IMHO.

Games like Wizard with a Gun

If Wizard with a Gun is your kind of game, the closest matches are SWORN, Wizard of Legend 2 and Conan Chop Chop — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and relaxing. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

Get personalized picks →

Wizard with a Gun is a 2023 online survival game developed by Galvanic Games and published by Devolver Digital, available for $24.99. Set in a magical wilderness, it tasks 1-4 players with exploring procedurally generated zones while collecting resources to build bases and craft increasingly powerful magical loadouts. The mechanics include a bullet-crafting system, a powder system for creating explosives, and difficulty-scaling that adapts to player progression. Players describe the experience as atmospheric, whimsical, and at times relaxing, with the western-inspired art style complementing the magical setting. Reviewers highlight that co-op transforms combat into a chaotic and satisfying affair, while exploration unlocks new crafting stations that enable synergistic loadouts. The game holds an 83% positive rating from over 1,700 Steam reviews and runs verified on Steam Deck.

About Wizard with a Gun: Wizard with a Gun is an online sandbox survival game for 1 - 4 players set in a magical wilderness wrought with dangerous creatures and arcane mysteries. Embark on a journey alone or with a friend to collect, craft, and outfit your wizard however you see fit as you explore the unknown.

2023ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedMetacritic 72Windowsby Galvanic Games
Wizard with a Gun — Steam game cover
Players highlight
Co op enhances chaotic combatCraft absurdly synergistic magical loadoutsExploration unlocks new crafting stationsAtmosphericChallengingRelaxing

Players who liked Wizard with a Gun also play

Steam players who put hours into Wizard with a Gun also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. SWORN

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Wizard with a Gun.

    Top pick for Wizard with a Gun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Wizard with a Gun.

    SWORN is a 1-4 player co-op action rogue-like. Explore and reclaim a fallen Camelot from the reign of a corrupted Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.

    2025ActionIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Wizard of Legend 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Wizard with a Gun.

    Second-strongest match for Wizard with a Gun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Wizard with a Gun.

    Face perilous magical trials in the fast-paced rogue-lite follow-up to the acclaimed original, featuring co-op and vibrant new 3D visuals. Master new Arcana and elements, experiment with spell combinations, and become the next Wizard of Legend!

    2025ActionIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Conan Chop Chop

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Wizard with a Gun.

    Third-strongest match for Wizard with a Gun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Wizard with a Gun.

    Conan Chop Chop is a party roguelite for 1-4 players full of mayhem, loot, and adventure. In this outrageous take on Conan the Barbarian, you are the muscle-bound hero foolish enough to try and stop the evil wizard Thoth-Amon!

    2022ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Children of Morta

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Wizard with a Gun.

    Ranked #4 for Wizard with a Gun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Wizard with a Gun.

    Children of Morta is a story-driven action RPG game about an extraordinary family of heroes. Lead the Bergsons, with all their flaws and virtues, against the forthcoming Corruption. Will you be able to sacrifice everything to save the ones you care for?

    2019ActionIndieAdventure21.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Minecraft Dungeons

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Wizard with a Gun.

    Ranked #5 for Wizard with a Gun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Wizard with a Gun.

    Fight your way through an exciting action-adventure game, inspired by classic dungeon crawlers and set in the Minecraft universe!

    2021ActionAdventureRPG19.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Death's Door

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Wizard with a Gun.

    Ranked #6 for Wizard with a Gun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Wizard with a Gun.

    Reaping souls of the dead and punching a clock might get monotonous but it's honest work for a Crow. The job gets lively when your assigned soul is stolen and you must track down a desperate thief to a realm untouched by death - where creatures grow far past their expiry.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Ember Knights

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Wizard with a Gun.

    Ranked #7 for Wizard with a Gun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Wizard with a Gun.

    Ember Knights is an action rogue-lite for 1-4 players where you play as legendary knights, the last spark of hope against the mad sorcerer Praxis and his hordes of unwavering fiends. Wield weapons & skills, build synergies with game-changing relics and free the universe of Praxis’ corruption.

    2023ActionAdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Heroes of Hammerwatch II

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Wizard with a Gun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Wizard with a Gun.

    A rogue-lite action-rpg that offers extensive persistent progression. Build your town, upgrade and equip your heroes, before taking on the ever-changing Dark Citadel - either solo or with a team of friends.

    2025ActionIndieRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Wizard with a Gun

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Super Animal Royale

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Wizard with a Gun.

    Reviewers of Wizard with a Gun cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Wizard with a Gun.

    Welcome to the coziest way to kill your friends. Super Animal Royale is a 64-player, top-down 2D battle royale where adorably murderous animals fight tooth, claw, and machine gun. Then, relax in Super Animal World with fishing, hamsterball races, and story quests before the next fight to the death.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Wizard with a Gun.

    Reviewers of Wizard with a Gun cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Wizard with a Gun.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Don't Starve

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Wizard with a Gun.

    Reviewers of Wizard with a Gun cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wizard with a Gun.

    Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.

    2013IndieAdventureSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Cult of the Lamb

    WHY THIS

    Shares difficulty scaling, base building and an atmospheric mood with Wizard with a Gun.

    Reviewers of Wizard with a Gun cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Wizard with a Gun.

    Start your own cult in a land of false prophets, venturing out into diverse and mysterious regions to build a loyal community of woodland Followers and spread your Word to become the one true cult.

    2022ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Wizard with a Gun at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Wizard with a Gun.

    Priced ~60% under Wizard with a Gun on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Wizard with a Gun.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Wizard with a Gun on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Wizard with a Gun.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Wizard with a Gun on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Wizard with a Gun.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Wizard with a Gun on Steam right now. Shares Action with Wizard with a Gun.

    Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Wizard with a Gun on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Wizard with a Gun.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Wizard with a Gun on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Wizard with a Gun.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Wizard with a Gun on Steam right now. Shares Action with Wizard with a Gun.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Wizard with a Gun on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Wizard with a Gun.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Wizard with a Gun.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Wizard with a Gun.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Wizard with a Gun.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Lab

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. DORONKO WANKO

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Wizard with a Gun.

    『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.

    2024ActionSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  6. Samorost 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wizard with a Gun.

    Explore the beginnings of the Samorost series in the space gnome’s original bite-sized adventure, formerly released in 2003. Now with remastered sounds, enhanced graphics, and new music by Floex.

    2021IndieAdventureCasualFreeSteam ↗
  7. Epic Battle Fantasy 3

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wizard with a Gun.

    Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!

    2016IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Wizard with a Gun.

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Galvanic Games

Other recommendable Steam games by Galvanic Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Rapture Rejects

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Wizard with a Gun.

    Another title from Galvanic Games, the studio behind Wizard with a Gun. Shares Action and Indie with Wizard with a Gun.

    The Rapture Has Happened. You didn't make the cut. Rapture Rejects is a top down isometric last man standing game set in the apocalyptic Cyanide & Happiness universe.

    2018ActionIndieMassively MultiplayerSteam ↗
  2. Some Distant Memory

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Wizard with a Gun.

    Another title from Galvanic Games, the studio behind Wizard with a Gun. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wizard with a Gun.

    A hand-drawn story exploration game set 300 years after the apocalypse. You play an archaeologist named Professor Zay, joined by her companion, ARORA, a centuries-old AI capable of recreating human memories from scanned relics.

    2019IndieAdventureCasual12.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Gurgamoth

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Galvanic Games, the studio behind Wizard with a Gun. Shares Action and Indie with Wizard with a Gun.

    Gurgamoth is a flying fighting game where the level is your weapon. Each match is lightning quick and focuses on intense flying combat and getting in your opponent's head. The controls are simple, but the mechanics and interesting levels bring out the game’s depth.

    2016ActionIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. SWORN

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Wizard with a Gun.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Wizard with a Gun.

    SWORN is a 1-4 player co-op action rogue-like. Explore and reclaim a fallen Camelot from the reign of a corrupted Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.

    2025ActionIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Conan Chop Chop

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Wizard with a Gun.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Wizard with a Gun.

    Conan Chop Chop is a party roguelite for 1-4 players full of mayhem, loot, and adventure. In this outrageous take on Conan the Barbarian, you are the muscle-bound hero foolish enough to try and stop the evil wizard Thoth-Amon!

    2022ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Children of Morta

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Wizard with a Gun.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Wizard with a Gun.

    Children of Morta is a story-driven action RPG game about an extraordinary family of heroes. Lead the Bergsons, with all their flaws and virtues, against the forthcoming Corruption. Will you be able to sacrifice everything to save the ones you care for?

    2019ActionIndieAdventure21.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Death's Door

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Wizard with a Gun.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Wizard with a Gun.

    Reaping souls of the dead and punching a clock might get monotonous but it's honest work for a Crow. The job gets lively when your assigned soul is stolen and you must track down a desperate thief to a realm untouched by death - where creatures grow far past their expiry.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Ember Knights

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Wizard with a Gun.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Wizard with a Gun.

    Ember Knights is an action rogue-lite for 1-4 players where you play as legendary knights, the last spark of hope against the mad sorcerer Praxis and his hordes of unwavering fiends. Wield weapons & skills, build synergies with game-changing relics and free the universe of Praxis’ corruption.

    2023ActionAdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Wizard with a Gun

Is Wizard with a Gun verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Wizard with a Gun is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
How much does Wizard with a Gun cost?
Wizard with a Gun is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Wizard with a Gun have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Wizard with a Gun supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to Wizard with a Gun?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Wizard with a Gun are SWORN, Wizard of Legend 2, Conan Chop Chop.
Who developed Wizard with a Gun?
Wizard with a Gun was developed by Galvanic Games and published by Devolver Digital.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Wizard with a Gun.

For library-aware picks tuned to your specific taste, sign in with Steam on the home page.