Fit check
Is Wytchwood worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Fans of gothic fables who want an adventure set in a fantastical countryside
- Crafting-game players who want to gather ingredients and use them to brew spells
- Puzzle fans who enjoy encounters with strange creatures and storybook characters
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players looking for fast-paced combat may find the focus on gathering, crafting, and puzzles too measured
- Players seeking extensive character progression may find the experience's focus on spells, puzzles, and fable-like encounters too narrow
- Players who prefer realistic settings may not enjoy the gothic-fairytale countryside
Our take on Wytchwood
Gathered ingredients become spells that can alter characters, making crafting part of how the witch deals with the inhabitants of a fable-like countryside.
What is Wytchwood?
Play as an old witch exploring a countryside shaped by gothic fables and fairytales.
Gather and grow unusual ingredients, then research and brew spells and curses. These can alter characters, including turning greedy people into frogs. The journey travels through a world of tall tales, with colorful personas and fantastical narratives. Puzzles and encounters with strange forest monsters call for wit and guile. Exploration, ingredient gathering, crafting, spell-making, and judgement of the characters encountered form the core of the adventure, presented in a storybook art style.
How Wytchwood plays
- 01Ingredient crafting
- Gathering and growing materials such as toxic fungi, newt eyes, and bottled fear feeds into spell-making.
- 02Spell-based encounters
- Curses and enchantments can change characters, including turning greedy people into frogs.
- 03Storybook world
- Exploration follows tall tales through an allegorical countryside populated by colorful characters and creatures.
- 04Puzzles and monsters
- Progress also involves solving puzzles and besting strange creatures of the forest.
Wytchwood compared to similar games
Potion Permit centers on healing work in a wary town, while Wytchwood uses ingredient gathering and spell-making to explore a countryside of fables and pass judgement on its characters. Mr. Prepper focuses on preparing for nuclear war through shelter building and crafting, rather than spells and fairytale puzzles.
Wytchwood: platforms & release
Is Wytchwood worth it?
It is worth it if: fans of gothic fables who want an adventure set in a fantastical countryside. Skip it if: players looking for fast-paced combat may find the focus on gathering, crafting, and puzzles too measured.
Where can I download Wytchwood?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Wytchwood's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Wytchwood on?
Windows and macOS.
