The Wholesome Games Steam event is here to announce new games and spotlight current releases, and one of today’s reveals is Ritual of Raven. This witchy farming sim comes from Spellgarden Games, who previously worked on Sticky Business. It’s currently due out through publisher Team17 sometime in 2025.
Beyond Steam, Ritual of Raven is eyeing a release on Nintendo Switch. Spellgarden is aiming for maximum coziness with this one, as previewed in the announcement trailer below.
Ritual of Raven describes itself as a farming sim, but you actually collect and enchant Arcana Constructs to work on your magical herb garden for you. While these magical creatures help grow ingredients for rituals, it’s up to you to embark upon quests, befriend various characters, and get to tradin’. You’ll also want to suss out what’s up with all these portals that have been popping up throughout the land.
If the crux of your coziness lies in customization, it seems there’s plenty of it to go around here. You can decorate your farm as you see fit, and you can also apply a bunch of customization options to the wider world of magic beyond your farm’s borders.
Enchanting ingredients
So far, it all looks like it’s eyeing a nice balance between chill sim gameplay and a touch of mystery lurking around the edges. If you want to try it out for yourself and happen to be heading to gamescom, Ritual of Raven will be playable at the event. Look for the demo at the Indie Arena Booth in Hall 10.2 | F010 E019 for all your occult-adjacent cultivating needs.
Published: Aug 15, 2024 12:00 pm