Simon the Sorcerer Origins
Smallthing Studios · 2025 · Point & Click, Adventure, Puzzle, Fantasy, Story Rich
PC
Very Positive84% · 24476Metacritic
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About Simon the Sorcerer Origins
A New Journey Begins!
Thirty years after his first appearance on the screen, Simon is drawn into a foreign world by an ancient prophecy that will reveal his origins. This world is populated by powerful yet mostly useless wizards and strange creatures. On his journey, Simon must solve a series of tricky puzzles, operate alchemical devices, and learn powerful spells. And yes, he also has to taste a few disgusting stews!Puzzles, Magic, and Simon’s Humor Whether you're visiting the Magical World for the first time or returning once again – Simon is back, along with his unique sense of humor and a completely new graphic style. Simon the Sorcerer Origins brings the charm of the original saga back in a completely hand-drawn graphic style, blending classic gameplay mechanics with a fresh, new world of magic.Your Adventure, Your Puzzles Solve loads of tricky puzzles, test your wits, and face a variety of absurd situations and quirky characters. Combine items and clues to unravel the big mystery and become the legendary wizard you were always meant to be.- Official Prequel to the Simon the Sorcerer SeriesFind out what happened just a few weeks before the first legendary adventure in the 90s!
- An intense story
A loving mother, a lively teenager, a forced move, and a prophecy. Experience an adventure between emotions and discovery.
- New Hand-Drawn Art StyleDiscover the Magical World in a completely hand-drawn 90s art style!
- Featuring the Original Voice ActorEnjoy Simon’s legendary sarcastic remarks once again with the voice of the voice actor, Chris Barrie, who brought the character to life with humor in the original.
- An adventure between Modern and Point-and-Click PuzzlesSolve challenging puzzles, activate ancient mechanisms, reveal age-old secrets, discover mysterious objects, and discuss with unusual characters.
- Absurdly Humorous DialoguesEnjoy Simon’s unique sarcasm and sharp wit.
- Magical World Full of Quirky CreaturesMeet strange wizards and even stranger beings on your journey.
- Alchemical Devices and SpellsMaster powerful spells and experiment with secret alchemy recipes.
DLC & expansions
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Base game + 1 of 2 DLC at today's best prices (some DLC unpriced).
$21.98
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What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Does a great job transitioning into the first game. Couple of "oh yeah this is an adventure game" type puzzle annoyances.1 found this helpful
Found all the owls - can't get past it - frustrating.
Stays faithful to the originals
It's a lovely game, really. The developer's have gotten the dry, sarcastic tone exactly right. The art, music and voice acting are fantastic. Stumbling block is the obscurity of some of the puzzles and a lack of guidance on what to do next. A few more dialogue hints, and a few fewer red herrings, would have improved the experience.
Its okay :)!
A really nicely made game that works well on Steam Deck as well as PC. It's been built for 1080P accordingly to the developer and this really noticed during parts of the game where the scenes zoom in (like conversations) where it zoomed in and you were left with potato pixels. I wasn't a fan of the old school pixel filter as I'm not convinced the filter is being done at the right part of the rendering - I would expect it to best-fit to the pixels of a screen, but instead it was just like the art had been made into pixels but the movement over them was still at native resolution causing aliasing and other effects that certainly did not feel old school. I only recently played the first two games and I was pretty mixed about them as a whole. This was a far stronger game and managed to move away from unnecessarily misogynistic humour (that I imagine fans of the original were unhappy about). There were still moments I was stuck, and at the beginning that was from not so obvious mechanics like using items on yourself. There were also a couple of moments where the dialogue made it seem like you would never interact with an item, i.e a red herring, move away - but in fact later turned ou…
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