Magical Diary: Wolf Hall
Fair · RPG · 2020
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $24.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 7.9h
- Value
- $3.16/hr
- Reviews
- 91% of 217 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $9.27 or less.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
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About the game
Design your own wizard to attend a magical school. Learn spells, explore dungeons, make friends, and find a date for the May Day Ball. But be careful, everyone has secrets - including you!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, 1280x720, 205 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, Linux.
The value story
It has been discounted 65 times in the 7 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 60 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Value puts it in the top 15 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 93 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 91 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Who Needs a Hero? ($19.99, scores 61) beats it on value, while it beats Legendary Tales ($39.99, scores 26).
More about Magical Diary: Wolf Hall
At 7.9 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
51% start to 3% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
Magical Diary: Wolf Hall is an engaging fantasy visual novel that successfully combines school life simulation, role-playing systems, and branching storytelling into a cohesive experience. Developed and published by Hanako Games, the title invites players to spend an academic year at Iris Academy, a prestigious institution where young spellcasters refine their abilities and discover their place in the magical world...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Recommended for fans of VNs and light RPGs. Good story and characters but light on depth and some paths can be difficult/unintuitive to get. Sort of an anime style Harry Potter. Also recommend Sunrider, Planet Stronghold, Tales of Aravorn, Loren, Life is Strange, the Atelier series, and the Persona series. +Visuals, art style +Music +Some appearance/name customization +Variety of magic schools/stats +Wizard school...
A Fanfic Of A Fanfic. The first one had a basic charm that kept the player engaged, but it delved a little too deeply into tropes and cliche and offered nothing really new. This second game in the series might have worked if it was part of the first game, the option to play a male character. But it's not. This is just a male reskin, not a sequel, and with none of the lessons learned from the first game. This one...
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Cite this score
Magical Diary: Wolf Hall scores 53/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/974910/magical-diary-wolf-hallReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 2, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.