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Adventure · Pilgrim Adventures
A Sceptic's Guide to Magic
Mature content
🖥 Windows
Very Positive · 90% of 77
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Great game — worth waiting for a sale
Well reviewed, but it's close to full price.
Quality90/100
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- 90% positive of 77 reviews
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About
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.
"A Sceptic's Guide to Magic" is an exciting new adventure game from the creator of The Deed and The Space Pilgrim Saga.
Having spent years working as a forensic investigator, Lester Chapman has seen his fair share of disturbing crime scenes. However, nothing could prepare him for witnessing the dark primordial forces at work in his latest case. As he delves deeper into this mystery, the realms of science and magic collide, and cracks begin to form in his rigid perception of the world.
Fianna and Val are teenage witches who have lost their friend to a bloody ritual murder. They will stop at nothing to find the ones responsible, even if it means enlisting the help of a man who seems to have little faith in their magical abilities ...
Follow Lester Chapman as he becomes initiated into the arcane mysteries of magic, studiously learning a new kind of spellcraft from an obscure tome entitled "A Sceptic's Guide to Magic."
Gather ingredients and other necessary items to create your potions and cast your spells. Combine this with traditional investigation and puzzle-solving to unravel the sinister truth behind the murder case.
The Story
Having spent years working as a forensic investigator, Lester Chapman has seen his fair share of disturbing crime scenes. However, nothing could prepare him for witnessing the dark primordial forces at work in his latest case. As he delves deeper into this mystery, the realms of science and magic collide, and cracks begin to form in his rigid perception of the world.
Fianna and Val are teenage witches who have lost their friend to a bloody ritual murder. They will stop at nothing to find the ones responsible, even if it means enlisting the help of a man who seems to have little faith in their magical abilities ...
A World of Magic
Follow Lester Chapman as he becomes initiated into the arcane mysteries of magic, studiously learning a new kind of spellcraft from an obscure tome entitled "A Sceptic's Guide to Magic."
Gather ingredients and other necessary items to create your potions and cast your spells. Combine this with traditional investigation and puzzle-solving to unravel the sinister truth behind the murder case.
Features
- Engaging point-and-click gameplay similar to the classic Lucasarts and Sierra adventure games of the 90s!
- A world inspired by English magic and folklore, as well as ancient Greek mythology!
- Play as both the primary character of Lester and the secondary character of Fianna the witch!
- More than twenty spells to cast and dozens of magical ingredients to collect!
- Explore over twenty locations across the city of Birmingham, England, many of which are based on real-life places!
- Nine chapters, several possible endings, plus a hidden bonus chapter featuring a new playable character!
Review sentiment over time
positive critical
Media
Mature content
System requirements
Achievements
Showing the 16 most-earned of 28 achievements
- Compliance24.8% of players
- Portal17.7% of players
- Contact17.5% of players
- Shadow17.5% of players
- Initiate16.3% of players
- Regeneration15.7% of players
- Perception15.4% of players
- Dematerialisation15.0% of players
- Compulsion14.9% of players
- Luminous14.9% of players
- Locomotion14.6% of players
- Fortuity14.5% of players
- Deconstruction14.4% of players
- Transmogrification14.4% of players
- Hindsight14.3% of players
- Binding14.1% of players
Age rating & content
dejus18
NudezViolência ExtremaLinguagem imprópria
igrsBANNED
Rokok dan/atau rokok elektronik, minuman beralkohol, narkotika, psikotropika, dan/atau zat adiktif lainnyaPenampilan TokohHoror
steam_germany18
Sexuelle InhalteDrastische GewaltDrogen
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Game info
Developer Pilgrim Adventures
Publisher GrabTheGames
Platforms Windows
Compatibility
Controller Partial
Features
Single-playerPartial Controller SupportSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing