Witchfire

Witchfire is an upcoming first-person shooter video game being developed by Polish independent studio The Astronauts for Microsoft Windows. The game is set to release on early access on Q4 2022.[2]

For other uses, see Witchfire (disambiguation).
Witchfire
Developer(s)The Astronauts
Publisher(s)The Astronauts
Director(s)Adrian Chmielarz
EngineUnreal Engine 4[1]
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
ReleaseQ4 2022
(early access)
Genre(s)First-person shooter
Mode(s)Single-player

Gameplay

Witchfire is to be an action-oriented, skill-based first-person shooter game with no cutscenes.[3][4] The game would also feature elements commonly found in roguelike games.[5]

Development and release

During the initial development, beginning towards the end of 2015, the game was being designed as a post-apocalyptic, science fiction survival simulator code-named "Astro Project 2", before turning into a dark fantasy first-person shooter.[6] Witchfire was officially revealed on December 8, 2017, when the first teaser trailer was released at The Game Awards.[7] The Astronauts announced in January 2022 that Witchfire would be released via early access in late 2022, as the team wanted to use this period to refine the lore and world building.[5]

As of 2019, the development team has nine full members with three contributors.[8] The game is unrelated to the director Adrian Chmielarz's earlier Doom-style Painkiller (2004) and is in some ways actually inspired by From Software's Souls series[9] and Bungie's Destiny.[10] Its art direction inspirations include works of American landscape painters such as Thomas Hill, Albert Bierstadt, and Frederic Edwin Church.[11]

See also
  • Hellraid, another Polish dark fantasy first-person shooter in on-hold development as of 2019

References
  1. "Our new game, Witchfire". The Astronauts. 2017-12-08. Retrieved 2019-05-10.
  2. "A Date, a Feature, an Indie Drama and the Biggest Q&A Yet!". 2022-01-19.
  3. "Witchfire – polskie studio rozpala stosy w grze o polowaniu na czarownice". Antyradio.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-05-06.
  4. "Witchfire PC - wymagania, premiera, opis | MiastoGier.pl". www.miastogier.pl. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
  5. Wilson, Mike (January 27, 2022). "Dark Roguelite RPG Shooter 'Witchfire' Aims For Q4 2022 Early Access Release". Bloody Disguisting. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
  6. "Witchfire - nowa produkcja Adriana Chmielarza miała być symulatorem przetrwania | GRYOnline.pl". GRY-Online.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-05-06.
  7. "Witchfire gets a sick ass reveal trailer". Destructoid. 8 December 2017. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
  8. "Redesigning Weapons". The Astronauts. 2019-05-08. Retrieved 2019-05-10.
  9. "Is Witchfire the Next Painkiller?". The Astronauts. 2019-04-18. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
  10. "The Astronauts - We are the spacefaring types". The Astronauts. 2019-05-29. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
  11. "Art Direction Note + Wallpapers". The Astronauts. 2019-03-27. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
  • Official website of The Astronauts, including a weekly-updated Witchfire development blog
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