When is Witchbrook Coming Out? Release Date Info

Chucklefish has confirmed a 2026 release window. As of September 2026 the final internal playtest is wrapping up, but no exact date has been announced; follow the official channels for the first concrete date.

PC via Steam, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, and Xbox. The official FAQ says other platforms are TBD.

English, French, German, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese. Korean and Russian were confirmed in the August 2026 dev blog.

The Steam store description describes Witchbrook as a life-sim “for up to 4-players,” so cooperative play is planned, with details still to come.

The price has not been announced.

Witchbrook is wishlistable now on Steam. Wishlisting does not reserve a copy or confirm a release date.

Press and players often describe Witchbrook as “Stardew Valley meets a magic school.” Like Stardew Valley it is a cozy pixel-art life-sim with farming-adjacent systems, seasons, and NPC relationships, but it is set at a witch college in the seaside city of Mossport and adds a social-RPG layer with classes, spells, and co-op play.

Yes. The official September 2026 dev blog confirmed 11 romanceable characters and a dating system built around post-office cards: you ask a character out, choose two date activities, and can go steady, break up, or stay friends. Every datable character also offers a friendship-only path.

Six of the 11 romanceable characters are named so far: Hana Sato, Eli Ivers, Cormac, Pip, Leif, and Evadne. Each was revealed in an official dev blog or on official social channels between June 2025 and September 2026.

Yes. The official FAQ lists Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 alongside Steam and Xbox, so both Nintendo platforms are planned for the 2026 release.

Yes. Witchbrook was originally planned for winter 2025. On 2025-10-14 Chucklefish announced the game needed “a little more time in the cauldron” and moved the release to 2026, citing its zero-crunch development policy.

Witchbrook is developed and published by Chucklefish, the London studio behind Starbound and Wargroove, with co-development by Robotality. Chucklefish describes itself as a zero-crunch studio, which is one reason the release window shifted to 2026.

Chucklefish first teased the project in 2016. It was announced publicly as “Spellbrook” in 2017 and renamed Witchbrook in March 2018.

Roughly a decade from first tease to the 2026 release window. In April 2026 Chucklefish discussed the long timeline publicly, pointing to its zero-crunch development policy.

No. Witchbrook has a confirmed 2026 release window and, as of September 2026, the final internal playtest is wrapping up. No exact release date has been announced.

Only online co-op is confirmed: the Steam store lists online co-op for up to 4 players. Local or split-screen couch co-op has not been confirmed.

Cross-platform play has not been confirmed. The game is planned for Steam, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, and Xbox, but whether progress or multiplayer works across those platforms is still unknown.

The official customisation dev blog confirms clothing has no gender restrictions, with 11 mix-and-match layers. Beyond clothing, deeper gender options for the player character have not been detailed.

No rating has been announced yet. PEGI, ESRB, and CERO classifications are typically assigned close to release, so this page will be updated once one is published.

No ability tree has been announced. The officially confirmed progression systems are college classes, spells, assignments, merits, and exams.