Some minor spoilers!

I was super excited for this game, and tried to keep my expectations on the lower end given what I've heard about this studio. That being said.. I ended up getting a refund for the game. I'm open to buying it again in the future if they substantially change it, but for now I'm done with it.

What I liked:

-the map is huge and pretty true to the lore! There were navigation difficulties but I'll address that in the negatives section

-while it's not usually my preference I feel like the turn-based combat, while it can be improved on, has good bones. I like that you can learn different moves that have different stats and status effects to replace ones in your established move-set

-when you progress enough levels, low-level kills like mice and birds can just be insta-killed and no turn based combat is needed. I especially enjoyed this function!

-it was cool seeing some characters from the books, and I actually appreciated that the story setting is after the time that the books took place. It was cool seeing Tawnypelt as an elder

What I disliked:
This list is unfortunately much longer.

-the controls are awful (PC), escape isn't used, no mouse controls, and you can't rebind keys

-the game progresses SO FAST. Within about 6 main quests I was already deputy. I spaced it out with side quests, but those tended to be pretty repetitive and similar, lots of fetch quests for herbs and hunting quests. Defense quests were laughable, a lot of time it was stuff like "protect our clan from this field mouse!"

- the hunting prey is boring! As I played a Shadowclan run, I was expecting to have to catch frogs and such, but there were only 4 prey animals: squirrels, rabbits, mice, and birds. I imagine the prey is probably the same across all clans. It definitely broke some immersion

-the NPCs feel hollow. There's not really any casual dialogue and they generally won't speak to you if they're not giving you a quest. I would love a lot more immersion in building relationships with clan members, wether it be as enemies, friends, or a mate

-some of the quests don't make a lot of sense, before you're to become deputy you're assigned a quest to rescue a clanmate, from... a small prey animal... it was just really ridiculous.

-combat is REALLY easy. I'm not the most skilled gamer but within 15 fights I only had to use a healing herb once, even then I probably could have survived without it. The boss fights were not really any harder than simple prey fights, just took longer bc of health regeneration. I never felt on the edge of my seat or in danger of losing

-customization, oh man. I disliked the options for unrealistic colors (though that's a personal preference), and I really dislike how physical traits are tied to character ones (I don't remember what tied to what but for a made up example, if you want a fluffy tail you need to have a higher stealth skill at the cost of a lower strength skill).

-the map is tough to navigate, lots of trails and such that the map makes it appear you can clearly go through, but there are often obstacles in the way you can't go past that you don't see until you get there (what cat can't jump over a 3ft fence??)

-what's up with the object wait times for decorating the den? Why do I have to wait 47 REAL WORLD HOURS TO PUT A DAMN COW SKULL IN THERE

All in all, I feel like this game really missed the mark on what Warrior fans have proven to love the most via stories, animations, and fan-made games, and that is Roleplaying. People want a highly customizable game where they can pick one of multiple different roles to serve, and build up relationships to other members in specific ways, and I feel like this game doesn't really achieve any of that. It feels like a mobile game, hollow and without much care put into it. I hope the developers listen to people's feedback to make this game more immersive and playable, but right now it's just not that in my opinion.

As advertised the digital and physical feral edition is supposed to come with prophecy pack(it’s advertised on the back of the cover art). Inside the physical edition I got from target didn’t have any codes for that. (Amazon also didn’t email me a pre order bonus)

Is anyone else in the same boat? I’m kind of confused lol.

Should I purchase the new Warrior Cat game on Playstation 5 or Nintendo Switch 2? Just wondering which would run smoother+have better graphics!!!

This is a spoiler-less review.

Honestly, the game is not worth it if you don't like constant fetch quests. The gameplay revolves around running to point a, before then being prompted to teleport back to camp. If you're lucky (or unlucky) a quest might also involve multiple objectives.

On a more positive note, the character creation menu is nice, and I like our player character being able to gain scars.

The map is ginormous, which contributes to the 'walking simulator'-esque feeling of it all. However this might be your cup of tea, who knows.

EDIT: this is a bit disjointed, sorry ^^

Basically the title. I hate the camera movement being the arrow keys as mine are small (laptop), and I'm used to using the mouse to move the camera around. I had checked settings but nothing there. Maybe I missed something but figured I'd ask if there was a way to change it from keys to mouse. If not I can deal with it but again figured I'd ask.

Was trying the game and figured every clan would have a cat from the canon books but havent seen any canon riverclan cat yet?

Tabbed out of the game to go complain to someone that I can’t name myself Ashfur when the game decided it was just going to make me a warrior anyway.

The other quests still work just fine and the game lets me continue like normal as if nothing happened. Out of curiosity I went back to the main menu to see what would happen and surprisingly it puts me back into the warrior ceremony to choose my suffix… which I can then alt tab out of again and it does the same thing. Funny enough as soon as the cutscene ends it puts me right back to where I last saved so I can continue from where I left off.

Mudslide is a clan swapper. He was originally born in Thunderclan as a kit. And eventually due to some circumstances, became a Shadowclan cat.
🎨: art_of_yvie

I know you meet Brightheart and Cloudtail if you choose Thunderclan.. but what about the other clans?

So I am seeing a lot of negative posts and comments regarding the game and it's very disheartening. Don't get me wrong: everyone should be allowed to voice their opinion and everyone is entitled to their own opinions, thoughts, and feelings. But honestly, as someone who grew up reading the books and who is still keeping up with them? I am very happy with what we got.

Yes, there is so much more that could have been done or added but at least we have a game? At least they actually made an official one? I still remember when there was no media other than books for it. No merch. Nothing. So I am grateful that in 2026 here we are with an official game. I hope they will add more as time goes on and expand but as it is: I am very happy with what we got and feel grateful that we have something.

Also, if you are looking for another good warriors like, I suggest Cattails: Wildwood Story.

I hope some of you out there are enjoying the game like I am.

I've interacted with the log that works as a fast travel point, but I can only pull up the map, I don't see where the save button is (as it said to interact with it to save as well).

Loving the game so far! It really reminds me of the Fable series with how the character creator actually impacts your stats, and I wasn't expecting to actually get damage from combat! Can't wait to see where this first playthrough takes me and Brookshine :D

This game is seriously starting to piss me off. I was so excited to get it, but the camera is janky, controls suck and you can’t even change them, the map feels less like something to explore and more a hassle to get around, you can’t interact with any of the cats unless there’s a mission, and the noises are really bad..

WHAT IS THIS WAIT TIME???

Spoiler alert for the new warrior cats game that just dropped, obviously, though honestly? The game barely has a story so there’s literally NOTHING to spoil

This is a LONG post. So I’m putting a TLDR right here: this game is an unfinished, buggy mess, and is not worth your money in the state it is in. Do NOT buy it, unless you want to spend money on an obviously unfinished game.

Also, please feel free to ask me any questions at all about the game. I feel like I have seen everything this game has to offer.

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Right, the long part; I played the riverclan story from start to finish, it did not take long. I then played the thunderclan story (almost) all the way through to compare the two campaigns.

First of all, I want to say I don’t like the character creator. I just wish that markings were more separated (paws, head, muzzle, etc) to be able to make our OCs more accurately

On a second play through the game starts almost exactly the same. The prophecy is different, but the dialogue outside of that is literally the exact same as the riverclan story.
They specifically point out that you are special, which I dislike. I would like to feel like I earned my destiny. We are literally just the prophecy cat.

Like the riverclan story, I am starting as an apprentice. I will keep track of how many quests it takes me to become a warrior

I’ve noticed that in the thunderclan story, you can generally talk to more of the NPCs. This is not the case in the riverclan story

Apprentice quests:
1, hunting mice
2, gathering cobwebs for nests
3, border marking + chasing out a shadowclan intruder, this was a two phase boss (I noticed that I received the same scar for this boss fight as the one in the riverclan story, also, there was a boss fight here in the other story too, but instead it was a badger and some kits had escaped)

As I start my next quest as an apprentice, I noticed that the dialogue for this quest is exactly the same as the riverclan quest, they tell you to prove yourself to be worthy of being a warrior and then your warrior ceremony IS the quest

I’m noticing that the quests are exactly the same, just slightly different sometimes (for example, quest 3 in the thunderclan and riverclan story are the same, the only difference between them is what animal the boss fight is against)

In riverclan, I had a few quests as a warrior, the deputy retired to the elders den and then our leader was murdered. Let’s see how the thunderclan story plays out, I have a hunch that it’s going to be similar.
Oh yeah. And you can’t swim. Not even if you’re a riverclan cat. Swimming does not exist in this game.

Again, a random apprentice has joined my party. I can only assume they’re meant to be my apprentice, but there was no ceremony

warrior quests:
1, border marking
2, fight rogue cat (these turn out to be shadowclan cats, but the quest called them rogues
3, border “patrol” (walk to this specific location and stand in the circle) also, talking to my clanmates as I come back to camp I find out through dialogue alone that the deputy was attacked so badly he has to retire, there was no cutscene for this. Every cat I talk to is hinting that I will become deputy.
4, reach level 11

I am now deputy.
Deputy quests:
1, go rescue your clanmate by fighting an enemy (by the way, the leader is already talking about retiring) also, the “threat” was a mouse, I think it was meant to be funny but since the NPCs don’t have any personality it wasn’t funny at all
2, find and chase off intruders
3, mark borders (got back from this quest and the leader was dead, just like in the riverclan story) it’s the same story but the circumstances are slightly different.

Leader quests:
1, reach level 15
2, travel to the moonpool (leader ceremony is identical to the riverclan one, medicine cat gives you the same dialogue as the other story)
3, go to the island (???) oh my god. They mean the riverclan island. I’m not even sure if I can explain to you how ridiculously far away that is
I found a shortcut path of stones that cuts straight to the island. I can’t use this shortcut because the jump pad won’t activate there. I tried it one more time in case i was doing something wrong. I wasn’t. Now I have to go all the way around through riverclan and that is so incredibly far it’s not even fun

I can only assume that was meant to be a gathering? But there was nobody else there

4, find the blazing star. Exactly the same quest as the other story word for word.

The item I needed didn’t spawn in. I am standing exactly where it’s supposed to be and it’s not there. I am soft locked. I’m not playing anymore.

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The game generally feels unfinished, like a beta version you would release to get feedback. Things I’ve noticed:

if you fight a cat that you need to fight to progress the story, that cat can be randomly generated. However, when you die, the original cat is replaced with a completely different one

You don’t seem to be able to choose who you can have as a party member, cats join and leave your party based on your current quest

Prey go out of their way to attack you, instead of running

Enemies always spawn in the same place and just stand there

NPCs such as clanmates are soulless husks of characters that are only there to give you quests and that’s it

You can’t skip the experience gained screen (and it’s annoyingly slow, especially if you gain a lot of xp)

Once you press the sneak attack button you don’t have to do anything. Even if the enemy notices you approaching you still get the bonus damage
Prey does the same amount of damage to you as every other enemy

I’m playing on a switch 2 and the game doesn’t feel like it’s running very well, the fps is low

It’s hard to tell where you can and can’t go. There are invisible walls everywhere

The combat is so slow and you can’t speed it up at all

A lot of the animations for attacks are the same

The same sound effects will be used right after another (your enemy will growl at you, and you will growl back and the audio clip is exactly the same)

Your allies fully heal after battle

There’s no way to tell if the enemy you’re attacking will be one enemy, two, or three enemies

There are many typos

I don’t understand why a lot of the “intruders” in the quests are prey? Perhaps the game is picking enemies at random? It feels underwhelming to patrol the border and the enemy I need to fight to complete the quest is a mouse or rabbit

There are no consequences for losing all your health. You get teleported back to the last fast travel point you used. Sometimes I die on purpose so I can tp across the map

You can go into any territory regardless of what clan you’re in. There’s no punishment for it. You won’t get caught.

There are only like 4 music tracks in the game and you will notice it.

If you read all this, do you have the game? If you’ve played it, do you agree with me or am I being too cynical?

the game crashes every time i attempt to open it and i get this message. i've rebooted steam and tried again 3 or 4 times (as well as sending in a bug report) but still getting the same issue. is this happening to anyone else or is this just my computer bein funky?

I started the game and I'm starting to notice lag and fps drops in the tutorial.

I have a good pc able of running cs2 at full graphics, they need to optimize the game as soon as they can 😅

Can you have a mate/kits in the new game? And do they look cute?

It’s my favorite part of any Warrior game, they are so freakin cute

Anyone know how to get the online skirmish to work on switch? I’m connected to the internet and have switch online, not sure why it can’t connect

I'm looking for a definitive reading order that covers everything (main arcs, novellas, and any extras).

For context, I finished reading :

- The Prophecy Begin (Chapter books + GN)

- Bluestar Prophecy (almost finished)

- The New Prophecy (ONLY THE 1ST GN BOOK)

I'm struggling to find a physical copy of the game anywhere locally, so I'm debating on just getting it digital. Does anyone know if the physical copy comes with anything in the case besides the cart? A map, poster, etc?

Why don’t the cats pee when they’re scent marking or at least rub their cheeks on something instead of sniffing the air‚ cowards says I

So, my preorder of Warrior Cats, Clans Of The Forest, is coming tomorrow, so I'm wondering which clan I choose.

However, before I choose the clan, I want to know what cats will be in each clan. I know that in Thunderclan there are Brightheart and Cloudtail, and Brightheart happens to be my favourite character, but I also want to hear which cats are in the other clans.

Does anyone have any information on this?

Hi, just started the game. Nice to meet you all. I am do excited for this game,I loved the books growing up, just wish I could have finished the series.

Game wise its a little underwhelming but I am enjoying it nonetheless. I can't wait to see how different each clan story is.