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Mago

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2022

Should you play it?

Mago is a retro 2D platformer that puts us in the boots of a sorcerer, who was unfortunate enough to eat evil overlords' food. Now he has to rescue his beloved princess from the dinner menu of the evil Gourmet! Nostalgia awaits!

What works

  • Charming pixel art and music
  • Varied and creative level design
  • Challenging but fair difficulty curve
  • Many collectibles and upgrades
  • Nostalgic retro platformer experience

Things to keep in mind

  • Checkpoint system can be frustrating and costly
  • Some levels and challenges feel tedious or repetitive
  • Minimal narrative and instruction
  • Controls can feel floaty or imprecise
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Mago. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Mago. These titles are not in What to play next.

Mago: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Expression. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence, Relaxation.

Last update: 25/08/2026