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The Magic Circle: Gold Edition

The Magic Circle: Gold Edition

Released: 5/10/2016

A dark comedy about the creators of unfinished games, starring James Urbaniak (Venture Bros, American Splendor), Stephen Russell (Thief Series, Skyrim), Ashly Burch (Borderlands 2, HAWP), Karen Dyer (Resident Evil 5)... and YOU. Can you out-think the game gods? Can you ship a game from the inside?

A dark comedy about the creators of unfinished games, starring James Urbaniak (Venture Bros, American Splendor), Stephen Russell (Thief Series, Skyrim), Ashly Burch (Borderlands 2, HAWP), Karen Dyer (Resident Evil 5)... and YOU. Can you out-think the game gods? Can you ship a game from the inside?

A dark comedy about the creators of unfinished games, starring James Urbaniak (Venture Bros, American Splendor), Stephen Russell (Thief Series, Skyrim), Ashly Burch (Borderlands 2, HAWP), Karen Dyer (Resident Evil 5)... and YOU. Can you out-think the game gods? Can you ship a game from the inside?

Critics
75
Metacritic
80

Score Breakdown

74.8

Critic Average

14 reviews

N/A

Steam User Score

Less than 50 reviews

80

Metacritic User Score

47 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity
N/A
Metacritic Disparity
-5.2
Combined Disparity
-5.2

Average of both sources

Review Timing

6 early (43%)4 launch window (29%)4 late (29%)