Rift Wizard
Worth it · Roguelike · 2021
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $14.99.
- Length
- 17.7h
- Value
- $0.85/hr
- Reviews
- 92% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 256 MB of memory, 1600 x 900 resolution display or higher, 604 MB of storage. Windows only.
Rift Wizard is a tough as nails fantasy roguelike featuring challenging turn based combat and deep open ended character building. Craft your spellbook from over 100 unique spells and abilities and fight your way through a series of procedurally generated challenges to defeat your nemesis.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
March 2026 is where it bottomed out, at $3.74. It has been discounted 53 times in the 6 years tracked here, typically at 45 percent off, with about 6 weeks between sales.
Value puts it in the top 18 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 60 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 81 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Shattered Pixel Dungeon ($9.99, scores 83) beats it on value, while it beats Crown Trick ($4.99, scores 65).
5 of the 382 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written October 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 77 percent of the 137 reviews written there were positive, against 92 percent overall, and those are 14 percent of everything written about it.
HowLongToBeat players log 17.7 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 158, 8.9 times as much.
The drop-off
36% start to <1% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
6 players online when we last checked, on Sep 27, 21:49 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
somehow even more difficult than noita, but very good and perfect for difficult roguelite enjoyers
Is this game a pain in the arse? Yes. Do I love it for it, also yes! I've yet to get through a single run and only just managed to get to level 10. The game is brutally punishing, but equally rewarding once you find a build that just clicks.
It's very damn difficult but I think I enjoy it? Lotta cool magic stuffs you can do, proper wizardry and all, but the game really doesn't help you at all comb through your vast array of spells to see what synergizes well beyond a spell filter. I know people who didn't even realize they had skills they could learn alongside powers for a while. Very difficult game but a fun one.
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Rift Wizard scores 75/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1271280/rift-wizardReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 27, price as of Oct 1.
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