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Whirlwind Magician

Santi Ponce · 2025-05-07

Steam

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 07, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Experience the tale of a cheerful girl and a grouchy talking hat in this charming Metroidvania, where every ability is hat-based! Throw the hat to attack enemies, teleport to him to make perilous leaps, and fly him through narrow tunnels of spikes as you escape a dangerous magic forest.

98%
positive of 60 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$2.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 47% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 76% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.2k–2.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 60 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2025-11-03)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
212120252026Week of 2025-05-07: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-05-14: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-28: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-02: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-29: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$2.99$1.492025-05-072026-07-092025-05-07 — best price $2.992025-06-27 — best price $2.002025-07-10 — best price $2.992025-09-29 — best price $1.972025-10-06 — best price $2.992025-11-03 — best price $1.492025-11-10 — best price $2.992025-12-18 — best price $1.492026-01-05 — best price $2.992026-03-19 — best price $1.492026-03-26 — best price $2.992026-06-25 — best price $1.492026-07-09 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

CuteFunnyMagicActionNatureFantasyCartoonyPlatformerStory RichMetroidvania

Census log

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

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