Magicraft

Worth buying? What 297 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 297 Steam reviews actually say.

Very Positive · 93%Very Positive · 93%2024

$15.99

US Steam price, checked 5 h ago

The verdict

A Noita-meets-Isaac roguelite with a deep, creative spell-crafting system and huge build variety. Skip it if you dislike RNG, screen clutter, cringe isekai writing, or late-game lag.

Great for

Players who love theorycrafting broken spell combos, and Noita or Binding of Isaac fans wanting a friendlier take

Main risk

Runs hinge on RNG, and big builds cause lag, screen clutter and bullet-sponge late bosses

What players love

Deep spell and wand crafting

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews

“Spells are varied, modifiers really do modify spells in sometimes weird ways and balance (in a bad meaning) can fly out of the window when you get your spell comboes right.”
Steam review · 93.1 h played ↗

“after 120 hours i still find myself learning about new ways to combine spells, its fun.”
Steam review · 122.5 h played ↗

“The spell crafting in Magicraft is clearly better.”
Steam review · translated · 5.5 h played ↗

Huge build variety and replayability

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“It seems like almost every run I end up with a wildly different build.”
Steam review · 32.3 h played ↗

“Really fun game, the possible builds seem to be endless.”
Steam review · 54.8 h played ↗

“Huge variety, a top game, Noita on max settings, focused on customization rather than difficulty.”
Steam review · translated · 63.4 h played ↗

Satisfying game-breaking power fantasy

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“You can put together builds that break the game and the game makes you feel clever when you do”
Steam review · 41 h played ↗

“You can build so that you tear up the screen and enemies in seconds.”
Steam review · translated · 11.1 h played ↗

Addictive and great value

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews

“I found myself losing hours easily in this game. I could've sworn it was only 9pm.... how is it already 3AM?!?!?!”
Steam review · 21.9 h played ↗

“If you catch it on even a mild sale it's an extremely solid investment.”
Steam review · 11.9 h played ↗

More accessible than Noita or Isaac

Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews

“Like Noita but for normal people.”
Steam review · 10.4 h played ↗

“Almost every run brings enjoyment, not anger.”
Steam review · translated · 20.9 h played ↗

Runs well on low-end hardware

Mentioned in ~1 in 50 positive reviews

“it runs on a minimally specced mini-pc I keep plugged into my TV”
Steam review · 15.4 h played ↗

What players complain about

Lag and crashes with big builds

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews

“Every Screenkiller/massive Aoe/insta kill build freezes your pc for 5-20 secs”
Steam review · 17.1 h played ↗

“Crashes happened repeatedly; the engine can't handle the possible effect combinations and their number.”
Steam review · translated · 9.3 h played ↗

Repetitive with limited content

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews

“the further you get the less build variety there is until you're left with only three viable builds”
Steam review · 33.5 h played ↗

Bullet-sponge bosses and brutal late bosses

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews

“You have to fight a gauntlet of about 8 bosses, one after another”
Steam review · 18.5 h played ↗

Heavy RNG and weak balance

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews

“Either the run gives you good spells and relics or you die to the overwhelming bullet hell.”
Steam review · 31.3 h played ↗

“Just RNG; almost nothing depends on skill.”
Steam review · translated · 17.2 h played ↗

Cringe writing and protagonist

Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews

“the writing is INSANELY bad; isekai premise with harem-brained quippy protagonist constantly yukking it up for the camera.”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗

Screen clutter and unreadable bullets

Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews

“the most screen clutter I have ever seen in a game.”
Steam review · 8.2 h played ↗

“You simply stop seeing yourself among a billion enemies, projectiles and spells.”
Steam review · translated · 10.6 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Verified

Minimum

OSWindows 7 or later

ProcessorIntel Core i3-3240 (2 * 3400); AMD FX-4300 (4 * 3800)

Memory16 GB RAM

GraphicsGeForce GTX 560 Ti (1024 VRAM); Radeon HD 7750 (1024 VRAM)

Storage2 GB available space

Recommended

OSWindows 10

ProcessorIntel Core i5-3470

Memory32 GB RAM

GraphicsGeForce GTX 1050 (2048 VRAM); Radeon R9 380 (2048 VRAM)

Storage3 GB available space

OSWindows 7 or later

ProcessorIntel Core i3-3240 (2 * 3400); AMD FX-4300 (4 * 3800)

Memory16 GB RAM

GraphicsGeForce GTX 560 Ti (1024 VRAM); Radeon HD 7750 (1024 VRAM)

Storage2 GB available space

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