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Little Witch in the Woods cover art

Little Witch in the Woods

SUNNY SIDE UP · 2025-09-14

SteamMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasualIndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 17, 2022 (Mac), May 17, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 17, 2022 (Xbox One), TBD (Xbox Series X|S), Sep 16, 2026 (Nintendo Switch)

Little Witch in the Woods tells the story of Ellie, an apprentice witch. Explore the mystical forest, help the charming residents, and experience the daily life of the witch.

Little Witch in the Woods is a $19.99 Adventure, Casual, Indie, RPG title released in 2025, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and Very Positive (89% of 13160 reviews).

296
playing now
89%
positive of 13k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
23
Nexus mods (14k downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

296 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Little Witch in the Woods is an indie life simulation video game developed and published by South Korean studio Sunny Side Up. The game follows Ellie, an apprentice witch who lives in a forest, wears a talking witch hat named Virgil, and is able to fish and brew potions. She must complete her training by helping nearby villagers and meeting other witches.

Trailer

Little Witch in the Woods trailer thumbnail

Little Witch in the Woods - Release Trailer

≈669,525 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 296 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,585 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~198/week).
  • · Review velocity down 47% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 28,764 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 266k–598k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 13,284 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $12.79 at Steam (2025-12-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 12 of 23 observed days · $7.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.4k2.4k20222026Week of 2022-05-01: 2,431 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 237 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 662 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 362 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 454 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 938 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 219 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 693 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 729 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 288 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5291682026-09-15 12:00 — 318 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 254 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 230 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 353 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 392 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 264 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 235 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 207 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 249 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 375 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 255 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 172 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 195 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 370 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 285 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 360 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 467 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 229 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 300 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 511 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 344 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 276 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 296 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.4k20May 2022Aug 2026May 2022 — avg 1,450 · peak 4,346Jul 2022 — avg 165 · peak 318Sep 2022 — avg 65 · peak 132Nov 2022 — avg 78 · peak 219Jan 2023 — avg 77 · peak 161Mar 2023 — avg 54 · peak 128May 2023 — avg 34 · peak 61Jul 2023 — avg 37 · peak 67Sep 2023 — avg 39 · peak 103Nov 2023 — avg 28 · peak 54Jan 2024 — avg 33 · peak 64Mar 2024 — avg 20 · peak 41May 2024 — avg 193 · peak 510Jul 2024 — avg 133 · peak 263Sep 2024 — avg 138 · peak 327Nov 2024 — avg 71 · peak 143Jan 2025 — avg 83 · peak 161Mar 2025 — avg 95 · peak 272May 2025 — avg 66 · peak 129Jul 2025 — avg 65 · peak 120Sep 2025 — avg 1,276 · peak 4,748Nov 2025 — avg 602 · peak 1,258Jan 2026 — avg 539 · peak 1,148Mar 2026 — avg 400 · peak 743May 2026 — avg 320 · peak 694Jul 2026 — avg 348 · peak 711Aug 2026 — avg 342 · peak 662
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
16162026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 16 new positive2026-09-21: 2 new negative2026-09-23: 5 new positive2026-09-23: 3 new negative2026-09-24: 1 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 3 new positive2026-09-27: 2 new positive2026-09-28: 7 new positive2026-09-29: 7 new positive2026-10-02: 8 new positive2026-10-02: 3 new negative2026-10-03: 4 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-04: 7 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 7 new positive2026-10-06: 2 new positive2026-10-07: 3 new positive2026-10-07: 1 new negative2026-10-08: 5 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 3 new positive2026-10-10: 3 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 1 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new negative2026-10-12: 6 new positive2026-10-12: 2 new negative2026-10-13: 8 new positive2026-10-14: 4 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$12.792022-05-172026-10-142022-05-17 — best price $14.392022-06-23 — best price $14.392022-07-17 — best price $14.392022-10-25 — best price $14.392022-11-22 — best price $14.392022-12-15 — best price $15.992023-01-05 — best price $15.992023-03-23 — best price $15.992023-09-27 — best price $15.992024-04-30 — best price $15.992024-07-11 — best price $15.992024-09-23 — best price $15.992024-12-04 — best price $15.992025-01-02 — best price $15.992025-03-20 — best price $15.992025-07-10 — best price $15.992025-09-29 — best price $14.392025-12-18 — best price $12.792026-01-12 — best price $19.992026-02-20 — best price $19.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-04-22 — best price $19.992026-06-01 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-13 — best price $19.992026-09-02 — best price $15.992026-09-16 — best price $15.992026-09-30 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

182172026-05-22 — 17 pageviews2026-05-26 — 48 pageviews2026-05-30 — 39 pageviews2026-06-03 — 24 pageviews2026-06-07 — 22 pageviews2026-06-11 — 32 pageviews2026-06-15 — 31 pageviews2026-06-19 — 25 pageviews2026-06-23 — 111 pageviews2026-06-27 — 80 pageviews2026-07-01 — 55 pageviews2026-07-05 — 41 pageviews2026-07-09 — 26 pageviews2026-07-13 — 31 pageviews2026-07-17 — 30 pageviews2026-07-21 — 39 pageviews2026-07-25 — 26 pageviews2026-07-29 — 30 pageviews2026-08-02 — 31 pageviews2026-08-06 — 41 pageviews2026-08-10 — 45 pageviews2026-08-14 — 38 pageviews2026-08-18 — 45 pageviews2026-08-22 — 82 pageviews2026-08-26 — 51 pageviews2026-08-30 — 69 pageviews2026-09-03 — 57 pageviews2026-09-07 — 49 pageviews2026-09-11 — 118 pageviews2026-09-15 — 153 pageviews2026-09-19 — 137 pageviews2026-09-23 — 77 pageviews2026-09-27 — 87 pageviews2026-10-01 — 53 pageviews2026-10-05 — 57 pageviews2026-10-09 — 47 pageviews2026-10-12 — 43 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

37802026-10-01 07:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-01 17:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-02 18:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-03 03:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-03 12:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-03 21:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-04 22:34 — 61 viewers2026-10-05 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 16:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-06 01:35 — 65 viewers2026-10-06 10:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-06 19:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-07 04:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-07 13:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-08 14:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-08 23:34 — 28 viewers2026-10-09 08:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-09 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 18:35 — 44 viewers2026-10-11 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 21:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-12 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-12 15:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-13 00:34 — 60 viewers2026-10-13 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 18:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-14 18:34 — 36 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
46.1%
earned "Freedom at Last!"
8.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudStatsFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,1864%61

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGCuteMagicCasualPuzzleLife SimRelaxingAdventureOpen WorldSimulation

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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