Little Witch in the Woods
Cozy witch life sim about potions, foraging, and village errands
SUNNY SIDE UP · Released Sep 14, 2025
AdventureCasualIndieRPGSimulation
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 89% of 13K
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 90% of 122 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 239
- peak 24h 250
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Last update
- 5 days ago
- Sep 18, 2026
What is Little Witch in the Woods?
This single-player, open-world pixel-art life sim casts you as Ellie, an apprentice witch helping restore a woodland village. You explore forests, caves, cliffs, and lakes by broom, gather ingredients, brew potions, help residents, fill an encyclopedia, fish, and decorate your home.
For you if...
- +you enjoy gathering ingredients, brewing potions, and completing collections
- +you prefer relaxed play without pressure to rush
- +you want a life sim without crop farming
Not for you if...
- −you dislike frequent dialogue interrupting routine tasks
- −you want fast progression with little gathering or repetition
- −you prefer mouse-driven controls over using a controller
What players say
89% of 13,180 reviews are positive · 90% of 122 in the last 30 days
Players praise the pixel art, character designs, ingredient gathering, potion-making, and collection systems. The most common complaints are excessive dialogue and awkward English localization; players also criticize grinding, repetition, slow movement, cumbersome menus, and the lack of mouse support.
Screenshots and trailer
Little Witch in the Woods system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Win 10 x64
- Processor
- Dual Core i5 2.5 GHz
- Graphics
- GeForce GTX 560
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Recommended
- OS
- Win 10 x64
- Processor
- Quad Core 3.0 GHz
- Graphics
- GeForce GTX 660
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 4 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 12
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Achievements
- 61
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Verified
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: English, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Traditional Chinese.
Tags
- Cute
- Pixel Graphics
- Dialogue Heavy
- Magic
- Life Sim
- Casual
- Simulation
- Puzzle
- RPG
- Open World
- Relaxing
- Farming Sim
- Adventure
- Story Rich
- Crafting
- Immersive Sim
Recent updates
- Sep 18, 2026 · Hotfix v7.3.3.0 Patch Notes
- Sep 15, 2026 · Hotfix v7.2.0.0 ~ v7.3.2.0 Patch Notes
- Aug 27, 2026 · Hotfix v7.0.8.0 Patch Notes
- Aug 20, 2026 · Hotfix v7.0.7.0 Patch Notes
- Aug 14, 2026 · Hotfix v7.0.6.1 Patch Notes
1 DLC available.
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