Wizard of Legend

Wizard of Legend is a 2018 indie roguelike from American developer Contingent99 and publisher Humble Bundle. The project was crowdfunded via Kickstarter in 2016. Players control a wizard navigating a procedurally generated dungeon, using a broad selection of spells to clear enemy mobs, defeat three major bosses, and overcome a final boss to claim the title "Wizard of Legend." Critics gave the game generally favorable reviews. A sequel, Wizard of Legend 2, launched in October 2024, developed by Dead Mage.

In this top-down 2D roguelike, the player’s wizard must complete the Chaos Trials—a 10-floor procedurally generated dungeon—by casting spells called arcana. Each button or key triggers a specific arcana type: a basic attack, an evade, a powerful signature arcana, and various standard arcana for support. Each floor contains three shops, two run by the same NPC, except on boss floors (though shops appear just before the final boss). Money collected in the dungeon buys new spells from a shop on every level, while Chaos Gems—a persistent currency—let players permanently add spells or relics to their loadout before entering. Outfits, purchased with Chaos Gems, alter starting stats like health, defense, or damage; once inside the dungeon, the robe cannot be swapped, only optionally boosted by an NPC. The third shop on a floor is a random NPC offering relics, arcana, healing, item sales, or stat boosts, often with a downside to consider. Before entering the dungeon, players can also interact with a few NPCs for temporary boosts. Victory requires clearing all floors, defeating three major bosses (representing fire, earth, water, air, and lightning), and then the final boss, who wields all normal elements plus chaos.

Arcana fall into six elements: Fire, Air, Earth, Lightning, Water, and Chaos. All but chaos arcana can be bought with Chaos Gems; chaos arcana are earned only by defeating the final council member, one per trial run. As of update V1.23, there are 36 arcana each for fire, air, earth, lightning, and water, plus 24 chaos arcana. Arcana are split into four categories: Basic (low cooldown, most used), Dash (evasion and damage, unlimited uses but special effects have cooldowns), Standard (more powerful, dealing extra damage or buffing the player), and Signature (identical to standard but deal massive damage when the signature meter is full).