Name: Circuitous
Brand: Fanatical
Price: 0.35 USD
Availability: InStock

Deal overview

Circuitous is currently 91% off on Fanatical — down to $0.35 from $3.99.

At 91% off, this is one of the deepest discounts Circuitous reaches on Fanatical — near its typical floor.

That works out to $3.64 off the Fanatical list price of $3.99.

This deal is for the PC version. Click View Deal to open the official Fanatical page — prices and regional availability are confirmed at checkout, not by GamesCreed.

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About this game

Circuitous is a fast, minimalist puzzle-action game about threading your way through boards full of rotating obstacles to reach a center point. It’s the kind of game that sounds simple on paper and then turns your brain into soup the moment the timer or the barriers start moving faster than you can think. There’s no story, no combat, no loot. Just you, a board, and the question of whether you can find the gap before it closes.

How it plays

The goal in every level is straightforward: get from your starting point to the center of the board without touching the barriers spinning or shifting around you. What makes it interesting is the variety of boards you’re navigating. Mazes ask you to plan a route, Spinners force you to time your movement against rotating arms, and Geometrics lean into pattern recognition as shapes cycle around you. Layered on top of that are different play styles, from a relaxed Casual pace to a stricter Competitive mode, plus options like Move Along and Hero that change the rhythm of how you’re expected to approach each board. With hundreds of levels and six board themes to work through, the loop is less about mastering one mechanic and more about adapting quickly as the rules shift under you level to level.

Who it’s for

If you like games that reward quick reflexes and pattern reading, the kind of thing you’d boot up for fifteen minutes between other tasks, this fits nicely into that space. It’s especially good for anyone who enjoyed old-school arcade puzzlers where the challenge comes from timing and spatial awareness rather than story or progression systems. It’s not for you if you want narrative, character building, or any sense of a larger world to explore. There’s also no combat or crafting here, so if you were hoping for something with more traditional action-game trappings, look elsewhere. This is a game about focus and precision, full stop.

Is it worth it?

For what it is, a tightly scoped arcade puzzler with a lot of levels and a handful of distinct board types to keep things from getting stale, it delivers a solid amount of replayable content for players who like this genre. It’s not a game you sit down and finish in one sitting; it’s more of a long-term pick-up-and-play title. Because it originated in Early Access, it’s worth going in with the expectation of a focused, evolving puzzle experience rather than a sprawling, feature-packed release. For fans of reflex-based puzzle games, it’s a reasonable one to grab when it’s discounted, since the appeal here is in repeated short sessions rather than a single big payoff.