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Magnus Positive Phototaxis

Sons of Welder · 2022-11-29

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 30, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 30, 2022 (Linux)

Magnus Positive Phototaxis is an atmospheric journey through a mysterious world of characters, traces and symbols. The task of the player is to solve the puzzles, using proper combinations of objects, finding them in the environment around him.

0
playing now
90%
positive of 50 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 77% of 11,332 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.0k–2.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 50 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2026-05-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 12 of 24 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.992022-11-302026-07-252022-11-30 — best price $2.992023-01-19 — best price $4.992023-03-16 — best price $2.242023-05-14 — best price $4.992023-07-13 — best price $4.992023-10-12 — best price $2.002023-11-21 — best price $2.142023-12-18 — best price $4.992024-01-22 — best price $2.142024-03-06 — best price $4.992024-04-14 — best price $2.242024-05-29 — best price $4.992024-07-18 — best price $2.492024-09-04 — best price $4.992024-11-27 — best price $2.492025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-03-06 — best price $1.692025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-06-08 — best price $1.642025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-09-08 — best price $1.492025-10-06 — best price $4.992025-12-03 — best price $1.492026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-03-02 — best price $1.192026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-05-16 — best price $0.992026-07-09 — best price $4.992026-07-25 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, Polish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Player tags

NoirHorrorPuzzleSurrealComic BookDystopian Hand-drawnAtmosphericEscape RoomExploration

Census log

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

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