Wizard with a Gun

Item: Wizard with a Gun
Rating: 60
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-07-07

Summary

Appealing art style and visuals
Deep weapon and bullet synergies
Excellent soundtrack and atmosphere
Shallow combat and progression
Frustrating crafting and inventory
Game abandoned and unfinished

Emotions

Disappointment25%Satisfaction22%Frustration18%Excitement6%Enjoyment5%

Reviews (sample size): 541
Helpful reviews: 69%
Unhelpful reviews: 31%
Protest reviews: 0%

60%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
40%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 997
Negative points: 1184
Gameplay points: 558
Perf. points: 16
Rec. points: 186
Misc points: 104

Point	Description	Importance
Appealing Art Style & Visuals Description The game's art style, visuals, and animations are frequently highlighted as charming, unique, beautiful, and well-executed. Reviewers appreciate the comic book-like, pixel-art, or Don't Starve-esque aesthetic, which enhances the game's overall appeal. Importance 38%	The game's art style, visuals, and animations are frequently highlighted as charming, unique, beautiful, and well-executed. Reviewers appreciate the comic book-like, pixel-art, or Don't Starve-esque aesthetic, which enhances the game's overall appeal.	38%
Deep Weapon & Bullet Synergies Description A major strength is the game's innovative system for combining different guns, bullets, and elemental effects. Players enjoy experimenting with these synergies, leading to diverse and fun combat interactions and unique build crafting. Importance 21%	A major strength is the game's innovative system for combining different guns, bullets, and elemental effects. Players enjoy experimenting with these synergies, leading to diverse and fun combat interactions and unique build crafting.	21%
Excellent Soundtrack & Atmosphere Description Reviewers consistently praise the game's music and soundtrack, noting its quality, unique style (western/synth vibes), and ability to create an engaging and immersive atmosphere. Many found it a highlight of the game. Importance 14%	Reviewers consistently praise the game's music and soundtrack, noting its quality, unique style (western/synth vibes), and ability to create an engaging and immersive atmosphere. Many found it a highlight of the game.	14%
Enhanced Co-op Experience Description The game is widely considered more enjoyable and fun when played with friends in co-op mode. The multiplayer functionality works well, providing a great bonding experience and increasing replayability. Importance 13%	The game is widely considered more enjoyable and fun when played with friends in co-op mode. The multiplayer functionality works well, providing a great bonding experience and increasing replayability.	13%
Satisfying Combat & Progression Description Combat is described as fresh, exhilarating, and satisfying, with good gunplay, character movement, and sound design. The progression system, involving new guns and bullet upgrades, also contributes to a rewarding experience. Importance 13%	Combat is described as fresh, exhilarating, and satisfying, with good gunplay, character movement, and sound design. The progression system, involving new guns and bullet upgrades, also contributes to a rewarding experience.	13%
Accessible Initial Experience Description The game's initial hours are described as fun and polished, offering a casual experience that is good for passing time. The progression accelerates, allowing players to reach the final boss quickly, and the game length is considered appropriate. Importance 9%	The game's initial hours are described as fun and polished, offering a casual experience that is good for passing time. The progression accelerates, allowing players to reach the final boss quickly, and the game length is considered appropriate.	9%
Unique Genre Blend Description The game is recognized for its charming and enjoyable blend of roguelite, survival crafting, and magical combat elements. It's often compared favorably to games like Don't Starve, offering a less punishing yet equally engaging experience. Importance 9%	The game is recognized for its charming and enjoyable blend of roguelite, survival crafting, and magical combat elements. It's often compared favorably to games like Don't Starve, offering a less punishing yet equally engaging experience.	9%
Addictive Gameplay Loop Description Reviewers consistently praise the game's core gameplay loop as fun, addicting, and replayable. The time loop function and procedural generation contribute to a desire for 'just one more run'. Importance 8%	Reviewers consistently praise the game's core gameplay loop as fun, addicting, and replayable. The time loop function and procedural generation contribute to a desire for 'just one more run'.	8%
Unique Gun-Wizard Concept Description The central premise of playing as a wizard wielding guns is highlighted as a delightfully quirky, novel, and interesting concept. This unique blend of magic and firearms is a defining and impressive feature. Importance 7%	The central premise of playing as a wizard wielding guns is highlighted as a delightfully quirky, novel, and interesting concept. This unique blend of magic and firearms is a defining and impressive feature.	7%
Diverse World & Challenge Description The game features diverse enemies, locations, and biomes with unique hazards, encouraging flexible strategies and careful resource management. The procedurally generated map and dynamic combat system contribute to a challenging yet rewarding experience. Importance 7%	The game features diverse enemies, locations, and biomes with unique hazards, encouraging flexible strategies and careful resource management. The procedurally generated map and dynamic combat system contribute to a challenging yet rewarding experience.	7%
Engaging Lore & Story Description Reviewers found the game's lore and story to be decent, cool, and even deep, often told through well-written snippets. The lore is described as fascinating and interactive, keeping players hooked. Importance 5%	Reviewers found the game's lore and story to be decent, cool, and even deep, often told through well-written snippets. The lore is described as fascinating and interactive, keeping players hooked.	5%
Balanced Combat & Crafting Description The game successfully fuses shooter and crafting elements, offering a good mix of both. This balance appeals to diverse player tastes, providing enjoyable farming, crafting, adventure, and strategic combat. Importance 5%	The game successfully fuses shooter and crafting elements, offering a good mix of both. This balance appeals to diverse player tastes, providing enjoyable farming, crafting, adventure, and strategic combat.	5%