Games like The Spell Brigade
If The Spell Brigade is your kind of game, the closest matches are Temtem: Swarm, Wizardry High School Exam and ANVIL — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its co op teamwork shines, intense dodging gameplay and challenging. 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 →The Spell Brigade is a 2026 roguelite action game from Bolt Blaster Games that supports online co-op for up to four players. Set in a fantasy world, it combines bullet hell dodging with survivors-like survival mechanics, tasking wizard teams with completing co-op objectives while slaying hordes of enemies. Players progress through character leveling and spell upgrades, with build variety and synergies driving the core loop. Reviewers highlight how the co-op teamwork shines and how build variety keeps each run feeling fresh, with new maps and frequent updates keeping the experience dynamic over time. The game runs verified on Steam Deck and holds an 88% positive rating from over 4,200 Steam reviews.
About The Spell Brigade: Survivors-like with ONLINE CO-OP for 1-4 players. Team up with your wizard friends to slay hordes of dark creatures. Complete team-based objectives, unlock new upgrades and create overpowered spell synergies. Friend nor foe is safe in this friendly fire bullet hell!
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Temtem: Swarm
WHY THIS
Shares difficulty scaling, wave based survival, arcade style and an intense mood with The Spell Brigade.
Top pick for The Spell Brigade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with The Spell Brigade.
Can you Survive the Swarm? Unlock mighty abilities and upgrades, find and collect Tems to evolve and become stronger, discover overpowered strategies, and battle massive bosses in this survivor-like bullet heaven! Play solo or online co-op with up to 3 players, building the wildest synergies.
Wizardry High School Exam
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Spell Brigade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Spell Brigade.
Pass your magic exam with flying colors by surviving a final test within our dungeons. No worries, even though there may be numerous, highly resilient, and quite deadly exam golems, there is still time for you to excel, enhance your abilities, and learn a few new spells along the way.
ANVIL
WHY THIS
Shares roguelite progression and a challenging mood with The Spell Brigade.
Third-strongest match for The Spell Brigade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Spell Brigade.
Take on the role of a Vault Breaker in search of alien artifacts called “Vaults” and fight against monsters and powerful bosses. You can strengthen your Breakers to explore far-away galaxies that no one has ever reached!
Apocalypse Party
WHY THIS
Shares wave based survival, co op multiplayer, roguelite and an intense mood with The Spell Brigade.
Ranked #4 for The Spell Brigade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Spell Brigade.
Apocalypse Party is a 3D top-down action Roguelike game. In this game, you will embark on a new mission to traverse through the Middle Ages and gradually master abilities, and arm yourself to become the strongest survivor through numerous choices.
Gatekeeper
WHY THIS
Shares difficulty scaling and a challenging mood with The Spell Brigade.
Ranked #5 for The Spell Brigade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Spell Brigade.
Gatekeeper is a fast-paced rogue-like. Go on a quest to chase down Chaos and reclaim the stolen Heart of Time, fighting your way through relentless enemy forces. Play solo or in 4-player co-op and become the next Gatekeeper!
Entropy Survivors
WHY THIS
Shares wave based survival, build variety, arcade style and an intense mood with The Spell Brigade.
Ranked #6 for The Spell Brigade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Spell Brigade.
Entropy Survivors is a bullet hell roguelike where you simultaneously control a powerful mech and a sharpshooting space frog, featuring outrageously creative abilities and powerful weapon customization. Save the universe in single player or 2-4 player online co-op!
Halls of Torment
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with The Spell Brigade.
Ranked #7 for The Spell Brigade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Spell Brigade.
Slay hordes of terrifying monsters in this horde survival roguelite. Descend into the Halls of Torment where the Lords of the underworld await you. Treasures, magical trinkets, and a growing cast of heroes will grant you the power to vanquish these horrors from beyond. How long can you survive?
Necromantic
WHY THIS
Shares build synergy, wave based survival and roguelite with The Spell Brigade.
Ranked #8 for The Spell Brigade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Spell Brigade.
Start out as a lowly freshman at Valorborn Academy and prove yourself to the school and other students – or don’t, and repeatedly fall to the legions of horrors that await in Necromantic. Study up to survive in this dark and dangerous fantasy Bullet Heaven ... solo or by online co-op.
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Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with The Spell Brigade.
Reviewers of The Spell Brigade cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with The Spell Brigade.
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!
Magicka
WHY THIS
Reviewers of The Spell Brigade cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with The Spell Brigade.
Magicka is a satirical action-adventure game set in a rich fantasy world based on Norse mythology. The player assumes the role of a wizard from a sacred order tasked with stopping an evil sorcerer who has thrown the world into turmoil, his foul creations besieging the forces of good.
Swarm
WHY THIS
Reviewers of The Spell Brigade cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with The Spell Brigade.
"SPIDER-MAN WITH GUNS — this is what VR was made for!" SWARM is a fast-paced, arcade-style grapple shooter, with quick sessions, bright colorful worlds and globally competitive leaderboards that will take you back to the glory days of Arcade Games.
Magicraft
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation with The Spell Brigade.
Reviewers of The Spell Brigade cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with The Spell Brigade.
"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.
Fantasy Survivors
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a whimsical mood with The Spell Brigade.
Reviewers of The Spell Brigade cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with The Spell Brigade.
A rogue-lite where you fight thousands of creatures, unlocking characters and equipment, to challenge deeper levels. Team up with friends or go solo; all drops are instanced so you don't have to share. Satisfying gameplay combined with smart choices make one-more-run a no-brainer.
Mobmania
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with The Spell Brigade.
Reviewers of The Spell Brigade cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with The Spell Brigade.
Mobmania is a four (4) player co-op real-time bullet-hell action rogue-like where you kill enemies, buy items after leveling up, and survive long enough against thousands of monsters and bosses until the final fight against the Witch.
Apocalypse Party
WHY THIS
Shares wave based survival, co op multiplayer, roguelite and an intense mood with The Spell Brigade.
Reviewers of The Spell Brigade cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with The Spell Brigade.
Apocalypse Party is a 3D top-down action Roguelike game. In this game, you will embark on a new mission to traverse through the Middle Ages and gradually master abilities, and arm yourself to become the strongest survivor through numerous choices.
Entropy Survivors
WHY THIS
Shares wave based survival, build variety, arcade style and an intense mood with The Spell Brigade.
Reviewers of The Spell Brigade cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with The Spell Brigade.
Entropy Survivors is a bullet hell roguelike where you simultaneously control a powerful mech and a sharpshooting space frog, featuring outrageously creative abilities and powerful weapon customization. Save the universe in single player or 2-4 player online co-op!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Spell Brigade at current Steam store prices.
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~42% under The Spell Brigade on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Spell Brigade.
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.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~87% under The Spell Brigade on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Spell Brigade.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under The Spell Brigade on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Spell Brigade.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~52% under The Spell Brigade on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Spell Brigade.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~74% under The Spell Brigade on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Spell Brigade.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~81% under The Spell Brigade on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Spell Brigade.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~87% under The Spell Brigade on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with The Spell Brigade.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under The Spell Brigade on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Spell Brigade.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Free To Play with The Spell Brigade.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
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 The Spell Brigade.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Spell Brigade.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Free To Play with The Spell Brigade.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Spell Brigade.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Spell Brigade.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
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 Spell Brigade.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Temtem: Swarm
WHY THIS
Shares difficulty scaling, wave based survival, arcade style and an intense mood with The Spell Brigade.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Casual with The Spell Brigade.
Can you Survive the Swarm? Unlock mighty abilities and upgrades, find and collect Tems to evolve and become stronger, discover overpowered strategies, and battle massive bosses in this survivor-like bullet heaven! Play solo or online co-op with up to 3 players, building the wildest synergies.
Gatekeeper
WHY THIS
Shares difficulty scaling and a challenging mood with The Spell Brigade.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Spell Brigade.
Gatekeeper is a fast-paced rogue-like. Go on a quest to chase down Chaos and reclaim the stolen Heart of Time, fighting your way through relentless enemy forces. Play solo or in 4-player co-op and become the next Gatekeeper!
Entropy Survivors
WHY THIS
Shares wave based survival, build variety, arcade style and an intense mood with The Spell Brigade.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Spell Brigade.
Entropy Survivors is a bullet hell roguelike where you simultaneously control a powerful mech and a sharpshooting space frog, featuring outrageously creative abilities and powerful weapon customization. Save the universe in single player or 2-4 player online co-op!
Halls of Torment
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with The Spell Brigade.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Spell Brigade.
Slay hordes of terrifying monsters in this horde survival roguelite. Descend into the Halls of Torment where the Lords of the underworld await you. Treasures, magical trinkets, and a growing cast of heroes will grant you the power to vanquish these horrors from beyond. How long can you survive?
Frequently asked about The Spell Brigade
- Is The Spell Brigade verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — The Spell Brigade 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 The Spell Brigade cost?
- The Spell Brigade is listed on Steam at 7.79 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does The Spell Brigade have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — The Spell Brigade supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op).
- What games are most similar to The Spell Brigade?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Spell Brigade are Temtem: Swarm, Wizardry High School Exam, ANVIL.
- Who developed The Spell Brigade?
- The Spell Brigade was developed by Bolt Blaster Games.
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