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Witch on the Holy Night (2023)

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Witch on the Holy Night
(Mahoutsukai no Yoru)
Witch on the Holy Night (Mahoutsukai no Yoru) cover
Developers
Hunex[1]
Lasengle[1]
Type-Moon
Publishers
Aniplex
Engines
Hunex General Game Engine[2]
Release dates
Windows December 14, 2023
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Genres Visual novel
Art styles Anime
Series Nasuverse
Witch on the Holy Night (2023) on Wikipedia
Nasuverse
Tsukihime (series)
Fate (series)
Witch on the Holy Night (2012) 2012
Witch on the Holy Night (2023) 2023

This page is for the 2023 HD remaster. For the original 2012 release, see Witch on the Holy Night (2012).

Witch on the Holy Night[Note 1] is a linear visual novel written by Kinoko Nasu and originally developed by Type-Moon. It serves as a standalone backstory for the side character Aoko Aozaki from Tsukihime.

Originally released in 2012, an HD remaster and official English translation was released on PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch on 8 December 2022, developed by Hunex with production and supervision by Lasengle and Type-Moon,[1] and published by Aniplex. This version was released on Windows via Steam on 14 December 2023.

The Windows version features a revised English localization that is currently not available in the console versions, but will be updated to include it at an unspecified date.[3]

General information

Official developer website (Japanese)
Visual Novel Database article

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Steam
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Windows

Monetization

Type Notes
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type Notes
No microtransactions None

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2052410/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\UserData\WitchOnTheHolyNight###.sud[Note 3]
<path-to-game>\Witch.gdb[Note 3]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2052410/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Display settings
Display settings
Text settings
Text settings

Input

Control descriptions
Control descriptions

Audio

Audio settings
Audio settings

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Japanese

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 4th Gen
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 17 GB
Video card (GPU) Intel HD Graphics
DirectX 11 compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. Known as Mahoutsukai no Yoru (魔法使いの夜, lit. A Magician's Night) in Japanese, and abbreviated MahoYo
  2. 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
  3. 3.0 3.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Porting staff credits (YouTube video) - last accessed on 2023-11-10
  2. Verified by User:Fds29 on 2024-02-02
    The string HUNEXGeneralGameEngine.exe can be seen in the executable and the window class is HGGE - Main window.
  3. NEWS | WITCH ON THE HOLY NIGHT - last accessed on 2024-02-10