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Magic Research 2 cover art

Magic Research 2

Maticolotto · 2024-05-21

Steam

IndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: May 21, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 21, 2024 (iOS), May 21, 2024 (Android)

Welcome to Magic Research 2, an incremental RPG from the creator of Magic Research. Learn countless spells, face powerful foes, and command a team of Wizards who can cast spells for you as you journey to find or create the Philosopher's Stone.

93%
positive of 618 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$5.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 55 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity down 52% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 49,851 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 12k–28k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 618 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.49 at Steam (2025-04-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10310320242026Week of 2024-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$5.99$4.492024-05-212026-10-082024-05-21 — best price $5.392024-05-28 — best price $5.992024-06-27 — best price $5.392024-07-11 — best price $5.992024-11-27 — best price $4.792024-12-04 — best price $5.992024-12-19 — best price $4.792025-01-02 — best price $5.992025-02-03 — best price $4.792025-02-10 — best price $5.992025-03-13 — best price $4.792025-03-20 — best price $5.992025-04-18 — best price $4.492025-04-25 — best price $5.992025-06-27 — best price $4.792025-07-10 — best price $5.992025-09-29 — best price $4.792025-10-06 — best price $5.992025-12-18 — best price $4.792026-01-05 — best price $5.992026-03-19 — best price $4.792026-03-26 — best price $5.992026-06-25 — best price $4.792026-07-09 — best price $5.992026-10-01 — best price $4.792026-10-08 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

34
achievements tracked
84.7%
earned "Combat Training"
24.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsAdjustable Text SizeMouse Only OptionNarrated Game MenusSave AnytimeTouch Only OptionSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,6898%34

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

Player tags

2DRPGIdlerMagicClickerFantasyCraftingAutomationManagementMinimalist

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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