Life of a Wizard
A text-based RPG built around a wizard's lifetime of decisions
Hosted Games · Released Mar 17, 2017
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 79% of 72
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 1
- daily peak, Oct 30, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 9 months ago
- Jan 6, 2026
- Minimum PC
- –
- not published
What is Life of a Wizard?
This single-player interactive novel frames a wizard's life as an archmage's autobiography. Across eighty years, you make chapter-by-chapter choices about brewing potions, raising the dead, and pursuing relationships, with paths toward peace in a fantasy kingdom or world conquest.
For you if...
- +you enjoy planning skill improvements in text-based role-playing games
Not for you if...
- −you want a story that lingers on individual scenes
What players say
79% of 72 reviews are positive
Players praise the variety of choices and the options to explore on repeat playthroughs. Common complaints concern shallow supporting characters and limited dialogue, while some players find that different choices lead to similar outcomes.
Screenshots and trailer
Life of a Wizard system requirements
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Life of a Wizard?
The published requirements do not name a graphics card we can compare.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10
Recommended
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Does Life of a Wizard have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Life of a Wizard run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 15
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
- Languages
- Text only: English.
Does Life of a Wizard use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
