During the Japanese version of the latest Nintendo Indie World Showcase, Acacia, Re;AER, and Circle Line Games announced that their visual novel Magical Girl Witch Trials will be released for Nintendo Switch on July 9, 2026.
The title has been available in Japanese on Steam since July 2025 and has sold over 500,000 units.
Magical Girl Witch Trials follows a girl who wakes up imprisoned in a facility on a remote island. She is told that she may be a “witch,” a being deemed dangerous to the world, and that she must live out her life as a prisoner.
There, she meets other girls labeled as witch candidates just before the start of the Witch Trials, a process in which one girl is selected as a witch and executed at regular intervals. Players must listen to each character’s statements, uncover contradictions, and identify who among them is lying.
The tone leans into magical girl themes similar to Madoka Magica and Magical Girl Raising Project, while the structure has seen comparisons to Danganronpa. The team has been working on a North American expansion of some variety.
