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Whimel Academy
Live the day-to-day of a magic school student! Whimel Academy is a cozy magic school simulation game. Manage your time and balance between studying magic, part-time jobs, and befriending (or romance) classmates in this wholesome and enchanting world!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.
“I loved Whimel Academy. For the amount of content you get, you really can't beat the price. I loved customizing my character, decorating the dorm, having a familiar, managing my skills, getting to know everyone, and slowly uncovering the story. The characters were one of my…”
— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played“Very charming game, all the characters in it are lovely; there isn't much replay value in the narrative itself but if you like designing a different student each time you go to the school it's pretty cute as a dress-up and room design-game (costly to collect them goods though!)…”
— a player, Steam review · 23 hrs played“The game is pretty, the art is BEAUTIFUL, but it is true that is a grinding game only and relationships with other students are barely important (nor very much interesting) specially when you have to manage time to make them, also make money and study to get an A+ (and you have…”
— a player, Steam review · 30 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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1.1.46
fix - fixed cannot place Daisy Plush - fixed combat jobs only requiring one of two conditions to upgrade - fixed a bed's outline - fixed witch hat icon - fixed gallery not containing special reward it
1.1.43
Polish - frame rate option - opinion on cyrus with ida dialogue fix - fixed moon star pendant not showing up
1.1.40 small fixes
- fixed new game not overwriting ending slots - fixed daisy dialogue typos - fixed character bouquets now showing up when equipped - fixed daisy lemon cake dialogue condition - fixed lumi bear storyti
fixed notebook
- fixed note book cannot be opened - fixed new game not overwriting ending slots
Missing Decors and Gallery
Fix - fixed missing decors New - gallery function (in main menu. still needs more polish, but its kinda there) Etta: [img src="
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.
| Genres | Indie, Simulation |
| Player tags | Simulation · RPG · Time Management · Life Sim · Hand-drawn · Dating Sim · Visual Novel · Multiple Endings · Story Rich · Management · Singleplayer · Atmospheric (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Captions available · Adjustable Text Size · Color Alternatives · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty |
| Languages | English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Traditional Chinese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 19 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: umm not tomatoes? DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 10 GB available space