Your letter has arrived, inviting you to a magical academy, but this isn’t Hogwarts; it’s Glimmerwick. Songs of Glimmerwick is a magical academy life sim from Eastshade Studios. The land of Glimmerwick is well known for its university of magic, and as its newest student, you’ll attend this magical university and learn a variety of musical spells. In this woodland fantasy world, playing music is the secret to casting spells.
With your trusty flute and songbook at your side, you’ll attend classes and join after-school clubs, make friends with classmates and townsfolk, and uncover Glimmerwick’s many oddities and mysteries – all while enjoying a year of seasons, festivals, curses, and witchy hijinks in this peaceful, story-driven RPG.
If you’ve been excited for Witchbrook, then you’ll want to put Songs of Glimmerwick on your radar as well.
A Year at Glimmerwick
At the heart of this cozy, story-rich RPG lies Glimmerwick University, a place where the trees hum lullabies and even the raindrops dance to an ancient rhythm. As a newly enrolled student, you’ll trade wands for woodwinds, learning that true magic isn’t just spoken—it’s played. As you gain experience in your adventures, choose from skills which will help you garden, trade, or acquire special abilities, like speaking to frogs.
But magic isn’t the only thing you’ll cultivate here. Between attending classes and unravelling the island’s mysteries, you’ll forge bonds with over 100 delightfully peculiar characters—from mischievous moth-racing rivals to professors who might just be hiding a secret or two beneath their pointed hats. The students, staff, townsfolk, and spritely creatures of Glimmerwick have rich stories and lives.
Sing to Your Garden (Literally)
Tending Glimmerwick’s university garden isn’t your average farming sim experience. Use the power of music to speak with the trees, enchant tools to work all by themselves, raise the earth to surmount natural impasses or summon clouds to bring the rain. You won’t need to get your hands dirty when you can strike up a tune.
A Spellbinding Narrative
The story unfolds through charming, character-driven quests that feel like pages torn from a beloved fairy tale. Help a shy forest spirit find its voice, decode the hidden meanings in a professor’s riddle-filled lectures, or uncover why the local frogs have suddenly started holding midnight choir practice. There are plenty of narrative quests with a focus on unique characters and story.
After-School Enchantments
There’s lots to do in Glimmerwick outside of classes – explore the island, try out for the mothracing team, dive for seashells, or join the Green Sprites on forest expeditions.
And when the seasons turn, the island erupts in festivals where the air crackles with magic—and maybe just a hint of friendly mischief. Be a part of the daily life of the town of Glimmerwick to make friends, listen to and maybe even solve local drama, keep an ear out for mysterious rumours and participate in the turning of the seasons with festivals.
Songs of Glimmerwick
Become immersed in a musical woodland fantasy world where casting a spell is as easy as playing a song. Attend classes, grow the university garden, make friends with classmates and townsfolk, and explore the island’s many oddities and mysteries in this story-driven witch academy RPG.
Songs of Glimmerwick is expected to come out sometime in 2026 and there’s a demo you can play now on Steam here.
