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Magicka

Arrowhead Game Studios · Paradox Interactive · 2011-01-25

Steam

ActionRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jan 25, 2011 (Linux), Jan 25, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Magicka is a satirical action-adventure game set in a rich fantasy world based on Norse mythology. The player assumes the role of a wizard from a sacred order tasked with stopping an evil sorcerer who has thrown the world into turmoil, his foul creations besieging the forces of good.

42
playing now
85%
positive of 32k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (212 ratings)
7h
to beat · completionist 47h
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

42 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Magicka is an action-adventure game developed by Arrowhead Game Studios. It was released via Steam for Microsoft Windows on January 25, 2011.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 42 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 358 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~45/week).
  • · Review velocity down 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 1.3M–2.6M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 32,074 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GamersGate$2.50-75%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.80 at GreenManGaming (2019-04-10) · bundled 25×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 30 of 54 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
30930920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 18 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

7242026-08-06 21:00 — 25 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 11 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 24 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 30 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 13 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 21 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 39 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 10 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 19 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 32 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 4 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 21 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 27 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 6 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 17 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 16 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 14 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 40 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 72 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 18 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 29 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 58 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 9 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 22 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 41 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 18 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 10 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 58 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 20 players2026-08-30 16:00 — 42 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$18.99$1.292015-01-012026-08-212015-01-01 — best price $1.292015-02-10 — best price $9.992015-04-01 — best price $11.102015-06-22 — best price $9.992015-10-02 — best price $1.992015-12-02 — best price $9.992016-01-25 — best price $2.402016-05-02 — best price $2.492016-10-27 — best price $2.492017-04-18 — best price $9.992017-09-11 — best price $2.502018-02-08 — best price $2.502018-06-15 — best price $9.992018-10-08 — best price $2.492018-12-20 — best price $2.492019-03-31 — best price $9.992019-06-26 — best price $2.492019-10-17 — best price $2.492019-12-03 — best price $8.062020-01-27 — best price $9.992020-04-09 — best price $2.492020-06-26 — best price $9.992020-09-07 — best price $2.502020-12-01 — best price $9.992021-03-13 — best price $1.792021-10-25 — best price $1.792022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-07-03 — best price $1.792022-10-08 — best price $8.782023-02-06 — best price $9.992023-07-08 — best price $2.502023-08-15 — best price $8.992024-04-05 — best price $8.492024-06-18 — best price $8.392024-10-25 — best price $2.122025-01-03 — best price $9.992025-10-24 — best price $2.502026-02-10 — best price $9.992026-07-29 — best price $8.992026-08-21 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

350432026-05-31 — 93 pageviews2026-06-03 — 64 pageviews2026-06-06 — 74 pageviews2026-06-09 — 72 pageviews2026-06-12 — 72 pageviews2026-06-15 — 71 pageviews2026-06-18 — 56 pageviews2026-06-21 — 93 pageviews2026-06-24 — 66 pageviews2026-06-27 — 81 pageviews2026-06-30 — 62 pageviews2026-07-03 — 73 pageviews2026-07-06 — 90 pageviews2026-07-09 — 64 pageviews2026-07-12 — 43 pageviews2026-07-15 — 119 pageviews2026-07-18 — 78 pageviews2026-07-21 — 86 pageviews2026-07-24 — 72 pageviews2026-07-27 — 77 pageviews2026-07-30 — 66 pageviews2026-08-02 — 61 pageviews2026-08-05 — 87 pageviews2026-08-08 — 60 pageviews2026-08-11 — 60 pageviews2026-08-14 — 93 pageviews2026-08-17 — 95 pageviews2026-08-20 — 100 pageviews2026-08-23 — 102 pageviews2026-08-26 — 105 pageviews2026-08-28 — 93 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
83.7%
earned "State Alchemist "
18.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on Tablet24 DLC

7 supported languages: English, Russian, French, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)107,8011%88

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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

RPGCo-opFunnyIndieMagicActionComedyFantasyAdventureDifficult

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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