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Games like Magi

Below are 20 hand-picked alternatives to Magi for fans of strategy, indie, rpg, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Magi also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, cheaper alternatives, more from MoaCube, and Steam Deck–friendly options. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.

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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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.

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    Crystania Wars 2 — Steam game cover

    Crystania Wars 2

    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 ↗
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    Battle Hunters — Steam game cover

    Battle Hunters

    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 ↗
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    Dungeon & Derision — Steam game cover

    Dungeon & Derision

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

    Dungeon & Derision is a tactical turn-based game with some gameplay elements taken from the rogue-like genre ! Create your team to explore a mysterious island run by a powerful king !

    2020StrategyIndieRPGFreeSteam ↗
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    Beneath the Mountain — Steam game cover

    Beneath the Mountain

    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 ↗
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    The Last Spell — Steam game cover

    The Last Spell

    Ranked #5 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 ↗
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    The Dragoness: Command of the Flame — Steam game cover

    The Dragoness: Command of the Flame

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

    The Dragoness mixes HOMM-like exploration, city-building and turn-based strategic combat, with a roguelite twist. Choose your battles, paths and skills as you explore a world ravaged by war. Gather and manage your army of beasts, collect resources and expand your city.

    2022StrategyRPG2.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark — Steam game cover

    Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark

    Ranked #7 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 ↗
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    The Hand of Merlin — Steam game cover

    The Hand of Merlin

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

    The Hand of Merlin is a turn-based rogue-lite RPG in which Arthurian legend meets with sci-fi horror. Recruit mortal heroes to explore lands rife with otherworldly evil, make narrative bending choices in unique interactive encounters, and search for the lost fragments of your soul across the multiverse!

    2022StrategyIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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.

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    Puzzle Chronicles — Steam game cover

    Puzzle Chronicles

    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 ↗
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    Aeon Command — Steam game cover

    Aeon Command

    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 ↗
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    Spartans Vs Zombies Defense — Steam game cover

    Spartans Vs Zombies Defense

    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 ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

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    Crystania Wars 2 — Steam game cover

    Crystania Wars 2

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

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

    2023ActionStrategyIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
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    The Dragoness: Command of the Flame — Steam game cover

    The Dragoness: Command of the Flame

    Priced ~70% under Magi on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and RPG with Magi.

    The Dragoness mixes HOMM-like exploration, city-building and turn-based strategic combat, with a roguelite twist. Choose your battles, paths and skills as you explore a world ravaged by war. Gather and manage your army of beasts, collect resources and expand your city.

    2022StrategyRPG2.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark — Steam game cover

    Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark

    Priced ~55% under Magi on Steam right now. 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 ↗

More from MoaCube

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

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    Cinders — Steam game cover

    Cinders

    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 ↗
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    Solstice — Steam game cover

    Solstice

    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 ↗
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    Bonfire — Steam game cover

    Bonfire

    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.

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    The Last Spell — Steam game cover

    The Last Spell

    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 ↗
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    Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark — Steam game cover

    Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark

    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 ↗
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    The Hand of Merlin — Steam game cover

    The Hand of Merlin

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

    The Hand of Merlin is a turn-based rogue-lite RPG in which Arthurian legend meets with sci-fi horror. Recruit mortal heroes to explore lands rife with otherworldly evil, make narrative bending choices in unique interactive encounters, and search for the lost fragments of your soul across the multiverse!

    2022StrategyIndieRPG24.99 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, Dungeon & Derision.
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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