Magicite

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.

Very Positive · 86%Very Positive · 86%2014

$9.99

US Steam price, checked 5 h ago

The verdict

A charming, hard, replayable 2D roguelike with crafting and unlockables, but it's abandoned and buggy, and multiplayer needs Hamachi and is badly broken. Skip it if you want co-op.

Great for

Solo roguelike fans who like challenge, crafting and unlocking hats, races and pets

Main risk

Abandoned game with game-breaking bugs and broken multiplayer that needs third-party tools

What players love

Highly replayable with many unlockables

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews

“This game has insanely good replay-ability and all for a nice cheap price!”
Steam review · 72.3 h played ↗

“Every time you unlock something new, you feel motivated to keep going and when you beat the game for the first time, its great.”
Steam review · 44.1 h played ↗

“It makes you come back and play again, for a hat, a race or a new look.”
Steam review · translated · 8.3 h played ↗

Charming visuals and great music

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“the soundtrack, which is extremely above average and memorable.”
Steam review · 12.7 h played ↗

“has a lovely wondrous soundtrack as well”
Steam review · 126.7 h played ↗

Challenging but rewarding difficulty

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“Extremely difficult but equally satisfying.”
Steam review · 54.5 h played ↗

“I just love the way the game drops you inside the first biome and tells you nothing, almost laughing at you”
Steam review · 24.2 h played ↗

“High difficulty. It will truly make you sweat old-school style.”
Steam review · translated · 47.6 h played ↗

Fun co-op with friends

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“Grab a few friends and let the good times roll.”
Steam review · 18.6 h played ↗

“A Classic. Still playing it sometimes with my friends and its still fun.”
Steam review · 31.1 h played ↗

Unique crafting and flexible classes

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews

“The crafting system is something I haven't seen before; feels nice.”
Steam review · 32.6 h played ↗

“The crafting and equipment mechanics are a bit unique which I find to be the most interesting part of the game.”
Steam review · 12.8 h played ↗

Nostalgic favorite, cheap price

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews

“This game was my childhood. Used to play this every day after school.”
Steam review · 50 h played ↗

“Short, simple, and cheap!”
Steam review · 162.3 h played ↗

What players complain about

Abandoned by the developer

Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews

“Massively unfinished, abandoned project. DO NOT BUY!”
Steam review · 11.3 h played ↗

“Do not buy this game. It's buggy and the developers abandoned it to work on another game.”
Steam review · 25.2 h played ↗

Multiplayer is buggy or broken

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“The game is fun, but multiplayer is garbage.”
Steam review · 31.1 h played ↗

“Each time someone is downed, it's a coin flip whether the game arbitrarily ends or not.”
Steam review · 26.1 h played ↗

“Terribly buggy multiplayer, players regularly freeze and fall through the whole map.”
Steam review · translated · 1.5 h played ↗

No Steam multiplayer, needs Hamachi

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“Multiplayer game that never supported multiplayer.”
Steam review · 8.8 h played ↗

“Why buy it on Steam when you still have to play online through Hamachi?”
Steam review · translated · 4.8 h played ↗

Crashes after beating the final boss

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews

“After all that hardwork to get to the last boss without dying it FREEZES for me and 2 other friends!”
Steam review · 10.5 h played ↗

“crashes after beating the game and does not give you the unlocks.”
Steam review · 3.8 h played ↗

Confusing crafting and no tutorial

Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews

“it's a confusing mess unless you have a tab open on the side just to see how to craft”
Steam review · 1.4 h played ↗

“it dose not give you any direction.”
Steam review · 0.8 h played ↗

Repetitive, thin content

Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews

“there's very little variety, its get stale extremely fast.”
Steam review · 43.1 h played ↗

“playing through Magicite quickly becomes a stale experience.”
Steam review · 15 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Unknown

Minimum

OSWindows XP, Vista, 7

Processor1.6Ghz

Memory512 MB RAM

Storage450 MB available space

Recommended

OSWindows 8.1

Processor2.4 Ghz

Memory4 GB RAM

Storage1 GB available space

OSWindows XP, Vista, 7

Processor1.6Ghz

Memory512 MB RAM

Storage450 MB available space

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