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Life After Magic

Team Starlight · Chirashi Games · 2023-03-23

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Mar 23, 2023 (Linux), Mar 23, 2023 (Mac), Sep 03, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Can you save magic before the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve? Life After Magic is a queer, retro visual novel that follows jaded ex-magical girls as they reconnect, deal with young adulthood, and face off against one last threat before Y2K hits.

98%
positive of 287 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
Free
steam price (US)

Being an adult sucks! Life was so much easier when Akiko was saving the world with her magical girl squad, the Sentinels of Justice. Now she’s stuck working a boring retail job, watching the days creep closer to Y2K. She’s lost touch with her high school friends, her powers, and herself. Worst of all... When Akiko realizes her healing magic is fading, she knows it's a sign of trouble. But things only get worse from there — her old teammates are affected too and soon the greater populace of the city! As Akiko, with help from the Sentinels, track down what's happening to magic (and who might be(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 31 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 35% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 26% of 17,630 Casual games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
272720232026Week of 2023-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

19
achievements tracked
56%
earned "Sentinels of Justice"
17.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)10822%19

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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