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Games like An Amazing Wizard

If An Amazing Wizard is your kind of game, the closest matches are Koboo: The Tree Spirit, Betrayer: Curse of the Spine and ScourgeBringer — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and hypnotic. 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.

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About An Amazing Wizard: An Amazing Wizard is a 2D fast-paced metroidvania-inspired spell-slinging roguelike where you'll create spells. Master 7 elements and merge 120 unique spells in any order to create endless possibilities. Choose from 250+ perks and 200 artifacts. Collect your lost memories and reclaim true name!

2025ActionIndieAdventureRPGEarly Access11.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindows · macOS · Linuxby Tiny Goblins
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Players who liked An Amazing Wizard also play

Steam players who put hours into An Amazing Wizard 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. Koboo: The Tree Spirit

    WHY THIS

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

    Koboo is a fast paced action rogue-lite platformer where you battle against towering hunters as a small tree spirit by attacking their weak points. Forge powerful synergies, explore the Ancient Forest's branching paths, fish, catch bugs and garden to rebuild your home!

    2024ActionIndieRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Betrayer: Curse of the Spine

    WHY THIS

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

    Betrayer: Curse of the Spine is an Action-Adventure Metroidvania. The game features decision making, crafting, fast-paced combat, multiple endings, intricate storytelling, an open world to explore, and more!

    2021ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. ScourgeBringer

    WHY THIS

    Shares meta progression and an atmospheric mood with An Amazing Wizard.

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

    ScourgeBringer is a fast-paced free-moving roguelite platformer. Help Kyhra to explore the unknown and slash her way through ancient machines guarding the seal of her past, and maybe the redemption of humanity.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Katanaut

    WHY THIS

    Shares meta progression and an atmospheric mood with An Amazing Wizard.

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

    Katanaut is a fast-paced, Metroidvania-inspired action roguelite blending fluid combat and cosmic horror. Slash, dodge, and wield powerful abilities as you battle through a station sprawling with twisted, once-human horrors. Adapt, survive, and descend into the shadows to uncover dark secrets.

    2025ActionSportsIndie17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Dunjungle

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with An Amazing Wizard.

    Ranked #5 for An Amazing Wizard fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with An Amazing Wizard.

    A 2d action-packed roguelite about a monkey hero protecting the jungle from the rise of a corruptive power. Explore ever-changing dungeons, fight weird enemies and gear up with lots of weapons and relics you can combine for a new experience every run. Explore, fight, die, and repeat!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Dead Cells

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with An Amazing Wizard.

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

    Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Rogue Legacy

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with An Amazing Wizard.

    Ranked #7 for An Amazing Wizard fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with An Amazing Wizard.

    Rogue Legacy is a genealogical rogue-"LITE" where anyone can be a hero. Each time you die, your child will succeed you. Every child is unique. One child might be colorblind, another might be a dwarf with vertigo. But that's OK, because no one is perfect, and you don't have to be to succeed.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Nightmare: The Lunatic

    WHY THIS

    Shares meta progression and an atmospheric mood with An Amazing Wizard.

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

    Nightmare: The Lunatic is a parrying action rogue-lite platformer game about escaping a nightmare. Constantly swap between 3 weapons, use special attacks, and avoid and parry enemy attacks. Strengthen yourself by collecting powerful and unique totems.

    2024ActionIndie16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to An Amazing Wizard

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. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with An Amazing Wizard.

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

    Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Magicraft

    WHY THIS

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

    "Magicraft" is a Roguelike game that uses a variety of spells to match unimaginable spell effects, and the construction of ultra-high degrees of freedom cannot even be exhausted by developers.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure12.79 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Dead Cells

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with An Amazing Wizard.

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

    Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below An Amazing Wizard at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under An Amazing Wizard on Steam right now. Shares Indie with An Amazing Wizard.

    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 ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under An Amazing Wizard on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with An Amazing Wizard.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~42% under An Amazing Wizard on Steam right now. Shares Action and Early Access with An Amazing Wizard.

    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.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under An Amazing Wizard on Steam right now. Shares Action with An Amazing Wizard.

    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.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~48% under An Amazing Wizard on Steam right now. Shares Indie with An Amazing Wizard.

    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!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under An Amazing Wizard on Steam right now. Shares Indie with An Amazing Wizard.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under An Amazing Wizard on Steam right now. Shares Indie with An Amazing Wizard.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~92% under An Amazing Wizard on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with An Amazing Wizard.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

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

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Disfigure

    WHY THIS

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

    Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!

    2023ActionIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Paper Lily - Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.

    2024IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue

    WHY THIS

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

    Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.

    2021IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Tails Noir: Prologue

    WHY THIS

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

    Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt

    WHY THIS

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

    Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).

    2016ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  8. Trick & Treat

    WHY THIS

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

    Trick or treating in a vampire's house.Trick & Treat is a light-hearted Halloween adventure. It's about exploring and solving puzzles in a spooky atmosphere. There will be some horror elements, romance, many bad ends and a happy ending of true love.

    2016IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  1. ScourgeBringer

    WHY THIS

    Shares meta progression and an atmospheric mood with An Amazing Wizard.

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

    ScourgeBringer is a fast-paced free-moving roguelite platformer. Help Kyhra to explore the unknown and slash her way through ancient machines guarding the seal of her past, and maybe the redemption of humanity.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Katanaut

    WHY THIS

    Shares meta progression and an atmospheric mood with An Amazing Wizard.

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

    Katanaut is a fast-paced, Metroidvania-inspired action roguelite blending fluid combat and cosmic horror. Slash, dodge, and wield powerful abilities as you battle through a station sprawling with twisted, once-human horrors. Adapt, survive, and descend into the shadows to uncover dark secrets.

    2025ActionSportsIndie17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Dunjungle

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with An Amazing Wizard.

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

    A 2d action-packed roguelite about a monkey hero protecting the jungle from the rise of a corruptive power. Explore ever-changing dungeons, fight weird enemies and gear up with lots of weapons and relics you can combine for a new experience every run. Explore, fight, die, and repeat!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Dead Cells

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with An Amazing Wizard.

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

    Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Rogue Legacy

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with An Amazing Wizard.

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

    Rogue Legacy is a genealogical rogue-"LITE" where anyone can be a hero. Each time you die, your child will succeed you. Every child is unique. One child might be colorblind, another might be a dwarf with vertigo. But that's OK, because no one is perfect, and you don't have to be to succeed.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Nightmare: The Lunatic

    WHY THIS

    Shares meta progression and an atmospheric mood with An Amazing Wizard.

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

    Nightmare: The Lunatic is a parrying action rogue-lite platformer game about escaping a nightmare. Constantly swap between 3 weapons, use special attacks, and avoid and parry enemy attacks. Strengthen yourself by collecting powerful and unique totems.

    2024ActionIndie16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about An Amazing Wizard

Is An Amazing Wizard verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — An Amazing Wizard 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 An Amazing Wizard cost?
An Amazing Wizard is listed on Steam at 11.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to An Amazing Wizard?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside An Amazing Wizard are Koboo: The Tree Spirit, Betrayer: Curse of the Spine, ScourgeBringer.
Who developed An Amazing Wizard?
An Amazing Wizard was developed by Tiny Goblins and published by Tiny Goblins, Erabit.

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