Six Spellcasters and a deck-building system
This first closed beta will allow you to try your hand at the basics of gameplay. Spellcasters Chronicles from December 4 to 8. You will be able to play six Spellcasters, each associated with its own archetype directly influencing deck-building strategies. The playable arena, the Mausoleum, will serve as a testing ground for a first selection of content with 11 creatures, 8 incantations, 2 buildings and 2 titans. Enough to develop a wide variety of compositions and playing styles depending on the studio.
Each Spellcaster offers a unique approach:
- Swamp Witch, specializing in minor summons and empowered endgames.
- Astral Monk, focused on offensive spells and bursts of explosive damage.
- Iron Sorcerer, perfect for decks built around structures and lane control.
- Fire Elementalist, aggressive profile focusing on mobility and rapid spell rotation.
- Mystic Scribe, focused on support and survival.
- Stone Shaman, expert in defensive strategies and terrain reinforcement.
Quantic Dream emphasizes that this phase will primarily serve to collect player feedback. A second beta, planned for early 2026will incorporate new characters, arenas, summons, and additional features, as the game gets closer to Early Access. Game director Gregorie Diaconu emphasizes the importance of collaboration with the community:
We want to listen, quickly improve, and shape the experience with our players. This first weekend of closed beta is the opening chapter.
How to participate in the Spellcasters Chronicles closed beta and what are the system requirements on PC?
Registrations are open on the game’s Steam page as well as on the official websiteand unselected players will remain eligible for future sessions. Quantic Dream also shares the minimum and recommended PC requirements, which prove to be particularly demanding, with a minimum of 32 GB of RAM required to participate (which also comes at rather bad timing given the increase in prices of Ram bars which have skyrocketed because of AI). :
Minimum configuration:
• CPU: Intel Core i5-11400 or AMD Ryzen 5 5500 or equivalent (6 core / 12 threads).
• Graphics card: NVidia GeForce RTX 2070 or Radeon RX 5700 or equivalent with at least 8 GB of VRAM.
• RAM/RAM: 32 GB of RAM.
• Storage: NVMe SSD
• Operating system: Windows 11
Recommended configuration:
• CPU: Intel Core i7-11700K or AMD Ryzen 7 3700X or equivalent (8 core / 16 threads).
• Graphics card: NVidia GeForce RTX 3070 or Radeon RX 9060 XT or equivalent with at least 10 GB of VRAM.
• RAM/RAM: 32 GB of RAM.
• Storage: NVMe SSD
• Operating system: Windows 11
This first confrontation with the public should be decisive given the reception of Quantic Dream fans during the announcement who did not expect such a project from a studio accustomed to narrative games.