The Academy

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App ID	1155460
App Type	Game
Store Name	The Academy: The First Riddle
Developer	Pine Studio
Publisher	Snapbreak
Supported Systems	Windows macOS
Technologies	Unity Engine
Last Changenumber	29705976
Last Record Update	23 June 2025 – 14:49:25 UTC ()
Release Date	20 June 2020 – 15:52:00 UTC ()

❓ 63.15%

81 reviews

In-Game

The Academy is a puzzle-packed adventure set in a school filled with mystery. Leave your mark on Arbor's Academy and find out why it only welcomes the best and the brightest.

Additional Information

Developer

Pine Studio

controller_support

partial

community_visible_stats

Yes

ReleaseState

released

Publisher

Snapbreak

Store Release Date

19 June 2020 – 15:00:00 UTC ()

osarch

empty string

community_hub_visible

Yes

Primary Genre

Adventure (25)

Store Genres

Adventure (25), Casual (4), Indie (23)

Steam Release Date

20 June 2020 – 15:52:00 UTC ()

Store Asset Modification Time

3 June 2020 – 11:45:19 UTC () (1591184719)

library_assets

library_capsule	en
library_hero	en
library_logo	en
logo_position ↴
pinned_position	BottomLeft
width_pct	26.398728339922712
height_pct	51.846408292901685

osextended

macos64

review_score

review_percentage

Detected Technologies (?)

Unity Engine

Steam Deck Compatibility

Steam Deck:
All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
SteamOS:
This game runs successfully on SteamOS
category: Verified
steamos_compatibility: Compatible
test_timestamp: 21 May 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
tested_build_id: 5879044

configuration:

supported_input	gamepad
requires_manual_keyboard_invoke	0
requires_non_controller_launcher_nav	0
primary_player_is_controller_slot_0	0
non_deck_display_glyphs	0
small_text	0
requires_internet_for_setup	0
requires_internet_for_singleplayer	0
recommended_runtime	proton-stable
requires_h264	0
requires_voice_files	0
gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported	0
hdr_support	0

First seen on SteamDB

5 September 2019 – 16:39:00 UTC (), in changelist #6829279

Supported Languages

13 Languages	Interface	Full Audio	Subtitles	Achievements
English	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
French	Yes		Yes	Yes
Italian	Yes		Yes	Yes
German	Yes		Yes	Yes
Spanish - Spain	Yes		Yes	Yes
Japanese	Yes		Yes	Yes
Korean	Yes		Yes	Yes
Russian	Yes		Yes	Yes
Simplified Chinese	Yes		Yes	Yes
Traditional Chinese	Yes		Yes	Yes
Portuguese - Portugal	Yes		Yes	Yes
Portuguese - Brazil				Yes
Spanish - Latin America				Yes

Hardware Categories

Partial Controller Support

Assets

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clienticon

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clienttga

2e63561e7d35006e935f8a6d582ad242e003ad00

icon

c2b187c545f5e65d510255d667a94debc006f9c7

logo

e2fa77122ecb803f13384f7ee866d47f3373141f

logo_small

e2fa77122ecb803f13384f7ee866d47f3373141f_thumb

small_capsule

english

capsule_231x87.jpg

header_image

english

header.jpg

library_assets_full

library_capsule ↴
image/english	library_600x900.jpg
image2x/english	library_600x900_2x.jpg
library_hero ↴
image/english	library_hero.jpg
library_logo ↴
image/english	logo.png
image2x/english	logo_2x.png
logo_position/pinned_position	BottomLeft
logo_position/width_pct	26.398728339922712
logo_position/height_pct	51.846408292901685

Assets

main_capsule	capsule_616x353.jpg
small_capsule	capsule_231x87.jpg
header	header.jpg
page_background	page_bg_generated_v6b.jpg
library_capsule	library_600x900.jpg
library_capsule_2x	library_600x900_2x.jpg
library_hero	library_hero.jpg
community_icon	c2b187c545f5e65d510255d667a94debc006f9c7.jpg
page_background_path	app/1155460
raw_page_background	page_bg_raw.jpg
timestamp	25 June 2020 – 13:07:55 UTC

Trailers

256790841 ↴
trailer_name	The Academy - Release Trailer
trailer_category	0
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trailer_480p/video/mp4	256790841/movie480.mp4
trailer_max/video/webm	256790841/movie_max_vp9.webm
trailer_max/video/mp4	256790841/movie_max.mp4
microtrailer/video/webm	1155460/294913/c2c99cdfb6264d117a745576cb177d8a7ad6385c/1751196436/microtrailer.webm
microtrailer/video/mp4	1155460/294913/c2c99cdfb6264d117a745576cb177d8a7ad6385c/1751196436/microtrailer.mp4
screenshot_medium	256790841/movie.293x165.jpg
screenshot_full	256790841/movie_full.jpg
trailer_base_id	294913
all_ages	true
is_highlight	true
timestamp	1593090469
256787570 ↴
trailer_name	The Academy - Release Date Announcement Trailer
trailer_category	0
trailer_480p/video/webm	256787570/movie480_vp9.webm
trailer_480p/video/mp4	256787570/movie480.mp4
trailer_max/video/webm	256787570/movie_max_vp9.webm
trailer_max/video/mp4	256787570/movie_max.mp4
microtrailer/video/webm	1155460/289802/2413097c7ff4db28e71cdd6f5e7dd72e2103b105/1751196433/microtrailer.webm
microtrailer/video/mp4	1155460/289802/2413097c7ff4db28e71cdd6f5e7dd72e2103b105/1751196433/microtrailer.mp4
screenshot_medium	256787570/movie.293x165.jpg
screenshot_full	256787570/movie_full.jpg
trailer_base_id	289802
all_ages	true
is_highlight	true
timestamp	1591188329

User File System

Key

Value

quota

128.00 MiB (134217728)

maxnumfiles

100

savefiles

0 ↴
root	WinAppDataLocalLow
path	Pine Studio/The Academy
pattern	*.sav
1 ↴
root	WinAppDataLocalLow
path	Pine Studio/The Academy/Screenshots
pattern	*.jpg

rootoverrides

1 ↴
root	WinAppDataLocalLow
os	MacOS
oscompare	=
useinstead	MacAppSupport
addpath

Save File Locations

Based on the configuration above, this is where we think the save files are located.

Platform	Path	Pattern
[All OSes]	%USERPROFILE%/AppData/LocalLow/Pine Studio/The Academy	*.sav
[All OSes]	%USERPROFILE%/AppData/LocalLow/Pine Studio/The Academy/Screenshots	*.jpg
MacOS (Override)	~/Library/Application Support/Pine Studio/The Academy ~/Library/Application Support/Pine Studio/The Academy/Screenshots

The Academy

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