Magic Research 2

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 619 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 126.4h for positive, 7.3h 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 (84.7% 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 (34)

• Combat Training Unlock "Exploration". 100%
• Retirement Retire for the first time. 77%
• Ready for Combat Complete the Training Towers. 75%
• Tic-Tac-Toe Unlock "Synchro". 61%
• Tome of Toxic Knowledge Fully unlock the Poison element. 59%
• A Fancy Paperweight Find the Boosting Lamp. 50%
• Tome of Mental Knowledge Fully unlock the Mind element. 49%
• Wizard's Best Friend Unlock "Familiars". 46%
• Schematics Build an item combination machine. 45%
• Tome of Living Knowledge Fully unlock the Life element. 43%
• Artisan of Magic Build a Spellcrafting Furnace. 40%
• Zoom Through Training Complete the Training Towers within 5 minutes of starting a run. 40%
• Mysterious Box Fully unlock the Time element. 39%
• Tome of Electrical Knowledge Fully unlock the Electric element. 36%
• The Big Purchase Finally, finally, own the land your home is built on. 34%
• Headmaster Defeated the Headmaster of the School. 33%
• Ritualist's Secret Unlock "Rituals". 31%
• Tome of Deathly Knowledge Fully unlock the Death element. 29%
• Starry Night Fully unlock the Space element. 27%
• Bane of the Zeth Defeat Lytha, Doom Sorceress. 26%
• Tome of Divine Knowledge Fully unlock the Holy element. 24%
• To Save a Life Complete the game by defeating Satell. 22%
• Blessed Land Become free from the limitations of needing land to build on. 20%
• Eminence Learn all that there is to learn about an Element. 18%
• A Terrible Mistake Complete the game by defeating your closest companion. 15%
• Challenge: Pouchless Complete the game while under the effects of the Pouchless challenge. You can do it without an item pouch! 15%
• Challenge: Timed Complete the game while under the effects of the Timed challenge. Your damage output is through the roof! 14%
• Redemption Save the World from the deadly disease. 13%
• Challenge: Danger Complete the game while under the effects of the Danger challenge. Crazy-high numbers cannot stop you! 12%
• Challenge: Unskilled Complete the game while under the effects of the Unskilled challenge. Your Rank spell power bonuses were not needed! 9.1%
• Challenge: Primary Complete the game while under the effects of the Primary challenge. It turns out you don't need all the Elements! 8.1%
• Transcend Humanity Complete the Universal Challenge. 7.9%
• Creator's Last Word Defeat the Creator. 5.7%
• Magic Research 2 Complete every Storyline in the game. 5.1%