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Magical Diary: Wolf Hall cover art

Magical Diary: Wolf Hall

Hanako Games · 2020-02-17

Steam

AdventureIndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 17, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 17, 2020 (Linux)

Design your own wizard to attend a magical school. Learn spells, explore dungeons, make friends, and find a date for the May Day Ball. But be careful, everyone has secrets - including you!

91%
positive of 217 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
$24.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (28 reviews).
  • · Top 54% of 11,486 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.3k–9.8k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 217 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $6.24 at Steam (2026-01-26) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 10 of 21 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
282820202026Week of 2020-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$24.99$6.242020-02-172026-07-202020-02-17 — best price $21.242020-06-25 — best price $19.992020-09-28 — best price $19.992020-11-25 — best price $18.742021-01-18 — best price $17.492021-03-29 — best price $16.242021-07-08 — best price $24.992021-10-11 — best price $24.992021-12-01 — best price $24.992022-01-17 — best price $24.992022-05-09 — best price $24.992022-07-23 — best price $24.992022-11-09 — best price $24.992022-12-19 — best price $24.992023-02-13 — best price $24.992023-04-02 — best price $24.992023-07-13 — best price $24.992023-09-25 — best price $24.992023-11-28 — best price $24.992024-01-04 — best price $24.992024-03-21 — best price $24.992024-06-03 — best price $24.992024-08-12 — best price $24.992024-11-11 — best price $24.992025-01-02 — best price $24.992025-03-20 — best price $24.992025-06-16 — best price $24.992025-08-25 — best price $24.992025-10-27 — best price $24.992026-01-05 — best price $24.992026-03-26 — best price $24.992026-05-25 — best price $24.992026-07-13 — best price $6.242026-07-20 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

39
achievements tracked
50.9%
earned "The May Day Ball"
17.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1642%39

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

RPGAnimeIndieMagicLGBTQ+FantasyRomanceAdventureDating SimSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.