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Rift Wizard 2

Rift Wizard 2

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.

Released Jan 31, 2025 Developer Dylan White Platforms Windows Traditional RoguelikeMagicProcedural GenerationMinimalistRetro
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (US · as of 2026-10-20)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-29 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.

91.6%positive777 reviews
Recommended · 23 found this helpful

“I would have written this review earlier, but I wanted to wait until I'd had an equal number of hours playing Rift Wizard 1 under my belt. But, I happened to have a conversation with a friend about game mechanisms this past week, and in doing so, found my review. So, here it…”

— a player, Steam review · 375 hrs played
Recommended · 22 found this helpful

“Look. This is a good game. I'm enjoying it a lot. But I HATE the fade out after death!!! HATE HATE HATE IT!!! It's faster to close the damn game and re-launch it. What possible purpose does it serve in ANY GAME, nevermind in a game where you're guaranteed to die repeatedly???…”

— a player, Steam review · 37 hrs played
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“Feels harder than the original which I don't have a problem with, but it's not necessarily harder in a good way, which I do have more of a problem with. What I mean by all that is the difficulty feels a tad opaque. It's a little tricky to explain this but essentially I would…”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.

285all-time peak
0 50 100 2025 2026 No data collected for this period 90 avg · Apr 2024

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-20.

37achievements
2.8%median completion
0.7%rarest: Amnesiac
19.1% of players 11.8% of players 9.5% of players 8.1% of players 7.7% of players 6.5% of players 6.4% of players 4.3% of players 4.2% of players 3.8% of players 3.8% of players 3.6% of players 3.5% of players 3.4% of players 3.2% of players 3.2% of players 3.2% of players 3.1% of players 2.8% of players 2.7% of players 2.4% of players 2.4% of players 2.3% of players 1.8% of players 1.7% of players 1.6% of players 1.2% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.8% of players 0.7% of players 19.1% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
19.1%First Win — Win a game
11.8%Brisk Wizard — Win a game in less than 1000 turns total
9.5%Three Wins — Win 3 games
Rarest badges of honor
0.7%Amnesiac — Win the Amnesiac trial
0.8%Archmage — Win each archmage trial
0.9%Wild Magic — Win the Wild Magic trial

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$9.99−50% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-10-20 11:41 UTC
$19.99base price
$9.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-25
US9.99 USD−50%
EU9.75 EUR−50%
UK8.37 GBP−50%
Australia14.75 AUD−50%
Canada12.99 CAD−50%
Japan1,150 JPY−50%
Brazil29.99 BRL−50%
China38.00 CNY−50%

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$5.7 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$11

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-20). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-25 08-10 08-28 09-14 10-01 10-20

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jun 19, 2026
Workshop Enabled

After a few weeks of testing we have decided to enable steam workshop support on the main branch! Thanks to all who tested this, and of course, to all those who uploaded mods!

May 02, 2026
Workshop Enabled on Beta Branch

Hello Wizards! We're mostly working on RW3 these days but we did want to do a bit for the RW2 modding community before we moved on entirely. Specifically: Steam Workshop is now enabled on the beta bra

Feb 19, 2026
Announcing Rift Wizard 3!

Hello! The rumors are true. We are making Rift Wizard 3. There are a few big new features: Most importantly, we have added a crafting system to the game. Each level contains a few crafting ingredients

Oct 15, 2025
Patch 3

RW2 PATCH 3 PATCH NOTES! MISC: Max channel has its own color and stat identity Removed gnome/two-headed snake/ghost mass as respawn options for mutated/weekly, replaced with Mantis, Fire Flies, and Br

Sep 30, 2025
Beta Branch Patch 34

Patch 3 pt. 3 This is mostly a bugfix patch, and hopefully the final one before the beta gets pushed to main. Big thanks to all of you who are playing the beta and giving feedback and finding bugs! (B

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.

GenresIndie, RPG, Strategy
Player tagsTraditional Roguelike · Magic · Procedural Generation · Minimalist · Retro · RPG · 1990's · Turn-Based Strategy · Rogue-like · Strategy · Character Customization · Turn-Based Combat (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * *
Achievements37
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Graphics: 1360 x 768 display