Games like The Magister
If The Magister is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Magister - The First Two Days, The Amazing American Circus and The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and mysterious. 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 →About The Magister: The Magister is a murder-mystery card-battler RPG. Build and customise your deck to fight in battles, or use ‘Tactical Diplomacy’ to pacify those who stand in your way. Gather clues and discover motives as you investigate the death of your predecessor and unmask the guilty culprit.
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Steam players who put hours into The Magister 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.
The Magister - The First Two Days
WHY THIS
Top pick for The Magister fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Magister.
The Magister: The First Two Days gives you the chance to begin your investigation in this murder-mystery card-battler RPG. Build and customize your deck to fight in battles, or use ‘Tactical Diplomacy’ to pacify those who stand in your way. Gather clues and investigate the death of your predecessor!
The Amazing American Circus
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with The Magister.
Second-strongest match for The Magister fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Magister.
Roll up and play a deck building game like no other! Gather weird and wonderful performers, amaze audiences, explore Gilded Age America, and transform your run down circus into an entertainment empire. Play your cards right and you could claim the crown of greatest showman from P.T .Barnum!
The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Magister fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Magister.
Step into the wacky heroic fantasy universe of the Dungeon of Naheulbeuk. Lead a team of unlikely and clumsy heroes in an epic and challenging tactical RPG. Live an adventure filled with humor, surprises and silly encounters.
Black Book
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a mysterious mood with The Magister.
Ranked #4 for The Magister fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Magister.
“Black Book” is a dark RPG Adventure, based on Slavic myths, in which you play as a young sorceress. Fight evil forces in card-based battles and explore the world, where humans live alongside mythological creatures.
Trials of Fire
WHY THIS
Shares deck building, procedural generation and a challenging mood with The Magister.
Ranked #5 for The Magister fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with The Magister.
A Tactical, Deck-Building Roguelite. Choose 3 Heroes and adventure into a post-Cataclysmic wasteland. Engage enemies in a unique meld of card-play and tactical, positional combat. Level up and scavenge what you can to customise your decks and build a party to take on any challenge!
Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with The Magister.
Ranked #6 for The Magister fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with The Magister.
Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark is a turn-based tactical RPG with a focus on storytelling and strategic battles. Unfold a mature story as you progress through hand-crafted scenarios, controlling your own group of Arbiters, with each character customizable from a wide selection of classes and abilities!
Abalon: Roguelike Tactics CCG
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with The Magister.
Ranked #7 for The Magister fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Magister.
Abalon is a roguelike adventure that fuses tactical turn-based combat and card strategy. Choose your summoner and explore a tabletop world to discover its secrets. Build the perfect deck, outsmart your enemies and become legend!
Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with The Magister.
Ranked #8 for The Magister fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with The Magister.
Veil of the Witch is a roguelite strategy RPG with turn-based combat and branching progression. Set in the world of “Lost Eidolons,” build a nimble squad of five, pick your skills as you level, and adapt to each unique run. May the gods favor the bold and the wise.
Reviewers mention these as similar to The Magister
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Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Shares deck building, procedural generation and a challenging mood with The Magister.
Reviewers of The Magister cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with The Magister.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Roadwarden
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with The Magister.
Reviewers of The Magister cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Magister.
Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.
Griftlands
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with The Magister.
Reviewers of The Magister cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with The Magister.
Griftlands is a deck-building roguelite where you negotiate, fight, steal or otherwise persuade others to get your way. Every decision is important, be it the jobs you take, the friends you make, or the cards you collect.
Elysium
WHY THIS
Reviewers of The Magister cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with The Magister.
Wake up on a paradise-like abandoned island with your friends. Explore the lands of an ancient civilization and uncover the mysteries behind their collapse as you build, craft, and tame corrupted machines. Most importantly, survive the unwelcome lands of Elysium!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Magister at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under The Magister on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Magister.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under The Magister on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Magister.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under The Magister on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Magister.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under The Magister on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Magister.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under The Magister on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Magister.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Shares deck building, procedural generation and a challenging mood with The Magister.
Priced ~58% under The Magister on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Magister.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under The Magister on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Magister.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under The Magister on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Magister.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with The Magister.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Magister.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Magister.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Magister.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Magister.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Magister.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Magister.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
![UNBEATABLE [white label] — Steam game cover](https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1290490/header.jpg?t=1736770503)
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More from Nerdook Productions
Other recommendable Steam games by Nerdook Productions, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Monster Slayers
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a whimsical mood with The Magister.
Another title from Nerdook Productions, the studio behind The Magister. Shares Action and Indie with The Magister.
Monster Slayers is a rogue-like deck-building RPG adventure. Create a hero and choose your path through the perilous Northern Valley as you battle to become a true Monster Slayer.
Reverse Crawl
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with The Magister.
Another title from Nerdook Productions, the studio behind The Magister. Shares Action and Adventure with The Magister.
A dungeon crawl where YOU are the dungeon! Lead your minions in tactical turn-based combat against the pesky heroes, and unlock a variety of evil Powers. With a dynamic campaign system and a branching storyline, "Reverse Crawl" lets you experience an RPG from a whole new angle!
Rogue AI Simulator
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a whimsical mood with The Magister.
Another title from Nerdook Productions, the studio behind The Magister. Shares Indie and RPG with The Magister.
Play as a Rogue Artificial Intelligence, in the sequel to the hit Flash game "I'm an Insane Rogue AI", played more than 4 million times! Your Prime Directive is simple: design a facility & manage human Test Subjects for the Dept of Science. But be careful: they NEVER stop being suspicious of you...
Vertical Drop Heroes HD
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a whimsical mood with The Magister.
Another title from Nerdook Productions, the studio behind The Magister. Shares Action and RPG with The Magister.
Vertical Drop Heroes is a procedural platformer RPG hybrid with roguelike elements, where your hero adventures through randomly generated stages. Armed with a variety of skills and traits, you must use your cunning and reflexes to survive the dangers of each stage.
The Magister - The First Two Days
WHY THIS
Another title from Nerdook Productions, the studio behind The Magister. Shares Action and Indie with The Magister.
The Magister: The First Two Days gives you the chance to begin your investigation in this murder-mystery card-battler RPG. Build and customize your deck to fight in battles, or use ‘Tactical Diplomacy’ to pacify those who stand in your way. Gather clues and investigate the death of your predecessor!
Kill A Million Rats
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a whimsical mood with The Magister.
Another title from Nerdook Productions, the studio behind The Magister. Shares Action and Indie with The Magister.
A base-building, Roguelike Action/Turn-based Strategy (RATS) game, in a forest invaded by a million Rats. As the powerful Spirit of Vengeance, you must save the adorable Villagers! Explore a randomly generated world, expand your village, and exterminate the Rats!
Rogue AI: Idle Domination
WHY THIS
Another title from Nerdook Productions, the studio behind The Magister. Shares Indie with The Magister.
A Rogue A.I. simulator that sits at the bottom of your screen. Take over the world while taking care of other tasks!
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Trials of Fire
WHY THIS
Shares deck building, procedural generation and a challenging mood with The Magister.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and RPG with The Magister.
A Tactical, Deck-Building Roguelite. Choose 3 Heroes and adventure into a post-Cataclysmic wasteland. Engage enemies in a unique meld of card-play and tactical, positional combat. Level up and scavenge what you can to customise your decks and build a party to take on any challenge!
Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with The Magister.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and RPG with The Magister.
Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark is a turn-based tactical RPG with a focus on storytelling and strategic battles. Unfold a mature story as you progress through hand-crafted scenarios, controlling your own group of Arbiters, with each character customizable from a wide selection of classes and abilities!
Abalon: Roguelike Tactics CCG
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with The Magister.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Magister.
Abalon is a roguelike adventure that fuses tactical turn-based combat and card strategy. Choose your summoner and explore a tabletop world to discover its secrets. Build the perfect deck, outsmart your enemies and become legend!
Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with The Magister.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and RPG with The Magister.
Veil of the Witch is a roguelite strategy RPG with turn-based combat and branching progression. Set in the world of “Lost Eidolons,” build a nimble squad of five, pick your skills as you level, and adapt to each unique run. May the gods favor the bold and the wise.
Frequently asked about The Magister
- Does The Magister run on Steam Deck?
- The Magister is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does The Magister cost?
- The Magister is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Magister?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Magister are The Magister - The First Two Days, The Amazing American Circus, The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos.
- Who developed The Magister?
- The Magister was developed by Nerdook Productions.
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 The Magister.
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