Adventure · December 9, 2021

Wytchwood (2021)

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Wytchwood is a crafting adventure game set in an expressive land of gothic fables and fairytales. As the mysterious old witch of the woods, you will explore a strange countryside, collect magical ingredients, brew sorcerous enchantments, and pass your twisted judgement upon a capricious cast of characters and creatures. After all, how will they ever learn if you don’t teach them the moral of the story? Lovingly rendered storybook art style Gather, collect, grow and craft bizarre ingredients: Toxic toadstools, eye of newt and bottled fear. Research and concoct devious spells and sorceries. Turn the greedy into frogs! Trick the wicked with cunning curses! Explore an allegorical world of tall tales, uncovering colourful personas and fantastical narratives. Use your wit and guile to solve puzzles and best the strange monsters of the forest.

Adventure releases from 2021

87 Adventure titles launched in 2021 — top 6 by review volume.

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Crafting · 743
  • Story Rich · 741
  • Exploration · 725
  • RPG · 714
  • Investigation · 714
  • Female Protagonist · 706
  • Conversation · 701
  • Atmospheric · 698
  • Singleplayer · 692
  • Colorful · 691
  • Dark Fantasy · 688
  • Stylized · 687
  • Casual · 684
  • 2D · 672
  • Fantasy · 671

Peer Adventure titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Position in Adventure

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume4.0k Steam reviewsTop 56% in Adventure
Positive rating93% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 40%
Metacritic78/100Genre average 77 — top 53% of Adventure titles
Engagement hours6 h averageTop 49% for session depth among Adventure

Reception Metrics

Steam community

93%Very Positive · 4.0k reviews

3.8k positive · 282 negative

Metacritic

78/100 critic aggregate

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Curator recommendations

3.7k

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Remote Play on Phone
  • Remote Play on Tablet
  • Remote Play on TV

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

6h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

7h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

2h

Current engagement

Achievements

14

Steam unlocks available

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (7)

  • English
  • Japanese
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Traditional Chinese
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Korean
  • Russian

Release & Availability

Release dateDec 9, 2021
DeveloperAlientrap
Base price$4.99 -75%
DLC / Add-ons1 released
PlatformsWindows, macOS
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksMetacritic page · Support · [email protected]

Editions & Packages

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