Magic Research Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Excellent idling game overall
- Addictive and satisfying gameplay
- Retirement lacks meaningful rewards
- Endgame boss encounters frustrating
- Clunky UI and menus
- Slow progression and resource scarcity
Emotions
Archetypes
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 416
- Positive
- 37890.9%
- Negative
- 389.1%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 36,102
- Estimated revenue
- $180,149
- Game price
- $5
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 10.90%
- Estimated copies lost
- 87
- Estimated revenue lost
- $434
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 10.9% Avg playtime 0.6h | 43.6% Avg playtime 0.6h |
| > 2h playtime | 109% Avg playtime 77.2h | 9686.5% Avg playtime 196.4h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.1 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.1 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 7.7 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 1,232.1 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
111 total
Organic purchasers11099.1%
Voted up: 90%
Key activations10.90%
Voted up: 100%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
111 total
First impression0-2h119.91%
Voted up: 91%
Mid game2-10h119.91%
Voted up: 82%
Late game10-20h87.21%
Voted up: 88%
Endgame20h+8173.0%
Voted up: 91%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 90.1%
2 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 416 total.