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Return First Games · Published by Return First Games
Last updated 7 Oct 2026
You are a circle in a sharp world. Fight jagged enemies in a neon twin-stick bullet-hell roguelite, build devastating ability combos, and grow from fragile to unstoppable through shifting neon labyrinths.
Action, Indie · More free games
Navigate through treacherous neon mazes as a circle, unleashing combos against sharp enemies. Grow stronger with each shift, mastering the game's challenging yet rewarding gameplay.
About this game
You are a circle in a sharp world. Fight, dodge, and level up as deadly, jagged enemies try to cut you down. Every run makes you stronger—start fragile, build devastating ability combinations, and push back until you overwhelm everything on screen.
Wield powerful active and passive abilities and combine them into unique builds. Dodge waves of bullets, explosions, and precision snipers while navigating ever-changing labyrinths. A guiding wisp keeps you moving forward, so you can stay focused on the action.
Immerse yourself in a crisp neon vector world designed for clarity, even at peak chaos. Procedurally generated labyrinths keep every run fresh, with distinct mechanics in each world. Clever enemies anticipate your movement and constantly try to outmaneuver you.
Features
Actively control up to 4 abilities at once
Equip up to 6 passive upgrades to shape your build
3 worlds with distinct mechanics and multiple stages
Clever, reactive enemies that adapt to your movement
Challenging boss fights
100+ permanent upgrades to strengthen your circle
100+ milestones unlocking abilities, mechanics, and stat boosts
Designed for smooth play with mouse & keyboard, gamepad, or Steam Deck
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Graphics: OpenGL 4.3 Core compatible
- Storage: 500 MB available space
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 11
Supported Languages
Latest news
Community & EventsOfficial
Live Now: Steam Bullet Fest
You Are Circle is now part of Steam Bullet Fest.This festival celebrates games built around one simple idea: projectiles everywhere.Whether you're squeezing through impossible bullet patterns, filling the screen with your own devastating attacks, or chaining together absurdly powerful ability combinations, that's exactly the kind of chaos You Are Circle is all about.In this neon twin-stick bullet-hell roguelite, you'll battle through shifting labyrinths, outmaneuver clever enemies, and grow from a fragile circle into an unstoppable force of destruction.In the demo:Fast-paced bullet-hell combatPowerful ability combinationsChallenging enemies and intense encountersPermanent progression and unlocksCrisp, high-contrast neon visualsIf you've been waiting for a reason to try the demo, this is a great time to jump in.See you in the labyrinth.Read full article on Community Announcements (LtJax)Patch NotesOfficial
Small Bugfix Update
Here's a small bugfix update for the demo with things that came up since the last release. The changes are now live in version 0.33:Fixed wrong XP drop rates in stage 2, which now makes it possible to reach much higher levels.Launcher and Seeker can now be used to damage shields with direct hits.Fixed wrong damage accounting for neutrals.Rework target selection behaviour, to better handle the actual aim direction and ignore neutrals and projectiles by default.Read full article on Community Announcements (LtJax)Community & EventsOfficial
Live Now: Psychodelic Festival
You Are Circle is in its first Steam festival and it’s exactly where it belongs.The Psychodelic Festival is all about pushing visuals to the limit: high saturation, brutal contrast, distortion, and hypnotic motion.This build cranks everything up.The neon hits harder. The contrast is sharper. The screen bends, pulses, and reacts as the chaos escalates, while still staying razor-clean where it matters, so you can lock into that flow state and ride it.What’s new in the festival build:Explosions reworked: more dynamic, reactive, and far more intenseHeavy distortion and chromatic aberration that kick in at peak momentsEven stronger high-contrast neon clarity in the middle of chaosThe goal is simple: satiate your visual hunger without ever breaking your focus.If you want to see how far the visuals (and your focus) can be pushed, now’s the time.See you in the labyrinth.Read full article on Community Announcements (LtJax)AnnouncementsOfficial
Steam Deck Support
You can now play the You Are Circle demo on Steam Deck.This update brings full handheld support, so you can dive into neon chaos wherever you are. The game has been tuned to feel clean and readable on a smaller screen, while preserving the precision and intensity of each run.What’s new:Full Steam Deck compatibility for the demoImproved controller support across all gamepadsNew input glyphs and visual feedback tailored for Steam Deck and controllersEnhanced UI readability on handheld displaysPerformance optimizations for smooth gameplayOne thing that really stands out: the crisp neon line art against the dark background looks incredible on the Steam Deck’s OLED screen. If you have one, it’s absolutely worth seeing in motion.This is just the beginning: your feedback on the demo is incredibly helpful as development continues toward the full release.Give it a try on Deck and let me know how it feels.See you in the labyrinth.Read full article on Community Announcements (LtJax)AnnouncementsOfficial
Tons of new features!
The x-mas trees are gone, but there are new, better, curvy trees. They come with an associated upgrade that lets you increase the duration of their positive effects.There are also destructible rocks in the levels now. Who knows what you might find under them?In addition to that, there are 5 new ablities and an upgrade to unlock a third ability slot enabled in the demo, making a lot more builds viable.In addition to that, I tweaked the difficulty of the beginning of a run. There are not a few more easier enemies and they drop more XP. So you should be able to level up more consistently.Other changes:Added an option to turn the single-fire abilities into auto-fire abilities.Added an option to toggle instead of hold for firing abilities.Linux build for itch.Increased web-build default viewport height from 720 to 800.Enemies should get stuck less often.Read full article on Community Announcements (LtJax)
