Magic Research 2 Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-08-03
- One of best idle games
- Improved over first game
- Progression is rewarding
- Poor UI and QoL
- Boss fights are tedious
- Prestige is too slow
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
- 610
- Positive
- 56692.8%
- Negative
- 447.2%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 48,635
- Estimated revenue
- $291,324
- Game price
- $6
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 10.59%
- Estimated copies lost
- 80
- Estimated revenue lost
- $479
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 10.6% Avg playtime 1.4h | 10.6% Avg playtime 0.2h |
| > 2h playtime | 148.3% Avg playtime 136.3h | 15390.5% Avg playtime 332h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.2 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.3 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 16.3 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 794.4 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
169 total
Organic purchasers16798.8%
Voted up: 91%
Key activations21.18%
Voted up: 100%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
169 total
First impression0-2h52.96%
Voted up: 80%
Mid game2-10h116.51%
Voted up: 55%
Late game10-20h127.10%
Voted up: 92%
Endgame20h+14183.4%
Voted up: 94%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
50.0%
Global baseline 91.1%
2 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 610 total.