Magic Research 2 — Who recommends this game?

Lifetime gross spend

$100Kest

grossAtFullPrice $100K · promo blend

Net to developer

$64Kest

after Valve / VAT / refunds

Lifetime units

16,673▼ 100.0%

133 / day median · launch

Launch window · 30d

$17K17% of LTD

4K units · $4.31 ASP

Confidence

medium±18%

Based on 585 reviews collected over 2.0 years; English-dominant audience; non-Early-Access.

01 Revenue · monthly

Gross consumer spend USD

Gross

02 Lifetime breakdown

Launch window vs tail · units & spend

30 days launch window

Launch · units

3,99023.9%

Tail · units

13K

12,68376.1%

Launch · gross

$17K

$17K17.2%

Tail · gross

$83K

$83K82.8%

Net to dev

$64K

$64K64.4%

01 Like Score

qualityScore = Σ inbound · log₁₀(reviews+1) · positive% · rank-bonus

Tier D · ▼ 1 7d

D ●CBAS

Inbound

Σ log₁₀(R+1)

Avg pos%

41%

→ 28

Score history · 30d retention

14 (14d ago)28 (now)

02 Top inbound contributors

Games whose “More Like This” lists rank Magic Research 2 · 24 inbound · top 10 shown

qualityScore 28

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+2.7

Magic Research408 reviews · 90% pos · Maticolotto · 2023

+2.4

Incremental Adventures815 reviews · 77% pos · Gniller · 2020

+2.2

Waitventure23 reviews · 91% pos · Kulivszk · 2023

+1.3

Agent Team Simulator45 reviews · 73% pos · NerdyBird Studios · 2023

+1.2

Kill the Lich Idle36 reviews · 72% pos · Stop Sign Gaming · 2026

+1.1

Simkea26 reviews · 76% pos · Henry Schorradt · 2021

+1.1

Naxos21 reviews · 80% pos · Pixelabor · 2022

+1.1

Genesis Relic: Idle Sandbox Simulator13 reviews · 92% pos · BambooCopter · 2026

+1.1

Stage Break Idle25 reviews · 68% pos · Dev Lee · 2025

+1.0

+ 14 more inbound gamesLong tail · ranks across catalog

+1.2

03 Magic Research 2’s “More like this”

Outbound MLT · 30 games

View all →

#1Magic Research 2 Demo

#4Magic Research Demo

——

#5Idle Hero TD - Tower Defense

83%1.1K

#6High Fantasy Idle

0%0

#7High Fantasy Idle Demo

——

#8Melvor Idle

90%14K

Review score

8/ 9

Very Positive

% positive

93.2%cohort 71%

551 pos · 40 neg

Total reviews

591tracked

591 crawled

Velocity · 30d

0 / dayest

6 this month

Steam-purchase rate

98.1%flat

1.9% free / EA / key

01 Language distribution

Reviewer interface language · count, share of total, share positive

18 languages · top 12 shown

ENEnglish

84.4%49993%

ZHSimplified Chinese

3.4%2090%

KOKorean

2.0%1283%

RURussian

1.7%1090%

PTBrazilian Portuguese

1.4%8100%

DEGerman

1.2%7100%

PLPolish

1.0%6100%

ESSpanish

1.0%6100%

JAJapanese

0.8%5100%

FRFrench

0.7%4100%

ITItalian

0.7%4100%

ESLatin American Spanish

0.7%4100%

02 Reviews by playtime

Hours played at time of review · positive% per bucket

0-1h 17

53%positive

2.9% of reviewsrefund window

1-10h 78

81%positive

13.2% of reviews

10-100h 206

94%positive

34.9% of reviews

100h+ 290

99%positive

49.1% of reviews

03 Monthly timeline

Reviews per month · positive vs negative stacked · since launch

Positive 551Negative 40

1037752260

24·0524·0824·1125·0225·0525·0825·1126·0226·04

04 Breakdowns

Reviews segmented · count, % of total, % positive

591 reviews

Free product

3/ 591

0.5% of total100% positive

Early access

0/ 591

0.0% of total— no data

Key activation

8/ 591

1.4% of total100% positive

Steam Deck

4/ 591

0.7% of total75% positive

Steam purchase

580/ 591

98.1% of total93% positive

Recommended

551/ 591

93.2% of total— votedUp

Not recommended

40/ 591

6.8% of total— votedDown

Reviews crawled

591/ 591

100.0% of total93% positive

585 reviews · 93% positive

Detailed reviewer overlap is being computed. Check back soon.