Wizard With A Gun
October 16, 2023
Wizard with a Gun: Deluxe Edition bundles the base game with the Gunmancer Pack which includes the Dream Projector building recipe, Arch Wizard outfit, and Dandy outfit. Wizard with a Gun is an online sandbox survival game for 1 - 2 players set in a magical wilderness wrought with dangerous …
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76.5
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Critic Reviews (33)
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65.0
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80.0
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60.0
"An enchanting art style and consistently excellent character and world design mask some of the shortcomings in this otherwise engaging survival title that benefits from a host of roguelite elements."
Read original review"That’s a real shame because I love so much of the game Galvanic Games have created, but I don’t particularly enjoy the feel of actually playing it. There are enough cool moments and interesting paths that I still had a …"
Read original review"Wizard with a Gun is an engaging action adventure that seamlessly blends roguelike and crafting elements. It initially feels slow in the opening hours, but players who stick with it will find themselves deeply immersed, enhancing their base and character. …"
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60.0
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85.0
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70.0
"If players can get around its bulky tutorial and the heft of crafting, Wizard With a Gun offers a brisk roguelike. Building an arsenal of magic bullets and guns makes dispatching enemies fun but it&s;s even better with a partner."
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65.0
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60.0
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45.0
"Wizard with a Gun is an entertaining co-op action game, but balance issues and an unsatisfying ending leave it feeling unfinished and in need of updates."
Read original review"Wizard with a Gun is fast and satisfying without sacrificing complexity, the ideal formula for an action roguelike."
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75.0
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85.0
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75.0
"Wizard With a Gun scratches the survival roguelike itch quite nicely. There&s;s variety in the levels and enemies, and you&s;re inspired to make short journeys instead of taking one long trek. The toning down of some elements, such as complete …"
Read original review"Wizard with a Gun creates an effective mix of action combat, building, resource management, and rogue elements. The narrative has just enough mystery and quirks to keep players engaged but the focus is squarely on exploration and combat, which involve …"
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85.0
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80.0
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65.0
"Wizard with a Gun is a solid product in every aspect. Galvanic Games&s; work is aesthetically pleasing, narratively sufficient, and mechanically satisfying. While it doesn&s;t break new ground, it&s;s a great refresher of basic genre mechanics. Recommended for roguelike fans …"
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60.0
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45.0
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55.0
"Wizard with a Gun is a great game for those who can endure the loop of looting and shooting."
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68.0
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72.0
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64.0
"A nice art style, solid design and creative mechanics tie together for a game that&s;s a great time alone or in co-op."
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70.0
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85.0
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65.0
"Wizard with a Gun is a game about quick-drawing wizards blasting away the forces of chaos with enchanted bullets, and what more do you really need? While the game is certainly playable solo, it can get a bit lonely and …"
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75.0
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85.0
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60.0
"Wizard With a Gun is a survival sandbox that, despite presenting a repetitive gameplay loop, its dynamism and simplicity make it an accessible proposal for everyone, fun and ideal to pass the time catching up with a friend on a …"
Read original review"Wizard with a Gun is a half-successful hybrid: the survival mechanics don&s;t go well with the roguelite nature of the game."
Read original review"Wizard with a Gun manages to make a good combination of different genres and offer a pleasant experience. Although it could be richer in content and explore the possibilities of combat in more depth, the final balance of the game …"
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78.0
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96.0
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92.0
"Wizard with a Gun excels at providing players with a deep magic system and a wild world to inflict it on. With the world hanging on by a thread, it&s;s up to you to rewind time again and again until …"
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88.0
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78.0
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82.0
"Wizard With A Gun balances magical gunslinging expeditions with its equally engaging crafting side. It never feels too much or too little of either…an ever-expanding adventure of discovery and mastery that players will want to embark on time and time …"
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72.0
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84.0
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68.0
"While there are times where it feels like Wizard With a Gun doesn&s;t live up to its full potential as a survival game, it still succeeds overall thanks to delivering action-packed twin-stick gunslinging, a gorgeous world with nice lore to …"
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65.0
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70.0
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68.0
"Wizard with a Gun attempts to innovate the gaming landscape with a rather interesting mixture of genres. Unfortunately, shortcomings in the controls and the handling of the final part of the storyline do not allow it to fully take off. …"
Read original review"Wizard with a Gun is a entertaining game about fixing the world in five minutes, but is just a bit too repetitive to recommend to everyone."
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75.0
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68.0
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50.0
"Wizard with a Gun is colorful roguelite that mixes in an interesting way different gameplay styles. The result is satisfying, but not as much as it could have been, because the loop feels like it already shown what it had …"
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60.0
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75.0
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30.0
"Wizard with a Gun is a moody vibes-first, narrative-second survival crafting game that perfectly compresses the most satisfying bits of the genre into an engaging loop. While the light bits of story are delivered through the gaming version of footnotes, …"
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75.0
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68.0
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45.0
"Wizard With a Gun is a strong start for Galvanic Games, and the effort that has gone into the crafting system and elemental mechanics is well-appreciated. You can lose a lot of hours simply shaping ammo and gathering resources. However, …"
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80.0
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50.0
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55.0
"Unimpressive build variety, strange and tedious resource collecting, and the lack of meaningful and fun progression make Wizard with a Gun a disappointment. Ultimately, Wizard with a Gun has a really great concept and some great ideas, but it fumbles …"
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20.0
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20.0
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20.0
"A lean roguelite that never feels like it&s;s wasting your time, even if it&s;s got some rough edges."
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52.0
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48.0
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56.0
"Galvanic Games&s; vast sandbox offers almost endless possibilities with its weapons, but lacks challenges to match its creativity and magnetism."
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72.0
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86.0
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74.0
"Wizard with a Gun is great with a friend and even alone; it combines perfectly the combat of a roguelite and the exploration and administration of a strategy game, but sometimes it&s;s so ambitious that it&s;s kind of a mess."
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68.0
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72.0
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64.0
"Wizard with a Gun is an enjoyably frantic twin-stick survival shooter. Although its iffy controls and occasional frame rate drops dampen the experience, its extensive crafting, upgrades, and base building systems overshadow the issues. If you&s;re a Don&s;t Starve fanatic …"
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40.0
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80.0
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65.0
"I had a lot of fun finding out the various ways I can mix and match spells and the different gun types, but the narrative in Wizard with a Gun is lacking. Honestly the game feels like it is really …"
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78.0
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78.0
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68.0
"Wizard With A Gun mixes fast-paced isometric gun combat, immersive sim elements, and rewarding base management into an entertaining survival sandbox experience."
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55.0
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85.0
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70.0
"Wizard With a Gun is a special survival and crafting experience, with clever mechanics and constant challenges. The game allows players freedom to create their approaches and progress through randomly created worlds."
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60.0
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80.0
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40.0
"Wizard with a Gun is a very tight package, its magic being how quickly and efficiently it has you into its systems and into the groove of turning back time to save the world. It achieves this with tight-timed runs …"
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68.0
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62.0
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66.0
"Wizard with a Gun from Devolver Digital and Galvanic Games successfully builds an enthralling apocalyptic world with unique time and magic-based mechanics to power its addictive, roguelite gameplay loop. Some rough performance and visual edges detract from the magic, though."
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