{"id":54093,"date":"2025-11-20T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T15:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=54093"},"modified":"2025-11-21T09:46:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T00:46:22","slug":"magical-girl-witch-trials-developer-preparing-for-north-american-expansion-as-the-overwhelmingly-positive-title-sells-over-200000-copies-on-steam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/magical-girl-witch-trials-developer-preparing-for-north-american-expansion-as-the-overwhelmingly-positive-title-sells-over-200000-copies-on-steam\/","title":{"rendered":"Magical Girl Witch Trials developer preparing for North American expansion as the \u201cOverwhelmingly Positive\u201d title sells over 200,000 copies on Steam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last month, Magical Girl Witch Trials<\/strong> developer Re,AER announced<\/a> that they will be establishing a new video game company alongside developer HYDE. The new company, Acacia Games, is based on Re,AER\u2019s creative brand Acacia, with the goal of developing and further expanding the brand\u2019s original titles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In recent interview with Famitsu<\/a>, Acacia Games representative Toshiyuki Hata shed some light on his vision for the future of the brand following the success of Magical Girl Witch Trials. With a Nintendo Switch version scheduled for Spring 2026, he shared that the team is also preparing for \u201cNorth American expansion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Magical Girl Witch Trials launched in July 2025, and in October it was announced<\/a> that the game sold over 200,000 copies on Steam. At the time of writing, the game has over 15,000 reviews and an Overwhelmingly Positive score on the platform. \u201cWe\u2019re really astounded by such an unexpected turn of events. Witnessing our game making such a huge leap in growth in such a short time is really eye-opening,\u201d Hata commented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s only been around three months since the game\u2019s release, but with the announcement of Acacia Games, the development team already seems to be looking for new opportunities to expand their creative endeavors to a wider audience. \u201cSince we\u2019re making preparations for the upcoming Switch release and North American expansion, we wanted to consolidate a team that would be able to live up to these expectations, and the establishment of Acacia Games is one part of that plan,\u201d Hata explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

While details are still scarce, the mention of a \u201cNorth American expansion\u201d indicates there could be a possible English-language release for Magical Girl Witch Trials and other titles under the Acacia Games umbrella. The game currently only supports Japanese and Simplified Chinese, but its wide popularity and a steady English-speaking fanbase could be what motivated Acacia Games to start making moves towards expanding to the West. \u201cOf course, our goal is to become the number one, both in Japan and the whole world \u2013 and we\u2019re prepared to go the distance,\u201d Hata said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n