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Mago
Mago is a retro 2D platformer that puts us in the boots of a sorcerer, who was unfortunate enough to eat evil overlords' food. Now he has to rescue his beloved princess from the dinner menu of the evil Gourmet! Nostalgia awaits!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
“Mago has beautiful pixel art, and while the flashing lights are annoying and mostly unnecessary, that's easily fixed with an accessibility option being added, should the dev choose to. The music is absolutely fantastic, especially the themes for the final boss and shadow chases,…”
— a player, Steam review · 19 hrs played“This game seems to have it all, good character designs, good music, good gameplay, and good levels.”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.
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.
MEGA MAGICAL PATCH IS NOW LIVE!
Hey guys! We are happy to announce that the Mega Magical Patch has arrived! It brings A LOT of fixes to Mago (some big, some small), and also mini games! Go check them out on the mini game shack in to
Nominate Mago for Game of the Year Award
Hey everybody! The Steam Awards are here, and we’d be super happy and grateful if you voted for Mago in the Game of the Year category! We know the game is quite small, but an incredible amount of effo
Emergency update!
it seems some crashes managed to make their way out into the last mago s update, but dont worry anymore! this current patch should handle them! we apologize for the inconvenience and hope you still gi
New 1.2 Update + HypeTrain Digital Publisher Sale
Hey, guys! We hope you’ve all been doing great, as we’ve got some great news for you today. First of all, our publisher HypeTrain Digital is holding a mega publisher sale , September 8-12. Apart from
A Quick Hotfix
Hey, everybody! We've discovered some pesky bugs along the way, so if you encounter any crashes (on World 2 especially), simply quit the game and let the update install. It's already out. Thanks for y
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Indie · Adventure · Platformer · Pixel Graphics · 2D · Retro · Great Soundtrack · Funny · Difficult · Singleplayer · Action · Side Scroller (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Spanish - Spain, French, German, Dutch, Japanese, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 43 |
| Official site | http://dreampotiongames.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: 3.2 ghz dual core Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: 2 GB DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 1 GB available space Sound Card: -