Witchfire 2024

About

On Steam, 91% of 17,510 player reviews are positive (Very Positive). 189 people are playing it on Steam right now, with a peak of 506 in the last 30 days. It is Verified on Steam Deck. The main story takes about 12 hours, doing everything about 48 hours.

Witchfire is a first-person shooter from the creative leads behind Painkiller and Bulletstorm. A roguelite for people who hate roguelites, the game offers a challenging but satisfying gameplay experience, and with multiple roads to victory.

Story

Desperate for a chance to triumph in the deadly war against witches, the Church calls on forbidden pagan magic to turn willing sinners into immortal witch hunters called preyers. Armed with powerful spells and fearsome firearms conjured by the best Vatican sorcerers, your mission is to find the infamous witch of the Black Sea, destroy the phantom army that protects her, and retrieve a mysterious artifact that can finally turn the tide of war.

What is happening now

Witchfire is a shooter-adventure title from Polish indie studio The Astronauts, which launched into Early Access on PC in September 2024. Founded by veterans of People Can Fly, the studio has spent roughly a decade developing the game independently, having turned down acquisition offers to maintain creative control. The full release is now targeted for late 2026. Recent discussions around Witchfire have centered on developer Adrian Chmielarz's experiences with emerging technology. After initial skepticism, he's become an advocate for NVIDIA's DLSS 5, drawing parallels to how the gaming community eventually embraced DLSS 3. The performance gains offered by the newer standard appear to align with the studio's technical ambitions for the final release.