Wizard with a Gun

If you’re looking for the right title to play with your best mate on a Saturday night, you can’t go wrong with Wizard with a Gun. This title is an experience worth every moment. As its title suggests, you’ll be engaging in zany adventures of survival as a wizard with a gun. But there’s more to it…

Wizard with a Gun is a simple-yet-aptly-named game by Galvanic Games. It's characterized as a multiplayer survival sandbox adventure, which translates to something like to Don't Starve, but with a dash of alchemy and Western movie DNA thrown in. The game will be released in 2022 for PC and Nintendo Switch at an unannounced date.

Gameplay Explained

The game's video has a wonderfully unusual tone, with an adorable but scary vibe. It's full of standoffs and the desolate landscape of the west, but with a lot more magic and area of effect shots. It's a really distinctive style that contributes much to the game's differentiation.

Galvanic Games is well known for its earlier work, which includes Gurgamoth and Rapture Rejects, a Cyanide & Happiness – Freakpocalypse game. Each game is vastly different in terms of gameplay, but each has a distinct visual aesthetic that the creator appears to be bringing to each next game.

More fun with friends

The Steam website for Wizard with a Gun describes the game as follows: "A cooperative online sandbox survival game set in a mystical forest teeming with hazardous animals and esoteric mysteries. Set out alone or with pals on a trip to acquire, create, and dress your wizard anyway you see fit as you explore the unknown."

It's reported to offer a rather broad range of functions, all of which appear to be geared to allow you to express your magical imagination. By gathering resources from the Wild West, you'll be able to construct many types of magical ammo, each of which will interact with the world in a different way.

Procedural generation

This universe will also provide something fresh every time you play, since it will have a large number of randomly created locations for you to explore. There are deserts, marshes, tundra, and prairies listed as possible biomes, so there will be enough to explore.

There will also be an element of experimentation, allowing you to attempt spell combinations that can provide you tremendous powers and impact adversaries in various ways. It appears that it is time to engage in alchemy. This appears to be a pretty cool small indie title, especially if you play with buddies.

Verdict

Wizard with a Gun is a title that is sure to catch you by surprise. If you’re looking for a co-op adventure to keep you on your toes, this title is a solid choice to consider.

Pros

• Awesome art style
• Co-Op focused
• Guns, guns, guns

Cons

• Doesn’t exactly re-invent the wheel