Rift Wizard 2
Worth it · Roguelike · 2025
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $19.99.
- Length
- 84h
- Value
- $0.24/hr
- Reviews
- 92% of 777 positive
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 7 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 10 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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
About the game
Rift Wizard 2 is a tough as nails traditional roguelike wizard simulator. You play as an immortal amnesiac wizard who must journey through the cosmos to defeat his nemesis. Each run, you'll build a unique repertoire of spells, passive skills, and magical artifacts.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1360 x 768 display. Windows only.
The value story
It has been discounted 24 times in the 3 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 40 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 10 days ago.
On value it sits in the top 19 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 78 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 83 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Rift Wizard ($14.99, scores 75) beats it on value, while it beats Sword of the Stars: The Pit ($9.99, scores 58).
More about Rift Wizard 2
Of the 364 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 2 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2024 to August 2026.
The drop-off
19% 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
What players say
love the game and its style, however this game crashes for me every time I start it up or complete a level. Tried everything to get it to work and all it does is crash.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
I can truly only recommend this game if you don't ever want to win without a guide. If that is the case for you, please check yourself into a mental asylum. I don't care enough to list out every reason why the gameplay doesn't function, but I will say that every single run will be roadblocked by some random combination of enemies that are either fully immune to the damage types you've specced into or that multiply...
I had a hard time getting into the first game and its reliance on consumables. I prefer the structure of the sequel, where consumables are still important but not pivotal. This is an astoundingly difficult game. Similar to games like Path of Achra, the Rift Wizard series is about creating broken combos where you are effectively cheating. However, the enemies cheat too, and the two forms of cheating talk past each...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Rift Wizard 2 scores 70/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2058570/rift-wizard-2Reviews 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 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.