IndieRPGStrategy
Master of Magic
Give it 15 hours
Gets good by 15h then rated almost like by veterans
Started playing 67% of owners
Steam reviews 71% positive of 1,241
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (55%); after 15h it's 1 in 5 (20%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 83% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- Only 67% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 1,254 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 33.1h for positive, 9.4h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (67.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.
All achievements (12)
- I’m just getting started Research your first spell. 100%
- Node Master Control at least one type of node (Chaos, Nature, Sorcery) in a single game. 45%
- Power of Knowledge Research a very rare spell of any domain. 42%
- Master Archaeologist Gather treasures from 100 places of interest on the world map. 37%
- Taste of Despair Lose your capital city. 33%
- Spellmaster of Magic Win the game by casting the Spell of Mastery. 20%
- Warmaster of Magic Win the game by defeating all Wizards. 18%
- Look in the Myrror Win the game which you started on Myrror. 16%
- Portal Master Clean out all six types of Towers of Wizardry. 12%
- Cleansing The Land Conquer 50 neutral towns. 9.1%
- Wizard Supreme Win the game on the highest difficulty setting. 4.6%
- Which Wizard Win the game 5 times, each time playing as a different Wizard. 4.5%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.