Magic Research 2

I remember loving the first game. Sunk a stupid amount of hours into it. It don’t remember the UI being as painful. Something about this version just doesn’t flow right. Transmuting at the start of each run is a main action but the transmute screen is cumbersome and the inventory becomes a jumbled mess. Each screen requires scrolling but jusssssst a little bit. Like a slightly smaller UI and it would fit on one page.

I like Magic Research so much I bought them both on mobile and on steam. I just wish there was a macOS version.

Love the game but wow it lags and gets choppy in the late game. Tried playing with all the settings, nothing helps.

One of the best idle games out there. The first was an incredible experience and while I preferred that to this sequel. Magic Research 2 is still one of the greatest idle games on the App Store currently. I’ve tried a lot of them. My biggest gripe is there’s a lot more resources to juggle this time around but thankfully the info does get displayed well as long as you find which menu it’s under!

The flow of the game is amazing and addicting. I almost have nothing bad to say. The major problem for me is that the game has a dreadful micromanaging processs at the beginning of each retirement and at many of the feature unlocks. You need to manually and repetitively press the same buttons over and over again each retirement every time you unlock something to set up automation. If you forget, your run is stunted until you remember. I was originally having a blast replaying the game with the post game features, but eventually the lack of automation hurt my interest as it became too much of a chore. My first time clearing this game was probably the most fun I’ve had playing an incremental though.

This game scratches that deep seated itch to find ridiculous patterns to optimizing the workflows without being too cumbersome like Minecraft or factorial feel when playing on the go. I’m not sure how I spent 121 hours on a game like this but here we are. Definitely worth the purchase at double the price, let alone what the developer is charging here.

Can't open game at all. Will change rating when addressed.

I played his first game and completed it 100%. Easily one of my favorite phone games. So stoked to play this new one!

Amazing game with so much content! The flow of new (and meaningful!) abilities keeps the game perpetually fresh. My favorite part of the game is the multiplicative bonuses. Best game of the genre by far, and has a concrete ending to work towards so you don’t feel like Sisyphus. Short and sweet, definitely worth the purchase.

Magic Research 2 is one of the most compelling incremental (idle, but more active) games I’ve ever played. It has tons of content, fun writing, lots of features, interesting systems, and compelling challenges. It’s also under constant development - multiple times I’ve thought “it’d me nice if this was more like this”, and then within a week it was already updated. A labor of love that deserves to be purchased and played. I’ve put at least 10 hours of active play time into it and still have lots to go. Thanks Matias for another classic!