Developer SUNNY SIDE UP announced Little Witch in the Woods launches via early access in May 2022.

While Little Witch in the Woods launches via early access on May 17th, the witch-life RPG will be available via Steam. The early access debut of the game will include the prologue and its first chapter equaling about five hours of content, while the final release comes with its prologue, three chapters, and the ending – totaling around 20 hours of content.

“In this magic journey, you will experience Ellie’s daily life, like gathering materials, creating potions, collecting information to fill in the witch guide book, and making friends with charming villagers,” the developer said in an update. “May Ellie give you a smile of happiness, and even add some warm and bright color to your life.”

They added, “Thanks for all of your patience and caring for Ellie along the way. As a novice dev team, we have encountered every difficulty that can be encountered by many “new parents”. During the process, your understanding and trust really helped us. We hope this time, our “Little Witch in the Woods” can live up to your expectations.”

Here’s a previous trailer for the game:

Here’s a rundown on the game:

Little Witch in the Woods launches via early access

To graduate in the witch school, little witch “Ellie” goes to work as a apprentice in a “Witch’s house”. When Ellie arrived at the witch’s house, all she saw was a worn-out house with a village that looked like 4 to 5 people lived. Here starts the story of Ellie trying to get good grades for her graduation in the witch school!

Key Features:

• A life of a witch in the fantasy world This game’s background is a fantasy world which witches exist. Feel free to experience the world through various activities!
• Unique and fascinating plants, animals and ecosystem Connect with the different plants and animals, and the ecosystem of those plants and animals around the village!
• Exploring the fascinating areas around the village There are a lot of different themes around the village. Use the witch’s power to explore the village and get the ingredients of the potions!
• Process the ingredients you got and make various potions You can make the witch’s potions by processing the ingredients. Also, these potions are used in a lot of different ways in the game, too!
• Developing the village At first, the village is pretty small, but by helping the village NPC, you can develop it. Upgrade the village and meet all the NPC!
• Various characters and many stories The NPC sometimes move in or move out. Meet all the new NPC and discover their stories!
• Meet your lifelong partner By love bombing, you can meet your lifelong partner! Though it may not be a human.