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This Way Madness Lies

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App ID 1318970
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Zeboyd Digital Entertainment LLC
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies Unity Engine
Last Changenumber 30315939
Last Record Update 29 July 2025 – 21:39:33 UTC ()
Release Date 10 November 2022 – 16:54:42 UTC ()
❓ 79.81%
179 reviews
1
In-Game
🌸 JRPG 🎲 RPG 🤡 Comedy 👩 Female Protagonist 🛡️ Turn-Based Combat

Shakespeare and Magical Girls, what could be better? Save the worlds of Shakespeare from the forces of Nightmare in this fast-paced turn-based JRPG comedy.

Additional Information

Developer Zeboyd Digital Entertainment LLC
metacritic_name This Way Madness Lies
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metacritic_score 84
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/this-way-madness-lies?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
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ReleaseState released
Publisher Zeboyd Digital Entertainment LLC
Store Release Date 10 November 2022 – 16:54:45 UTC ()
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community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre RPG (3)
Store Genres RPG (3)
Steam Release Date 10 November 2022 – 16:54:42 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 13 October 2022 – 12:29:34 UTC () (1665664174)
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Detected Technologies (?) Unity Engine
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • This game doesn't support Steam Deck's native display resolution and may experience degraded performance
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • 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: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 25 November 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 9934723
  • configuration:
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First seen on SteamDB 8 May 2020 – 20:35:31 UTC (), in changelist #8386293

Supported Languages

1 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes Yes

Tags

🌸 JRPG 🎲 RPG 🤡 Comedy 👩 Female Protagonist 🛡️ Turn-Based Combat 🌸 Anime 😃 Funny 👾 Pixel Graphics 🐙 Lovecraftian 👪 Family Friendly 🏽 2D 👾 Retro ⚔️ Combat 👤 Singleplayer 📏 Linear

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Cloud Family Sharing

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

Assets

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timestamp14 March 2023 – 02:55:20 UTC
Trailers
504360 ↴
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Bundles

ID Name Set % Price Created
29093 This Way Madness Lies - Game + Soundtrack Bundle Yes -14% $12.88 18 November 2022 – 14:06:19 UTC
53253 Zeboyd No -20% $31.15 26 April 2025 – 13:00:14 UTC

Store Packages

SubID Name Price Last Update
460558 This Way Madness Lies $9.99 6 October 2025 – 17:35:05 UTC

Packages

SubID Name Billing Type Last Update
460556 Steam Sub 460556 CD Key 21 October 2024 – 17:35:59 UTC
460557 Steam Sub 460557 CD Key 8 May 2020 – 20:35:31 UTC
791214 Steam Sub 791214 No Cost 2 November 2022 – 23:59:08 UTC

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