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The Magic Circle cover art

The Magic Circle

Question · 2015-07-09

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jun 04, 2015 (Linux), Apr 26, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Jun 29, 2016 (Xbox One), Jun 04, 2015 (Mac), Jun 04, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

In this darkly comedic story, you are the hero of an unfinished fantasy game, and your designers have failed you. Steal the power of a game god - trap their creations, swap behaviors and body parts, crafting your own unique solutions to free-form puzzles. Can you release a game ...from the inside?

The Magic Circle is an Action, Adventure, Indie, Simulation game released in 2015, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and Very Positive (92% of 1502 reviews).

1
playing now
92%
positive of 1.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
3.9h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

The Magic Circle is a 2015 sandbox video game developed and published by American indie team Question for Windows, OS X, Linux, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 27,606 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 38k–90k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,502 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2019-02-04) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
212120172026Week of 2017-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$3.992015-05-132026-07-092015-05-13 — best price $17.992015-07-08 — best price $19.992015-09-22 — best price $13.392016-01-04 — best price $19.992016-04-18 — best price $19.992016-06-23 — best price $9.992016-07-10 — best price $19.992016-09-08 — best price $9.992016-12-22 — best price $9.992017-04-17 — best price $19.992017-09-01 — best price $5.992017-11-01 — best price $19.992017-12-21 — best price $5.992018-04-09 — best price $19.992018-07-05 — best price $19.992018-11-27 — best price $19.992019-02-04 — best price $3.992019-05-23 — best price $19.992019-10-28 — best price $5.992019-12-19 — best price $5.992020-01-22 — best price $5.992020-06-25 — best price $4.992020-11-02 — best price $19.992021-01-14 — best price $5.992021-10-08 — best price $19.992021-12-22 — best price $4.992022-05-24 — best price $19.992022-09-19 — best price $4.992022-12-02 — best price $19.992023-05-16 — best price $9.992023-09-01 — best price $7.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-06-27 — best price $6.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-04-25 — best price $9.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2532026-06-01 — 3 pageviews2026-06-05 — 8 pageviews2026-06-09 — 16 pageviews2026-06-13 — 7 pageviews2026-06-17 — 8 pageviews2026-06-21 — 17 pageviews2026-06-25 — 13 pageviews2026-06-29 — 11 pageviews2026-07-03 — 17 pageviews2026-07-07 — 23 pageviews2026-07-11 — 10 pageviews2026-07-15 — 15 pageviews2026-07-19 — 8 pageviews2026-07-23 — 7 pageviews2026-07-27 — 5 pageviews2026-07-31 — 14 pageviews2026-08-04 — 7 pageviews2026-08-08 — 10 pageviews2026-08-12 — 10 pageviews2026-08-16 — 10 pageviews2026-08-20 — 11 pageviews2026-08-24 — 14 pageviews2026-08-28 — 19 pageviews2026-09-01 — 14 pageviews2026-09-05 — 4 pageviews2026-09-09 — 16 pageviews2026-09-13 — 6 pageviews2026-09-17 — 9 pageviews2026-09-21 — 12 pageviews2026-09-25 — 12 pageviews2026-09-29 — 18 pageviews2026-10-03 — 6 pageviews2026-10-07 — 14 pageviews2026-10-11 — 10 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
80.2%
earned "Finished the game?"
12%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2015-05-13 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,4435%14
PS4 (PlayStation)4548%13

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

Player tags

IndieActionComedyPuzzleSatireStrategyAdventureSimulationStory RichExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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