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Barrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle

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

SteamGOG

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

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.

Barrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2016, priced at $7.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 218 reviews) and an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000.

0
playing now
83%
positive of 218 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
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)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 28% of 28,693 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 5.5k–13k copies

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

Current store prices

GOG$3.19-60%

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 62 of 116 observed days · $2.94 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520162026Week of 2016-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.192015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $9.992016-12-12 — best price $4.792017-10-26 — best price $1.992018-04-23 — best price $7.992018-11-08 — best price $1.602019-02-22 — best price $1.602019-08-19 — best price $1.602020-01-27 — best price $7.992020-06-08 — best price $1.602020-08-09 — best price $7.992020-10-07 — best price $7.992020-12-09 — best price $7.992021-02-08 — best price $1.592021-04-11 — best price $6.692021-05-31 — best price $7.992021-10-11 — best price $6.692022-01-03 — best price $7.992022-03-24 — best price $5.872022-07-12 — best price $1.602022-10-21 — best price $1.592022-12-23 — best price $1.582023-03-20 — best price $3.992023-07-31 — best price $1.592023-11-29 — best price $7.992024-03-14 — best price $1.592024-05-24 — best price $7.992024-08-13 — best price $1.432024-11-05 — best price $1.592025-02-28 — best price $1.432025-07-28 — best price $7.992025-12-08 — best price $1.592026-05-29 — best price $6.382026-09-03 — best price $7.992026-10-03 — best price $7.992026-10-14 — best price $3.19
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-09-22 (Steam store data)

Player tags

IndieHorrorAdventureFirst-PersonPoint & Click

Census log

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

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