Folly of the Wizards just dropped, and the whole gag is that you’re a wizard who sucks at wizardry. Not “novice bad.” I mean “illiterate with your own damn glyphs” bad. You join a cult, flail your way through dungeons, and hope the enemy dies before you miscast yourself into oblivion.
There are four wizards. Doesn’t matter which you pick—you’re still an idiot with a wand. The game throws 130 relics, tomes, and scrolls at you. Sounds impressive until you realize half of them are suicide notes disguised as items. That’s the design: roguelike chaos disguised as “progression.”
On paper, the numbers look stacked—83 quests, 22 bosses, 9 biomes. In practice, they’re just the scaffolding for pratfalls. You can prod relationships, make choices, and stumble into one of seven endings. But the real throughline is failure dressed up as comedy.
Visually this is your basic cartoon 2D game. Serviceable, forgettable, not offensive.
Audio should be better—Major Bruno composed the soundtrack, and it’s sold as DLC—but on Linux it’s busted. I got sound, but it was garbled garbage.
Runs fine otherwise. Works well on mouse and keyboard. Gamepad support’s there too.
Quality of life? Don’t expect much. There’s family sharing, and that’s it.
It’s native Windows only, and while Proton gets it running, the sound bug makes it a no-go for Deck until Valve or the devs patch things.
UpFox Labs made this. I don’t know them—this is probably their Steam debut.
Launch reception is “positive,” but that’s 11 reviews, which means nothing. My take? It’s playable. Not great, not terrible. Just playable.
Problem is, playable isn’t worth C$31.19. Plenty of roguelikes do the same thing cheaper and better. If you’re curious, wait for a deep discount. And if you’re on Linux, wait longer—because right now the only magic trick this game pulls off is turning sound into static.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2452320/Folly_Of_The_Wizards/
Love your writing style, thanks for the post. I’m starting to recognize your posts and they are always fun to read
Rincewind ??? Is that you?
I mean, playing an incompetent wizard that desperately tries not to get themselves killed until they eventually die in a stupid way is just really, really depressing.
