Player reviews: 74% positive261 reviews
Steam Deck: Verified
Runs on: Windows
Price: US$24.99

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2023 · Action · Action-adventure

Spells & Secrets

Spells & Secrets is a modern-day fantasy roguelike set in a procedurally generated wizarding school. Players can craft their own wizard using in-depth character creation, team up with a friend via local co-op, and get creative with an arsenal of physics-based magic, using clever combinations of spells to get the upper hand against puzzles and enemies alike.

Released: 9 November 2023
Platforms: Nintendo Switch PlayStation 5 Windows Xbox Series X/S
Genres: Action Action-adventure Adventure Casual Indie Puzzle
Developers: —
Publishers: —
Modes: Co-op Single-player
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Themes: Action Fantasy Kids
Age ratings: ESRB E10+USK 6 GRAC ALL ACB PG CLASS_IND L PEGI 7
Languages: Chinese (Simplified), English, English (UK), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish (Spain)
Time to beat: 11hmain story17hcompletionist

About

Spells & Secrets is a roguelike game developed by Alchemist Interactive and published by Rokaplay and Merge Games. It was released on 9 November 2023 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch.

›Story

In Spells and Secrets, you play as a first-year student of the magical arts at the Academy of Greifenstein, a modern-day wizarding school. A strange incident on your first day has thrown Greifenstein into turmoil. Now, it’s down to you to venture into the procedurally generated castle grounds and save the school!

Players can craft their own wizard using in-depth character creation, team up with a friend via local co-op, and get creative with an arsenal of physics-based magic, using clever combinations of spells to get the upper hand against puzzles and enemies alike.

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Gameplay

Spells & Secret is an isometric roguelike (self described rogue-lite) game set in procedurally-generated wizard academy Greifenstein. The player controls a student fighting magical creatures using physics-based spells. It features a cooperative mode and character creator.

Development

Spells & Secrets was developed by Düsseldorf, Germany-based studio Alchemist Interactive (formerly Lemonbomb Entertainment, developers of Stranded Sails) and published by Rokaplay and Merge Games for consoles. It was crowdfunded on Kickstarter in April 2022 and was shown at Future of Play Direct at E3 2022. An early access version was planned for summer 2022.

The game was released on 9 November 2023 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch. The Xbox Series X/S was delayed to a later date.