The Magic Circle

App ID 323380
App Type Game
Name The Magic Circle
Developer
Publisher Question
Supported Systems STEAMPLAY
Last Record Update (August 8, 2018 – 05:19:49 UTC)
Last Change Number 5046652
Release Date July 9, 2015 ()

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?

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User Tags

StrategyActionAdventureIndieSimulationSatirePuzzleComedyStory RichFirst-PersonSingleplayerWalking Simulator

Additional Information

clienticon 2ff99bb26448c3b9dacb7965efe59c9ab473625c
clienttga 6aa7dd95b7bdb753bab067ff500ac932c935332e
icon 63b4cd7fc39d91a054d697ab1f9464341a266408
logo a5a447866ff8140e69bdeb7a39a436248190bd9c
logo_small a5a447866ff8140e69bdeb7a39a436248190bd9c_thumb
metacritic_name The Magic Circle
controller_support partial
metacritic_score 79
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/the-magic-circle?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
community_visible_stats Yes
releasestate released
eulas
Achievement Languages
  • english: 1
  • french: 1
  • german: 1
  • italian: 1
  • russian: 1
  • spanish: 1
community_hub_visible Yes
small_capsule
  • english: capsule_231x87.jpg
header_image
  • english: header.jpg
store_tags

Players online

  • 2 right now
  • 3 24-hour peak - tweet this
  • 270 all-time peak April 2, 2016 – 20:40:23 UTC

SteamSpy Estimations

  • 1.2 hours median playtime in last 2 weeks 3.4 hours median total playtime
  • 1.2 hours average playtime in last 2 weeks 3.5 hours average total playtime
  • 100,000 .. 200,000 owners

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Markers

Date Label
May 13, 2015 – 08:01:17 UTC 📜 Now Available on Steam Early Access - The Magic Circle, 10% off!
July 9, 2015 – 15:31:04 UTC 📜 Now Available on Steam - The Magic Circle, 15% off!
April 1, 2016 – 17:00:00 UTC ⇄ Humble Bundle: April 2016 Humble Monthly #6

Packages that include this app

SubID Name Billing Type Last Updated
50922 The Magic Circle Developer Comp CD Key November 4, 2015 – 01:23:52 UTC
50923 The Magic Circle for Beta Testing CD Key November 4, 2015 – 01:23:52 UTC
50924 The Magic Circle Store or CD Key October 25, 2018 – 15:47:34 UTC
67115 The Magic Circle + Original Soundtrack Store or CD Key October 25, 2018 – 15:47:34 UTC
283210 Steam Sub 283210 No Cost June 21, 2018 – 01:15:05 UTC
Cross reference packages and depots for this app

Downloadable Content

AppID Name Last Updated
368910 The Magic Circle Original Soundtrack October 7, 2015 – 03:04:28 UTC
377020 The Magic Circle Demo April 23, 2017 – 19:23:52 UTC

Depots

ID Name Max Size OS Extra Info
228990 DirectX Jun 2010 Redist 98.16 MiB Depot from 228980
323382 TMC Dev Linux 1.46 GiB
323388 TMC Retail Linux 1.46 GiB
323384 TMC Dev OSX 1.45 GiB
323386 TMC Retail OSX 1.45 GiB
323383 TMC Dev Win32 1.44 GiB 32-bit
323385 TMC Retail Win32 1.44 GiB 32-bit
323381 TMC Dev Win64 1.44 GiB 64-bit
323387 TMC Retail Win64 1.44 GiB 64-bit
368910 The Magic Circle Original Soundtrack (368910) Depot 179.45 MiB DLC 368910

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 1320925 September 6, 2016 – 18:58:50 UTC
buildtest Whatever we want dev default to be at the time 1320925 September 6, 2016 – 18:22:32 UTC
press_staging testing before releasing to Press on the default branch 1295369 August 23, 2016 – 17:38:37 UTC
qa_staging testing before pushing to qabranch 1295325 August 23, 2016 – 17:17:13 UTC
qabranch for Research Centaur 1295325 August 23, 2016 – 17:16:51 UTC
technical_support Experimental Procedures and Debug Information 1295449 August 23, 2016 – 18:27:45 UTC

Other

Name Value
baselanguages english, german, french, italian, spanish, russian

Raw Information

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Launch Options

Description Executable Arguments Type OS Extra Info
Launch TheMagicCircle.exe Default
Launch TheMagicCircle.app Default
Launch TheMagicCircle.x86_64 Default 64-bit
Launch TheMagicCircle.x86 Default 32-bit

Configuration

Key Value
contenttype 3
installdir The Magic Circle
launch See section above
steamcontrollertemplateindex 2

User File System

Key Value
quota 953.67 MiB (1000000000)
maxnumfiles 1000
savefiles
  • 0/path: Question/The Magic Circle/{64BitSteamID}
  • 0/pattern: *.save
  • 0/platforms/1: Windows
  • 0/recursive: 1
  • 0/root: WinAppDataLocalLow
  • 1/path: Question/The Magic Circle/{64BitSteamID}
  • 1/pattern: *.save
  • 1/platforms/1: MacOS
  • 1/recursive: 1
  • 1/root: MacAppSupport
  • 2/path: .config/unity3d/Question/The Magic Circle/{64BitSteamID}
  • 2/pattern: *.save
  • 2/platforms/1: Linux
  • 2/recursive: 1
  • 2/root: LinuxHome

History

Achievements

API name Display name and description Icons
TMC_ACHIEVEMENT_0451 Cultural Collaborator

There is no keypad here, but you did it anyway

TMC_ACHIEVEMENT_BACKTOWHEREWEMET Back to where we met

Remembered your first when it mattered

TMC_ACHIEVEMENT_FALSESTART Finished the game?

More like... Finished the "game".

TMC_ACHIEVEMENT_SKYBASTARD Beat the boss?

What kind of boss fight was that?

TMC_ACHIEVEMENT_STARFATHER Starfather

Got enough of Starfather's speech to make a proper mixtape

TMC_ACHIEVEMENT_THEMAGICCIRCLE Placeholder Achievement 99

Your Words Go Here

TMC_ACHIEVEMENT_STARWHATEVER Cool story, Bro

Pushed the button because you got bored

TMC_ACHIEVEMENT_PASSENGER Couldn't take a hint

Old Pro had to do it for you

TMC_ACHIEVEMENT_PERFECTGAME Magnum Opus

You will be known as the person who made that thing.

TMC_ACHIEVEMENT_REDUXMAXLIFE Fully Utilized

From this point on, you will have to exhaust your own content.

TMC_ACHIEVEMENT_RESTART An Act of Love

This can only be...

TMC_ACHIEVEMENT_LEAPOFFAITH Leap of Faith

The boundaries of this simulation have no hold on you.

TMC_ACHIEVEMENT_HELLHOUND Quality Assurance

Hell hath no fury like a tester scorned.

TMC_ACHIEVEMENT_GHOSTWALK Master Scout

Embrace the null state

Stats

API Name Display Name Default Value
GHOSTWALK Ghostwalk Distance 0
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