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Wizard with a Gun

Galvanic Games · Devolver Digital · 2023-10-17

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ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Oct 17, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 17, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Oct 17, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S)

Wizard with a Gun is an online sandbox survival game for 1 - 4 players set in a magical wilderness wrought with dangerous creatures and arcane mysteries. Embark on a journey alone or with a friend to collect, craft, and outfit your wizard however you see fit as you explore the unknown.

21
playing now
80%
positive of 4.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
19h
to beat · rushed 13h · completionist 28h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

21 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Wizard with a Gun is a 2023 twin-stick shooter video game developed by Galvanic Games and published by Devolver Digital. It includes elements of survival games, such as collecting resources and base-building. It is available for Windows, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 21 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 187 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~23/week).
  • · Review velocity down 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (990 reviews).
  • · Top 18% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 79k–178k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,954 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.20-80%
Gamesplanet$4.99-80%
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2026-03-19) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 57 of 86 observed days · $20.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
81881820232026Week of 2023-10-01: 818 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 172 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 327 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5892026-08-11 19:00 — 49 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 21 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 25 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 19 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 18 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 29 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 49 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 19 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 22 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 29 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 12 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 29 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 27 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 13 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 30 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 42 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 14 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 29 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 58 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 13 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 40 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 33 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 14 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 35 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 33 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 9 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 30 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 28 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 21 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$99.99$4.202022-03-092026-08-282022-03-09 — best price $99.992023-12-04 — best price $19.992023-12-22 — best price $19.992024-01-29 — best price $24.992024-03-07 — best price $14.992024-04-18 — best price $14.692024-05-21 — best price $24.992024-06-27 — best price $10.502024-08-01 — best price $12.492024-09-09 — best price $10.502024-10-24 — best price $11.992024-11-27 — best price $9.992024-12-22 — best price $9.992025-01-31 — best price $10.002025-02-21 — best price $9.992025-03-24 — best price $20.992025-04-18 — best price $9.992025-05-22 — best price $9.992025-06-27 — best price $9.992025-08-15 — best price $24.992025-09-14 — best price $24.992025-10-06 — best price $24.992025-11-20 — best price $6.302025-12-18 — best price $6.302026-02-04 — best price $24.992026-03-05 — best price $7.492026-04-09 — best price $7.492026-05-07 — best price $4.992026-06-11 — best price $4.992026-08-14 — best price $20.992026-08-28 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2632026-05-30 — 23 pageviews2026-06-02 — 12 pageviews2026-06-05 — 15 pageviews2026-06-08 — 14 pageviews2026-06-11 — 19 pageviews2026-06-14 — 15 pageviews2026-06-17 — 13 pageviews2026-06-20 — 9 pageviews2026-06-23 — 18 pageviews2026-06-26 — 13 pageviews2026-06-29 — 26 pageviews2026-07-02 — 20 pageviews2026-07-05 — 12 pageviews2026-07-08 — 16 pageviews2026-07-11 — 18 pageviews2026-07-14 — 17 pageviews2026-07-17 — 16 pageviews2026-07-20 — 12 pageviews2026-07-23 — 11 pageviews2026-07-26 — 17 pageviews2026-07-29 — 3 pageviews2026-08-01 — 9 pageviews2026-08-04 — 15 pageviews2026-08-07 — 25 pageviews2026-08-10 — 20 pageviews2026-08-13 — 14 pageviews2026-08-16 — 18 pageviews2026-08-19 — 14 pageviews2026-08-22 — 16 pageviews2026-08-25 — 16 pageviews2026-08-27 — 12 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

46
achievements tracked
77.7%
earned "Prime Time"
12.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing4 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)5,5234%47
Steam (Steam)5,0722%46
Xbox Series (Xbox)7173%46

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

Player tags

2.5DCuteActionCartoonSandboxColorfulAdventureIsometricRogue-likeRogue-lite

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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