Witches of the New World

Witches of the New World is an action adventure video game developed and published by Horizontal Entertainment.

About

Hunt the demonic forces that prey upon the weak.

A young man armed with flintlock and sword enters a cave in a hill somewhere to the west of the town of Salem, where the woods are deprived of bird sounds. They had fled the countryside, fled a terror lurking in its depths. A witchfinder by profession, Jedediah Hopkins was sent from England to the New World, to investigate bewildering events in the aftermath of a witch hunt craze spread in Salem and its surroundings. Were the trials just collective hysteria, or were they based on actual supernatural events?

After investigating the town and interviewing its folk, witchfinder Jedediah uncovers a conspiracy of sinister origin; Devil-worshiping cultists working on behalf of a witches’ sabbath seeking to take control of Salem, plague it with hellish creatures, and claim for themselves the townfolk’s souls. Jedediah enters the cave seeking these witches, in a quest to defeat them and cast their demonic lords back into the abyss.

Witches of the New World is a single-player third-person, action adventure video game with Soulslike combat system, and RPG dialogue selection and character advancement. The player takes control of Jedediah Hopkins, a witchfinder based on historical accounts of witch hunts in the seventeenth century, but placed in a fantasy genre context.

Key Features

  • Jedediah Hopkins is an action hero that fights off enemies with his superior swordsmanship and firearms training.
  • The nightmarish monsters he’ll encounter and the tenebrous environments he’ll visit will chill down the spine of most players.
  • Developed in Unreal Engine 5, Witches of the New World offers a realistic and immersive experience with the engine’s cutting-edge tools.
  • Jedediah’s adventurous journey will confront players with complex moral questions and choices.
  • Witches of the New World explores with detail the English Puritanical society of the late seventeenth century.

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