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Veritas Tales: Witch of the Dark Castle Set for July 9 Steam Release

It foregrounds six years of hand-drawn art by Yoshio Nishimura with music by Hitoshi Sakimoto, positioning the title as a tactile return to classic gamebooks.

Overview

  • Developer 15Industry and publisher Digitalis Publishing confirmed on Tuesday that Veritas Tales will launch for Windows PC via Steam on July 9, 2026.
  • The game is presented as a neo-classic digital gamebook RPG where player choices and dice rolls drive outcomes and players pick between two protagonists in the plague‑struck capital of Erishing.
  • Yoshio Nishimura is credited as the sole creator who spent six years producing more than 300 hand-drawn illustrations and the Steam page states no generative AI was used.
  • Composer Hitoshi Sakimoto is reported to provide the soundtrack, the title is listed for wishlist on Steam, and early coverage cites an estimated playtime of roughly 20+ hours.
  • Publishers have not announced pricing, consoles, day‑one reviews, or downloadable content plans, leaving the game's wider platform reach and commercial details open and likely to shape its appeal to fans of handcrafted, tabletop‑inspired RPGs.