic and adaptability, requiring you to balance exploration, defense, and long-term planning to protect a symbolic Tree of Order. The game stands out for its dense strategic layers and narrative weight, drawing comparisons to classic titles like King of Dragon Pass and Heroes of Might and Magic. Players praise its depth, with over 200 hours of content reported in community logs, though its steep learning curve and punishing difficulty may test patience. A Mac and Switch port lets you tackle its challenges on the go, though the 2019 release hasn’t aged perfectly, bug reports linger in forums. If you enjoy grinding through complex systems where every move carries consequence, the mix of magic and survival here feels fresh despite its inspirations.

Storyline

This turn-based survival saga tells about a collapse of our world, a mix of strategy and resource management, created in the spirit of the Oregon, King of dragon pass and fantasy series Heroes of the Might and Magic. You take a role of the immortal Chancellor in the city of mages in between worlds. Your Power is a heavy burden and you have to be prepared for tough choices. All decisions matter, but none of them are final. Your aim of the game is to protect the Tree of Order, the symbol of balance and to rescue magic from oblivion. You will look for resources, try to survive in mystical tempests, and send off mages to different magical worlds in order to find out a cause of upcoming Chaos. Develop various tactics and find one you like, train your logic. Discover how to gather the most powerful arsenal of spells or how to save mages from roaring tempests. Mages wait for your command and they are ready for expeditions and miraculous adventures. Will you be the one who rescue Mittelborg?