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Barrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle

Shadow Tor Studios · Iceberg Interactive · 2016-09-22

SteamGOG

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 05, 2006 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Somewhere deep within the woods of Cornwall, a timeless force is stirring. Unseen beneath the ancient burial mound, known locally as Barrow Hill, a forgotten myth awakens. Use archaeology to discover that the barrow is more than just a collection of forgotten standing stones.

0
playing now
83%
positive of 218 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$7.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 54% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.5k–13k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 218 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$1.19-85%
GOG$7.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.25 at GreenManGaming (2019-04-10) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 51 of 81 observed days · $7.74 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

202026-08-12 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 12:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.192015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $9.992016-11-23 — best price $4.792017-07-05 — best price $7.992018-01-06 — best price $7.992018-07-17 — best price $7.992018-11-22 — best price $1.592019-02-22 — best price $1.602019-07-15 — best price $7.992019-12-16 — best price $1.442020-04-23 — best price $7.992020-06-21 — best price $6.612020-08-24 — best price $7.992020-10-07 — best price $7.992020-12-03 — best price $7.992021-01-18 — best price $7.992021-03-10 — best price $1.592021-05-01 — best price $7.992021-06-07 — best price $6.692021-10-11 — best price $6.692021-12-20 — best price $1.522022-02-23 — best price $7.992022-05-24 — best price $7.992022-08-22 — best price $1.322022-10-26 — best price $7.992022-12-23 — best price $1.582023-03-03 — best price $1.602023-06-23 — best price $1.592023-10-23 — best price $7.992024-01-04 — best price $7.992024-03-21 — best price $7.992024-05-24 — best price $7.992024-08-05 — best price $1.432024-10-10 — best price $1.592025-01-05 — best price $6.692025-04-04 — best price $6.692025-08-16 — best price $6.292025-12-08 — best price $1.592026-05-04 — best price $1.432026-08-16 — best price $1.192026-08-30 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

IndieHorrorAdventureFirst-PersonPoint & Click

Census log

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

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