{"id":67551,"date":"2026-06-02T15:36:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T06:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=67551"},"modified":"2026-06-02T15:36:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T06:36:43","slug":"magical-girl-witch-trials-devs-launch-steam-store-page-for-new-folk-horror-visual-novel-about-an-ancient-ritual-where-a-magical-girl-is-hanged-every-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/magical-girl-witch-trials-devs-launch-steam-store-page-for-new-folk-horror-visual-novel-about-an-ancient-ritual-where-a-magical-girl-is-hanged-every-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Magical Girl Witch Trials devs launch Steam store page for new folk-horror visual novel about an ancient ritual where a magical girl is hanged every night"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Acacia, the Japanese indie studio behind the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/overwhelmingly-positive-indie-visual-novel-magical-girl-witch-trials-surpasses-500000-units-sold-and-25000-reviews-less-than-a-year-after-launch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">massively popular<strong> Magical Girl Witch Trials<\/strong><\/a>, recently launched the Steam store page for its new horror visual novel, <strong>Magical Girl: Taboo Village<\/strong>. While the game is, at the very least, partially related to Magical Girl Witch Trials (it has been <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mahoumura\/status\/1994376176622842122?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">confirmed<\/a> that Hiro Nikaido, one of the 13 prisoners from Acacia\u2019s previous title, will be making an appearance), it seems like Magical Girl: Taboo Village will follow a brand-new protagonist, with the story\u2019s setting inspired by Japanese-styled folk-horror. The title is set to release sometime later this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u300e\u9b54\u6cd5\u5c11\u5973\u30ce\u56e0\u7fd2\u6751\u300f AnimeJapan2026\u51fa\u5c55 \u30c6\u30a3\u30b6\u30fcPV\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UULC_Wo-xLI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Magical Girl: Taboo Village follows Sakuya Watanuki, a girl with a flower blooming from one eye who awakens in an old shrine with nine other girls in the same predicament as her. Near them hangs the corpse of a girl who has flowers blooming from every part of her body. The girls are greeted by Yumemi, a caretaker who reveals that the ten of them are magical girls chosen to take part in the Flower Offering Ritual, where one girl will be hanged every night at 8 PM as a sacrifice to the Kamibana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260602-675510001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-67554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260602-675510001.jpg 960w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260602-675510001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260602-675510001-768x432.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Unable to stand idle as they wait for their deaths, Sakuya and the other girls explore the village they are trapped in to uncover its customs and secrets. Along the way, they discover the truth about the Flower Offering Ritual, the Kamibana, and each other. According to its Steam store page, Magical Girl: Taboo Village will feature \u201cperspective shifts\u201d revealing different sides of the whole \u201cmultifaceted\u201d story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Magical Girl Witch Trials fans have <a href=\"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\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">yet to receive an English localization<\/a>, Acacia is aiming to provide English support for Magical Girl: Taboo Village \u201cas close to the Japanese release as possible\u201d while making sure to preserve the quality narrative experience. Given how Witch Trials currently has an \u201cOverwhelmingly Positive\u201d reception on Steam, anticipation for this new title seems to be just as high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Magical Girl: Taboo Village is set to release in 2026 for PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/4717850\/Magical_Girl_Taboo_Village\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/4717850\/Magical_Girl_Taboo_Village\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Related:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/magical-girl-witch-trials-devs-sickly-sweet-adventure-rpg-about-hunting-down-owners-of-toxic-alt-accounts-to-get-official-english-steam-release-in-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Magical Girl Witch Trials devs\u2019 \u201csickly sweet\u201d adventure RPG about hunting down owners of toxic alt accounts to get official English Steam release in 2026<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acacia, the studio behind Magical Girl Witch Trials, just unveiled the Steam page for their new game, Magical Girl: Taboo village.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":67553,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62,3],"tags":[39,17],"class_list":["post-67551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie-games","category-news","tag-indie-games","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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