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This gothic mystery asks you to judge cases tangled up in magic and lies while following the relationships between girls held in a prison.
The trials will land differently if you want evidence to establish both culprit and motive than if you want to reconsider the cast when the viewpoint changes.
What makes it fun
Judge someone you know
Casual conversations during Prison Life sound different after a murder. As a Witch Trial narrows down the culprit, voting to execute a girl you know becomes harder.
Magic is part of the mystery
In a Witch Trial, each girl's magic matters alongside physical evidence and testimony. Working out whose power could make a method possible can reveal a contradiction in what someone says.
A new view of familiar faces
Past a turning point, the story shows the prison from another perspective. Seeing the girls' earlier words and actions in a new light can change how you understand them.
Game details
As of Oct 29, 2026- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Release date
- Jul 18, 2025
- Developer
- Acacia, Re,AER
- Languages
- Japanese (Full audio), Simplified Chinese ／ 2 languages total
A typical run
During Prison Life, you watch the girls talk and act around one another. A casual remark may sound different after a later case.
When a murder occurs, you examine the scene and testimony. The Witch Encyclopedia holds the evidence and records you have found.
In a Witch Trial, you look for contradictions in what the girls say. Evidence matters, as does what their magic could make possible.
The girls ultimately vote on whom to execute. A verdict falls on someone you have spent time getting to know.
After a major story break, a new viewpoint opens. It asks you to reread familiar scenes and relationships in the prison.
Core systems
Prison Life
You live alongside the witch candidates in the prison, looking for secrets in their conversations and shared routines.
A remark can pass as an ordinary response or stay in your mind as something to check against a later case. That choice shapes how you read the time before each murder.
Investigation
After a murder, you check the scene, testimony, and evidence. These sections are brief and follow the story's course.
When a physical trace does not explain a method, consider what a girl's magic would allow her to do.
Witch Encyclopedia
This record screen lets you revisit character information, evidence, and maps. Descriptions can be added or updated as the story advances.
If testimony stops lining up in a trial, return to an updated entry. Records about evidence or magic can help you check the conditions behind a claim.
Witch Trial
The girls debate a murder while you expose contradictions and lies to narrow down the culprit.
A match between visible traces and testimony may not settle the issue. You must also consider hidden magic or a lie about what someone can do.
Discussion Segments
You listen to the girls' statements, then choose a remark to answer or evidence to present.
You can try candidates when the statement to challenge is unclear. Discussions have a time limit, though, and running out can lead to a Bad End.
Bad End
Choices or failed trials can branch to outcomes outside the main route. The current version lets you open the load screen from an ending screen.
You can follow the main route to keep reading. Entering a branch shows another possibility for the characters or the prison.
What sets it apart
Breaking a lie in a trial reveals more than the method of a murder. It can also expose a girl's wounds and change how her relationships look.
The story's later viewpoint returns to the prison. Remembering earlier conversations can change how you understand a familiar character's decisions.
Investigations are short, and a wrong trial answer does not immediately erase progress. That keeps the story moving, although a discussion that runs out of time can end in a Bad End.
Learning curve and difficulty
In trials, pay attention to whom a statement is about and the limits of each magical ability. An earlier Prison Life conversation may be what makes a later claim worth questioning.
The later viewpoint includes debates where you have little evidence and need to steer suspicion away from yourself. Following the exchange matters more there than presenting a decisive item.
You can test candidates when an answer eludes you. You still need to watch the discussion timer.
Builds and playstyles
Character-first reading
Follow the wounds revealed in each trial and how relationships look afterward. Even if a method strains belief, an earlier line may take on a different meaning once you know the speaker.
Contradiction mapping
Return to evidence, maps, and records about magic in the Witch Encyclopedia. Check whom a statement concerns and whether the proposed method fits that person's ability.
Branch collection
Take choices outside the main route to read Bad Ends about other possibilities for the characters and prison. Manual saves at story breaks help when you want to return to a particular scene.
What longtime players say
Readers who spent a long time with the story describe changing views of the girls across the cases and still thinking about their relationships after finishing.
Reviews point to portraits and case art alongside full voice acting and music. Together, they made trials and farewells stick in readers' minds.
Readers who value the change in viewpoint advise avoiding plot details beforehand. Their recommendations often leave the turns of the story undisclosed.
Readers who could not use a supported language, including those who relied on dictionaries or translation, ask for official support in their language.
What players like
Readers drawn to the gothic outfits and portraits also single out the murder and execution art. Those images show the point at which the girls' daily life breaks apart.
For readers following the cast, a trial can reveal a wound or past that changes their first impression of a girl. Seeing her again from another viewpoint adds to that reassessment.
Reviews of the performances remember the tension in trials and the weight of farewells. Readers also appreciate hearing the conversations fully voiced, with music marking those scenes.
A girl you have come to know during Prison Life may stand trial and face execution. Readers describe that shift as staying with them after the case.
After the story break, the viewpoint changes along with what the reader knows. Reviews welcome how this makes the later route feel different from a replay of familiar events.
Readers eager to continue the story appreciate the brief investigations. They can also try another trial answer without immediately losing their progress.
Common complaints
In trials, readers can see which statement needs challenging yet still struggle to tell which evidence the game expects. Those looking to reason through the exchange report testing candidates in sequence to advance.
Readers who want to infer a motive before the trial find explanations through witchification unsatisfying. Reviews also question whether methods involving magic could work as shown.
The late reconciliation left readers wanting to see more of how a long-held wish for revenge and deep wounds changed. For them, the short transition made the conclusion hard to accept.
Readers who want a character's background before judging a case find the opening rushed. Important history can arrive in a confession near an execution, leaving little to draw on when first considering the motive.
Who it’s for
It suits readers who want a trial's exposed lie to change how they understand a girl and her earlier conversations. The cast remains the draw after the culprit is named.
It also suits players willing to revisit the Witch Encyclopedia, check evidence against the limits of magic, and look at familiar relationships from the later viewpoint.
Brief investigations work for readers who want to move from a trial into the next part of the story. Keep an eye on the timer during discussions.
Who might not enjoy it
It may frustrate players who want decisive evidence to establish both culprit and motive before a confession. Trials can rely on magic or admission, and the intended link between a statement and its evidence is not always clear.
Readers who need a long account of how revenge and trauma give way to the late reconciliation may find that change hurried.
FAQ
- Is English supported?
- The official Steam page does not list English interface text, subtitles, or audio.
- Which languages are officially supported?
- Japanese has interface text, subtitles, and full audio. Simplified Chinese has interface text and subtitles; Japanese is the listed full-audio language.
- Is there cooperative play?
- The official store lists the game as single-player.
- Does it work on Steam Deck?
- The official Steam page marks it as Verified.
- Is there additional content?
- A digital soundtrack is sold separately. The content listed on the store is music.
These impressions are based on 100 Steam reviews sorted by “Most Helpful.” They do not represent the views of all buyers.
Image: Magical Girl Witch Trials on Steam