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Magnus Positive Phototaxis cover art

Magnus Positive Phototaxis

Sons of Welder · 2022-11-29

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 30, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 30, 2022 (Linux)

Magnus Positive Phototaxis is an atmospheric journey through a mysterious world of characters, traces and symbols. The task of the player is to solve the puzzles, using proper combinations of objects, finding them in the environment around him.

0
playing now
90%
positive of 52 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 14:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 53% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 1.0k–2.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 52 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2026-05-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 10 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320222026Week of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-14 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.992022-11-302026-07-252022-11-30 — best price $2.992023-01-19 — best price $4.992023-03-16 — best price $2.242023-05-14 — best price $4.992023-07-13 — best price $4.992023-10-12 — best price $2.002023-11-21 — best price $2.142023-12-18 — best price $4.992024-01-22 — best price $2.142024-03-06 — best price $4.992024-04-14 — best price $2.242024-05-29 — best price $4.992024-07-18 — best price $2.492024-09-04 — best price $4.992024-11-27 — best price $2.492025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-03-06 — best price $1.692025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-06-08 — best price $1.642025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-09-08 — best price $1.492025-10-06 — best price $4.992025-12-03 — best price $1.492026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-03-02 — best price $1.192026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-05-16 — best price $0.992026-07-09 — best price $4.992026-07-25 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

8
achievements tracked
83.6%
earned "Toilet"
62.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

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

Player tags

NoirHorrorPuzzleSurrealComic BookDystopian Hand-drawnAtmosphericEscape RoomExploration

Census log

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

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