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Games like Magic Paper

If Magic Paper is your kind of game, the closest matches are Spell Disk, Hand of Fate 2 and Wizard of Legend — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and competitive. 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 Magic Paper: Magic Paper is a hack and slash roguelike game in which you can build your own set of magics to use.

2024ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Teleportsoft
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Block matching puzzle mechanics overlaid on dungeon crawlingCombining identical spells to level them up and create powerful synergiesCozy forest atmosphere contrasts with strategic depthAtmosphericChallengingCompetitive

Players who liked Magic Paper also play

Steam players who put hours into Magic Paper 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. Spell Disk

    WHY THIS

    Shares build variety, roguelite progression, action and an atmospheric mood with Magic Paper.

    Top pick for Magic Paper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Magic Paper.

    Build unique synergy spell combos to destroy the hordes of monsters and bosses in this rogue-lite action game.

    2024ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Hand of Fate 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building and an atmospheric mood with Magic Paper.

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

    A new hero rises to challenge the Dealer in Hand of Fate 2! Master a living boardgame of infinitely replayable quests - unlock new cards, build your adventure, then defeat your foes in brutal real-time combat! Draw your cards, play your hand and discover your fate!

    2017ActionIndieRPG29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Wizard of Legend

    WHY THIS

    Shares build variety and a whimsical mood with Magic Paper.

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

    Wizard of Legend is a no-nonsense, action-packed take on wizardry that emphasizes precise movements and smart comboing of spells in a rogue-like dungeon crawler that features over a hundred unique spells and relics!

    2018ActionIndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Garden of Witches

    WHY THIS

    Shares build variety, roguelite progression, roguelite and an atmospheric mood with Magic Paper.

    Ranked #4 for Magic Paper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Magic Paper.

    Garden of Witches is a cute roguelike action game full of danger. Help the protagonist, Sil, as she tries to round up her unruly fellow witches and save the Garden.

    2025ActionIndieRPG18.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Space Hack

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Magic Paper.

    Ranked #5 for Magic Paper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Magic Paper.

    Space Hack is an isometric action RPG set in space, featuring fast-paced hack-and-slash combat, loot progression, and dozens of levels to explore aboard a doomed colony ship.

    2014ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Hades

    WHY THIS

    Shares roguelike progression with Magic Paper.

    Ranked #6 for Magic Paper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Magic Paper.

    Defy the god of the dead as you hack and slash out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre.

    2020ActionIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Hades II

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Magic Paper.

    Ranked #7 for Magic Paper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Magic Paper.

    Battle beyond the Underworld using dark sorcery to take on the Titan of Time in this bewitching sequel to the award-winning rogue-like dungeon crawler.

    2025ActionIndieRPG29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Dreamscaper

    WHY THIS

    Shares meta progression, procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Magic Paper.

    Ranked #8 for Magic Paper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Magic Paper.

    By night, delve deep into your subconscious and discover powerful artifacts to conquer your nightmares. By day, explore the city of Redhaven and build relationships to unlock the power of your dreams. DREAM. DIE. WAKE. REPEAT.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Magic Paper

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. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Magic Paper.

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

    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 ↗
  2. Diablo® IV

    WHY THIS

    Shares item collection, meta progression and an atmospheric mood with Magic Paper.

    Reviewers of Magic Paper cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Magic Paper.

    Join the fight for Sanctuary in Diablo® IV, the ultimate action RPG adventure. Experience the critically acclaimed campaign and new seasonal content.

    2023ActionAdventureMassively Multiplayer49.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Black hole Escape

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Magic Paper cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Magic Paper.

    You take on the role of a lost astronaut who must return to the spaceship in zero-gravity space. Refill oxygen, avoid obstacles, and head towards the destination. Discover endless possibilities in this unique space adventure!

    2024IndieCasual5.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Magic Paper at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Magic Paper on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Magic Paper.

    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

    Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Magic Paper.

    Priced ~67% under Magic Paper on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Magic Paper.

    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 ~53% under Magic Paper on Steam right now. Shares Action with Magic Paper.

    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. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Magic Paper on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Magic Paper.

    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?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Magic Paper on Steam right now. Shares Action with Magic Paper.

    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 ↗
  6. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Magic Paper on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Magic Paper.

    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 ↗
  7. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Magic Paper on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Magic Paper.

    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...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Magic Paper on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Magic Paper.

    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 ↗

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 Magic Paper.

    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 Magic Paper.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

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

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Magic Paper.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

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

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Cinderella Phenomenon - Otome/Visual Novel

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Magic Paper.

    The Fairytale Curse was only the beginning...

    2017IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  8. Floating Point

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Magic Paper.

    Floating Point is a peaceful, free game about using a grappling hook to swing yourself gracefully through randomly generated spaces. The only objective is to collect points, and the only thing that increases your points is swinging swiftly, smoothly and elegantly without hitting anything.

    2014IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck 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. Spell Disk

    WHY THIS

    Shares build variety, roguelite progression, action and an atmospheric mood with Magic Paper.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Magic Paper.

    Build unique synergy spell combos to destroy the hordes of monsters and bosses in this rogue-lite action game.

    2024ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Hand of Fate 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building and an atmospheric mood with Magic Paper.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Magic Paper.

    A new hero rises to challenge the Dealer in Hand of Fate 2! Master a living boardgame of infinitely replayable quests - unlock new cards, build your adventure, then defeat your foes in brutal real-time combat! Draw your cards, play your hand and discover your fate!

    2017ActionIndieRPG29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Wizard of Legend

    WHY THIS

    Shares build variety and a whimsical mood with Magic Paper.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Magic Paper.

    Wizard of Legend is a no-nonsense, action-packed take on wizardry that emphasizes precise movements and smart comboing of spells in a rogue-like dungeon crawler that features over a hundred unique spells and relics!

    2018ActionIndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Garden of Witches

    WHY THIS

    Shares build variety, roguelite progression, roguelite and an atmospheric mood with Magic Paper.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Magic Paper.

    Garden of Witches is a cute roguelike action game full of danger. Help the protagonist, Sil, as she tries to round up her unruly fellow witches and save the Garden.

    2025ActionIndieRPG18.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Hades

    WHY THIS

    Shares roguelike progression with Magic Paper.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Magic Paper.

    Defy the god of the dead as you hack and slash out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre.

    2020ActionIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Hades II

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Magic Paper.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Magic Paper.

    Battle beyond the Underworld using dark sorcery to take on the Titan of Time in this bewitching sequel to the award-winning rogue-like dungeon crawler.

    2025ActionIndieRPG29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Dreamscaper

    WHY THIS

    Shares meta progression, procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Magic Paper.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Magic Paper.

    By night, delve deep into your subconscious and discover powerful artifacts to conquer your nightmares. By day, explore the city of Redhaven and build relationships to unlock the power of your dreams. DREAM. DIE. WAKE. REPEAT.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Magic Paper

Does Magic Paper run on Steam Deck?
Magic Paper 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 Magic Paper cost?
Magic Paper is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Magic Paper?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Magic Paper are Spell Disk, Hand of Fate 2, Wizard of Legend.
Who developed Magic Paper?
Magic Paper was developed by Teleportsoft.

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 Magic Paper.

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