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Magicka 2
The world’s most irreverent co-op action adventure returns! In the next chapter of Magicka, players ascend from the ruins of Aldrheim to experience a Midgård almost wiped free of Wizards after the Wizard Wars, with the few that do remain having either gone mad or extremely hostile toward all others
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
30 of the 64 reviews raise this.
“Like the first game, great initial idea, uniquely satirical narrative, with a deep system of physics-based magic and skill-based cross-player combat interaction. Sadly, between all the bugs associated with even playing…”
“fun game. but the community is the most ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ i have ever seen in 1 place.”
15 of the 64 reviews raise this.
“This game has the best magic system I've ever seen in any game, it really makes you feel like a wizard with the limitless spell combinations you can pull off. Single-player is fun to mess around in, but the later levels…”
“The combination of powers is absolutely amazing. However, the missions do get very repetitive, so it's best to play with friends.”
12 of the 64 reviews raise this.
“Like the first game, great initial idea, uniquely satirical narrative, with a deep system of physics-based magic and skill-based cross-player combat interaction. Sadly, between all the bugs associated with even playing…”
“Best wizard-themed game ever. The spell system is absolutely amazing. The humor, the dialogues and the general goofiness of the game carries. Absolutely delightful game with great art style, cool story and one of the…”
“super fun game that dosent take itself seryes in a good way”
5 of the 64 reviews raise this.
“Best wizard-themed game ever. The spell system is absolutely amazing. The humor, the dialogues and the general goofiness of the game carries. Absolutely delightful game with great art style, cool story and one of the…”
“its time for review my dudes! magicka 2 , one of my favs with many memories combine the spells , make spells , miss your enemies, kill your friends , commit suici*** and retry the level one of the funniest game , i have…”
4 of the 64 reviews raise this.
“its time for review my dudes! magicka 2 , one of my favs with many memories combine the spells , make spells , miss your enemies, kill your friends , commit suici*** and retry the level one of the funniest game , i have…”
5 of the 64 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Like the first game, great initial idea, uniquely satirical narrative, with a deep system of physics-based magic and skill-based cross-player combat interaction. Sadly, between all the bugs associated with even playing…”
“How does you game not natively support key bindings? Why is the option even there if it doesn't work?”
“I get to play as emperor palpatine shooting lightning bolts I get to shoot lasers beams like kamehameha's also the controls are a little hard to get working but fun you got to configure the controls on the steam overlay…”
5 of the 64 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“my friends said it was the best game ever. it was not.”
“very bad game! i am a huge fan of the first game and consider myself pretty good at the first one and even for me the combat is frustratingly hard. i spent most of the time running away from enemies while spamming heal,…”
“Do you enjoy being beaten over the head continually with a metal bat? Me neither. If your looking to play solo, look else where.”
4 of the 64 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“How does you game not natively support key bindings? Why is the option even there if it doesn't work?”
“I get to play as emperor palpatine shooting lightning bolts I get to shoot lasers beams like kamehameha's also the controls are a little hard to get working but fun you got to configure the controls on the steam overlay…”
“I took a break from this game due to not being able to get Magicka 1 to work with the fix that worked the first time. But Magicka 2 is much much than Magicka 1. Yet, I am still not playing with the controller. I find…”
3 of the 64 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Like the first game, great initial idea, uniquely satirical narrative, with a deep system of physics-based magic and skill-based cross-player combat interaction. Sadly, between all the bugs associated with even playing…”
3 of the 64 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“This game has the best magic system I've ever seen in any game, it really makes you feel like a wizard with the limitless spell combinations you can pull off. Single-player is fun to mess around in, but the later levels…”
“very bad game! i am a huge fan of the first game and consider myself pretty good at the first one and even for me the combat is frustratingly hard. i spent most of the time running away from enemies while spamming heal,…”
“Do you enjoy being beaten over the head continually with a metal bat? Me neither. If your looking to play solo, look else where.”
Counted across 64 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 82.6% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“Dev team are amazing! Submitted a ticket for a broken backend issue regarding account linking. Aside from that, game is as fun as it used to be! Want to be an Invoker in another game with friendly-fire? This is it!”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“wanted to complete 1st part and than start magicka 2, but 1 game was crushing as ♥♥♥♥ so i skipped it. This game is absolute peak, just try it w your friends, u`ll have tons of fun. Mechanics there are incredible, every game session you will find more and more new spell…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ scam. Paradox just wants one things, selling your data in the most shady way. I don't even know what the game is about since it's blocked behind an account wall that does not even connect to any paradox server. "we adhere to DSGVO" my ass. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ scammers”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-23 23:46 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Logins fixed on Mac OS-X!
Minor update but a nice one nontheless! - Fixed the Paradox Account login issue on Mac OS-X
Patch 1.2.2.0
Here are the patch notes for version 1.2.2.0 which aims to homogenize the account and legal documents handling with our other games. Changed the account creation process for Paradox Accounts to more c
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure |
| Player tags | Magic · Co-op · Adventure · Multiplayer · Comedy · Action · Online Co-Op · Funny · Local Co-Op · RPG · Team-Based · Atmospheric (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Remote Play on Phone |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 47 |
| Estimated owners | 2,000,000 – 5,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.magicka2.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7, 8 or 10 Processor: CPU: 3GHz Dual Core (Intel Pentium G3220 or higher / AMD A4-4000 or higher) Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GeForce 550 or better / ATI Radeon HD 5850 or better Storage: 3 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card