Rank 01Why this
Same immersive mood as The Mage's Tale.
- $24.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- 2018
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Players who liked The Mage's Tale also play
The closest matches to The Mage's Tale: The Wizards - Enhanced Edition, Witching Tower VR, The Morrigan, Vanishing Realms™, and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Rank 02Why this
Shares puzzle solving with The Mage's Tale.
- $19.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- 2018
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Vanishing Realms™
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as The Mage's Tale.
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- Released: 2018
- Developer: inXile Entertainment
- Price: $29.99checked Oct 31
- 67% of 126 reviews
- Genres: Action, RPG
- Metacritic 72
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Puzzles feel like escape rooms
- Spells respond dynamically to hits
- Spell workshop allows deep customization
- Atmospheric
- Challenging
- Immersive
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Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Mage's Tale at current Steam store prices.
Lichdom: Battlemage
Why this: Same immersive mood as The Mage's Tale.
The Gallery - Episode 1: Call of the Starseed
Why this: Shares puzzle solving with The Mage's Tale.
Magicmaker
Why this: Shares spellcrafting with The Mage's Tale.
Wizardry 8
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as The Mage's Tale.
More from inXile Entertainment
Other recommendable Steam games by inXile Entertainment, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Wasteland 3
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as The Mage's Tale.
Wasteland 2: Director's Cut
Why this: Same immersive mood as The Mage's Tale.
About The Mage's Tale
The closest matches to The Mage's Tale: The Wizards - Enhanced Edition, Witching Tower VR, The Morrigan, Vanishing Realms™, and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If The Mage's Tale is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Wizards - Enhanced Edition, Witching Tower VR and The Morrigan — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, challenging and immersive, and single out its dungeon crawling and magic combat. 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.
About The Mage's Tale: The Mage’s Tale is a virtual reality dungeon crawler that transports you to a fantasy world and turns you into a wizard! As an apprentice of the mystic arts, only you have any hope of saving your kidnapped master!
Is The Mage's Tale worth buying?
Players are split
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 67% of 126 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $29.99 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 12 h when they wrote their review.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Puzzles feel like escape rooms
- Spells respond dynamically to hits
- Spell workshop allows deep customization
- Wacky humor enhances immersion
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“I bought it thinking it would be fun. And it does look like fun, however it has no support for newer controllers such as Reverb G2. Tried everything I could to rebind things under SteamVR, however nothing works. The emulated gamepad barely…”
“Outside of the cool opening, I've felt nothing but frustration with this game. At the very beginning you grab a sword and it flies out of your hand. An npc tells you that you don't use swords. BUT the npc didn't spawn for me, so I assumed…”
People who play it also play: The Wizards - Enhanced Edition, Witching Tower VR, The Morrigan
Frequently asked about The Mage's Tale
Can I run it?
How much does The Mage's Tale cost?
The Mage's Tale is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Mage's Tale?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Mage's Tale are The Wizards - Enhanced Edition, Witching Tower VR, The Morrigan.
Who developed The Mage's Tale?
The Mage's Tale was developed by inXile Entertainment.