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A Sceptic's Guide to Magic

Pilgrim Adventures · GrabTheGames · 2019-08-16

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 16, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Birmingham, England: 1993. A shocking ritual murder compels a world-weary forensic investigator to discover a hidden realm of witchcraft, gods and demons. Follow clues and use magic to solve the case, with moral choices leading to multiple possible endings.

90%
positive of 81 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 70% of 11,486 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.0k–4.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 81 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2023-03-03)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 28 of 38 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520192026Week of 2019-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$0.492019-08-172026-07-302019-08-17 — best price $4.242019-11-19 — best price $2.492019-12-19 — best price $2.492020-03-09 — best price $2.492020-06-13 — best price $4.992020-08-24 — best price $4.992020-10-12 — best price $4.992020-11-24 — best price $4.992021-01-07 — best price $4.992021-02-16 — best price $4.492021-04-02 — best price $3.662021-05-23 — best price $3.662021-08-06 — best price $2.492021-10-14 — best price $1.242021-11-21 — best price $4.992021-12-22 — best price $4.992022-02-18 — best price $4.992022-05-03 — best price $3.662022-06-07 — best price $2.492022-08-26 — best price $3.662022-11-22 — best price $1.242023-03-03 — best price $0.492023-05-25 — best price $3.662023-07-23 — best price $4.992023-12-16 — best price $4.992024-03-09 — best price $0.792024-05-19 — best price $3.662024-07-31 — best price $4.992024-09-22 — best price $4.992024-12-11 — best price $1.942025-01-31 — best price $4.992025-05-01 — best price $3.662025-07-11 — best price $3.662025-10-06 — best price $2.492026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-03-09 — best price $1.022026-04-30 — best price $4.992026-07-11 — best price $3.732026-07-30 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

GoreCrimeIndieNudityFantasyMysteryViolentRPGMakerAdventureDetective

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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