Magical Girl Witch Trials

Adventure· Visual Novel· Female Protagonist· Cute

Released Jul 2025

Thirteen girls awaken, only to find themselves in a prison. What awaits them: a Witch Trial. Help them prepare for the trial by exploring the prison in order to find the witch hidden amongst them. Find the witch, learn what kind of magic she holds, dispel the lies, and prepare for the execution.

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Steam Updated 12 Oct 2026 $29.99

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Evaluation

Magical Girl Witch Trials launched on July 18, 2025 as a complete, self-contained mystery/adventure visual novel with a defined cast, structured chapters, and a clear narrative conclusion. The only DLC listed is a digital soundtrack, which has already been released — no story expansions, season pass, or additional content packs exist on the store. Since launch, Acacia has maintained the game steadily with a series of bug fix and quality-of-life patches (versions 1.0.3 through 1.0.8 between July and September 2025), a substantial feature update in November 2025 (v1.1.0 adding voice acting to trial scenes, autosave improvements in February 2026 via v1.1.2), and ongoing localization refinements. None of these updates introduced new story content. Most recently, on July 18, 2026 — the game's one-year anniversary — Acacia published a heartfelt thank-you post to players. Crucially, this post includes the line "our partnership is not over yet" (発売から一年。けれど、私たちの共犯関係は、まだ終わりません。), which could suggest ongoing involvement with the game. However, read in context, this is a warm anniversary message expressing continued connection with the community — it does not announce any specific new content, roadmap, expansion, or feature update. It is a sentiment of enduring appreciation, not a development commitment. The developer has made zero concrete announcements of unshipped content across all 12 news posts spanning the game's lifetime. The game launched as a finished product and has been supported with post-launch polish. The anniversary message is the most recent developer communication, dated July 18, 2026.

Evidence

Game launched at version 1.0.0 as a complete release.

news post · Jul 18, 2025 source content shipped

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The only DLC listed is a digital original soundtrack, which has already been released. No story content, expansions, or season passes exist.

dlc listing source content shipped

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Content

1 of 1 released · no outstanding content

Released

魔法少女ノ魔女裁判 Digital Original Soundtrack

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Media

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Developer

Acacia

Publisher

Re,AER

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Platform

Windows, macOS

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Steam Deck

Verified

Players

Single-player

Visual Novel Female Protagonist Cute Detective Mystery Story Rich LGBTQ+Sexual Content Anime Gore Gothic Multiple Endings Violent Investigation Logic

About this game

◆Story

"Witches lurk among these girls."

It was supposed to be Ema's first day of high school. But instead of waking up in her bed, she found herself in a dark prison cell.

She found herself suddenly trapped in an island prison, isolated in some unknown, distant sea. In her confusion, an owl informed Ema of her new situation:

"You have been identified as a potential witch — a threat to the world."

"Thus, you will live here as a prisoner for the rest of your life.

The life Ema had taken for granted had suddenly collapsed.

As she began her new life as a prisoner, Ema got to know the other girls in her situation. Her fellow witch candidates.

However, one day, the owl gathered the prisoners for a shocking announcement:

"We will be holding a witch trial."

One by one, the girls would have to single out a witch among the thirteen of them...

In other words, they would have to vote out the next candidate to be executed.

It was the beginning of a cruel game indeed...

■Game Introduction

·The Gothic Mystery Surrounding the Witch Candidates

Locked in the mysterious prison, the protagonist, Ema, must live alongside the other witch candidates.

What is the prison? What are witches? Who is the true culprit?

With each chapter you complete, you will unlock new stories that shed new light from new perspectives, reshaping the overall plot.

·A Prison Life of Betrayal

A colorful cast of characters live in the prison. You the player must scrutinize their testimony for hints to expose their contradictions and sniff out the lying witch.

·Cutthroat Discussion Segments

The witches lurking among the prisoners will commit murders. Thus, for each murder case, there will be a witch trial where the culprit must be brought to justice with deduction and discussion.