# Thaumistry: In Charm's Way

Summer DB entity ID: 7bf5918f\-bd6f\-489e\-95e3\-3313aa8c973d

Steam App ID: 532980

Thaum:  \(noun\)\. A unit of magical energy  Eric Knight is a confused young man who was a famous child prodigy inventor, but who hasn’t seen much success since\. Strange things always seem to happen around Eric—door knobs fall off in his hands, computer screens go blank when he touches them, alarms go off randomly as he walks by\.  Today, he will find out why\.  Thaumistry: In Charm's Way is a hilarious text adventure from award\-winning Infocom and Legend Entertainment author Bob Bates\.  Set in present\-day New York City, the game is a joke\-a\-minute romp filled with offbeat characters, improbable spells, and well\-crafted puzzles\.    Spoiler\-free, context\-sensitive hint system   In\-game map   Fully customizable fonts and colors   Screen reader\-friendly \(NVDA\) option available for visually\-impaired players   Steam Cloud save games   Advanced parser, for a modern update of Interactive Fiction   Digital CyberFeelies™ to round out that classic text adventure experience   Thaumistry is USDA approved,\* gluten\-free, and contains 0 grams of cholesterol   \*No it’s not\.

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: Bobbates LLC\.

- Publisher: Bobbates LLC\.

- Release date: Oct 7, 2017

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: false

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Adventure, Indie

- Categories: Single\-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows, mac, linux

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/532980/ss\_05050f55b2e759ca9659fd38b67ece7ae2472a60\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1572954767, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/532980/ss\_5172454ecfd888227a32e253f3ff2fcecb4eeaa8\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1572954767, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/532980/ss\_93c60acbddd058e64e2da414295b813e24cdc67a\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1572954767, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/532980/ss\_b87630500247438ead5acd6432b924abe8558eb8\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1572954767, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/532980/ss\_4a6f1672ba319df010f4224a062ae30af173be3e\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1572954767

- Price: 399 minor units USD; discount 0%

- Price country: US

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 0

- Steam review count: 59

- Steam positive reviews: 59

- Steam negative reviews: 0

- Steam positive percentage: 100%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

Review filters: \{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\}

## Player history

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Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown.

## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-22T15:13:58\.100901\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-22T15:13:59\.499718\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-22T15:13:59\.077419\+00:00

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Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted.

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