Acacia, the creative team under Japanese game studio Re;AER, has published an update on the much-awaited global versions of its hit death game visual novel Magical Girl Witch Trials. The announcement was made via the team’s newly created “Acacia West” X account, which will presumably serve as an official channel of communication with international fans going forward.
The developers bring some exciting news – localization of the game’s script to English, Spanish and French has been completed. From here, the team will move onto in-game implementation, quality assurance, UI adjustments, and other related tasks. At the same time, Acacia warns that it’s working with a small development team and a limited number of dedicated programmers, so it’s still going to take some time before the devs are able to announce a release schedule.
The announcement also mentions that the translation teams worked closely together with the game developers to ensure a high-quality localization that will make players “feel the worst,” true to the game’s sadistic nature.
Acacia will provide a release schedule for Magical Girl Witch Trials’ international versions as soon as it is decided (it was previously tentatively announced for late 2026). In the meantime, the devs have shared work-in-progress screenshots of the game in English, Spanish and French.
Despite releasing exclusively in Japanese and Simplified Chinese, Magical Girl Witch Trials has already sold over 700,000 units as of August 31. The game currently holds an “Overwhelmingly Positive” rating on Steam out of over 34,000 reviews, so it’s not surprising that gamers are all but hounding Acacia for additional language support. Still, this project marks Re;AER’s first in-house localization effort, so the developers have asked for a little more patience.
Magical Girl Witch Trials is available for PC (Steam) and Nintendo Switch systems.
