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2015PCPlayStationXboxSteam Deck playable92 % positive19.50 €

A satirical first-person puzzle game set inside an unfinished game stuck in development hell. You hack and rewrite creatures and rules to seize the dev tools from indecisive designers. Sharply voiced and full of jabs at the games industry.

Lots of humour
Puzzles and brain teasers
Strong, story-driven narrative

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The closest matches for The Magic Circle are Ceville, Soccer Story and Pony Island. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes The Magic Circle special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Ceville

89 %Match

2009PC80 % positive3.99 €

Lots of humour
Puzzles and brain teasers
Strong, story-driven narrative

A comedic point-and-click adventure where you play the deposed, villainous ruler Ceville, solving inventory puzzles and trading cheeky dialogue to reclaim your kingdom. It lovingly parodies fantasy tropes.

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Soccer Story

Lots of humour

A quirky physics-driven adventure where you use a magic soccer ball to solve puzzles, beat foes and free a absurdly funny world from a soccer ban.

Pony Island

Puzzles and brain teasers

A devil-run arcade machine turns out to be a meta puzzle-horror adventure that keeps breaking its own rules and toying with your expectations. With dark humor, hacking-style puzzles and clever twists, it is short but memorable.

Hypnospace Outlaw

Lots of humour

You play a volunteer moderator in a surreal 90s-style internet, digging through fake websites, emails and apps. You solve small cases, uncover hidden pages and enjoy nostalgic humor wrapped around a surprisingly serious story.

Death Coming

Accessible and relaxed

A darkly comic puzzle game where you play Death and engineer elaborate, Final Destination-style accidents to harvest souls. You also have to outwit the Agents of Light who try to stop you in small sandbox levels.

The Adventures of Bertram Fiddle: Episode 1 - A Dreadly Business

Lots of humour

A humorous point-and-click adventure set in Victorian London, where eccentric Bertram Fiddle and his manservant Gavin hunt a serial killer. Cartoon visuals, dark comedy and classic inventory puzzles define the experience.

Feline Forensics and the Meowseum Mystery

Lots of humour

A feline detective investigates a murder-turned-museum-heist, grilling a quirky cast of suspects and piecing together clues, all wrapped in constant cat puns. A humorous investigation adventure blending puzzle and visual novel elements.

Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure

Accessible and relaxed

A creative puzzle game where you type words to summon objects and solve problems across the DC Comics universe. It features heroes like Batman and Superman, plenty of humor, and great freedom in how you solve things.

Death Trick: Double Blind

Puzzles and brain teasers

A non-linear circus-set detective game where a mismatched duo collects clues, interrogates suspects and exposes contradictions in their stories to find out what happened to the missing star magician.

The Night of the Rabbit

Accessible and relaxed

A fairy-tale point-and-click adventure in which young apprentice magician Jerry explores the enchanted land of Mousewood. Hand-drawn scenery, tricky puzzles and spellcasting create a warm, mysterious atmosphere.

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