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Games like Magi

If Magi is your kind of game, the closest matches are Crystania Wars 2, Battle Hunters and The Last Spell — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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 Magi: Magi is a challenging game of wizard duels, mixing strategy and RPG elements with the dynamism and immediacy of fighting games.

2017StrategyIndieRPG9.99 USDWindows · macOSby MoaCube
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Build wildly different mage typesCharacter progression lets you counter opponentsNostalgic soundtrack and art styleAtmosphericChallengingContemplative

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Steam players who put hours into Magi 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. Crystania Wars 2

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Magi fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Magi.

    A brand new tactical tower defense game series! Unique roguelike and Unique survival gameplay !

    2023ActionStrategyIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Battle Hunters

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Magi fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Magi.

    BATTLE HUNTERS is a classic-style RPG adventure with an original, tactical real-time combat system and 28 unique heroes to discover and recruit - all with unique abilities and powerful special moves. Over 15 hours of gameplay, across 5 regions of the kingdom, with a huge array of enemies to battle.

    2020StrategyIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. The Last Spell

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Magi.

    Third-strongest match for Magi fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Magi.

    Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Beneath the Mountain

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Magi.

    Ranked #4 for Magi fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Magi.

    In Beneath the Mountain, you play as the King of a new Dwarven civilization seeking to find their fortune beneath the mountain. You dig your way through the mountain, encountering many dangerous foes along the way, all while defending your kingdom from periodic Orc invasions.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Magi.

    Ranked #5 for Magi fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Magi.

    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!

    2019StrategyIndieRPG4.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Lost In The Open

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Magi.

    Ranked #6 for Magi fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Magi.

    An unexpected assassination attempt leaves you wounded and fleeing across no man's land. To survive in this roguelike, low-fantasy tactical RPG, you must recruit strategically, fight desperately and repent sincerely.

    2025StrategyIndieRPG15.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Defend the Rook

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Magi.

    Ranked #7 for Magi fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Magi.

    A roguelike tactics board combat combined with tower defense elements. Defeat the invading hordes to stay alive and save the land! Enjoy more tactics than a normal TD game, combined with the added challenge of building towers and fighting off waves of enemies!

    2021StrategyIndieRPG17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Astral Throne

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Magi.

    Ranked #8 for Magi fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Magi.

    Uncover the mystery of a land beset by a Falling Star's curse in this Roguelike Strategy RPG inspired by the classics. Build your party, recruit new allies, and synergize your team's skills for decisive victory.

    2025StrategyIndieRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Magi

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. Puzzle Chronicles

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Magi.

    Reviewers of Magi cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Magi.

    Enter the dark and savage lands of the Ashurin Empire as you battle to avenge the atrocities the Empire brought upon your tribesmen. On your heroic quest to topple the Empire you will fight fierce beasts and battle hardened warriors in this new Puzzle RPG hybrid game.

    2010RPGCasual3.19 USDSteam ↗
  2. Spartans Vs Zombies Defense

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Magi.

    Reviewers of Magi cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Magi.

    In this tug-of-war, casual defense game, you play Leonidas who is the hero-king of Sparta, against hordes of attacking zombies in Thermopylae. Recruit allies and build defenses to stop them!

    2015ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  3. Aeon Command

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with Magi.

    Reviewers of Magi cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Magi.

    Aeon Command is a tug of war strategy game, where you play as one of three unique factions to help gain dominance over the Aeon Nebula! Take control of your mother ship to gather resources, produce ships and fight off the enemy mother ship. Grow stronger as you progress through the 24 mission campaign and unlock new upgrades.

    2014StrategyIndieCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Magi on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Magi.

    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 ~50% under Magi on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Magi.

    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. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Magi on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Magi.

    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 ↗
  4. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Magi on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Magi.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Magi on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Magi.

    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 ↗
  6. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Magi on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Magi.

    Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Magi on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Magi.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Magi on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Magi.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Steam Engine Simulator

    WHY THIS

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

    The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.

    2023SimulationFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  8. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

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

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from MoaCube

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

  1. Cinders

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Magi.

    Another title from MoaCube, the studio behind Magi. Shares Indie with Magi.

    A mature take on Cinderella that's all about player choices and breaking the classic fairy tale in any way you like.

    2014IndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Solstice

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Magi.

    Another title from MoaCube, the studio behind Magi. Shares Indie with Magi.

    Solstice is a dystopian mystery visual novel about small personal disasters that turn into great catastrophes.

    2016IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Bonfire

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Magi.

    Another title from MoaCube, the studio behind Magi. Shares Strategy and Indie with Magi.

    Bonfire is a delightfully gloomy tactical RPG about journey and failure, with a rapid turn-based battle system and heroes who care a little too much.

    2020StrategyIndieRPG17.99 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. The Last Spell

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Magi.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Magi.

    Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Magi.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Magi.

    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!

    2019StrategyIndieRPG4.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Defend the Rook

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Magi.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Magi.

    A roguelike tactics board combat combined with tower defense elements. Defeat the invading hordes to stay alive and save the land! Enjoy more tactics than a normal TD game, combined with the added challenge of building towers and fighting off waves of enemies!

    2021StrategyIndieRPG17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Magi

How much does Magi cost?
Magi is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Magi?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Magi are Crystania Wars 2, Battle Hunters, The Last Spell.
Who developed Magi?
Magi was developed by MoaCube.

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 Magi.

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