# Magicraft - Anyone playing this? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 5, 2024, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magicraft-anyone-playing-this/1005251 "2024-08-05T01:00:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vislor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vislor/32/5933_2.png) [@vislor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vislor)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2024, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magicraft-anyone-playing-this/1005251/1 "2024-08-05T01:00:30Z")
I don’t remember how I found it, I think I was on a bullet hell kick from Vampire Survivors, Gallowspire Survivors, Yet Another Zombie Survivors, Tiny Rogs, or Hells of Torment. HOLY COW does this game work for me. The grind is fun. I will finish up a game and jump into the next one. My insomnia kicked up and I came down to play around midnight. Next thing I know, it’s 3:30 am! Wow. I even bought controllers for both my computers as I find it (and bullet hell games) better on them. I got it July 2 and already have 183 hours in it, which puts it in my top 4 games in Steam for hours. After that long, I finally beat a boss, and I’m waning a bit on it but still enjoy the grind. The gameplay itself is so fun for me! Anyone else playing it? Anyone else know games like it? Take care! ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2024, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magicraft-anyone-playing-this/1005251/2 "2024-08-05T01:08:59Z")
Seems a bit like Noita and Hades. (I love Hades) Is that accurate? (I have not played it) ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2024, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magicraft-anyone-playing-this/1005251/3 "2024-08-05T01:18:37Z")
> [@vislor](#): > > Anyone else playing it? Anyone else know games like it? I watched a video reviewing it 9 months ago. Have you tried Tiny Rogues? That seemed like a fun game; the graphics are more lo-fi, but there’s a fair amount of depth to it. EDIT: You mentioned Tiny Rogues in your initial post, duh! There’s also the classic Binding of Isaac, of course. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2024, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magicraft-anyone-playing-this/1005251/4 "2024-08-05T01:41:44Z")
How about Curse of the Dead Gods? ---
**Author:** ![vislor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vislor/32/5933_2.png) [@vislor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vislor)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2024, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magicraft-anyone-playing-this/1005251/5 "2024-08-05T12:35:04Z")
Thanks for the replies! > [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > Seems a bit like Noita and Hades. (I love Hades) > > Is that accurate? (I have not played it) I enjoyed Hades but not as much as this. I’m thinking of playing it again with the controller to see if that helps me. I tried Noita and that didn’t work for me, keyboard or controller. Not sure why but I found it frustrating more than fun. > [@hogarth](#): > > There’s also the classic Binding of Isaac, of course. I see that is related to several but haven’t picked it up. > [@hogarth](#): > > How about Curse of the Dead Gods? I think this was recently free on Epic Games but haven’t loaded that up yet. May have to try that now. Thanks for the discussion! ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2024, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magicraft-anyone-playing-this/1005251/6 "2024-08-05T16:52:22Z")
I thought of a few more action roguelike games that you might enjoy: - Neophyte (building cool spell combos) - Dandy Ace (more spell combos) - Warm Snow (more on the Hades end of things) I don’t play these action games very much, but I follow the Youtuber **Retromation** and he plays a new one almost every day. > **[Retromation](https://www.youtube.com/@Retromation/videos)** > > Indie game showcases daily, specialty in roguelikes / roguelites. > > Hello everybody, I am the one some call Reto, and I have uploaded daily gaming let's play content since 2011, I upload a variety of games, often specializing in roguelikes /... ---
**Author:** ![vislor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vislor/32/5933_2.png) [@vislor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vislor)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2024, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magicraft-anyone-playing-this/1005251/7 "2024-08-05T19:42:22Z")
Thanks for the recommends! I will check out Retromation! I like seeing the game before I play it. ---
**Author:** ![vislor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vislor/32/5933_2.png) [@vislor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vislor)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magicraft-anyone-playing-this/1005251/8 "2024-08-21T16:10:46Z")
I have watched a few retromation videos to get a feel of a few games. Thanks, @hogarth! I really like Magicraft. The game gives three saves and I’m bouncing between two saves, keeping them roughly in line with each other, in terms of playtime and resources. The grind is just fun for me. I lose, or win, and jump back in and see how far I can get with the random spells I get. Sometimes I try and make a build that someone shared but usually it’s better to try and make what I get work. I picked up Balatro and enjoy that but obviously except for roguelike, very different style of play. Be My Horde is a Vampire Survivors type game that I’m enjoying. However, I think I got to the max of the EA content because there doesn’t seem to be anything else for me to upgrade. Still fun. Nova Drift was released, so out of EA. I have found it tougher, maybe in part because I’m out of practice. There is supposed to be an ending now with a final boss monster, so I’m working toward that. Thanks for the discussion! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magicraft-anyone-playing-this/1005251/9 "2024-08-21T17:13:42Z")
Binding of Isaac may be my most-played video game. Even though I never got good enough to earn all the achievements, I was able to complete almost all the characters prior to the final expansion (which I barely touched). If the thing that turns you on about Magicraft is the combinations of randomly acquired abilities, I don’t think any game ever really topped it. Later roguelikes did other stuff better, like Hades’ art and story or Noita’s physics, but Isaac is the king of a deep item pool full of wild combinations. You do want to get “Rebirth” rather than the original, which was made in Flash and is a bit clunky. You don’t have to buy any DLC to start; there’s a crapload of content in just the base game. Like hundreds of hours of content. ---
**Author:** ![vislor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vislor/32/5933_2.png) [@vislor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vislor)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magicraft-anyone-playing-this/1005251/10 "2024-08-21T17:57:04Z")
Thanks for the recommendation! I have been looking at Binding of Isaac but haven’t gotten it yet. Maybe because I didn’t know what it was and only saw the character in Minecraft, when he killed me! I need to get over that. I tried Noita but something about it didn’t work for me. Makes me sad as it seems good. I picked up Sifu, and some others, via Humble Bundle subscription. Not sure if I will stay more than this month but got a lot for the value and Sifu is fun. Thanks for the reply! ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magicraft-anyone-playing-this/1005251/11 "2024-08-21T18:10:30Z")
I’ve been deeply into _Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor_ for a while now. It’s a single-player bullet-hell spinoff of the excellent online squad shooter, _Deep Rock Galactic_, about dwarves in space fighting giant bugs while mining rare minerals. Still in Early Access, but it’s already a highly complete game, and a ton of fun. Highly recommend both the original game and the survivor spin-off