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A Sceptic's Guide to Magic

89% positive of 65 Steam reviews

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Released
2019
Steam Deck
Not tested
Platforms
Steam

Made by Pilgrim Adventures. Published by GrabTheGames.

About the game

Birmingham, England: 1993. A shocking ritual murder compels a world-weary forensic investigator to discover a hidden realm of witchcraft, gods and demons. Follow clues and use magic to solve the case, with moral choices leading to multiple possible endings.

Tagged by players

  • Detective
  • Crime
  • Mystery
  • Adventure
  • Dark Humor
  • Story Rich
  • Atmospheric
  • Fantasy
  • Pixel Graphics
  • Point & Click

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What players say

  • Recommended
    ⭐ Recommended Made by the same makers as Space Pilgrim, and you can tell. Same adventure-style gameplay of searching for items and working out how to use them. The game warned me about its content up front and even gave me a choice to tone down the nudity and the graphical violence. Off course I chose to tone it down, and credit to the makers for offering that option. But honestly, I don't like the fact that this…

    6.5 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    I quite enjoyed my time with this. I have some frustrations with the storytelling that I won't try to talk around here. But it really is a nice time for what it is, even with that.

    6.7 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    boring and stupid story.

    7.9 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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