Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Magicka (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Magicka on things players said about it rather than on our opinion of what feels alike. Each entry shows what it matched on, so you can throw out the ones matching on the part you did not care about.
The short version
- Closest match: Cook, Serve, Delicious!, which both strategy and difficult.
- Magicka is tagged Comedy, Co-op, Action, Fantasy, Magic, Online Co-Op, Multiplayer, RPG by Steam players. Those tags are what the matching runs on.
- 24 games qualify, each with at least fifty player reviews behind its sentiment figure.
- 2 are free to download, so you can test the resemblance yourself at no cost.
- 2 are from the same studio: HELLDIVERS Dive Harder Edition, Gauntlet Slayer Edition.
How these were matched
Steam tags carry the most weight, because players apply them and they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Souls-like, Atmospheric and Cozy exist as tags and as nothing else, which is exactly the vocabulary this question needs. Formal genres count for less, themes and a shared studio for more.
Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are thrown out before matching. Nearly everything is tagged Singleplayer, so matching on it is matching on nothing. That cutoff is computed from the catalogue rather than fixed, so it moves as the catalogue grows.
All 24, closest first
- 1
Cook, Serve, Delicious!
Why it matched: both strategy and difficult; shares 9 player tags including Indie, Difficult and Arcade; released around the same time (2013).
Hungry? Take your restaurant from a one star abomination to a five star wonder in Cook, Serve, Delicious! Plan your menu, upgrade your equipment, and master challenges with easy-to-learn, hard-to-master gameplay!
Cook, Serve, Delicious! at a glance Released 2013 Studio Vertigo Gaming Inc. Player sentiment 94% positive of 5,711 Price $3.24 IndieDifficultArcadeStrategyFunnyComedyLocal Co-OpLocal Multiplayer
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HELLDIVERS Dive Harder Edition
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Arrowhead Game Studios; both strategy and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Online Co-Op, Local Co-Op and 4 Player Local; released around the same time (2015).
HELLDIVERS™ is a hardcore, cooperative, twin stick shooter. As part of the elite unit called the HELLDIVERS, players must work together to protect SUPER EARTH and defeat the enemies of mankind in an intense intergalactic war.
HELLDIVERS Dive Harder Edition at a glance Released 2015 Studio Arrowhead Game Studios Player sentiment 90% positive of 33,376 Price $19.99 Online Co-OpLocal Co-Op4 Player LocalComedyFunnyDifficultStrategy
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Gauntlet Slayer Edition
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Arrowhead Game Studios; both fantasy; shares 8 player tags including Local Co-Op, RPG and 4 Player Local; released around the same time (2014).
The classic Gauntlet 4-player co-op action gameplay returns in a completely new experience! Battle the endless hordes of foes as you and your friends fight for treasure and glory via both local and online co-op multiplayer. Invade the Darkness!
Gauntlet Slayer Edition at a glance Released 2014 Studio Arrowhead Game Studios Player sentiment 82% positive of 10,282 Price $19.99 Local Co-OpRPG4 Player LocalOnline Co-OpArcadeLocal MultiplayerFantasyAction RPG
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Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense
Why it matched: both fantasy, strategy and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Strategy, Fantasy and Funny; released around the same time (2014).
Get ready for an epic journey to defend your kingdom against hordes of orcs, trolls, evil wizards and other nasty fiends using a vast arsenal of towers and spells at your command!Fight on forests, mountains and wastelands, customizing your defensive strategy with different tower upgrades and specializations!
Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense at a glance Released 2014 Studio Ironhide Game Studio Player sentiment 97% positive of 17,136 Price $9.99 StrategyFantasyFunnyIndieDifficultComedyRPG
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Dota 2
Why it matched: both fantasy, strategy and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Strategy, Team-Based and Online Co-Op; released around the same time (2013).
Every day, millions of players worldwide enter battle as one of over a hundred Dota heroes. And no matter if it's their 10th hour of play or 1,000th, there's always something new to discover. With regular updates that ensure a constant evolution of gameplay, features, and heroes, Dota 2 has taken on a life of its own.
Dota 2 at a glance Released 2013 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 81% positive of 2,768,190 Price Free StrategyTeam-BasedOnline Co-OpDifficultRPGFantasyAction RPG
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Overcooked! 2
Why it matched: both strategy and difficult; shares 9 player tags including Online Co-Op, Local Co-Op and Funny.
Overcooked returns with a brand-new helping of chaotic cooking action! Journey back to the Onion Kingdom and assemble your team of chefs in classic couch co-op or online play for up to four players. Hold onto your aprons… it’s time to save the world again!
Overcooked! 2 at a glance Released 2018 Studio Ghost Town Games Ltd. Player sentiment 90% positive of 84,093 Price $24.99 Online Co-OpLocal Co-OpFunny4 Player LocalIndieLocal MultiplayerComedyDifficult
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Eastern Exorcist
Why it matched: both fantasy, strategy and difficult; shares 7 player tags including RPG, Action RPG and Strategy.
Eastern Exorcist is a stunning 2D side-scrolling action RPG set in a fantasy eastern world with the vicious spirits and monsters. Play as a skilled exorcist against chaotic evil to fight your way through the brutal world, and experience different stories of joy and sorrow.
Eastern Exorcist at a glance Released 2021 Studio Wildfire Game（无锡野火数字科技有限公司） Player sentiment 84% positive of 6,775 Price $17.99 RPGAction RPGStrategyFantasyMagicIndieDifficult
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Orcs Must Die!
Why it matched: both fantasy and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Strategy, Fantasy and Indie; released around the same time (2011).
Slice them, burn them, skewer them, and launch them - no matter how you get it done, orcs must die in this fantasy action-strategy game from Robot Entertainment.
Orcs Must Die! at a glance Released 2011 Studio Robot Entertainment Player sentiment 96% positive of 8,516 Price $9.99 StrategyFantasyIndieComedyFunnyMagicRPGArcade
- 9
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
Why it matched: both fantasy and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Indie, Difficult and Fantasy; released around the same time (2014).
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the complete Shovel Knight collection, containing all 5 games in the epic saga! Dig, blast, slash, and bash your way through a fantastical, 8-bit inspired world of pixel-perfect platforming, memorable characters, and world-class action-adventure gameplay.
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove at a glance Released 2014 Studio Yacht Club Games Player sentiment 96% positive of 16,898 Price $39.99 IndieDifficultFantasyFunnyArcadeComedyRPGLocal Co-Op
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Eador. Masters of the Broken World
Why it matched: both fantasy, strategy and difficult; shares 6 player tags including Strategy, Fantasy and RPG; released around the same time (2013).
Eador is a universe made of countless shards of land drifting in the Great Nothing. Each of the shards is a little world unto itself, with geography and denizens of its own. The power over the shards is bitterly contested by Masters, the immortal beings mortals believe to be gods.
Eador. Masters of the Broken World at a glance Released 2013 Studio Snowbird Games Player sentiment 68% positive of 2,811 Price $19.99 StrategyFantasyRPGIndieDifficultMagic
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Dungeon Defenders
Why it matched: both fantasy and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Online Co-Op, Strategy and Action RPG; released around the same time (2011).
Create a hero from one of four classes to save Etheria in this 4-player coop Tower Defense Action-RPG. Includes Steam exclusive Portal gun & TF2 familiars!
Dungeon Defenders at a glance Released 2011 Studio Chromatic Games Player sentiment 93% positive of 18,981 Price $14.99 Online Co-OpStrategyAction RPGFunnyFantasyRPGTeam-Based
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Orcs Must Die! 2
Why it matched: both fantasy and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Strategy, Online Co-Op and Indie; released around the same time (2012).
You’ve tossed, burned and sliced them by the thousands – now orcs must die more than ever before! Grab a friend and slay orcs in untold numbers in this sequel to the 2011 AIAS Strategy Game of the Year from Robot Entertainment.
Orcs Must Die! 2 at a glance Released 2012 Studio Robot Entertainment Player sentiment 92% positive of 19,620 Price $14.99 StrategyOnline Co-OpIndieRPGComedyFantasyFunny
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Overlord II
Why it matched: both fantasy and strategy; shares 7 player tags including RPG, Fantasy and Funny; released around the same time (2009).
Overlord II, sequel to the critically acclaimed cult hit, sees the return of the chaotic Minions and their new Dark Master. Bigger, badder and more beautifully destructive, Overlord 2 has a Glorious Empire to smash, a massive Netherworld to revive, Minion mounts to mobilize, a trio of mistresses to woo, War Machines to crush opposition...
Overlord II at a glance Released 2009 Studio Triumph Studios Player sentiment 89% positive of 4,978 Price $9.99 RPGFantasyFunnyComedyMagicStrategyAction RPG
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Just Shapes & Beats
Why it matched: both strategy and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Difficult, Indie and Local Multiplayer.
"Just Shapes & Beats" is a chaotic co-op musical bullet-hell based on three simple things: avoid Shapes, move to the kick-ass Beats, and die, repeatedly.
Just Shapes & Beats at a glance Released 2018 Studio Berzerk Studio Player sentiment 98% positive of 26,015 Price $11.99 DifficultIndieLocal MultiplayerOnline Co-OpLocal Co-Op4 Player LocalFunnyStrategy
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Victor Vran ARPG
Why it matched: both fantasy and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Action RPG, RPG and Indie; released around the same time (2015).
Victor Vran is the isometric action-RPG where your skill is just as essential as your character build and gear. Experience intense combat action: dodge, jump and unleash powerful skills to finish off your enemies!
Victor Vran ARPG at a glance Released 2015 Studio Haemimont Games Player sentiment 86% positive of 6,454 Price $19.99 Action RPGRPGIndieLocal Co-OpFantasyOnline Co-OpDifficult
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The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos
Why it matched: both fantasy, strategy and difficult; shares 6 player tags including RPG, Strategy and Funny.
Step into the wacky heroic fantasy universe of the Dungeon of Naheulbeuk. Lead a team of unlikely and clumsy heroes in an epic and challenging tactical RPG. Live an adventure filled with humor, surprises and silly encounters.
The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos at a glance Released 2020 Studio Artefacts Studio Player sentiment 87% positive of 8,064 Price $5.24 RPGStrategyFunnyIndieDifficultFantasy
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Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
Why it matched: both strategy and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Local Multiplayer, Local Co-Op and Indie; released around the same time (2015).
Find yourself trapped alone in a room with a ticking time bomb. Your friends have the manual to defuse it, but they can't see the bomb, so you're going to have to talk it out – fast!
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes at a glance Released 2015 Studio Steel Crate Games Player sentiment 97% positive of 17,112 Price $14.99 Local MultiplayerLocal Co-OpIndieDifficultTeam-BasedFunnyStrategy
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Rayman Origins
Why it matched: both fantasy and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Local Co-Op, Funny and Local Multiplayer; released around the same time (2011).
Experience the magical universe of Rayman with legendary 2D gameplay that has captured the hearts of millions of fans!
Rayman Origins at a glance Released 2011 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 94% positive of 6,195 Price $19.99 Local Co-OpFunnyLocal MultiplayerComedy4 Player LocalFantasyDifficult
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Mitos.is: The Game
Why it matched: both strategy and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Strategy, Funny and Online Co-Op; released around the same time (2015).
Step into the microscopic world of Mitos.is! Eat or be eaten—become the ultimate cell in a highly addictive multiplayer game. Diverse modes, daily tournaments, guilds, and gear await! The BEST game of 2015 is back!
Mitos.is: The Game at a glance Released 2015 Studio Freakinware Studios Player sentiment 81% positive of 12,054 Price Free StrategyFunnyOnline Co-OpIndieDifficultArcadeComedy
- 20
Final Fantasy XIII
Why it matched: both fantasy, strategy and difficult; shares 5 player tags including RPG, Fantasy and Action RPG; released around the same time (2009).
Final Fantasy XIII is a fantasy RPG in which a band of brave humans struggle against fate in the utopian sky city of Cocoon and the primeval world of Pulse. Follow stylish heroine Lightning's fast paced battles and high adventure in a mysterious new world.
Final Fantasy XIII at a glance Released 2009 Studio Square Enix Player sentiment 75% positive of 19,914 Price $15.99 RPGFantasyAction RPGStrategyDifficult
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Blackguards
Why it matched: both fantasy, strategy and difficult; shares 5 player tags including RPG, Strategy and Fantasy; released around the same time (2014).
What happens when the only hope of a threatened world lies not with heroes in shining armor, but in the hands of a band of misfits and criminals? Blackguards, a new turn-based strategy RPG, explores this very question. You will discover over 180 unique hex-based battlegrounds within a dark and mature story of crime, drugs, and murder.
Blackguards at a glance Released 2014 Studio Daedalic Entertainment Player sentiment 62% positive of 3,917 Price $0.99 RPGStrategyFantasyIndieDifficult
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Crypt of the NecroDancer
Why it matched: both fantasy, strategy and difficult; shares 5 player tags including Difficult, Indie and Local Co-Op; released around the same time (2014).
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Crypt of the NecroDancer at a glance Released 2014 Studio Brace Yourself Games Player sentiment 95% positive of 26,481 Price $14.99 DifficultIndieLocal Co-OpRPGFantasy
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Divinity: Original Sin (Classic)
Why it matched: both fantasy and strategy; shares 6 player tags including RPG, Fantasy and Strategy; released around the same time (2014).
Gather your party and get ready for a new, back-to-the-roots RPG adventure! Discuss your decisions with companions; fight foes in turn-based combat; explore an open world and interact with everything and everyone you see. Join up with a friend to play online in co-op and make your own adventures with the powerful RPG toolkit.
Divinity: Original Sin (Classic) at a glance Released 2014 Studio Larian Studios Player sentiment 92% positive of 11,898 Price Not listed RPGFantasyStrategyIndieMagicOnline Co-Op
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Worms Reloaded
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 8 player tags including Strategy, Local Multiplayer and Funny; released around the same time (2010).
Ten years on from Worms™ Armageddon and the turn-based comic mayhem continues in Worms™ Reloaded, an all-new edition available for PC through Steam.
Worms Reloaded at a glance Released 2010 Studio Team17 Digital Ltd Player sentiment 87% positive of 5,097 Price $4.99 StrategyLocal MultiplayerFunnyOnline Co-OpComedyLocal Co-OpTeam-Based4 Player Local
Common questions
What game is most like Magicka?
Cook, Serve, Delicious!, on the evidence we have. It both strategy and difficult. That is a statement about overlap, not a promise you will like it as much: two games can share every tag and still feel different to play.
How is "similar to Magicka" decided?
By overlap on the tags Steam players applied to each game, the formal genres, the themes both sit in, and whether the same studio made them. Tags carry the most weight because players write them, so they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are ignored: matching on "Singleplayer" is matching on nothing. Every entry below shows exactly what it matched on.
Are these ranked by quality?
No. They are ordered by how much they overlap with Magicka. Where two games overlap equally, the better received one goes first, but that only moves a game a place or two. Each entry shows its own player sentiment so you can weigh that separately.
What else did the makers of Magicka do?
HELLDIVERS Dive Harder Edition, Gauntlet Slayer Edition are also from Arrowhead Game Studios, and appear in the list below for that reason as well as on tag overlap.
Do you get paid for these recommendations?
No. The order is computed from tag and genre overlap and nothing else. No placement here can be bought, and a game appearing high on this page is a statement about resemblance rather than an endorsement.