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Take up the role of a great wizard, wield powerful spells, command fantasy races and challenge your rivals in this remake of a cult turn-based strategy classic. Do you have what it takes to become Master of Magic?

Release DateDec 13, 2022
Price$ 39.99  Top 2%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)71.9% (mostly positive) Bottom 35% / 71.9%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)68.9% / 69%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)705  Top 15% / 861  Top 15%
Curators29 reviews  Top 20%
Median Play Time28.3 hours  Top 5%
Play Time per Dollar43 minutes
Followers17.6K  Top 10%
Owners± 35.7K  Top 25%
Copies Sold± 28.5K  Top 20%
Gross Revenue ($)± 1M  Top 10%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Master of Magic steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see Master of Magic's Steam rating and reviews between December 2022 and December 2023. Steam's rating is relatively stable, varying from 74.3% (January 2023) to 71.5% (October 2023).

The 861 reviews Top 15% suggest that Master of Magic might be an indie success or even a small AAA success. The chart looks like a long tail distribution, which sometimes means that the marketing was concentrated on the game launch and then stopped, and that no major update or discounts followed.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Master of Magic and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut graph shows Master of Magic's reviewers languages. The most popular language is English (74%), followed by German (7%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 21 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game is translated in 7 languages. Considering that, unless the game is text-heavy, adding translations is not a lot of work compared to making a game, it is often a good idea to translate the game in many languages.

Time Played

Chart displaying Master of Magic percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in Master of Magic depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The time played is great, reaching 92 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 5.4 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. Some players have left a negative review after playing a significant amount of time (36 hours in the 80th percentile) which could mean that a part of Master of Magic's fanbase was unhappy about an update and review bombed the game. The Players' feedback section might give some insight about that.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Faithful adaptation of classic game
  • More complexity than Heroes of Might and Magic
  • Fast and satisfying combat
  • Replayable strategy 4x
  • Gorgeous unit art
  • Endless tactical battles
  • QOL features like build queue
  • Interesting mechanics
  • Neutral sites now much easier to deal with
  • Different focus than Age of Wonders
  • Limited diplomacy and combat complexity
  • Very slow burn start up
  • Minor glitches and bugs
  • Info can be lacking
  • Needs more customization options
  • Few balance issues
  • City development is lacking
  • Awkwardly built and clunky
  • Feels stale and repetitive
  • Not worth the money they are asking

The intention behind these pros & cons isn't to establish a balanced evaluation of the game, but rather to assist developers in identifying enhancement opportunities. The game's rating of 71.9%  Bottom 35% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Master of Magic's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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