The Magic Circle

Platforms

• Microsoft Windows

• macOS
• Linux

Genres

• simulation video game

• adventure video game

• action game

• action-adventure game

• strategy video game

• sandbox game^*

Play modes

• single-player video game

Players by platform

• Microsoft Windows^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  1^*

Content classifications

• ESRB · Microsoft Windows^*

  Classification

  M - Mature^*

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• Linux^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

Store genres

• Action^*
• Adventure^*
• Indie^*
• Simulation^*
• Strategy^*

Game features

• Single-player^*
• Steam Achievements^*
• Steam Trading Cards^*
• Partial Controller Support^*
• Steam Cloud^*
• Family Sharing^*

Interface languages

• English^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• French^*
• Italian^*
• German^*
• Spanish - Spain^*
• Russian^*

Audio languages

• English^*
• Russian^*

Community tags · historical

• Adventure^*

  Votes · historical

  49^*

• Puzzle^*

  Votes · historical

  42^*

• Indie^*

  Votes · historical

  41^*

• Story Rich^*

  Votes · historical

  38^*

• Simulation^*

  Votes · historical

  32^*

• First-Person^*

  Votes · historical

  31^*

• Action^*

  Votes · historical

  30^*

• Satire^*

  Votes · historical

  28^*

• Strategy^*

  Votes · historical

  27^*

• Comedy^*

  Votes · historical

  27^*

• Singleplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  21^*

• Programming^*

  Votes · historical

  15^*

• Walking Simulator^*

  Votes · historical

  9^*

• Exploration^*

  Votes · historical

  6^*

System requirements

• Windows · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8^*

  Processor alternatives

  AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3800+ 2.4Ghz or better, Intel Pentium 4 530 3.0Ghz Processor or better^*

  Memory

  2 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  NVIDIA 7800GT 256MB graphics card or better, ATI Radeon X1900 256MB graphics card or better that supports Shader Model 3 and has at least 256 MB of VRAM^*

  Graphics API

  Version 9.0c^*

  Storage

  2 GB available space^*

  Audio hardware

  100% DirectX 9.0C compliant sound card or onboard sound^*

  Conditions

  NOTICE: Intel HD 4000 chipset is not supported^*

• macOS · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  OS X v10.7 Lion or higher^*

  Processor alternatives

  1.80GHz Processor^*

  Memory

  2 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  ATI Radeon HD 3870 / NVidia Geforce 640M^*

  Storage

  2 GB available space^*

  Conditions

  NOTICE: Intel HD 4000 chipset is not supported^*

• Linux · Minimum^*

  Processor alternatives

  AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3800+ 2.4Ghz or better, Intel Pentium 4 530 3.0Ghz Processor or better^*

  Memory

  2 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  NVIDIA 7800GT 256MB graphics card or better, ATI Radeon X1900 256MB graphics card or better that supports Shader Model 3 and has at least 256 MB of VRAM^*

  Storage

  2 GB available space^*

  Conditions

  Some users have reported issues with Intel HD 4000 series cards. Also, users using open source graphics drivers such as Mesa have had problems. We recommend installing the manufacturers drivers for the most robust compatibility.^*

• Windows · Recommended^*

  Memory

  4 GB^*

  Processor alternatives

  AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Dual Core 2.60Ghz, Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Dual Core 2.13Ghz^*

  Graphics alternatives

  NVIDIA 8800GT 512MB graphics card or better, ATI Radeon HD4830 512MB graphics card or better^*

• Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27^*

  Memory

  4 GB^*

Compatibility and community reports

• Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*

  Compatibility category

  Playable^*

• Controller support · 2026-06-27^*

  Controller support

  Partial^*

• Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*

  Community Linux compatibility tier

  Platinum^*

  Reports

  4^*

  Community confidence

  low^*

Developers

• Question

Publishers

• Question

• 2015-07-09

  Date precision

  Exact date

• 2015-07-09 · Microsoft Windows^*

  Release date

  2015-07-09^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows^*

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  Jul 9, 2015^*

Detailed specifications