Warota Enters Steam Early Access on November 13: Wishlists Pass 100,000, With More Than 30 Structures and More Than 20 Hat-Based Classes
Warota: I Live Next to The Demon King's Castle LOL, an action role-playing and village-building game, entered Steam Early Access on November 13, 2026, at midnight Japan Standard Time. Its developers announced on November 12 that the game had reached 100,000 wishlists ahead of the launch of its first public paid build.
According to the developer's Steam store page and announcement, the player arrives in a ruined fantasy world, repairs a home, gathers materials, builds facilities and attracts villagers. More than 30 structures are listed, and the settlement gradually becomes a place where residents can work, craft and help defend the community. The game's neighbour is an idol Demon King whose live concerts send waves of monsters toward the village, and the player must prepare the settlement, bring villagers into battle and survive attacks that arrive when the Demon King performs.
Warota uses a hat-based job system with more than 20 classes listed, ranging from gathering and crafting roles such as farmers and lumberjacks to combat roles such as warriors and mages, and villagers can also be assigned hats so they take on jobs in the settlement or join the player on adventures. The Early Access build includes the core village-building, crafting, exploration and combat systems, with content through the Platina Chapter. The developer estimates the Early Access period will last about a year, to be used for balancing, improving controls and adding content, and says feedback and bug reports will be gathered through Steam Discussions, official social channels and a feedback form.
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
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