Dear Magical Girls
Real-time tower defense built around a barrier you can reshape
GIGABlock Studio · Published by Jungle Game Lab · Released Jul 31, 2026
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 97% of 319
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 100% of 25 in 30 days
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 2 months ago
- Aug 21, 2026
What is Dear Magical Girls?
A top-down, real-time defense game in which Arin, a magical girl, protects the mana stones powering her city. During missions in the Otherworld, you move a barrier’s corners to claim resources or concentrate firepower, while mana cannons travel along its edges. You can stop time to reposition your defenses and return to city scenes between missions.
For you if...
- +you enjoy experimenting with attack modules and enchants
- +you like magical girl stories with darker themes
Not for you if...
- −you want multiplayer or cooperative play
What players say
97% of 319 reviews are positive · 100% of 25 in the last 30 days
Players praise the defense mechanics and art, but often wish the game were longer. Recent opinions on the story are mixed.
Screenshots and trailer
Dear Magical Girls system requirements
Minimum: GeForce GTX 750 Ti, 4 GB RAM, 1 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
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- OS
- Windows 10, 11
- Processor
- Intel Core i5-4690 / AMD equivalent
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti or AMD Radeon R7 360
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 1 GB available space
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10, 11
- Processor
- Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon RX 570
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 1 GB available space
Does Dear Magical Girls have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Dear Magical Girls 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 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
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 15
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
- Languages
- Text only: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese.
Does Dear Magical Girls 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
Tags
- Strategy
- Tower Defense
- RTS
- 2D
- Real Time Tactics
- Anime
- Pixel Graphics
- Cute
- Top-Down
- Dark Fantasy
- Magic
- Free to Play
- Dystopian
- Indie
- Female Protagonist
- Modern
Recent updates
- Aug 14, 2026 · [Notice] Nightmare Mode Update - Patch Notes v1.1.0
- Aug 4, 2026 · [Notice] Patch Notes v1.0.3 – August 4, 2026
- Aug 2, 2026 · [Notice] Patch Notes v1.0.2 – August 2, 2026
- Aug 1, 2026 · [Notice] Patch Notes v1.0.1 - August 1, 2026