Mind Over Magic

Mind Over Magic is a colony simulation from Sparkypants, published by Klei. You inherit the ruins of a magic school on cursed ground, then rebuild it brick by brick, hire teaching staff, recruit student mages and design every classroom, dormitory, library and lab from scratch with unlockable furniture sets.

Students pick magical disciplines and either multiclass for breadth or push toward single-school mastery for ultimate abilities. Dark mages animate Quilted, undead helpers that mine and repair; flight charms placed on broom racks shorten commutes; relics, wands and potions kit out a mage's loadout for both daily work and combat.

Beneath the school lies the Underschool, a procedurally arranged dungeon where most of the run-based combat happens. Below that sits the Nexus, the fractured reality where the curse originates, and breaking it requires sending well-trained mages deeper than anyone before.