Wytchwood

Beautiful game, the story was was also really interesting, I had a blast playing this. I personally didn't find the backtracking to be that bad, but I always collect a lot of everything anyway. Would definitely recommend <3

I found this game to be perfect to play in the evening to wind down from the day. It is a story driven fetch quest, but the story is good and sometimes running around in game gathering ingredients for spells is just what the brain needs. Not too complicated and clear goals is just what I needed. And a clear ending.

Finished my play through in just under 14 hrs and bought the game on sale, but it was absolutely worth it for me.

very fun game i had a blast playing! i did find it a little tedious to run back and forth and back and forth a thousand times for every quest so i did take a LOT of breaks while playing and the replayability isnt there as its not choice based but for a short story game i definitely recommend, just maybe buy it on a sale like i did lol.

Really great game, I finally got to play a witch and really felt like one. Beautiful atmosphere, dialogue, art, story...everything's divine. It's short but has a good progression design and wraps up very nicely.

its really quite fun, but some parts are easily frustrating--i had to look up walkthroughs for some bits already, and im not far in.

Some content has dark implications, but game doesn't depict anything too overt. Overall it's safe enough for preteens and older

Lots of running around, gathering & crafting stuff, can get tedious. One part is tricky to do and required many a redo

Story is slow to start and build up, but gets very compelling once the goal becomes clearer. Seems to combine multiple, multicultural tropes about witches and fairytales into a witty and grim hodgepodge of morals and karma

8 outta 10, enjoyable and easy

Cute! And fun! And spooky! And relaxing! I personally love quests and this game is a never-ending quest in a cozy little setting and I found it fun and interesting but that's truly all it is lol. 10/10 for me (do not play if you want action and tricky puzzles)

I loved the artwork in this game!
The back and forth running around makes this game more enjoyable!
Would love to play more games from this creator

This game is sooo amazing. I loved every second of it and was so so sad when it ended. I hope they come up with more games like this or maybe DLC?

Really cute game, I took my time with it but at last I got it done. Really loved the artstyle and all the tiny stories you experience while playing. It was a really chill game for me, I loved the Swamp the most, with the stories and the design.

this is literally one of my favorite games - it has the perfect foraging-to-crafting ratio and the stories, art-style, and themes are absolutely fantastic.

it really captures the folktale and witchcraft vibes in such an engaging gameplay that feels authentic to the stories it draws inspiration from. I particularly like that its not a farming/role-play game but really captures the art of seeking out natural resources and learning how to use them to change the world around you - the ethos of witchcraft at its finest )without delving into pure potions or alchemy). not to mention the thematic plays on different types of evil and defeating them through classic folktale trickster strategies - love love love. this clearly was made with a lot of heart and soul. not to mention the artstyle is so unique and whimsical and dark and just perfect. I am in love with this game

Sarcastic and witty, sometimes repetitive but very cozy, this is the perfect collecting and crafting game, with surprisingly rich story line. Recommended for everyone who doesn't mind going back and forth looking for ingredients :D

i liked the crafting and the dialogue. The dialogue in this is quite refreshing, but i think that might just be me because the games i play are very different from Wytchwood. Other than that, this game is amazing!

What a delightful little game! I've had it sitting in my game library for quite some time and I'm only really upset that I didn't play this sooner. Took me 12,5 hours to complete and I think that was exactly the right length for a game of this type - didn't have time to get too grindy and repetitive despite its collect and craft nature. :)

The mechanics of the game were easy to learn, the world was interesting to explore and I really enjoyed the quirky art style and the overall story as well as the humour. The soundtrack was nice too, though I admit I am not exactly one to pay lots of attention to music in video games. Definitely gets a recommendation from me.

Thank you for all your hard work Wytchwood team! This is an amazing game that was a delight to play :D It was engaging, complex and the story lines were so satisfying to complete. The art style is beautiful and the environments are so unique! Thank you all so much for such a fun experience <3

I absolutely loved this game! It took me about 14 hours to complete everything. The writing was witty and sarcastic. The game play was easy to understand and do. And the story was engaging with a wonderful twist ending. Highly recommend playing this. Blind if possible.

In a game like this where the entire time is spent running around collecting things, the world being interesting to explore is key. By and large this game succeeds in that difficult task. The reactions of your player character are fun (you never know whether she'll be brutally efficient or show a softer touch) when gathering a new ingredient.

The characters you meet are also an interesting collection of personalities. For the first eight missions are unique and the variety locations keep things fresh. It is with the final four missions that things start to wear out their welcome a little. Only one new area is opened up so most of the ingredient hunt happens in old areas. The game reaches a conclusion before things become tedious though and one that felt satisfying.

My only other nitpick is the way some areas are gated off and the way to open them felt more like the game telling you when you could go than a natural flow. However, the quest log made it so you never feel stuck so this is only a minor gripe.

I enjoyed this. Shout out to the lovely team that made this world so fun to explore.

very chill, low stakes, visually interesting and a lovely soundtrack

Something along the lines of a narrative-heavy collector adventure game. Strong focus on collecting ingredients, but with a very charming (and surprisingly dark at times) story.

I really loved this game because it was a mix of running around collecting ingredients and dialogue, the art style and the areas design was quite beautiful. if you like a bit of running around and repetitive game play you would love this game. the teleportation makes the running less of a hassle and the crafting menu is quite easy to understand and follow

Super cute and engaging. I wish it was longer because I loved it so much but it was a good length for the price.

I'm drawn to witchy games like a moth to a flame and this game checked all the boxes.

• Beautiful atmospheric maps
• Fun and intuitive crafting system
• Humorous dialogue and banter
• Unique and enjoyable soundtrack

I'd say it is worth one play through and can't see myself playing it again for a while, but I'd recommend it to anybody who wants a relaxing spooky game to unwind with.

This got so boring so quickly. It is just constant fetch quests that treats players like they're dumb. The game also lacks polish in some areas that makes it feel unfinished, and seeing that it hasn't been updated in a few years, its seems like this game was rushed out and abandoned. To give it credit, the art style, some NPCs, some plot points, and the music is really charming.

-- Constant Backtracking --
To progress, you have to either talk to an NPC or interact with something in the environment that will prompt you to input a craftable or collectable item. If you've collected it/the materials to craft it, great! If not, you have to backtrack to collect everything. You often end up in rabbit holes of "I need to craft A for this quest, but B is an ingredient in A, but I can't craft B without C which I ran out of, etc". The problem is that for the 12 main quests, there are around 10 steps within them, and those 10 steps ask for 1-3 items. So at almost EVERY point, you have to backtrack to collect materials which constantly interrupts any momentum you feel in the plot. "Sorry NPC, I know we're on a mountain and you're scared right now, but I need to backtrack to 3 different locations because I need to craft this item because I need to craft that item because I need to craft this item. Sorry again NPC, this will happen 3 more times on our walk and totally break the immersion"

And no, you can't just grind for materials upfront to avoid the constant interruption to the plot. Some items are used very often, and some are used once or twice. It's hard to gauge what items are worth going through the time and effort to stock up on. And even when you play this way, you inevitably miss something and have to backtrack anyways.

-- Too many items --
Wytchwood suffers from having too many craftable items. A lot of them are redundant and should've been condensed. This would remedy the issue of constantly having to craft weird one-off items with a lot of prerequisite materials. This would also solve another issue where the game treats the player like a child and spells out answers for them. Instead of encouraging the player to think for themselves and say "hey I need feathers, I think I can get it by using a trap near a bird", the game has a button where you can hover over each mob/interactable to see what item is needed to harvest its material. I tried to play without this, but the amount of, and redundancy of the items, makes it difficult and a waste of materials if you guess wrong.

--Brain off lol--
There is a section with a riddle where instead of reading the dialogue and interpreting it correctly to progress, the HUD just tells you exactly what to do. This happens all throughout the game, leaving the player no chance to think about anything that's happening. You could just skip all the dialogue, follow the quest checklist in the HUD and finish the game just fine.

And before you think I'm being picky about wanting the game to demand more brain power and not just mindlessly collect materials for "puzzles" that are spelled out for you, the Steam description literally says "Use your wit and guile to solve puzzles and best the strange monsters of the forest".

-- Small things that make the game seem unpolished: --
- The control settings menu seems like a default Unity UI? It doesn't match the game at all and its overly complicated.
- While trying to press Esc I accidentally pressed tilde which brings up a debug console that displays errors and allows you to input commands. The commands you can input seem like developer debugging tools like changing scenes, displaying certain game info, etc. The debug also displays errors like how the barrels (like chests) are missing meshes or something and won't be highlighted. Barrels can be viewed with the 'hover over to display info' button^, but you can't actually open them as they aren't highlighted in normal gameplay. I'm guessing that like chests, there is just optional loot within them, but its still disappointing. The console displays other errors about invalid meshes and vertices, null references, etc. Besides the barrels. I don't think the gameplay is affected, but it seems like a mistake that this made it into the final game. I've never seen another game have an easily accessible debug log.
- The main menu has an out of place box in the corner displaying the build date. I had to go back and check if this was early access but it isn't. Like the debug log, I rarely see finished games with dodgy looking build dates on the main menu. There's even a (default Unity looking) feedback option in the settings? Why would a finished game need this?? It doesn't even work! The images are also compressed on the main menu and look bad when playing on high resolution.
- Excessive chromatic aberration, it becomes an eyesore after a while and doesn't fit the storybook vibe.

I really wanted to like this, but I can't recommend this game at all. I can't even say its good to play with your brain off and watch a video at the same time because its just that frustrating.

TLDR: boring but cute fetch quest

LOVED it, very fun cozy game! You gather materials to make more complex items, meet cute characters, and there are many different stories throughout the game.

Short game but fun! Tons of crafting and exploring.

Cozy chill-out game with a dark fairy tale vibe. Pretty simple to figure out and not too grindy on the resource collection. Good story, lovely art. Took me 18 relaxed hours to complete - you could do it faster but this is not a race, it's a ramble. It's not really re-playable, the story and quest is the same, but if there was a Wytchwood 2, I would play it.

Casual story and game-play. Good style drawing in the designs.

I love a lot about this game, and I super enjoy it. I've seen some people complain about backtracking (valid, there is a lot) but my solution was to just grind as much materials in an area as possible before moving on. Makes things go a little slower, but saves time in the future! Also, for people complaining about having to go all the way to the other side of the map, are they not aware of the portal system?? All in all, a fantastic game and I highly recommend it if you are a fan of this kind.

Very relaxing and fun game. Love the reusing of crafting items and that even though you move forward everything is still used in this game, even items from the start.

Oh my god that was amazing. I served justice and revenge, both hot and cold, just as deserved, without unnecessary forgiveness or by others´ hands. All by me, fair and square.
About gameplay:

• you have 4 simultaneous independent quests and you can go on one location for collecting/ interacting for two of them, which is very convenient.
  
• you dont have to manage the space in inventory. Just collect as much as you want and craft on the spot
  
[*]the game is pretty omg

short, but very well designed - art looks amazing and every character profile in this game looks different to the last one. i did encounter one game breaking bug but found a fix for it online so i can't really complain. def recommend!

Beautiful and unique artstyle. interesting storyline, and a much longer game than I was expecting it to be - I'm 3 hours in at the point of writing this and only a third of the way through the game. Can be a bit of a fetch quest at times having to run around getting ingredients, but once I got into the habit of stocking up on everything as I moved around it made it a lot more likely I'd have most of the ingredients required for the next recipe.

This game is weirdly relaxing, if somewhat repetitive, and amusingly irreverant. The quests are convaluted and require travel to multiple regions, so there is no such thing as a linear approach.

A charming, spooky adventure with a LOT of grinding!

Wytchwood has a great storyline with a hint of spookiness and I absolutely love it! The gameplay is all about helping townsfolk by solving mysteries and puzzles, which makes for a really fun and engaging experience.

That being said, BE PREPARED FOR A LOT OF GRINDING. You’ll be going back and forth between areas to gather ingredients for crafting, and sometimes it can feel like a pain. But if you enjoy collecting materials and unlocking new recipes, you’ll probably love that part.

The art style is gorgeous, and the atmosphere really pulls you in. Highly recommend playing with a controller—it just feels smoother to play. If you don’t mind the grind, this is definitely worth checking out!!!!!

A nice combination of problem solving, story telling, crafting. Relaxing to play

What a wonderful experience. Calming and triumphant. Yes, fetch quest galore, but the story and the art are beautiful, and make this far more than that one game mechanic.

The most precious little story game. A lovely balance between calming and engaging. Even knowing the ending, I think I will play it again :)

Loved this game! The graphics are lovely and I really liked how the story went. Would recommend, it's nice and spooky and I enjoyed the crafting element of it.

LOVED it. I would recommend but understand it is a gathering game with a lot of good stories and lessons. Try to gather more than you need because you WILL need more later. I really tried to gather as much as I could and still would get sent somewhere really far away because I hadn't grabbed enough. Even the really big hard to craft items, you will need more than one.

Loved it, played casually and I read every text box/ talked to every npc I could. Took me around 15h for 100% with all the reading and extra collecting. Did not rush. 10/10 loved it,

Just completed this game, and I really enjoyed it! Some things I really loved about it:
1. The art style - it's a beautiful game with a lot of really cute/fun characters
2. The sound design - every area has such a unique soundscape that really adds to the feel of the game
3. The story - it's a really well thought out and complete story! each individual section has such a thorough and detailed storyline, and it's really fun to see how it plays out

I don't really have any dislikes, it's far from the most complicated game I've played and that's one of the things that makes it great. it's not super long, it's well thought out, it's pretty, and it's very relaxing - I'd definitely recommend it if you're looking for a nice escapist game to play over a weekend or two!

Good game and story telling
Didn't expect that ending
Fun little game
The art was eye what drew me in in the first place

cute and very succinct, great art style and very easy to follow while also not feeling like its forcing you in a specific direction at a specific time.

I had a lot of fun playing Wytchwood! It was calm and cozy. I was able to turn my brain off after a long day. Based on the way the game and story are built, I won't be picking this up again in the future. This was a one time play through type of game for me.

This game is a really short collectathon style game. You go grind out items to make larger items for progress. That is the whole idea of the game. The story is interesting and the art style is so unique. I enjoyed it as a turn-brain-off style game.

Short and sweet. A good cozy game with a touch of eerieness and dark rituals that set it apart from the rest. I also liked the metaphors and character allegories incorporated into the story which added a good depth to it. All in all, I highly recommend.

There is a game breaking glitch that remains present about an hour after steam will honor refunds for the game. If you want to play, it's fun until you end up in an infinite objective loop.

This game was very fun, but it felt short. I loved the music and the graphics, but it wasn't really too challenging to complete. In a way I don't mind as some games i just get stuck on certain parts and cannot complete but I did not have that problem here....at the same time i could have had a few more challenges then what were presented. It was mostly just finding the right ingredients for the right spells to move the plot along. I could never get the map to work at all because the game would freeze up when I opened it...however I didn't really need it that much and was able to complete the game without it fine. I was kind of hoping for more plot once it was over however, the ending felt a bit abrupt and i guessing i was hoping there would be more of a twist or the story would continue somehow. Still it was quite visually appealing and enjoyable to play.

Great time killer if you're travelling or if you have nothing to do at home, but as a standalone game it's not very enjoyable. It's all about walking with little to no mechanics to keep the game interesting. There's LOTS of backtracking, and there are too little QoL to make it a bit easier. Yes, there's a market later in the game where you can spend money to aquire a few items like vases for example. Yet the assortment of these items is too little and it's still a bother to buy them (you an only buy 1 and need to click 3-4 times in order to get said 1 piece). If you like 'checklist' gaming then this is a game for you, but not me.

The game is artistically phenomenal and the world is very well made, yet as a game i can not recommend it personally. It felt kind of mind-numbing to walk around and collect stuff for around 20 hours. It would've been better to play this game in smaller sessions on my phone rather than at home on pc. Halfway through the game I found myself just forcing through the game in order to get it done with and that's not a sign of an enjoyable game. This type of game is for a certain kind of gamer which I do fit the description of.

A cute and cozy little puzzle solving game with a nice twist. Love it.

Absolutely recommend if you like collect-a-thons, constant crafting, and fetch quests. The story is good, putting abusers in their place, but I wish there was less crafting or that the crafting was simplified. It's just exhausting backtracking and crafting 15 items for the one item you need to forward the current quest.