Wytchwood
Story-driven crafting adventure about an old witch judging fairy-tale characters
Alientrap · Released Dec 9, 2021
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 93% of 4,825
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 93% of 30 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 8
- peak 24h 16
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Last update
- 4 years ago
- Feb 7, 2022
Metacritic: 78/100 (critic reviews)
What is Wytchwood?
A single-player crafting adventure set in a countryside of gothic fairy tales. As an old witch, you explore, collect ingredients, make spells, and use them to deal with the characters and creatures you are called to judge.
For you if...
- +you enjoy gathering ingredients and crafting your way through quests
- +you like gothic fairy tales and storybook art
- +you want a story-led game with character dialogue
Not for you if...
- −you dislike backtracking across areas for quest ingredients
- −you want puzzles with room to find your own solutions
What players say
93% of 4,825 reviews are positive · 93% of 30 in the last 30 days
Players praise the storybook art, character writing, and music. Their most common complaint is that layered fetch quests make ingredient gathering and backtracking repetitive; some also find the ending unsatisfying.
Screenshots and trailer
Wytchwood system requirements
As published by the developer.
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
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 1 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0c
Recommended
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Achievements
- 14
- 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, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Russian.
Tags
- Crafting
- Story Rich
- Exploration
- Investigation
- RPG
- Female Protagonist
- Atmospheric
- Dialogue Heavy
- Singleplayer
- Colorful
- Dark Fantasy
- Stylized
- Casual
- Fantasy
- Magic
- 2D
Recent updates
- Feb 7, 2022 · Accessibility Update + Spanish language added
- Jan 8, 2022 · January update! Some small fixes + new language: Chinese Traditional
- Dec 11, 2021 · Dec 10th Fixes - Humble Pie, Feedback
- Nov 16, 2018 · Wytchwood November Dev Update
- Oct 16, 2018 · Wytchwood October Dev Update
1 DLC available.
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