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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

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.

318
playing now
89%
positive of 13k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
10
twitch viewers (latest)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

318 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 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.

Health check

Cooling
  • · 318 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 7% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 261k–587k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 13,047 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$15.99

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 19 observed days (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

6232192026-08-06 22:00 — 233 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 273 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 446 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 293 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 387 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 560 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 343 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 548 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 623 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 398 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 351 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 536 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 314 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 376 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 522 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 295 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 327 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 581 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 360 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 286 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 362 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 294 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 322 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 448 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 309 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 255 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 277 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 285 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 318 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$12.792022-05-172026-08-262022-05-17 — 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 $19.992026-08-26 — best price $15.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

147172026-05-22 — 17 pageviews2026-05-25 — 45 pageviews2026-05-28 — 42 pageviews2026-05-31 — 34 pageviews2026-06-03 — 24 pageviews2026-06-06 — 32 pageviews2026-06-09 — 26 pageviews2026-06-12 — 29 pageviews2026-06-15 — 31 pageviews2026-06-18 — 21 pageviews2026-06-21 — 40 pageviews2026-06-24 — 124 pageviews2026-06-27 — 80 pageviews2026-06-30 — 43 pageviews2026-07-03 — 31 pageviews2026-07-06 — 43 pageviews2026-07-09 — 26 pageviews2026-07-12 — 51 pageviews2026-07-15 — 45 pageviews2026-07-18 — 30 pageviews2026-07-21 — 39 pageviews2026-07-24 — 37 pageviews2026-07-27 — 29 pageviews2026-07-30 — 32 pageviews2026-08-02 — 31 pageviews2026-08-05 — 36 pageviews2026-08-08 — 51 pageviews2026-08-11 — 48 pageviews2026-08-14 — 38 pageviews2026-08-17 — 33 pageviews2026-08-19 — 44 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

9002026-08-26 19:15 — 20 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 36 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 40 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 35 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 47 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 50 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 83 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 43 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 65 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 16:35 — 10 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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