Witch the Showdown Launches Early Access November 19, Same Day as GTA 6
A small studio picking the same date as the biggest launch of the year is a deliberate bet that a niche, skill-focused action game can find its audience without clearing the room.
Reporting from 1 source: Automaton.
Publisher Perp Games and developer Citales Games will release the deck-building parry action game Witch the Showdown in early access on November 19 for PC via Steam, with PS5 and Xbox Series X|S versions planned for 2027. The date shares the release window of Grand Theft Auto VI. The game pairs a parry and dodge loop with deck-built skills and boss-class enemies.
The PC version arrives November 19 in early access, and the console versions are set for 2027. Combat runs on a loop: parry or dodge to build mana, then spend it on three skills drawn at random from a player-built deck. Every enemy is boss-class, and the attack tells are designed so a loss reads as the player's mistake rather than the game's. Enemies mix fast and slow attacks, bullets timed to a converging aim, and magic whose attribute you have to read before dodging.
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