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Inglenook · Published by Inglenook · Official site ↗
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
Create and lead a team of four investigators in this action RPG set below Jazz Age New England.
Indie, RPG, Early Access · 2026 · More free games
Lead a team of四位调查员穿越爵士时代的新英格兰，在Witchmarsh: Tea Party of the Damned中体验独特的角色扮演冒险。
About this game
Drugged, robbed, hexed, and thrown into Boston Harbor like so much damp tea. All in all, not the best start to your career as a private detective.
Witchmarsh: Tea Party of the Damned is a short, party-based RPG set in the 1920s. Players create a team of investigators and lead them through a subterranean mega-dungeon, hidden beneath the streets of Jazz Age New England.
Tactical action-RPG combat. Pause the fight and issue commands to your teammates, or swap between party members on the fly.
A huge roster of playable characters, each with their own unique playstyle and personality. Detect hidden items as the Trapper, interrogate underworld denizens as the PI, or hurl your team-mates through the air as the Moose.
An authentic Jazz Age soundtrack by composer Francisco Cerda (Gunpoint, Jamestown).
In-depth character creation. Customise your investigators with a range of attributes, skills and abilities.
A rich branching dialogue system, complete with attribute tests and hidden story content.
Wield firearms, darts and magic spells, or get up close and personal with knuckledusters, blackjacks and daggers.
It's the Roaring Twenties, and a series of mysterious vanishings has shaken the town of Witchmarsh. As private detectives, you'd arrived in Boston with hopes of securing the case, but there's one thing you didn't count on... being poisoned, cursed, and cast down into an eldritch plane of existence by a gang of felonious warlocks.
It's always something in this business, isn't it?
You awaken on an underground beach, suffering what seems to be the mother of all hangovers. All of your possessions are gone. With the help of a fellow traveller, you set out in search of a cure, but there's no time to lose: one false step and you'll be banished to this stygian realm for all eternity.
Who were your assailants, and why are they casting their victims into the underworld? Is your guide, the elusive Shelby, hiding something? Why is there a haunted speakeasy 300 feet below Boston Harbor? And what's more, will you ever see the surface world again?
The denizens of the underworld aren't just going to let you mosey through their domain in search of an antidote. Tea Party of the Damned features devious enemies and deadly boss fights, including:
A skeleton stick-up crew.
Giant insects, floating books and dust-loving jelly-men.
Cultists, grave-robbers and ghosts.
Streetwise fire elementals.
Mutant sea anemones.
... and many more!
Explore a strange, subterranean world, with four distinct regions. Meet extra-dimensional beings, and rest your weary bones at the Journey's End saloon.
Although Tea Party of the Damned will be single-player at launch, we plan on patching in full online multiplayer after release. Thanks for being patient with us while we get this up and running!
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i5-2400 or AMD FX-8350
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GT 710, 1 GB or AMD Radeon R7 240, 1 GB
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 700 MB available space
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Supported Languages
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2026-7 Roadmap, Pricing reveal, Release Discount, Early Access info
Hello, everyone! We’ve just launched an update for the Tea Party of the Damned playtest, which is available to backers of our Kickstarter campaign who pledged a ‘Town Council' tier or higher. We've also got some news about the year ahead, as well as our pricing and Early Access plans!"Open sesame!" Test #5 NewsBacker Test 5, which will open to the next tier of backers, is sadly taking longer than we expected, so we’ve decided to release it in two steps: Patch 0.4.0: Minor Content/Stability Update (Just launched!)Patch 0.5.0: Backer Test 5 & Gold Key Test (Coming next)RoadmapHere’s a rough schedule for the year ahead. Please note that projected dates may change! Roadmap - 2026Just launched!Update 0.4.0 (groundwork for Backer Test 5). Q2Backer Test #5. Gold key backers are invited to test the game.Early Q3Backer Test #6. The playtest is rolled out to all backers of the original Witchmarsh Kickstarter campaign.Late Q3 or Q4Game launches via Early Access.-Post-launch hotfixes and bug squashing.TBCMay also be 2027.Major update 1: ‘Enter the Crypts’. One half of the campaign’s second chapter. New area type: The Crypt. New investigator unlock: The Gentleman. The rest of Chapter 2 will be added in Major Update 2 (see below).-Hotfixes (as required), minor content updates, etc. Roadmap - 2027TBCMajor Update 2: ‘Lair of the Batalisk’. Players venture into the tidal caverns, located beyond the Shifting Sewers. The Technician joins the lineup of playable characters. Plus new enemies, items, spells, abilities, and more! Note: This is the second part of Chapter 2. Once it launches, players will be able to choose which dungeon to explore first: the caverns or the crypts. Both must be completed in order to reach Chapter 3, coming in a future update.TBCMajor Update 3: ????. We’ll be announcing more details about this update closer to its release. In total, we have at least 5 major patches planned for Tea Party of the Damned, each with a specific theme and investigator unlock associat...Read full article on Community Announcements (fuzzy dunlop)Press Coverage
Disco Elysium and Dead Cells collide in a gorgeous new CRPG that's my quickest wishlist yet
You're a hungover detective trying to solve a particularly stubborn case. Sound familiar? I'm not talking about Disco Elysium, this is Witchmarsh Tea Party of the Damned. While the game doesn't ape Disco Elysium in every sense, its branching dialogue and headache-suffering protagonist certainly tick some Harry du Bois' drug-addled boxes. Now confirmed to be releasing in early access next year, I'm looking forward to trying out this unique, lost Dead Cells-esque spin on the detective genre. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: It's taken a year, but Project Zomboid multiplayer has finally opened its doors again, just in time for the holidays Palia is adding a battle pass, and while that sounds controversial it's the best system I've seen yet Better Than Us is a neo-dystopian "social stealth" game about lying, and I'm ready to go full PinocchioRead full article on PCGamesNAnnouncementsOfficial
Nearing Early Access!
Hello, investigators!We've been hard at work getting Tea Party of the Damned ready for Early Access. Thank you to the 12,000 or so of you who have added it to your wishlist! In case you don't know, we're a team of just two developers (plus one musician), so making this ambitious project has been something of an undertaking.Still, we're getting closer to that all exciting release date announcement. Thank you for bearing with us!Investigators battle giant flies and Eldritch life-forms in the sewers.Closed Test News:We recently launched the fourth patch for our closed playtest. In the interests of transparency, we're posting it here on the game's page as well, so you can see what we've been working on. If you'd like the see the same patch notes, only on the Steam page for the playtest, you can do so here.We're excited to announce that Playtest #5 will be available to more of our Kickstarter backers than ever before (another 500 testers will be invited), and we're looking forward to hearing more thoughts and feedback before we launch in Early Access.What's Next:Here's a rough idea of what to expect from us over the next few months.Phase 1: Patch #4 Hotfix. Hopefully sometime in the next 10 days we'll be launching a hotfix for Patch 4. The main issue we're hoping to address is cutscene stability.Phase 2: Closed Test, Patch #5. The next test will be available to everyone who backed a Gold Key tier on our Kickstarter, which is approximately 500 more testers!Phase 3: Trailer 1.5 and Release Date Estimate: We'll be using the new test builds to create an Early Access trailer 1.5. Ideally, we'll have a rough estimate of the Early Access release date on there, too.Phase 4: Closed Test, Patch #6. The final phase of the closed playtest, this will be available to all backers who supported us on Kickstarter.Phase 5: Early Access.Patch Notes (Backer Test #4)Changes marked with 🔎 were inspired by tester/community feedback. Highlights:Moose Tweaks: He can slap enemies with his new pas...Read full article on Community Announcements (fuzzy dunlop)Press Coverage
Stunning indie RPG ten years in the making finally plans Steam debut
Take the deep character customization and tactical party-driven action RPG combat of Baldur's Gate 3 or Dragon Age, mix in the intricate branching dialogue systems of Disco Elysium, and a gorgeous pixel art style reminiscent of the likes of Dead Cells and Octopath Traveler, then drape it in a roaring twenties New England setting, and you have Witchmarsh: Tea Party of the Damned. The first installment in a long-awaited indie RPG that's been in the making for a decade since it reached its Kickstarter funding goal back in 2014, Witchmarsh is finally about to arrive on Steam. Read the rest of the story...Read full article on PCGamesN
