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Magic Research cover art

Magic Research

Maticolotto · 2023-03-22

Steam

AdventureCasualSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Mar 23, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 25, 2023 (Android), Feb 19, 2023 (iOS)

Magic Research is a text-based incremental game about Magic. You are the headmaster of a newly-created institution of Magic. Will you be able to lead your school to win the prestigious Tournament of Magic?

91%
positive of 417 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 19 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (56 reviews).
  • · Top 29% of 19,211 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 8.3k–19k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 417 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2023-03-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
505020232026Week of 2023-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$3.992023-03-232026-07-092023-03-23 — best price $3.992023-03-29 — best price $4.992023-06-29 — best price $3.992023-07-13 — best price $4.992023-11-21 — best price $3.992023-11-28 — best price $4.992023-12-21 — best price $3.992024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-03-14 — best price $3.992024-03-21 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $3.992024-07-11 — best price $4.992024-11-27 — best price $3.992024-12-04 — best price $4.992024-12-19 — best price $3.992025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-02-03 — best price $3.992025-02-10 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $3.992025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-06-26 — best price $3.992025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $3.992025-10-06 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $3.992026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $3.992026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-06-25 — best price $3.992026-07-09 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

42
achievements tracked
71.4%
earned "Start of an Adventure"
25.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,3049%42

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

Player tags

2DRPGIdlerMagicCombatFantasyCraftingAdventureAutomationManagement

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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