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Wizard of Legend cover art

Wizard of Legend

Contingent99 · 2018-05-15

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 15, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 15, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), May 15, 2018 (Mac), Oct 26, 2023 (iOS), May 15, 2018 (Linux), May 15, 2018 (PlayStation 4)

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!

Wizard of Legend is a 2018 Action, Adventure and Indie game priced at $15.99, with an owner estimate of 500,000 .. 1,000,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (91% of 21065 reviews).

49
playing now
91%
positive of 21k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (68 ratings)
4.40★
PlayStation Store rating (2,018 ratings)
77/100
opencritic · strong · 71% recommend · from 39 critics
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$15.99
steam price (US)

49 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Wizard of Legend is an indie roguelike video game released by American studio Contingent99 and Humble Bundle in May 2018. Funded through Kickstarter in 2016, players take control of a wizard as they traverse a procedurally generated dungeon, using a wide variety of spells to defeat mobs, three major bosses, and a final boss to earn the title "Wizard of Legend". The game received generally favourable reviews. A sequel, titled Wizard of Legend 2, has been released in October 2024 by Dead Mage.

Trailer

Wizard of Legend trailer thumbnail

Wizard of Legend - Launch Trailer | PS4

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 49 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 333 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~42/week).
  • · Review velocity down 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,438 reviews).
  • · Top 3% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 527k–1.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 21,065 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$15.99
Microsoft Store$15.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.79 at Humble Store (2020-11-19) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $15.99 · on sale 9 of 63 observed days · $11.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.3k1.3k20182026Week of 2018-05-01: 1,276 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 162 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 516 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 298 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 289 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 446 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 502 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 509 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 474 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 559 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 499 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 299 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 345 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 366 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 384 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 290 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

104272026-09-15 12:00 — 27 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 55 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 62 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 87 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 104 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 84 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 63 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 66 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 74 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 78 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 59 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 57 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 53 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 76 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 83 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 65 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 67 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 56 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 54 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 68 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 99 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 62 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 49 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4.0k0Mar 2016Aug 2026Mar 2016 — avg 0 · peak 0Dec 2016 — avg 0 · peak 1May 2017 — avg 0 · peak 4Sep 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Jan 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Jun 2018 — avg 1,562 · peak 3,794Oct 2018 — avg 151 · peak 280Feb 2019 — avg 244 · peak 425Jun 2019 — avg 376 · peak 948Oct 2019 — avg 132 · peak 296Feb 2020 — avg 441 · peak 929Jun 2020 — avg 295 · peak 507Oct 2020 — avg 141 · peak 231Feb 2021 — avg 187 · peak 370Jun 2021 — avg 253 · peak 856Oct 2021 — avg 246 · peak 557Feb 2022 — avg 226 · peak 432Jun 2022 — avg 195 · peak 342Oct 2022 — avg 148 · peak 320Feb 2023 — avg 204 · peak 323Jun 2023 — avg 216 · peak 364Oct 2023 — avg 151 · peak 340Feb 2024 — avg 166 · peak 347Jun 2024 — avg 200 · peak 358Oct 2024 — avg 137 · peak 259Feb 2025 — avg 131 · peak 300Jun 2025 — avg 93 · peak 173Oct 2025 — avg 64 · peak 123Feb 2026 — avg 60 · peak 105Jun 2026 — avg 70 · peak 125Aug 2026 — avg 55 · peak 88
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$15.99$4.792018-05-152026-10-142018-05-15 — best price $15.992018-08-01 — best price $15.992018-10-29 — best price $12.792019-01-03 — best price $15.992019-03-22 — best price $11.192019-06-26 — best price $9.592019-09-18 — best price $9.592019-12-01 — best price $8.792020-01-26 — best price $15.992020-05-14 — best price $7.992020-08-03 — best price $15.992020-11-07 — best price $6.392021-01-14 — best price $4.792021-03-15 — best price $15.992021-07-08 — best price $15.992021-10-27 — best price $4.792021-12-13 — best price $4.792022-04-08 — best price $4.792022-06-24 — best price $4.792022-11-22 — best price $4.792023-01-07 — best price $15.992023-03-23 — best price $15.992023-06-29 — best price $4.792023-08-09 — best price $15.992023-11-11 — best price $15.992024-01-04 — best price $15.992024-03-14 — best price $4.792024-05-13 — best price $4.792024-07-18 — best price $4.792024-11-21 — best price $4.792025-03-13 — best price $4.792026-03-05 — best price $4.792026-07-09 — best price $15.992026-09-04 — best price $15.992026-09-14 — best price $15.992026-09-24 — best price $15.992026-10-04 — best price $15.992026-10-14 — best price $15.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

46102026-05-29 — 31 pageviews2026-06-02 — 25 pageviews2026-06-06 — 18 pageviews2026-06-10 — 14 pageviews2026-06-14 — 14 pageviews2026-06-18 — 19 pageviews2026-06-22 — 18 pageviews2026-06-26 — 18 pageviews2026-06-30 — 13 pageviews2026-07-04 — 18 pageviews2026-07-08 — 19 pageviews2026-07-12 — 20 pageviews2026-07-16 — 25 pageviews2026-07-20 — 11 pageviews2026-07-24 — 26 pageviews2026-07-28 — 19 pageviews2026-08-01 — 22 pageviews2026-08-05 — 19 pageviews2026-08-09 — 17 pageviews2026-08-13 — 15 pageviews2026-08-17 — 15 pageviews2026-08-21 — 18 pageviews2026-08-25 — 13 pageviews2026-08-29 — 15 pageviews2026-09-02 — 22 pageviews2026-09-06 — 25 pageviews2026-09-10 — 21 pageviews2026-09-14 — 21 pageviews2026-09-18 — 39 pageviews2026-09-22 — 18 pageviews2026-09-26 — 22 pageviews2026-09-30 — 21 pageviews2026-10-04 — 12 pageviews2026-10-08 — 18 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
84.3%
earned "Forward to the Past"
21.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller Support1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Russian, Spanish - Latin America

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-05-15 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)31,0795%19
Xbox One (Xbox)11,1512%19
PS4 (PlayStation)3,32916%20
PS4 (PlayStation)1,50715%20
Switch (Nintendo)2760%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

Co-opIndieMagicActionAdventureDifficultRogue-likeRogue-liteLocal Co-OpMultiplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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