The Witch’s Bakery launches Oct 14 on PC, PS5, Xbox Series and Switch

Gameplay is paced around a single day split into three distinct phases. During the day you run the bakery alongside your shape-shifting, cat-like companion Orio, welcoming customers and serving pastries. In the evening the city opens up: Rune wanders Paris, meets colorful NPCs, and takes part in activities that deepen relationships beyond simple transactions. Nighttime returns you to a cozy atelier for recipe experiments, skill practice and quiet reading, a downtime loop that the studio says supports both craft and story beats.

The game adds a supernatural thread to the bakery loop through the Heart Palace, a hidden realm where emotions take on physical form. Rune’s special ability lets players enter that maze-like space to guide each person’s feelings back to their rightful place. The Heart Palace segments are presented as exploratory puzzles tied to character arcs rather than isolated combat encounters, and they sit alongside the daily customer and social rhythms.

Visually The Witch’s Bakery uses hand-drawn art throughout, and music plays a prominent role: the opening theme is composed by Cécile Corbel, known for her work on Studio Ghibli’s The Secret World of Arrietty. Silver Lining’s press text frames Parisian moments as small magical scenes, and the combined audio-visual package is built around Rune’s emotional story and the neighborhood cast she meets.

Physical editions are planned for PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch, with release dates to be announced; those boxed copies will include a digital cookbook containing real French pastry recipes so players can try Rune’s treats in a real kitchen. The game is available now on Steam, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2, and Silver Lining lists retail and direct-store distribution for the forthcoming physical releases.