The bells are ringing and the gates are open wide — Kipwak Studio and co-developer Lake On Fire have confirmed that their charming magical school management sim Wizdom Academy will officially leave Steam Early Access and launch its full Version 1.0 on November 16, 2026. After over a year of community-driven development, the complete wizarding education experience is nearly ready.
BECOME THE HEADMASTER OF YOUR DREAM WIZARDING SCHOOL
Wizdom Academy casts you in the role of Headmaster — architect, administrator, and guardian of a magical academy you build entirely from scratch. Room by room, floor by floor, tower by tower, you design the campus that will shape the next generation of sorcerers. But there’s far more to running a school than just putting up walls:
- Design your campus — Classrooms, dormitories, libraries, potion labs, duelling halls — every space placed exactly where you want it, across multiple towers and levels
- Recruit staff & students — Hire skilled professors and welcome young witches and wizards from across the realm. Each student is unique
- Watch them grow — Pupils develop over 100 distinct traits and unlock more than 50 different Destinies as they learn, live, and eventually graduate
- Manage the magic — Keep your academy running by balancing budgets, supplies, and your most precious resource: Mana
- Answer to the Directorium — The magical governing body inspects your work and sets objectives — meet their expectations, or face the consequences
- EXPLORE BEYOND YOUR WALLS — Send professors on expeditions to nearby villages, ancient ruins, and rival academies. Investigate the mysterious Mana Drought that’s gripping the land and threatening magic itself
WHAT’S NEW IN 1.0?
The full release builds on every update, community request, and polish pass since the game first arrived in Early Access back in April 2025. Key additions include:
THE HEADMASTER’S TOWER
A towering new structure that grants customisable floor-wide bonuses — letting you specialise different wings of your academy toward research, prestige, mana production, or student happiness
FULL STUDENT JOURNEY SYSTEM
Pupils now return for multiple years of study, develop complex personalities, and follow meaningful life paths that determine what kind of magic-wielders — and people — they become
EXPEDITIONS & WORLD INTERACTIONS
Step beyond the castle walls. Negotiate with villages, compete or cooperate with other academies, and piece together the mystery of the vanishing mana that endangers your entire world
POLISH, PERFORMANCE & BALANCE
Countless quality-of-life improvements, visual upgrades, and gameplay refinements shaped directly by player feedback throughout Early Access
RELEASE DETAILS
| Detail | Info |
|---|---|
| Title | Wizdom Academy |
| Developers | Kipwak Studio (Switzerland) & Lake On Fire (Réunion Island) |
| Early Access Debut | April 2025 |
| 1.0 Launch Date | November 16, 2026 — out now in just a few days! |
| Platform | PC — Steam |
| Price | Standard pricing with launch discount available — check Steam store page |
| Wishlist | Live now on Steam — add it to your list today! |
THE TECHMASH TAKE
There’s something endlessly satisfying about management games where you actually care about the little people living in your creation. Wizdom Academy doesn’t just give you numbers to watch — it gives you students with personalities, potential, and stories that unfold over years of schooling. When a gifted wizard you nurtured finally walks across the graduation platform, it genuinely feels like an achievement.
Add in the mystery of the mana drought and the ability to send expeditions into the wider world, and you’ve got a game that’s as much about story as it is about spreadsheets. If you’ve been waiting for the full experience — November 16 is your enrolment date. Your academy awaits, Headmaster.
Find out more here: Wizdom Academy
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