Reigns: The Witcher
Developer Nerial
Adventure as Geralt through the ballads of Dandelion. Swipe right, swipe left, seek glory, find death! Will you hunt monsters, upset the locals, or run a hot bath? Compose an inspiring epic to claim immortality. From the Steam store page
110 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Steam reviews, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Oct 21, 2026 · last updated Oct 22, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
31 positive · 10 negative
95% range 61–86%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluesky * | 2 | 0 | 53 |
| Steam reviews | 31 | 10 | 0 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 2 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
What players are saying
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 42 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (152 of 193 positive).
Players find it a fun, casual Witcher-themed experience that captures the universe's tone. [1][2][3]
- [12]
Turned out to be so basic it's snoozing. The gameplay's simple: you get these situation cards, each offering two choices. Every decision shifts the balance between four stats (relations with humans, nonhumans, mages, and the witcher path). A run ends if any of them is either zeroed or maxed out. So basically, you're just picking between two bad (or just odd) options over and over with the occasional rhythm mini-game …
- [1]
i played the first reigns games on mobile, so i already knew the core elements of this game style. if you’re expecting some huge, story-rich witcher experience, you might end up disappointed. it’s more like a small side experience for fans who miss the witcher universe. it’s not groundbreaking, and it’s not trying to be. for the price, i’d say it’s worth trying.
- [3]
Reigns: The Witcher cleverly blends the swipe-based decision mechanics of the Reigns series with the dark fantasy world of Geralt of Rivia. Presented through Dandelion’s playful ballads, the game lets you swipe left or right to make choices — from hunting monsters to handling political drama or simply enjoying a well-earned bath. The humor, moral dilemmas, and unpredictable outcomes capture the spirit of The Witcher …
- [8]
if there is a thumb to the middle option, i'd choose that. its just... very meh. Grabbed it because i love witcher, but apart from the lore and characters, there's nothing inhenrentingly witcher about this. it's fun-ish for the first few times you play, but then it kind of becomes the same thing over and over with very little variation. for me, i decided to just shelve this game (at least for now). Check this out if …
- [2]
I enjoyed it for its atmosphere and style — it really captures the dark, slightly sarcastic tone of The Witcher universe. The swipe mechanics are simple and make it easy to jump in for short sessions. That said, the decisions don’t always feel like they meaningfully shape the long-term outcome, but it’s still a fun, casual experience for fans of the series.
Summarised from 34 of the 106 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 10, 2026. How summaries are made
Players who liked Reigns: The Witcher talk about captures the dark, sarcastic tone of The Witcher; those who didn't talk about gameplay becomes repetitive with little variation. Which matters more to you?
Reactions
60 of 110 · most liked firstFor aeons, man has debated the question, which is better, former WWE Champion Roman Reigns, or the 2002 Flash game Sexy Hiking? On the Newest Episode of the Versus Wolves Podcast, WE FIND THAT ANSWER youtu.be/g49zZ2NKQmY
neutral · AI labelView post →i played the first reigns games on mobile, so i already knew the core elements of this game style. if you’re expecting some huge, story-rich witcher experience, you might end up disappointed. it’s more like a small side experience for fans who miss the witcher universe. it’s not groundbreaking, and it’s not trying to be. for the price, i’d say it’s worth trying.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Another lil sneak peek at some of the systems I'm making for my Reigns but TF game.
neutral · AI labelView post →I made a tiny game for PicoSteveMo with @dicey.bsky.social ! ➡️ It's called King Stephen ➡️ You play as King Stephen (King of England 1135-1154) ➡️ It's a Reigns-like decision-making game ➡️ I did the writing + portraits ➡️ Made for a Stephen King game jam ➡️ It's very silly dicey.itch.io/king-stephen
neutral · AI labelView post →Our Valentines Stream Weekend Continues our Tekken Tournament followed by a very fun stream of Anarchy Reigns a dope action game!! twitch.tv/Rose_Waltz
neutral · AI labelView post →Character designs from Anarchy Reigns by artist Kenichiro Yoshimura. More art from the game: www.creativeuncut.com/art_anarchy-...
neutral · AI labelView post →How will your story evolve? Craft your adventure in Reigns: The Witcher, the card-swiping decision-making game from Nerial and @devolverdigital.com! 👉 youtu.be/9it7oMf0l00 Coming to iOS, Android, Mac & PC on February 25th. ⚔️ www.reignsgame.com/witcher
neutral · AI labelView post →my best friend reminded me about Anarchy Reigns. man that game was fucking cool
positive · AI labelView post →Some behind the scenes Lil' Guardsman lore: Initially we had the player balance the favour of the three advisors, inspired by Reigns. Ultimately it proved cumbersome with the other systems, but this element definitely shapes the dynamic between Lil and the advisor trio through the game!
neutral · AI labelView post →Thought I'd also give an update on my "Reigns but TF" game as well. Currently, I'm in the process of redoing all the current pixel art into a simple vector style instead. I felt the pixel style had some readability issues, and I was getting a bit frustrated with the medium in general.
neutral · AI labelView post →Turned out to be so basic it's snoozing. The gameplay's simple: you get these situation cards, each offering two choices. Every decision shifts the balance between four stats (relations with humans, nonhumans, mages, and the witcher path). A run ends if any of them is either zeroed or maxed out. So basically, you're just picking between two bad (or just odd) options over and over with the occasional rhythm mini-game against a monster. And since you're always tryna balance stats, Geralt often…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Last week saw the release of Reigns: The Witcher, and we wanted to share how the game came to be in our latest Beyond the Game Blog. But we promise, it’s not as scandalous as the stories told by Dandelion in the game! 🔗 cdpred.ly/reigns_article
neutral · AI labelView post →Not really my thing. I think the art is good and its based itself well into the Witcher world, but the gameplay feels pretty lackluster. Really its just guessing whether you think an action is going to make numbers go up or down, try to balance it, and go forth. ive had runs go really long or really short and it doesnt feel too impacted by how im playing. Decent for the cheap price.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Reigns: The Witcher is available to wishlist on Steam or GOG and pre-order on App Store and Google Play: reignsgame.com/witcher Follow @nerial.bsky.social for more details and updates on the game on its road to launch on February 25!
neutral · AI labelView post →In 2015 a game called Rise of the Incarnates was nominated for the GOTY for best fighting game. The other noms are Rising Thunder and Mortal Kombat X and that’s it! It’s a free to play Anarchy Reigns that wasn’t even alive for a year. Tekken 7 and DOA5 came out that year! Was this game any good???
neutral · AI labelView post →Full Cast of ‘Street Fighter’ Movie Including Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes Appears at The Game Awards wrestlingnews.co/wwe-news/ful...
neutral · AI labelView post →Need some opinions on the overall UI design for a TF Reigns-like game I'm making. Can't run a poll on Bluesky, so it's only on the other site, I'm afraid. x.com/8Bit_Familia... Polls for Bluesky when?
neutral · AI labelView post →Durga, Rin Rin, Sasha Ivanoff, and Mathilda from Anarchy Reigns by artist Kenichiro Yoshimura. More art from the game: creativeuncut.com/art_anarchy-...
neutral · AI labelView post →I am now having dreams about Chaos Reigns, my on-the-shelf gacha game. I really need to get Home on the Strange off the ground asap so I can bite into that game.
neutral · AI labelView post →Swipe right to slay beasts in Reigns: The Witcher announced for February 25 #Reigns #TheWitcher #ReignsTheWitcher #IndieGames
neutral · AI labelView post →The polls have opened! Vote for Squirrel Girl! Select your ballots in game, and also on the Webstore by using code CatMurdockCache (which will also give you the title Inhuman Queen Reigns Supreme) #mcoc
neutral · AI labelView post →Reigns: The Witcher, the card-swiping game from @nerial.bsky.social and @devolverdigital.com, is out now! Check out the details here:
neutral · AI labelView post →I was hoping for a more of a choose your own adventure story, but I suppose its my fault for not having played the other games. Every choice just seems random and completely unrelated to the previous ones, Really just trying to balance different scales with each choice but other than that everything just feels really inconsequential. Much better for like a mobile game to play on the train maybe just to kill some time but not worth it for the deck or PC gaming.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Here's my #NintendoSwitch #indiegame highlight for today! 🎮👍🏼 Game - Reigns: Beyond Developer - @nerial.bsky.social Publisher - @devolverdigital.com Release date - April 17, 2024
neutral · AI labelView post →I enjoyed it for its atmosphere and style — it really captures the dark, slightly sarcastic tone of The Witcher universe. The swipe mechanics are simple and make it easy to jump in for short sessions. That said, the decisions don’t always feel like they meaningfully shape the long-term outcome, but it’s still a fun, casual experience for fans of the series.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Reigns: The Witcher copied the same gameplay but with some twists and a battle system, similar to Reigns Three Kingdoms. This could be the most best one in the series. I Recommend This! Reigns: The Witcher 8/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Devolver has laid off 40% of staff at internal Reigns studio Nerial. (Read more: Game Developer)
neutral · AI labelView post →Here is the first look at my game Chaos Reigns! It's a soulslike, action RPG. Here's 2 minutes of early in development gameplay! youtu.be/-z0vgRxnstU #indiedev #gamedev #unrealengine #UE5
neutral · AI labelView post →Lambert gives this one a thumbs up... but it's not his thumb.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →@choochoobear.bsky.social So your Something Positive comic about the Goblin game resonated with me, I'm an early millennial (Like '83) And grew up playing the same sorts of games... also a game like that out now is Reigns on steam.
neutral · AI labelView post →Savatage - Madness Reigns from the Gutter. Savatage - Madness Reigns from the Gutter Whoa - that's a helluva live album! [https://tidal.com/album/513760029/u](https://tidal.com/album/513760029/u) [\#musicreviews](https://metalhead.club/tags/musicreviews) [#vinyl](https://metalhead.club/tags/vinyl) [#metal](https://metalhead.club/tags/metal) [#savatage](https://metalhead.club/tags/savatage) [@metal](https://lemmy.world/c/metal)
neutral · AI labelView post →Swipe right to slay beasts in Reigns: The Witcher announced for February 25 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/swipe-right-to-slay-beasts-in-reigns-the-witcher-announced-for-february-25/ #Reigns #TheWitcher #ReignsTheWitcher #IndieGames
neutral · AI labelView post →No Ukrainian localization. But murderers russian language is present. Strange, CDPR. Please, add Ukrainian translation.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is funny never played a Reigns game before but as a Witcher fan said why not. 8/10 https://youtu.be/5Kn5U_5dmTs?si=3m-WmqN9OBYuIGnC
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ai Rin, Zero, Fei Rin, and Blacker Baron from Anarchy Reigns by artist Kenichiro Yoshimura. More art from the game: www.creativeuncut.com/art_anarchy-...
neutral · AI labelView post →Reigns: The Witcher cleverly blends the swipe-based decision mechanics of the Reigns series with the dark fantasy world of Geralt of Rivia. Presented through Dandelion’s playful ballads, the game lets you swipe left or right to make choices — from hunting monsters to handling political drama or simply enjoying a well-earned bath. The humor, moral dilemmas, and unpredictable outcomes capture the spirit of The Witcher universe while keeping gameplay quick and addictive. ⭐ Rating: 8/10 — Smart,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Reigns #16 · 1/5 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⚡ 4 day streak reigns.app I like this game
positive · AI labelView post →I played for over 5 hours and got up to level 26. This game is extremely frustrating and at time boring. It also seems like it's designed for the player to lose.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In case you missed the memo: unfortunately, THIS IS NOT A NEW WITCHER 3 DLC. To be honest, it's hard to even call this a proper Witcher game: all you get is Witcher-themed skins and names for a story that could've just as easily been told about some other game. And the worst part is that you don't <really> have a choice. The whole experience is just glorified balancing of the 4 variables at the top of the screen. But I guess it's a decent enough distraction while we wait for one.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Chaos Reigns Gameplay Video! youtu.be/2AYGBiWuJSA?... #gamedev #game #unrealengine #unrealengine5 #ue5
neutral · AI labelView post →if there is a thumb to the middle option, i'd choose that. its just... very meh. Grabbed it because i love witcher, but apart from the lore and characters, there's nothing inhenrentingly witcher about this. it's fun-ish for the first few times you play, but then it kind of becomes the same thing over and over with very little variation. for me, i decided to just shelve this game (at least for now). Check this out if you really love the Witcher and would just like to see what it is about, but…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you enjoy The Witcher and Rogue-Like games, this is right up your alley.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →New game digest: Reigns does The Witcher, Warframe, Candy Crush, an ‘AI first’ battler, more #gamedevelopment #indiedev #gamedev
neutral · AI labelView post →Bro was ready to uninstall the game over Roman Reigns & Meltzer went "Aw, dude." That might be WORSE than the actual self being sent back to the lobby.
neutral · AI labelView post →Reigns: The Witcher, developed by Nerial and published by Devolver Digital, is an inventive crossover that merges the swipe-based decision structure of the Reigns series with the dark fantasy world of The Witcher. Rather than delivering a sprawling RPG filled with open-world exploration and complex combat systems, it distills Geralt of Rivia’s morally complicated life into a stream of rapid, consequential decisions. The result is a compact yet surprisingly layered narrative experience that…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Rogue Reigns - Official Release Date Trailer | gamescom 2026.
neutral · AI labelView post →loving it, best reigns yet
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Showers are for spring flowers. Adults need Golden Reigns. Yes, it means what you think it means. One of the stranger game shows conceived by the global AI to keep humans entertained in the Plato Wars. #BookSky Can man kill the god it created? AzothKhem.com/book30.html
neutral · AI labelView post →I helped the elves much I got hanged I helped the humans much I got pierced by arrows I minded my own business I drank myself to death 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Oh hey Reigns I remember that game,
neutral · AI labelView post →A message from @munoz.houseof3000.nyc regarding a certain game where Anarchy Reigns Supreme www.twitch.tv/munozsamurai
neutral · AI labelView post →Indie developers Nerial are closing (tinyurl.com/3nr2yvjn). You may know them as the developers of Reigns. I remember writing about an earlier game, Devouring Stars, on my long-defunct website Arcadian Rhythms (tinyurl.com/49udc4fp). RIP Nerial. I'm glad François Alliot will continue making games.
neutral · AI labelView post →The game seems to be simple but it contains a lot of funny unexpected choices and outcomes. Unfortunately some quests and paths are not very logical and even bugged( 7/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hahaha, I thoroughly enjoyed this. Just a chill way to past the time with the Witcher. The awesome Witcher music plays in the background too. You have to maintain a balance between the path and how others view the Witcher. If you lose, you start over, and get new cards. Don't expect a triple A epic or flush out combat. I don't know what ppl who downvoted expected. Just looking through this game's store trailers and screenshots will show you what kind of game this is.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am sorry; this game not only felt off, but it acts completely different to the other Reigns, where getting high scores on things is bad and will kill you, and you are actively playing from the perspective of Dandelion who is telling tales to the audience; which means you get almost no details, and worst yet the combat feels janky. If you are able to look past this, then I am happy to say it has the potential to be a good game seeing as I was excited about this game before playing it, but…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really funny and well-written. If you like The Witcher, you’ll be hooked
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Roman Reigns in Street Fighter is so funny. Even in the video game movie guy is playing the same fucking character. WWE, probably: "Yeah, you can have Roman in your movie, but he's gotta be the most powerful fighter."
neutral · AI labelView post →No TTRPG tonight; we have a player who can't make it. Instead of going to Where Chaos Reigns, Nova and I are going to Rain some Chaos across the Spirhalite Islands in Splatoon Raiders! We've been gettin' in the rhythm; come see what mixups the salmonids throw our way at twitch.tv/MordioAndNova!
neutral · AI labelView post →My collaboration with @nerial.bsky.social to make the Reigns board game a reality is still a highlight amongst the many many Kickstarter projects I worked on. Sad news.
neutral · AI labelView post →The time has come for the final stream of @avalonlee.bsky.social Gifted Games Week over on the Twitch channel. We are incredible grateful for all the fun games they have given to us as I finish with Divided Reigns by Andrew Ryan Henke, Adam Dover and Nostalgia Addict Games! twitch.tv/midwestgameguy
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