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Games like Wizard of Legend

If Wizard of Legend is your kind of game, the closest matches are Children of Morta, Wizard of Legend 2 and One Step From Eden — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its build variety feels limitless, combo based combat snappy and fast paced power fantasy. 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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Wizard of Legend is a 2018 action-adventure roguelite developed by Contingent99 in which players navigate dungeon challenges using an expansive spell system. The game features hundreds of spells and relics that create significant build variety, supported by a combo system and stunlock mechanics that reward precise timing. Players describe the combat as snappy and fast-paced, delivering a power fantasy feel across the game's long challenging campaign. Boss-rush mode and local co-op expand the experience, while cursed relics and relic unlocks provide replay value. Reviewers highlight the variety of spells to unlock and local PvP as standout hooks. The game holds a 91% positive rating from over 7,200 Steam reviews, with Steam Deck verification confirming full compatibility. Priced at $15.99, it offers substantial content for fans of dungeon crawlers and action roguelikes.

About Wizard of Legend: 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 VerifiedMetacritic 79Windows · macOS · Linuxby Contingent99
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Steam players who put hours into Wizard of Legend 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. Children of Morta

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Wizard of Legend.

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

    Children of Morta is a story-driven action RPG game about an extraordinary family of heroes. Lead the Bergsons, with all their flaws and virtues, against the forthcoming Corruption. Will you be able to sacrifice everything to save the ones you care for?

    2019ActionIndieAdventure21.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Wizard of Legend 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Wizard of Legend.

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

    Face perilous magical trials in the fast-paced rogue-lite follow-up to the acclaimed original, featuring co-op and vibrant new 3D visuals. Master new Arcana and elements, experiment with spell combinations, and become the next Wizard of Legend!

    2025ActionIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. One Step From Eden

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Wizard of Legend.

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

    Build a powerful deck, cast spells on the fly, battle evolving enemies, find game-changing artifacts, make friends or make enemies, just make it to Eden.

    2020ActionStrategyIndie7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Astral Ascent

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Wizard of Legend.

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

    Choose one of four heroes and explore the Garden, an astral prison guarded by 12 powerful mystical bosses: the Zodiacs. Challenge them with dozens of unique spells and faithful friends by your side to unfold the story of this platform roguelite with lightning fast combat.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Lost Castle / 失落城堡

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Wizard of Legend.

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

    Lost Castle is an action RPG beat'em up with roguelike elements and randomized dungeons for up to four players online and local!

    2016ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Dungeon Souls

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Wizard of Legend.

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

    Dungeon Souls is an action-adventure roguelike dungeon crawler which draws heavy inspiration from Nuclear Throne, Risk of Rain, and Overture. Explore vast procedurally generated dungeons, collect loot, and slay hordes of challenging enemies!

    2016ActionIndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Moon Hunters

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Wizard of Legend fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wizard of Legend.

    Play alone or with friends! A co-op personality test about exploring an ancient, occult world in 5 days. How will you be remembered?

    2016IndieAdventureRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Nuclear Throne

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Wizard of Legend.

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

    Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?

    2015ActionIndieRPG11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Wizard of Legend

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. Hades

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Wizard of Legend.

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

    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 ↗
  2. Curse of the Dead Gods

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Wizard of Legend.

    Reviewers of Wizard of Legend cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Wizard of Legend.

    You seek untold riches, eternal life, divine powers - it leads to this accursed temple, a seemingly-infinite labyrinth of bottomless pits, deadly traps, and monsters.

    2021ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Hades II

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Wizard of Legend.

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

    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 ↗
  4. The Binding of Isaac

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Wizard of Legend.

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

    Now 20% More Evil with the Free Halloween update!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Wizard of Legend.

    Reviewers of Wizard of Legend cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Wizard of Legend.

    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. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Wizard of Legend.

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

    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 ↗
  7. Risk of Rain 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares build variety and an epic mood with Wizard of Legend.

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

    Escape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, or on your own. Combine loot in surprising ways and master each character until you become the havoc you feared upon your first crash landing.

    2020ActionIndie24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Tiny Rogues

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Wizard of Legend.

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

    Tiny Rogues is a challenging fantasy rogue-lite bullet-hell dungeon crawler with rpg elements. Build a new unique character each run and fight one monster-infested room after another! Discover unique weapons, collect magical items and level up to become more and more powerful!

    2022ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under Wizard of Legend on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Wizard of Legend.

    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 ~69% under Wizard of Legend on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Wizard of Legend.

    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 ~56% under Wizard of Legend on Steam right now. Shares Action with Wizard of Legend.

    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 ~50% under Wizard of Legend on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Wizard of Legend.

    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 ~72% under Wizard of Legend on Steam right now. Shares Action with Wizard of Legend.

    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

    Shares a challenging mood with Wizard of Legend.

    Priced ~61% under Wizard of Legend on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Wizard of Legend.

    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 ~50% under Wizard of Legend on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wizard of Legend.

    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 ~69% under Wizard of Legend on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Wizard of Legend.

    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. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Wizard of Legend.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. 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 Wizard of Legend.

    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 ↗
  6. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Wizard of Legend.

    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.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

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

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2024ActionIndieFree 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. Children of Morta

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Wizard of Legend.

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

    Children of Morta is a story-driven action RPG game about an extraordinary family of heroes. Lead the Bergsons, with all their flaws and virtues, against the forthcoming Corruption. Will you be able to sacrifice everything to save the ones you care for?

    2019ActionIndieAdventure21.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. One Step From Eden

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Wizard of Legend.

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

    Build a powerful deck, cast spells on the fly, battle evolving enemies, find game-changing artifacts, make friends or make enemies, just make it to Eden.

    2020ActionStrategyIndie7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Astral Ascent

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Wizard of Legend.

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

    Choose one of four heroes and explore the Garden, an astral prison guarded by 12 powerful mystical bosses: the Zodiacs. Challenge them with dozens of unique spells and faithful friends by your side to unfold the story of this platform roguelite with lightning fast combat.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Nuclear Throne

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Wizard of Legend.

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

    Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?

    2015ActionIndieRPG11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Wizard of Legend

Is Wizard of Legend verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Wizard of Legend 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 Wizard of Legend cost?
Wizard of Legend is listed on Steam at 15.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Wizard of Legend have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Wizard of Legend supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to Wizard of Legend?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Wizard of Legend are Children of Morta, Wizard of Legend 2, One Step From Eden.
Who developed Wizard of Legend?
Wizard of Legend was developed by Contingent99 and published by Contingent99, Balor Games.

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 Wizard of Legend.

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