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The Academy: The First Riddle
The Academy is a puzzle-packed adventure set in a school filled with mystery. Leave your mark on Arbor's Academy and find out why it only welcomes the best and the brightest.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.
“I attempted to play the game for just under 30 minutes. The entire thing was awful. Those were not puzzles. You can solve a puzzle. That was total garbage and there is nothing you can do to change my mind.”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
The Academy Update 1.02 in now in beta
Hi guys! For the last few months, we got a lot of your feedback for both Steam and Mobile versions of the game. First of all, a big thank you to every single one of you who supported us over the last
The first week of The Academy
Hello students! We wanted to give you a quick update on all the work that's been done on The Academy within its first week of release. We also wanted to say how sorry we are due to the technical diffi
The Academy: The First Riddle is out now!
Hello, Students, and Welcome to the Academy! As the school’s headmistress, it’s my honor to show you some of the features that await you as soon as you enroll. The Academy has always attracted the mos
The Academy opens its doors on June 19
Attention, students! We’re proud to announce that The Academy’s doors will open on Steam on the 19th of June . Mark your calendars and get ready for a summer full of puzzles. :) To celebrate the occas
The Academy Tour
Why hello there, future students! Since we're so close to the release date, we decided to show you the setting of your next puzzle-filled adventure. Stick around, the school tour is just about to star
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.
| Genres | Adventure, Casual, Indie |
| Player tags | Adventure · Puzzle · Mystery · Third Person · Singleplayer · Relaxing · Story Rich · Family Friendly · Beautiful · Casual · Conversation (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Portugal * |
| Achievements | 43 |
| Official site | http://theacademygame.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: 2 Ghz Memory: 3 GB RAM Graphics: 2GB, Shader Model 2.0 DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 4 GB available space