Best Witch Games for PC

Why it's here: The place to start if you want to live as a witch rather than fight as one. Wylde Flowers sends Tara to her grandmother's island farm, where a secret coven takes her in and the chores slowly give way to broomsticks, weather spells and turning into a cat. The fully voiced town of Fairhaven is the best thing going for this game. Steam reviewers say the farming and gathering sit well below Stardew Valley, so come for the people. It holds 96% across about 1,700 Steam reviews, and it is where I would start.

Why it's here: The story pick, and the one game here where witchcraft is mostly a matter of what you owe other witches. You play Fortuna, exiled to an asteroid, who strikes a forbidden pact, designs her own tarot deck and reads it for old friends after 200 years apart. The cards you compose steer the plot. Steam reviewers who stop short of recommending it blame the second half, so judge this one by its ending. It sits at 94% across nearly 3,000 Steam reviews.

Why it's here: The hardest game on this list, and the one most likely to kill you with your own spell. Noita is the Finnish word for witch, and you play one, descending through caverns where every pixel is physically simulated: fire spreads, floors melt, and the wands you rebuild can burn you as readily as anything down there. There is little story to speak of. The recurring complaint in Steam reviews is sudden, punishing death that wipes a whole run. It holds 95% across almost 48,000 Steam reviews, the largest count here, and suits tinkerers with patience.

Why it's here: The long RPG here, built around raising one witch rather than leading a party. You train Pieberry, a bunny-eared girl who has grown up in a monster-filled forest and longs to reach the human world, then cook, craft and fight in turn-based battles at her side. Steam reviewers warn that the dialogue is constant and cannot be skipped, and that with one real party member the combat runs shallow. It holds 96% across about 2,300 Steam reviews. At $34.99 it asks a lot, so buy it for Pieberry's company.

Why it's here: The gentlest life on this list. You are Ellie, an apprentice witch sent out to a forest village, and your days go to flying your broom between caves and lakes, brewing potions for the neighbours and filling in an encyclopedia of odd creatures. Nothing is in a hurry. Steam reviewers are warm about the art and the quests but flag too much dialogue and clumsy keyboard controls, so use a controller: it has full support. It sits at 90% across about 4,800 Steam reviews and makes a fine second game after Wylde Flowers.

Why it's here: For anyone who wants their witch terrifying. Bayonetta is the last of an ancient clan, woken after 500 years, and PlatinumGames gives her guns on her heels, demons summoned from her own hair and a combat system Steam reviewers still single out for how fluid it feels. The camp is deliberate and the story is secondary. Those same reviewers name difficulty spikes and cutscene interruptions as the friction. Rated Mature, at 92% across almost 11,000 Steam reviews. If you came to this list to win fights rather than tend gardens, go here first.

Why it's here: A soft-looking game with a hard edge. Little Witch Nobeta sends a small witch through a castle of hostile souls, and the fights ask you to read a boss, dodge on time and pick the right element from arcane, ice, fire and thunder. Think of it as a Soulslike with spells instead of swords. The recurring complaint in Steam reviews is that the story and supporting cast feel underdeveloped for the asking price. Rated Teen, it holds 94% across about 2,900 Steam reviews. Wait for a sale if the boss fights are not your whole reason.

Why it's here: A novel to read, not a game to play, and the highest-scored entry here. TYPE-MOON's remaster follows a young man who stumbles into the lives of two witches in the 1980s, now fully voiced and redrawn in HD. You make no choices worth the name, so the writing has to carry everything, and for most readers it does. Steam reviewers do fault the English translation and report trouble on Steam Deck and some AMD cards. Rated Mature, 97% across about 1,500 Steam reviews, and at $39.99 the most expensive pick.

Why it's here: The witch as fairy-tale villain, and the wickedest fun on this list. You are the old witch of the woods, gathering toadstools and bottled fear to turn greedy villagers into frogs and teach them the moral of their own story, all in a storybook art style. The trouble is the walking. Steam reviewers keep calling it one long fetch quest, with ingredient chains that outstay their welcome. It holds 93% across about 2,900 Steam reviews. Play it in short sittings, one fable at a time.

Why it's here: The witch as small business owner. Sylvia inherits a potion shop along with a ruinous debt, so you brew stock, befriend rival vendors and haggle with customers through a deck-building battle, and the cast is animated with real care. Steam sells this as Potionomics. Its reviewers' main objection is the clock: repayment deadlines leave too little time to enjoy the cast, and missing one ends your run. It holds 90% across about 5,200 Steam reviews and rewards anyone who likes pressure with their charm.

Why it's here: The pick for readers who want witchcraft with real dirt under its nails. Vasilisa, destined to become a witch, gives that up to marry, then chases a demonic book to bring back the man she lost, through card battles and village troubles drawn from Slavic folklore. The atmosphere is the reason to come. Steam reviewers who hesitate name a poorly explained morality system and general jank, and at 88% across about 1,100 Steam reviews it sits below most of this list. Folklore lovers should still try it.

Why it's here: Short, airy and free of pressure. You play Mika, an aspiring witch earning her way up the mountain by delivering parcels around a small island, and the appeal is simply how the broom feels as it gets faster. Steam reviewers like the flying and the townsfolk but report crashes and a length some find thin for the price. At 86% across fewer than 700 Steam reviews it is the lowest score and smallest count here, so buy it for the flight alone.

Why it's here: The only multiplayer game on this list, and a good joke while it lasts: witches hide as props around a village while hunters try to work out which barrel is breathing. Hunters carry their own tools and abilities to flush you out. The catch is the online population. Steam reviewers complain about cheaters and lobbies that struggle to fill, so this works best as a planned night with friends. It sits at 92% across almost 3,500 Steam reviews, and recent reviews stay mostly positive. Bring your own group.