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Magrunner: Dark Pulse cover art

Magrunner: Dark Pulse

Frogwares · 2013-06-20

SteamGOGXbox

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jun 20, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 25, 2013 (Xbox 360), Oct 22, 2013 (PlayStation 3)

Magrunner: Dark Pulse is an action-puzzle game in which technology confronts the Cthulhu Mythos, penned by H.P. Lovecraft. Equipped with your Magtech glove, you must harness the ability to magnetically polarize and manipulate objects in the environment to survive and surpass challenging puzzles.

Magrunner: Dark Pulse is an Action, Adventure, Indie game released in 2013, priced at $19.99, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (73% of 1133 reviews) and an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000.

4
playing now
73%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
56/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (5 downloads)
9.2h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Magrunner: Dark Pulse is a puzzle game developed by Frogwares. It was released as a downloadable title on Microsoft Windows on 20 June 2013, PlayStation Network on 23 October 2013, and Xbox Live Arcade on 25 October 2013. Magrunner: Dark Pulse is set in a cyberpunk reimagining of H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 4 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 14% of 27,751 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 45k–91k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,135 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$1.99-90%
GOG$1.99-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.80 at GamesPlanet UK (2024-08-02) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 83 of 107 observed days · $1.19 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720172026Week of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2002026-09-15 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 20 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 5 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$0.632015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-06-22 — best price $9.992016-07-04 — best price $9.992018-01-04 — best price $9.992018-06-29 — best price $9.992018-09-20 — best price $2.502018-11-22 — best price $4.002019-02-08 — best price $2.492019-04-22 — best price $9.992019-08-12 — best price $4.992019-11-04 — best price $9.992020-01-06 — best price $8.702020-02-13 — best price $9.782020-04-19 — best price $1.932020-07-03 — best price $9.992020-09-27 — best price $9.992020-12-16 — best price $2.202021-02-02 — best price $2.192021-03-02 — best price $9.992021-04-12 — best price $2.502021-05-15 — best price $8.382021-06-24 — best price $2.122021-08-25 — best price $8.382022-02-03 — best price $19.992022-06-24 — best price $3.992022-11-22 — best price $3.992023-03-23 — best price $19.992023-07-25 — best price $19.992023-12-05 — best price $1.992024-04-15 — best price $19.992024-08-12 — best price $6.642025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-04-14 — best price $6.642025-09-12 — best price $1.992026-01-23 — best price $1.992026-05-21 — best price $1.992026-08-22 — best price $1.992026-09-12 — best price $19.992026-10-02 — best price $1.992026-10-15 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6042026-06-01 — 10 pageviews2026-06-05 — 10 pageviews2026-06-09 — 7 pageviews2026-06-13 — 19 pageviews2026-06-17 — 10 pageviews2026-06-21 — 16 pageviews2026-06-25 — 10 pageviews2026-06-29 — 12 pageviews2026-07-03 — 20 pageviews2026-07-07 — 11 pageviews2026-07-11 — 11 pageviews2026-07-15 — 10 pageviews2026-07-19 — 12 pageviews2026-07-23 — 14 pageviews2026-07-27 — 8 pageviews2026-07-31 — 11 pageviews2026-08-04 — 20 pageviews2026-08-08 — 22 pageviews2026-08-12 — 8 pageviews2026-08-16 — 18 pageviews2026-08-20 — 35 pageviews2026-08-24 — 25 pageviews2026-08-28 — 12 pageviews2026-09-01 — 17 pageviews2026-09-05 — 20 pageviews2026-09-09 — 11 pageviews2026-09-13 — 15 pageviews2026-09-17 — 8 pageviews2026-09-21 — 15 pageviews2026-09-25 — 13 pageviews2026-09-29 — 8 pageviews2026-10-03 — 4 pageviews2026-10-07 — 7 pageviews2026-10-11 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
71.8%
earned "Tech Wiz"
19%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,0706%24
PS3 (PlayStation)80647%25
Xbox Live Arcade, Xbox 360 (Xbox)1489%24

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

Player tags

FPSIndieActionHorrorPuzzleSci-fiAdventureCyberpunkPlatformerFirst-Person

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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