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Released Sep 24, 2026 $12.99 Very Positive Counts toward your Steam games

The Magus Circle

By By Witchlight

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Reviews 406 Very Positive
Players now 39 Peak today 39
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About The Magus Circle

The Magus Circle is a game tagged Action, Roguelike and Action Roguelike by By Witchlight, released Sep 24, 2026. It has 406 Steam reviews (Very Positive). The Steam games most like it include Nerd Survivors, The Champions of Lootheim and Impact.

Magic is Art. The Magus Circle is a vampire-survivors, rogue-lite game where you draw to cast spells! Meet other mages and unlock their abilities. Discover the secrets hidden inside the Circle. Draw the sigil, protect the circle, save the cosmos.
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Steam data

Everything Steam lists for The Magus Circle · record updated 1 day ago

Steam store

Overview

App ID2796640
Release dateSep 24, 2026
Last change number40063774
Last record update1 day ago

App info

App type
Game
Developer
By Witchlight
Publisher
By Witchlight
Steam profile
Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked 1 day ago
Technologies
Unity detected

Platforms

Windows macOS Linux
Steam Deck
Playable

Features

4
Single-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Prices

Price · US$12.99
On sale0 of 41regions right now
Lowest seen · US$12.99Oct 23, 2026
Checked10 hours agoin 41 regions

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Patches

Patch notes

11
  1. Oct 20, 2026 1.1.5 Update!

    We got Cloud Saves working! You should be able to load and use your save across any devices using Steam. Let us know if you have any issues with your save files!# New Features- Steam Cloud saves- Anima rewards are still given if your game …

  2. Oct 15, 2026 1.1.4 Hotfix

    # Changes- Buffed all spell synergies- Added hints to the library- Chests despawn after 5 minutes- If no upgrades are available, chests give mana and xp- Mana Burn prevents mana regen- You may now use Emergency Extract before the boss, no …

  3. Oct 11, 2026 1.1.3 Hotfix

    # Changes- Can no longer use ability while ability is already active- Added iFrames during revive- First Leviathan has a new move- Optimized Bone Shards- Optimized Binding String- Optimized Gale- Adjusted spellbook readability- You can now…

  4. Oct 9, 2026 1.1.2 Hotfix

    # Features- You can now view all spells you have unlocked in the Spellbook in the Hub, along with all their upgrades.# Fixes- Fixed boss on Yawm disappearing if you teleport- Fixed boss on Yawm damaging the player at unexpected times- Fixe…

  5. Oct 8, 2026 1.1.1 Hotfix

    # New FeatureAfter beating the game, you can toggle world corruption for all maps.# Fixes- Missing Tier 2 and Tier 3 level up gems are now available- No more giant Poppets- Fixed save file removal on some Linux platforms- Fixed arrows poin…

  6. Oct 7, 2026 Version 1.1.0 Update!

    Over the past week, we’ve been working hard on not just bug fixing, but optimization and accessibility. We’ve completely overhauled Unity’s physics system and changed how every spell and effect interacts with enemies thanks to our friends …

  7. Sep 30, 2026 1.0.6 Hotfix!

    1.0.6 Hotfix!Lots of fixes today, testing some optimizations and enhancements for tomorrow!Fixes- Fixed chests spawning in unreachable locations- Fixed recipe ingredients not displaying- Fixed spellcraft description errors after improving …

  8. Sep 29, 2026 1.0.5 Hotfix!

    1.0.5 Hotfix!Lots of big changes that tackles some niche but very damaging bugs. Also Elysia map generation has been completely reworked!Fixes- Elysia should no longer be as cramped.- The final glyph on elysia are now guaranteed to be reac…

  9. Sep 28, 2026 1.0.4 Hotfix!

    We have a bunch of fixes we are still testing before they go live but I wanted to put out a couple small changes to fix bugs I know were really annoying for people. FixesFixed getting hardlocked at the end of the first flashback Fixed DOUB…

  10. Sep 26, 2026 1.0.3 Hotfix!

    This patch we wanted to focus on fixing issues with extraction, and we made fixes to errors that could stack up over the course of the run causing some late game struggles. We still have more work to do on the late game that will need some…

  11. Sep 25, 2026 1.0.2 Hotfix

    We noticed many of you were having lag issues so we hunted down the bug and squashed it! We found more ways to improve our performance and it will take some time to implement but this should help out greatly for those who were having troub…

Builds

1
BuildBranchUpdated
26069497publicOct 20, 2026

Depots

Depots

3
IDNameSystemsSizeDownloadManifest
2796641 — English Windows 2.21 GB 519.0 MB 7377541757905224234
2796642 — English macOS 2.33 GB 544.0 MB 2520357775644885335
2796643 — Linux 2.30 GB 537.5 MB 6573135364204934502

Branches

1
BranchBuildUpdatedAccess
public 26069497 Oct 20, 2026 Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/The Magus Circle

Launch options

3
ExecutableArgumentsSystemsDescription
The Magus Circle.exe Windows
The-Magus-Circle.app/Contents/MacOS/The Magus Circle macOS
TheMagusCircle.x86_64 Linux

Cloud saves

Space per player732.4 KB
Filesup to 6
Save locations1
RootPathPatternSystems
WinAppDataLocalLowBy Witchlight/The Magus Circle/{64BitSteamID}*.mcAll

Achievements

Achievements124 hidden
Most unlocked85.4%Free as a Bird
Rarest0.5%The Hand We Are Dealt

Global unlock rate

share of players who have it
  • Free as a Bird Unlock Curio's shop 85.4%
  • She Was Here Hidden achievement 49.4%
  • Fish Fear Me Catch a fish 49.2%
  • Odd Indeed Meet Odds 42.5%
  • Everybody is Here Unlock all playable characters 30.7%
  • Up The Ante Win with a gambler modifier 18.5%
  • Holistic Caster Cast every spell 5.2%
  • Defender of All Worlds Beat all maps 5.1%
  • Graffiti Artist Hidden achievement 2.9%
  • Say Goodbye Hidden achievement 1.7%
  • The House Always Wins Hidden achievement 1.4%
  • The Hand We Are Dealt Unlock All Tarot 0.5%

News

  1. Sep 28, 2026 · Community Announcements Plans for Future Updates

    Thank you everyone for reporting your bugs. Our plan is to continue to hotfix bugs each day but we are also working on some larger optimizations that we want to test more thoroughly on our end so we …

  2. Sep 24, 2026 · Community Announcements The Magus Circle 1.0 is out!

    The Magus Circle is out! But that doesn’t mean our job is done… With this surge of sudden players we are aware you will all find bugs that we couldn’t so we will continue to provide support and updat…

  3. Mar 4, 2026 · Community Announcements That's Steam Next Fest!

    Greetings Witches, Warlocks and Wizards of ambiguous origin! From all of us at By Witchlight, thank you very much for checking out our demo! We were thrilled to see over 21 thousand players step into…

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