Magicka 2
Magicka 2
Game
Game2011
Magicka
Developer Arrowhead Game Studios
Magicka is an action-adventure game developed by Arrowhead Game Studios. It was released via Steam for Microsoft Windows on January 25, 2011. Up to four mages of a sacred order travel to fight against an evil sorcerer and his creations. The game world is based loosely on Norse mythology, drawing inspiration from other fantasy games like Warhammer and Diablo. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
394 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
24
Rotten
65 positive · 206 negative
95% range 19–29%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 65 | 206 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 30 | 4 | 68 |
| Lemmy * | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| Mastodon * | 2 | 0 | 4 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
12,454 of 15,037 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
22% recommend · 63 yes, 219 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 282 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (27,367 of 32,127 positive).
Many players say the game is fun but plagued by constant crashes. [1][2][3] Some reviewers note that community patches can help but are not always effective. [4][5][6] A few players mention that recent review bombing is due to Discord drama unrelated to the game. [7]
Liked
Representative posts
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In case you're wonding about the sudden negative ratings: A moderator on the Hearts of Iron Discord had an argument with and subsequentially banned a Turkish user that had an avatar of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, which then got picked up by some media as Paradox isulting Atatürk. Yes, it's really that dumb. And it has nothing to do with either the developers, nor the quality of this game at all. It's all about the …
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Legendary game of my childhood ruined by negligence. It crashes so often it's almost unplayable. Please patch this nonsense
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Great game, but absolutely terrible technical state. Constant crashes, does not work for longer than 10 minutes. DO NOT BUY.
- [10]
This is an extremely difficult game to not recommend, because I LOVE the actual game. It's got a very simple basic set of tools that you can do tons of things with and combo in crazy ways, the story is charming and fun, and it is one of the best magic games ever made IMO. The issue is that the current version available on steam is an utter nightmare to get working. First time I downloaded it the game crashed before …
- [18]
Game crashes constantly, and loading between chapters also crashes/jams. There have been no updates since 2018, so a fix is never going to come. Unplayable, do not waste your time and money.
Summarised from 34 of the 387 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 11, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
22% of the 282 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Magicka. The complaint that keeps coming up: frequent crashes make the game nearly unplayable. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Critics, per Wikipedia
An early incomplete version of Magicka was named Game of the Year 08 at the Swedish Game Awards 2008. On release, the game suffered criticism for its many bugs, crashes and glitches along with lag and connectivity issues with their multiplayer servers, which forced the developers to release a number of patches to try and address these issues. Magicka received "mixed or average" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic. Eurogamer gave the game 8/10. PC Gamer gave the game a 69/100. As of January 2012, the game has sold 1.3 million copies worldwide; over 4 million expansion packs have been sold, with Magicka: Vietnam having reached over 500,000 sales. It sold over 200,000 copies in…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 394 · most liked first- Recording a Morrowind challenge run and it's going really well - Feels like I'm improving at the game overall - Spend multiple hours getting my magicka resistance to 100% without major exploits for a tough fight - Magicka resistance doesn't include elemental damage
neutral · AI labelView post →I Hate Native Linux Games. This is just a vent post / unpopular opinion (? unsure if unpopular). Specifically on Steam. Linux native builds are so buggy and glitchy and never work right. Always some combination of: - No sound - Old outdated version missing content and incompatible online - Controllers don't work - Crashes, doesn't launch at all - Horrific FPS - Cutscenes don't play - Weird game breaking softlocks and logic errors, like critical items not spawning and dialogue not triggering -…
neutral · AI labelView post →New Dragon Slayers class breakdown goes out tomorrow. We're talking about the Wizard. You ever play Magicka? Because that's the big inspiration.
neutral · AI labelView post →Pixel Dailies #371 #SpellingGame "Choose your colour and learn to Spell!" I've not actually played the game much myself, but I have friends who enjoyed it back in the day.. Inspired by the game Magicka! #pixelart #ドット絵 #Magicka #isometric #pixel_dailies @pixeldailies.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →Alright Dragon Slayers fans, let's talk about the Wizard! You ever play the game Magicka? That's a big inspiration for how this class works.
neutral · AI labelView post →Legendary game of my childhood ruined by negligence. It crashes so often it's almost unplayable. Please patch this nonsense
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →4/10 I would have recommended this game but it crashes so frequently on modern pcs I can't recommend it. There are some fixes that you can apply that do not work 100% for your hardware. This game was so fun I wish it didn't crash so constantly.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Teamwork games? Like Rematch or Foxhole. (This isn't about co-op with 4 friends games like PEAK or RV There Yet, Borderlands or Magicka) # Stage 1 - purely individualistic games In many games - COD comes to mind - you can just bust into a room and solo everyone. That's individualistic gameplay, where other players are merely pedestrians in a saga where you are the main character. # Stage 2 - shallow teamwork Then there's games that have **"** _teamwork_ **"** that boils down to…
neutral · AI labelView post →Btw :3 im back home, so streams are back on Cryptmaster tuesday, Funi Raccoon Game thursday, friday Magicka with Ky and Val, and saturday, we Ace Attorney
neutral · AI labelView post →FIX your game, don't just take money please - as of 07/03/2026 the game is broken to play online, like you legit can't it crashes every few seconds. ARROWHEAD FIX IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In case you're wonding about the sudden negative ratings: A moderator on the Hearts of Iron Discord had an argument with and subsequentially banned a Turkish user that had an avatar of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, which then got picked up by some media as Paradox isulting Atatürk. Yes, it's really that dumb. And it has nothing to do with either the developers, nor the quality of this game at all. It's all about the Publisher. People reviewbombing every game of a publisher over Discord drama should…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Used to be really fun, now Multiplayer is dysfunctional. I was exited to play this with my friends and show them a classic, now it's lost/abandon ware that I probably won't be able to play with my friends ever, WTH Paradox?
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is fun, but there are frequent crashes, that ruin the experience. Community patch is a must.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tbh, it's unacceptable that Steams offers this game on the Store. The game crashes every 5 to 10 minutes of gameplay consistently. I tried it with a controller, without one, skipping cutscenes, changing settings, etc. There's not even a clear "when you do this, you crash" concept. The game crashes on the most random moments. It crashed on the main menu, it crashed during the opening cutscene, it crashed after completing a level and during the completion of a level. At the end, I discovered…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Crashes constantly, basically unplayable. The original version 10 years ago wasn't the most stable piece of software, but usually you could actually play it for the most part. But at some point, some update broke everything. Don't buy this.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Magicka is great, but it has been bugged as F**k since launch. If you want to fix the game, go here: https://github.com/Alexander-Aue-Johr/magicka-patch Seriously, this game is so unbelievably bugged that the crashes don't just crash the game anymore — they apparently decided to take my entire INTERNET CONNECTION down with them. I'm not even joking. Magicka crashes to desktop, and somehow my whole connection dies at the same time. I have to reboot my routers just to get my internet back.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My ideal moveset for Nue across any game would be something akin to Dota 2 Invoker, Nightreign Recluse, or the game Magicka. Mixing elements together to get spells. Nues entire brainspace is dedicated to memorizing these combinations and there's no room for anything else.
neutral · AI labelView post →Really fun classic. Note: The game suffed an update that introduced frequenct crashes. Check pcgamingwiki's page on Magicka for a fan patch that fixes this.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Remember: Elden Ring, the 2022 Game of the Year, runs on the same 2009 engine that Demon's Souls ran on for the PlayStation 3. And Helldivers 2, the breakout multiplayer game of 2024, runs on the same 2011 engine as Magicka.
neutral · AI labelView post →Crashes when trying to load into a game. I wanted to see if I still hated this game, as I originally hated its keyboard and mouse controls when I played it around a decade ago, but I figured I'd try it with a controller. It seems they're selling a game that most people can't get to even function, and that includes me. Valve needs to start actually removing nonfunctional games from the Steam store, to force the developers to actually make sure the product they're selling is something that…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →On the #GameMakersNotebook Podcast, @trentkusters.bsky.social chats with #Helldivers2 Creative Director, Johan Pilestedt about the founding of Arrowhead, their first title MAGICKA, ideas that eventually kicked off HELLDIVERS, thoughts on game design, and the 7 year dev journey of HELLDIVERS 2! 👇🎙️
neutral · AI labelView post →DO NOT BUY. AVOID THIS GAME. GO GET MAGICKA 2 INSTEAD. The state the game was left in makes it unplayable. It constantly crashes, freezes, hangs, etc. Not even the fixes available online worked for my friends and I. We made it once through Chapter 1 without crashing, and were unable to get beyond the beginning of Chapter 2 because of the games instability. I genuinely have no clue how I managed to get to Chapter 11 a few years ago, and part of me thinks it has to do with more modern OS's…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game, but absolutely terrible technical state. Constant crashes, does not work for longer than 10 minutes. DO NOT BUY.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the best games you cannot play anymore. At it's core, Magicka is one of the most fun co-op games you can play. Chaotic, and absolutely hilarious at times. At it's current state it is completely unplayable, I have no idea why but this game just crashes every single time and at seemingly random intervals with no obvious trigger. Do not buy at the current state, it is unplayable.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Still a fun game years later. But crashes far, far too much now.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So many other works about wizards or games where you can be wizards: -The Owl House -Little Witch Academia -The Magicka games -Any Final Fantasy game -Any Dragon Quest game -Potion Craft, where you make potions Feel free to mention any others and add to this list!
neutral · AI labelView post →Magicka 2 has a PERFECT magic system, but it is rather short, so i must ask - is anyone out there making a game inspired by Magicka? (or maybe Noita, i know @codered-dev1.bsky.social is making a game inspired by Noita) if you are making one, please share! I'd love to hear about it #gamedev #indiedev
positive · AI labelView post →Beautiful game. But unfortunately, it crashes non-stop as it just isn't compatible with modern hardware anymore, and there is no reliable way to fix it. If you like the game, I'd say it's not worth buying it on steam, although you might push through if you don't mind re-launching it every 5-10 minutes.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i loooove this game, but it crashes to the point where it's completely unplayable. it's so old it will never get a fix :(
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I spent hours to find this and this is the best fix I have found. I bought this years ago but I have recently decided to replay it and achievement hunt. The first link is some sort of patch which doubles the RAM capacity in game from 2GB to 4GB and the second link seems to be the only way to limit the frame rate of the game. That software is not intuitive though. https://github.com/pj1234678/MagickaFix/releases/tag/v1.4 https://www.guru3d.com/download/rtss-rivatuner-statistics-server-download
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A classic Co-op game from 2011 and one of my favourite games of all time. Sadly, its not practical to play this game at time of writing. While there are a number of fixes out there (both involving community patches and downgrading the game version). I haven't found one that works while trying to play in multiplayer. if you are considering picking up this game be aware that you are in for some serious troubleshooting and frequent crashes.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the core gameplay is really fun, and the writing is charming (if a little dated), but, at least at the time of writing in 2026, the game does not run well at all without installing a fan-made patch. without it, you'll crash at loading screens constantly. this would be acceptable for abandonware, but half of the content in this game is locked behind paywalls, be it DLC or microtransactions. this is a fully deprecated piece of software that will still happily charge you, both up-front and after…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of my all time favorite games. Shame though that what ever changed the game is unplayable multiplayer and crashes non stop. Perhaps try playing local co op if multiplayer does not work. Sadly negative review until (if ever) the multiplayer is fixed : (
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Was a great game, both alone and with friends. But now its unstable at best and straight up unplayable at worst.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's quite a miserable experience to run this game on modern hardware, and even more miserable to attempt to beat it given the brutal difficulty curve, but I would be remiss if I didn't recognize it does more things well than poorly. To be fair, I don't see myself playing it anymore. It didn't really click with me. The humor and lore/plot are a bit cringey and get old very soon. It's not terrible, just not great either. But what really didn't land with me were the controls, and consequently,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. #GameChallenge #Games #GameDev #PromoSky ↘️ Honorable mentions: - Spore - Magicka - Trine - Crowntakers - Baldur's Gate - Doom 3 - Stellaris
neutral · AI labelView post →This is fun as hell, but it WILL crash nonstop, 4 minutes of playtime for every 10 minutes spent crashing Edit: https://www.reddit.com/r/magicka/s/TGk32qvjgA Someone made a patch oh my god it's beautiful
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ziva Fey as The Goddess Michealana in "The Gddesses of Fantasy Roleplay" One of Ziva's contributions to the Collegium Magicka Here, she explains some of the Chaos and/or Nature Magick(s) applications for performers and game masters... @zivafey.bsky.social mewe.com/group/628116...
neutral · AI labelView post →This is an extremely difficult game to not recommend, because I LOVE the actual game. It's got a very simple basic set of tools that you can do tons of things with and combo in crazy ways, the story is charming and fun, and it is one of the best magic games ever made IMO. The issue is that the current version available on steam is an utter nightmare to get working. First time I downloaded it the game crashed before I got to the main menu. After an hour of troubleshooting and downloading…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Magicka and Magicka 2 are magic casting games that are absolutely hilarious and will have you freezing, soaking, burning, crushing and electrocuting your team mates all as you frantically try to combat enemies.
positive · AI labelView post →Magicka is ze greatest vizard disaster simulator ever made. You press buttons, summon death, explode friends, heal enemies, and somehow call zis “teamwork.” I, Vlad, who is absolutely not vampire, approve very much. Ze robes are stylish, ze magic is powerful, and ze survival rate is deeply insulting. One moment you are hero, next moment you are smoking pile of regret because friend tried “helping.” 10/10. Vould explode again. Still not vampire.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's more or less just a remote terminal. Did you wanna learn how to simply use SSH or write a program using it? For jist using it, I would suggest looking up the game Materia Magicka. It's a MUD played through an SSH client. Just learning how to get access to and play the game would be a pretty simple to follow lesson on the basics. Plus it's fun!
neutral · AI labelView post →Game crashes constantly, and loading between chapters also crashes/jams. There have been no updates since 2018, so a fix is never going to come. Unplayable, do not waste your time and money.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →And here's my new #gameidea ! Have you thought about mixing the chaotic Magicka 2 with the tactical Into The Breach ? I'm thinking of a magic combat game with a huge amount of spells that rewards experimentation and combining them, but where you also have to deal with the unknown side effects. 1/5
neutral · AI labelView post →Magicka returns! And Fortnite, but the OG main game? BEST BET! #goinglive #furlive Join the lightning rods here! www.twitch.tv/sorathesyke schedule by the now older @theakiraedits.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →If the turks had the spells in this game there would be no armenians left standing, thankfully attaturk wasn't that competent and armenian people are still stand.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →game broken and not maintained, crashes regularly regardless of specs
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Note that as of present day, Magicka frequently causes issues on modern hardware. There are helpful guides on how to downgrade your version to one that actually runs, I had no technical issues in a full co-op playthrough when playing 1.4.16.0 version. Also note that this game has a hefty amount of DLC, some of which have achievements and have their own issues with running correctly in present day. Completionists may want to avoid this game. Magicka is certainly a flawed game that has its…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Better than Hogwarts legacy, 10/10 if you dont mind your game crashing every 10-30 minutes
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Classic Postmortem: Arrowhead Game Studios' Magicka Arrowhead Game Studios CEO Johan Pilestedt describes the haphazard "process" behind PC game Magicka, showing how lack of experience can lead to pitfalls, even when you're given the best advice www.gamedeveloper.com/business/pos...
neutral · AI labelView post →Its honestly fun game, like, unironically I love it, it have unusual and very cool magic mechanics and its HILLARIOUS in cooperative. But. I don't know why but at some point game just started crashing, cooperative mode stopped working fine, and like it feels more annoying than fun now. Idk maybe there is some community patches exists or so, but ngl I've got a bit disappointed by this game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I couldn't get a full list because I was relying on having set a flag forcing a specific version of Proton to identify which games were problematic to jog my memory... Unfortunately this data is local only and was not synced between computers, so it was lost when I changed distro. Just from my limited memory though, I can list some that I distinctly remembered when writing up my post, though it's many more in reality. It's also surprisingly hard to see whether a game even has a Linux native…
neutral · AI labelView post →Hear me out: black comedy Magicka style coop game where you're a bunch of newly turned Sabbat vampires just woken up from your shovel concussion.
neutral · AI labelView post →im so scared to boot this game up after reading the recent reviews... I was looking forward to playing this with my wife and step daughters but now it sounds like that wont be happening.... this is a great case for when pirating is needed. If they wont fix it and we cant choose which version we want to download, then pirating sounds to be the only course to travel as im sure they dont care to fix it at this point since its an old game... Until it is fixed, I can not reccomend getting the game…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →thinking about how Magicka had a spell that just closed the game
positive · AI labelView post →I used to love magicka. Had great fun with it. But i can't even get the game to stay open for more than a few minutes before it crashes back to desktop. No support from Paradox and the game is probably permanently bricked. Avoid at all costs! Save your money for something else.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Multiplayer no longer works. Would be one of the best games out there for streaming and multiplayer but it doesn't work. It crashes CONSTANTLY.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Trying some chaotic local co-op Magicka! With @cerezafae.bsky.social and @valeriaawoo.bsky.social ! I haven't played this game in years... We're definitely blowing each other up! Come chill/lurk/vibe, all welcome! #Vtuber | #VTC | #Kobold
neutral · AI labelView post →Eyes On - Rhell: Warped Worlds & Troubled Times [Demo Available] Any game that lets me mix and match spells like Magicka or Two Worlds 2 has a place in my book, wacky spells and multiple solutions to every puzzle means we're in for a good time. store.steampowered.com/app/3247030/... #indiegames
positive · AI labelView post →Game would not play. Delved into the files and found some installers which helped it work but then multiplayer would always fail. Refunded.
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