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Magicka cover art

Magicka

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

Steam

ActionRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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.

Magicka is an Action and RPG game released in 2011, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (85% of 32099 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-27

11
playing now
85%
positive of 32k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
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)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

11 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 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.

Trailer

Magicka trailer thumbnail

Magicka: Official Release Trailer

≈518,240 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 11 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 2% of 27,682 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 32,099 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Fanatical$2.39-76%

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 36 of 59 observed days · $1.59 above the all-time low (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

5122026-09-15 11:00 — 7 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 18 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 9 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 13 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 36 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 8 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 12 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 33 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 9 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 20 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 16 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 4 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 7 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 19 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 25 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 12 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 23 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 40 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 36 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 51 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 11 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 11 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.7k17Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 1,466 · peak 4,201Dec 2012 — avg 491 · peak 1,383May 2013 — avg 488 · peak 2,898Oct 2013 — avg 350 · peak 3,360Mar 2014 — avg 302 · peak 679Aug 2014 — avg 310 · peak 554Jan 2015 — avg 356 · peak 1,061Jun 2015 — avg 555 · peak 2,255Nov 2015 — avg 242 · peak 762Apr 2016 — avg 283 · peak 1,391Sep 2016 — avg 243 · peak 1,065Feb 2017 — avg 168 · peak 380Jul 2017 — avg 194 · peak 581Dec 2017 — avg 189 · peak 495May 2018 — avg 114 · peak 263Oct 2018 — avg 95 · peak 320Mar 2019 — avg 94 · peak 331Aug 2019 — avg 89 · peak 276Jan 2020 — avg 99 · peak 288Jun 2020 — avg 102 · peak 274Nov 2020 — avg 93 · peak 285Apr 2021 — avg 78 · peak 232Sep 2021 — avg 55 · peak 144Feb 2022 — avg 72 · peak 198Jul 2022 — avg 65 · peak 169Dec 2022 — avg 66 · peak 193May 2023 — avg 43 · peak 138Oct 2023 — avg 26 · peak 82Mar 2024 — avg 39 · peak 138Aug 2024 — avg 29 · peak 92Jan 2025 — avg 29 · peak 86Jun 2025 — avg 20 · peak 82Nov 2025 — avg 19 · peak 60Apr 2026 — avg 22 · peak 86Aug 2026 — avg 24 · peak 82
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$18.99$1.292015-01-012026-10-122015-01-01 — 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 $8.992026-10-12 — best price $2.39
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

350432026-05-31 — 93 pageviews2026-06-04 — 61 pageviews2026-06-08 — 69 pageviews2026-06-12 — 72 pageviews2026-06-16 — 81 pageviews2026-06-20 — 72 pageviews2026-06-24 — 66 pageviews2026-06-28 — 101 pageviews2026-07-02 — 64 pageviews2026-07-06 — 90 pageviews2026-07-10 — 64 pageviews2026-07-14 — 79 pageviews2026-07-18 — 78 pageviews2026-07-22 — 79 pageviews2026-07-26 — 75 pageviews2026-07-30 — 66 pageviews2026-08-03 — 65 pageviews2026-08-07 — 81 pageviews2026-08-11 — 60 pageviews2026-08-15 — 112 pageviews2026-08-19 — 100 pageviews2026-08-23 — 102 pageviews2026-08-27 — 107 pageviews2026-08-31 — 86 pageviews2026-09-04 — 55 pageviews2026-09-08 — 88 pageviews2026-09-12 — 77 pageviews2026-09-16 — 78 pageviews2026-09-20 — 59 pageviews2026-09-24 — 93 pageviews2026-09-28 — 80 pageviews2026-10-02 — 91 pageviews2026-10-06 — 73 pageviews2026-10-09 — 55 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

Post-launch support: 24 DLC released, first 2011-03-08, latest 2013-12-17 (Steam store data)

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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