Pocket Tactics has reviewed the Dungeon Crawler 7 Mages:

Review: 7 Mages

Even in this Age of Information and social connectedness, it still happens sometimes. With no warning, no hype beforehand, 7 Mages crept onto the digital platforms as quietly as the lighting of a fly in dreaming trees in the hush of evening. On a feather duster. You know what I mean. And based on the description, it seemed to be right up my alley as well: a party-based RPG, with turn-based combat and a heavy focus on exploration and puzzle solving (and more than a few nods to those classic crawlers of yesteryear). Top that off with some handsome graphics and you get a package which almost seems too good to be true.

Created by Napoleon Games, this is their first major effort and apparently inspired by the Kurosawa flick Seven Samurai and its western-themed remake The Magnificent Seven. In these movies, a band of seven (samurai or gunslingers) is assembled to fight off the marauders who are threatening the local village. In a similar fashion, 7 Mages has you team up with six other mages to rid Roven Island of a gang of rogue mages who are raiding the countryside. Its story may have been inspired by these classic films, at the same time it is very much a love letter to the classic first-person dungeon crawlers in the days of yore. The creators themselves mention Dungeon Master as obvious inspiration, but of course the echoes of the Wizardry series, and the Westwood games (Eye of the Beholder and Lands of Lore) loudly reverberate off the dungeon walls with every hollow footstep too.

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This is a premium game, but it’s free to try. You get at least two hours of dungeon crawling before you have to make a purchase to be able to continue. This will give you plenty of time to decide whether you like it or not and it’s a model I’d love to see more often. You can either purchase regions separately for $0.99 each, or unlock the complete game for $6,99, something which I would definitely recommend (as you had probably gathered from this review.) There’s a lot of content here and because the game keeps introducing new elements, it doesn’t get stale. I haven’t finished it yet, but after many hours of playing I’m still excited to go on. I can’t think of a better recommendation for this unexpected gem.

Score: 5/5