Songs of Glimmerwick

A school-life RPG where playing music lets you cast spells

Eastshade Studios · Released Sep 30, 2026

Reviews: Very Positive; 91% of 407
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Players: 70; daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update on Steam: 1 day ago; Oct 27, 2026
Minimum PC: HD4000; 6 GB RAM · 5 GB disk; Full requirements

What is Songs of Glimmerwick?

In this top-down, open-world RPG, you're enrolled at a magic university on a woodland island. Over a year of changing seasons, you attend classes, tend the university garden, complete character-focused quests, and explore, using your flute to animate tools or raise earth to cross obstacles.

For you if...

+you prefer a relaxed pace over constant action
+you enjoy dialogue-heavy stories and getting to know townspeople

Not for you if...

−you want demanding quests and difficult minigames

What players say

91% of 407 reviews are positive

Players praise the art, music, voice acting, and worldbuilding. Some find the controls awkward, including movement.

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Songs of Glimmerwick system requirements

Minimum: HD4000, 6 GB RAM, 5 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS: Windows 7 64bit
Processor: Dual-core processor (Intel Dual Core 2.0 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 5200+ 2.6 GHz)
Graphics: Geforce 9600 GS, Radeon HD4000, Shader Model 3.0, 512 MB
Memory: 6 GB RAM
Storage: 5 GB available space
DirectX: Version 9.0c

Does Songs of Glimmerwick have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Single-player

Does Songs of Glimmerwick run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

Default controller config not fully functional
Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Full controller support
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 34
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Languages: Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Russian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Spain.

Does Songs of Glimmerwick use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam