Idle Wizard

Idle Wizard

Steam Deck Playable

TwoWizards · Resource Management · Jan 24, 2019

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

It's free to play.

87%
Very Positive
2k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 48 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 20 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story and characters: 16 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 2k player reviews · updated 4 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
75% of themes are praise25% are divided0% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
+ The gameplay alternates between phases where you 'build up' your character and don't need to do anything for hours and 'burst' phases to get a ten minutes fun.
48 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The graphics are okay, it tends to use drab dungeon-like artwork.
20 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
For all of you that also want a story of sorts, this has a surprisingly good one.
16 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love3 themes
Gameplay48 reviews
Graphics20 reviews
Story and characters16 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Monetization22 reviews
77%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 5 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
87%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
80
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.