The Witch's Cauldron

The Witch's Cauldron is a narrative roguelike game about being a medieval witch. Grab your cauldron and get brewing. Love, curses, laughter, wisdom for sale! Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. At least before the inquisitors come around.

The Witch's Cauldron is a choices matter, simulation and multiple endings game developed and published by Harvey games.
Released on January 24th 2024 is available only on Windows in 2 languages: English and Russian.

It has received 564 reviews of which 523 were positive and 41 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 7.79€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified The Witch's Cauldron into these genres:

Choices Matter Simulation Multiple Endings Crafting Story Rich Indie Fantasy Conversation Relaxing Medieval Diplomacy Card Game 2D Singleplayer RPG Casual Rogue-like Rogue-lite Stylized Choose Your Own Adventure

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Requirements

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Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *: Windows 7 or later
Processor: 2.4 GHz
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: 512 MB display memory
Storage: 2 GB available space

Reviews

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Jan. 2025

I discovered all potions and all food and got three different endings, but alas Steam Deck ate most of my achievements.) Anyway, it's a very short roguelike with some good fun to be had, but much too simple and much too small for its own good. I hope the authors use this success to build something larger — I did enjoy the game a lot, actually! Definitely a recommendation.

Jan. 2025

Had lots of laugh discovering the game and giving out brews/potions as a witch - do what was asked (or not) but for sure not the way they want it... Kinda fun game but a bit boring with White Hat and Networking achievements. Had to reset progress to get Networking because missed early game person which won't appear afterwards ever. Also had to rerun a dozen times to get White Hat.

Aug. 2024

Don't be deceived by its presentation. This is not actually a potion/alchemy game, nor is it particularly a witch simulator (what is, honestly.) It's a puzzle game, the puzzle itself figuring out what the ideal course of action is per random story event so that a run can go smoothly as you fight against two gauges that must be balanced but only seem to serve as an artificial way to prematurely end a run. As a result, it's very repetitious as you find yourself fail to progress a story on one run, or accidentally progress when you didn't mean to on another, while you aim for certain endings. I sound dismissive because I don't really like this sort of system when I encounter it out in the wild. If you want to tell me a story, tell me a story. Don't make me beg, grind, and sacrifice a goat for it, but it's perfectly inoffensive in this. Nearly four hours in, I was still discovering different branches for both small and big side plots. It seemingly never gets old to conceive the most evil method of dealing with someone and hearing the witch cackle as the person leaves your little camp with the potion in hand. There's apparently a demo which I never saw because it's not listed as a demo on the store page for this. It's sequestered as its own "prologue" store item, which is something I hate for specifically this reason. I assume if you're on the fence, you can just play that, since the gameplay doesn't really change as you progress. You get a few new outfits, you obviously glean more specific potions, and eventually the ability to spread rumors, which can help keep gauges at manageable levels to avoid ending a run too early. I see many people suggest buying this on sale, but I bought it at full price and don't particularly regret it. The presentation is surprisingly well animated. I love the smoke effects of the cauldron itself. It's also, despite being a roguelike in the loosest sense, not stressful to play, doesn't require keeping spreadsheets, and mechanically, you're given the option to click and drag ingredients into the cauldron or simply click them (it's a double click normally but if you have a controller plugged in [you don't need to use it], a relaxing single click will do) which is welcomed if you have hand problems. There is a promise of future content updates, but the game as it is fine, and I don’t think you should hold out on a purchase just to wait for them.

March 2024

Very pleasant visual style and music. Annoying 30fps animation of the cauldron flame and steam. Very often requests are not clear enough to understand what people want from you. You need a guide, because potion choices are not logical.

Jan. 2024

Nice and fun game, relaxing and entertaining at the same time. Interesting approach that game itself is not taking long, but a lot of variations present giving different endings.

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7.79€

8.6

523

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Developer

Harvey games

Publisher

Harvey games

Release 24 Jan 2024

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