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Wizard Confidential

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41%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional, atmosphere
Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics
70% User Score Based on 10 reviews

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Wizard Confidential is a single player role playing game with fantasy, romance, mystery and dark fantasy themes. It was developed by Choice of Games and was released on May 14, 2026. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Sling spells and borrow trouble in a city lousy with bootleggers, bent coppers, and vampires. Can you crack the case and save your partner before a wizard dooms Seattle? Wizard Confidential is an interactive urban fantasy noir novel by Anthony Eichenlaub, where your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based, 220,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects, fuele…

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70%Audience ScoreBased on 10 reviews
emotional2 positive mentions
graphics3 negative mentions
  • Strong, sharp dialogue that fits well with the 1920s noir private investigator setting.
  • Engaging detective gameplay that makes the player feel competent and involved in investigations with meaningful skill checks.
  • Atmosphere and setting evoke a cool Prohibition-era Seattle vibe with period-appropriate elements like speakeasies, jazz, and classic noir style.
  • Worldbuilding and magic integration are weak and feel underdeveloped; the supernatural elements often feel disconnected from the setting and story.
  • Storylines and characters are overly simplified and scattered; pacing issues and lack of cohesion reduce emotional investment and immersion.
  • Lack of meaningful consequences for player choices and frustrating technical issues such as no save or 'back' function detract from the experience.

  • story

    13 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    23% positive mentions, 54% neutral mentions, 23% negative mentions

    The story is generally seen as weak and underdeveloped, with uninteresting characters and rushed pacing that limits engagement. While some appreciate the noir style and certain character dynamics, the overall narrative lacks depth, complexity, and cohesive worldbuilding.

    • “It really does feel like a proper noir story and the prose fits its setting perfectly.”
    • “The story and investigations build toward a satisfying conclusion.”
    • “I liked the dynamic with your boss / fellow private eye quite a bit, for example, and wouldn’t have minded if we’d just done a few cases with him before his plot truly kicked off.”
    • “The story is weak, the characters are uninteresting, and the setting feels underutilized.”
    • “This becomes especially noticeable toward the end, where the story feels rushed through its final chapters.”
    • “Because of the jerky pacing, some characters are only present in their storyline, so if you don’t choose to spend your time on them, you’ll only see one glimpse of them.”

  • graphics

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    25% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 75% negative mentions

    The game is purely text-based with minimal visuals or audio, limiting its graphical appeal. Reviewers suggest that even simple audio-visual enhancements could improve accessibility and engagement, while the game's 1920s-inspired aesthetic feels more stylized than deeply immersive.

    • “[i]Wizard Confidential[/i] came across to me as unfocused and overly simplified, providing the player with more of a 1920s vibe/aesthetic with a bit of magic sprinkled in rather than a lived-in, immersive world.”
    • “This game is purely text-based, so there’s not much to comment on in terms of audio or visuals.”
    • “Still, I’ll leave my usual note for interactive fiction: even basic visuals and audio could make these games more accessible and appealing to a wider audience, similar to what Roadwarden or Wayfarer have done.”
    • “"Wizard Confidential" came across to me as unfocused and overly simplified, providing the player with more of a 1920s vibe/aesthetic with a bit of magic sprinkled in rather than a lived-in, immersive world.”

  • emotional

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Users found it difficult to become emotionally invested in the romanceable characters, which undermined the impact of their choices and detracted from the overall experience.

  • atmosphere

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 50% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game effectively captures a 1920s noir atmosphere, immersing players in a moody and evocative setting that enhances the overall experience.

    • “1920s noir atmosphere and vibe”

  • gameplay

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions

    The gameplay features detective elements centered around the protagonist, but some users feel the plotline is disconnected from the core detective mechanics.

    • “Detective gameplay and protagonist.”
    • “This plotline felt so removed from the rest of the detective gameplay.”

  • humor

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The humor in the game is appreciated, with characters described as genuinely likable and well-developed rather than blank slates. However, limited gameplay time prevents players from fully connecting with the humor and characters.

  • music

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The music effectively captures the era's atmosphere, featuring authentic jazz that complements the setting of speakeasies and rain-slicked streets, enhancing the game's period ambiance.

    • “It has all the traditional hallmarks of the time period: speakeasies, backroom offices, rain-slicked streets, moonshine, and jazz music.”

  • replayability

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Users find the game to have good replayability, indicating it remains engaging and worth playing multiple times.

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Wizard Confidential is a role playing game with fantasy, romance, mystery and dark fantasy themes. Common tags for Wizard Confidential include indie, supernatural, alternate history, choices matter, detective and others.

Wizard Confidential is available on PC, Mac OS, Phone, Windows and others.

Wizard Confidential was released on May 14, 2026.

Wizard Confidential was developed by Choice of Games.

Wizard Confidential has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Wizard Confidential for its emotional but disliked it for its story.

Wizard Confidential is a single player game.

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