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Magic: The Gathering Arena cover art

Magic: The Gathering Arena

Wizards of the Coast · 2023-05-23

SteamEpic Games Store

StrategyFree To Play

Franchise: Magic: The Gathering · Modes: Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Mar 25, 2021 (Android), Sep 26, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 25, 2021 (iOS), Jun 25, 2020 (Mac)

Magic: The Gathering Arena empowers you to discover your strategy, meet the planeswalkers, explore the multiverse, and battle friends around the world. Start playing for free, challenge your friends, unlock cards, and feel the magic of the original fantasy CCG!

Magic: The Gathering Arena is a Strategy, Free To Play game released in 2023, free-to-play, with a Mixed review sentiment (61% of 31823 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

12,187
playing now
61%
positive of 33k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
85/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (74 ratings)
15
Nexus mods (7.4k downloads)
82/100
opencritic · strong · 82% recommend · from 37 critics
653h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

12,187 players in-game as of 2026-10-02 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Magic: The Gathering Arena or MTG Arena is a free-to-play digital collectible card game developed and published by Wizards of the Coast (WotC). The game is a digital adaptation based on the Magic: The Gathering (MTG) card game, allowing players to gain cards through booster packs, in-game achievements or microtransaction purchases, and build their own decks to challenge other players. The game was released in a beta state in November 2017, and was fully released for Microsoft Windows users in September 2019, and a macOS version on June 25, 2020. Mobile device versions were released in March 2021.

Trailer

Magic: The Gathering Arena trailer thumbnail

Magic: The Gathering Arena – Launch Gameplay Trailer (Official)

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 12,187 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6,685 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~836/week).
  • · Review velocity down 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 14,061 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-10-02

Tier history: thriving→healthy (Oct 2), healthy→thriving (Sep 30), thriving→healthy (Sep 17), healthy→thriving (Sep 16)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.1k1.1k20232026Week of 2023-05-01: 833 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 371 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 695 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 370 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 513 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 299 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 472 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 252 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 515 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 256 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 457 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 244 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,085 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 352 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 414 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 296 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 386 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 259 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 382 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 262 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 415 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 252 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 439 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 232 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 402 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 278 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 383 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 313 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 461 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 313 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 630 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 395 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 595 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 318 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 438 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 309 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 447 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 284 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 421 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 269 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 393 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 277 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 404 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 242 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 418 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 266 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 439 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 293 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 438 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 294 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 597 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 473 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 597 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 427 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 509 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 357 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 447 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 357 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 344 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 312 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 484 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 358 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 419 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 349 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 569 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 414 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 526 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 354 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 483 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 359 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 442 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 342 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 449 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 377 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 461 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 318 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 437 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 331 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 581 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 422 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 462 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 341 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 129 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

15k02026-09-15 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 00:00 — 9,985 players2026-09-16 02:00 — 9,581 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 7,093 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 5,712 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 5,130 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 6,578 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 7,529 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 9,350 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 10,254 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 10,263 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 9,640 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 14,777 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 12,994 players2026-09-30 05:00 — 9,709 players2026-09-30 07:00 — 7,643 players2026-09-30 09:00 — 7,867 players2026-09-30 11:00 — 8,851 players2026-09-30 13:00 — 10,603 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 12,438 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 13,349 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 14,206 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 14,282 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 13,341 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 13,092 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 11,682 players2026-10-01 05:00 — 8,821 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 6,924 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 7,327 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 8,416 players2026-10-01 13:00 — 10,078 players2026-10-01 15:00 — 11,715 players2026-10-01 17:00 — 12,760 players2026-10-01 19:00 — 13,550 players2026-10-01 21:00 — 13,347 players2026-10-01 23:00 — 12,505 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 12,187 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
9.2k2.5kMay 2023Aug 2026May 2023 — avg 2,547 · peak 3,336Jun 2023 — avg 2,482 · peak 4,657Jul 2023 — avg 2,967 · peak 4,222Aug 2023 — avg 2,898 · peak 4,075Sep 2023 — avg 3,762 · peak 6,793Oct 2023 — avg 3,676 · peak 5,277Nov 2023 — avg 3,910 · peak 7,357Dec 2023 — avg 3,715 · peak 5,124Jan 2024 — avg 3,823 · peak 5,450Feb 2024 — avg 4,319 · peak 7,573Mar 2024 — avg 4,160 · peak 5,876Apr 2024 — avg 4,647 · peak 8,543May 2024 — avg 4,618 · peak 6,815Jun 2024 — avg 5,159 · peak 8,734Jul 2024 — avg 5,099 · peak 12,058Aug 2024 — avg 6,566 · peak 9,627Sep 2024 — avg 6,252 · peak 12,215Oct 2024 — avg 6,116 · peak 9,245Nov 2024 — avg 6,500 · peak 11,707Dec 2024 — avg 5,387 · peak 8,490Jan 2025 — avg 5,368 · peak 7,679Feb 2025 — avg 6,149 · peak 11,048Mar 2025 — avg 5,851 · peak 8,358Apr 2025 — avg 6,628 · peak 12,119May 2025 — avg 6,412 · peak 9,083Jun 2025 — avg 8,670 · peak 17,989Jul 2025 — avg 8,645 · peak 16,239Aug 2025 — avg 8,367 · peak 12,931Sep 2025 — avg 6,900 · peak 11,124Oct 2025 — avg 6,328 · peak 8,890Nov 2025 — avg 7,362 · peak 11,421Dec 2025 — avg 7,005 · peak 10,133Jan 2026 — avg 7,872 · peak 14,602Feb 2026 — avg 7,992 · peak 12,355Mar 2026 — avg 7,146 · peak 12,187Apr 2026 — avg 7,816 · peak 15,013May 2026 — avg 7,942 · peak 11,857Jun 2026 — avg 7,987 · peak 14,367Jul 2026 — avg 8,171 · peak 11,838Aug 2026 — avg 9,166 · peak 15,670
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

#64#952026-09-152026-10-022026-09-15 — #642026-09-16 — #642026-09-17 — #642026-09-30 — #942026-10-01 — #942026-10-02 — #95
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
45452026-09-152026-10-142026-09-15: 14 new positive2026-09-15: 6 new negative2026-09-16: 7 new positive2026-09-16: 12 new negative2026-09-17: 9 new positive2026-09-17: 3 new negative2026-09-18: 14 new positive2026-09-18: 6 new negative2026-09-19: 30 new positive2026-09-19: 17 new negative2026-09-20: 17 new positive2026-09-20: 10 new negative2026-09-21: 17 new positive2026-09-21: 9 new negative2026-09-22: 12 new positive2026-09-22: 5 new negative2026-09-23: 17 new positive2026-09-23: 12 new negative2026-09-24: 13 new positive2026-09-24: 4 new negative2026-09-25: 12 new positive2026-09-25: 16 new negative2026-09-26: 12 new positive2026-09-26: 9 new negative2026-09-27: 18 new positive2026-09-27: 5 new negative2026-09-28: 10 new positive2026-09-28: 26 new negative2026-09-29: 23 new positive2026-09-29: 4 new negative2026-09-30: 21 new positive2026-09-30: 7 new negative2026-10-01: 21 new positive2026-10-01: 9 new negative2026-10-02: 27 new positive2026-10-02: 15 new negative2026-10-03: 16 new positive2026-10-03: 13 new negative2026-10-04: 12 new positive2026-10-04: 8 new negative2026-10-05: 16 new positive2026-10-05: 10 new negative2026-10-06: 12 new positive2026-10-06: 11 new negative2026-10-07: 45 new positive2026-10-07: 10 new negative2026-10-08: 33 new positive2026-10-08: 10 new negative2026-10-09: 14 new positive2026-10-09: 14 new negative2026-10-10: 12 new positive2026-10-10: 9 new negative2026-10-11: 13 new positive2026-10-11: 13 new negative2026-10-12: 13 new positive2026-10-12: 11 new negative2026-10-13: 13 new positive2026-10-13: 16 new negative2026-10-14: 19 new positive2026-10-14: 18 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

106502026-05-28 — 69 pageviews2026-06-01 — 68 pageviews2026-06-05 — 66 pageviews2026-06-09 — 50 pageviews2026-06-13 — 73 pageviews2026-06-17 — 74 pageviews2026-06-21 — 71 pageviews2026-06-25 — 90 pageviews2026-06-29 — 73 pageviews2026-07-03 — 52 pageviews2026-07-07 — 60 pageviews2026-07-11 — 62 pageviews2026-07-15 — 60 pageviews2026-07-19 — 77 pageviews2026-07-23 — 89 pageviews2026-07-27 — 80 pageviews2026-07-31 — 68 pageviews2026-08-04 — 62 pageviews2026-08-08 — 74 pageviews2026-08-12 — 70 pageviews2026-08-16 — 88 pageviews2026-08-20 — 79 pageviews2026-08-24 — 92 pageviews2026-08-28 — 70 pageviews2026-09-01 — 73 pageviews2026-09-05 — 70 pageviews2026-09-09 — 90 pageviews2026-09-13 — 77 pageviews2026-09-17 — 82 pageviews2026-09-21 — 79 pageviews2026-09-25 — 99 pageviews2026-09-29 — 68 pageviews2026-10-03 — 67 pageviews2026-10-07 — 72 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerIn-App PurchasesFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Census log

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

Recent updates

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