From Press Release:
Le Bouveret, Switzerland / La Réunion, France, July 28, 2026. Kipwak Studio, in co-production with Lake On Fire and supported by Swiss Games, the Reunion Region and FEDER (European Union), today announces the release of version 0.7.0, the game’s biggest Early Access update to date, alongside a new playable demo now available on Steam. To celebrate, Wizdom Academy is available at 20% off its regular price until August 11, 2026.
What is Wizdom Academy?
Wizdom Academy is a 3D builder management sim developed by Kipwak Studio, a Franco-Swiss indie studio based between Le Bouveret (Switzerland) and La Reunion (France). You play as the Headmaster of your own wizarding school: you design every room floor by floor, recruit students from across the world, manage mana reserves, deal with staff demands, and answer to the Directorium, the magical authority that funds and inspects your academy.
Students accumulate over 100 unique traits, unlock more than 50 Destinies, and return to study multiple times before graduating. The best ones stay on as teachers, training the next generation. No two academies look alike, and the world pushes back: rival academies compete for influence in nearby villages, your staff have their own demands, and the Directorium’s emissary shows up to collect taxes.
The game launched in Early Access on Steam in April 2025. It has been in development mode since, with no major press communication for over a year. This release marks its public comeback: a new playable demo, a major update, and a discounted price to bring new players in.
Steam page: https://store.steampowered.
com/app/2668000/Wizdom_ Academy/ A new demo, available now
For the first time, players can try Wizdom Academy for free through a dedicated Steam demo. The new demo gives new players a hands-on introduction to the core loop: building their academy floor by floor, recruiting students, managing mana and resources, and facing the pressure of the Directorium’s demands. No purchase required.
20% off until August 11
To celebrate the launch of the demo and the 0.7.0 update, Wizdom Academy is available at 20% off its regular price until August 11, 2026. New players can try the demo for free and jump into the full Early Access build at 20% off.
A major update across the board
Version 0.7.0 is the most comprehensive update Wizdom Academy has received since its Early Access launch. Nicknamed the Mana and Progression Update, it touches nearly every system in the game. On the content side: five new quests have been added to the early game, a fog of war system has been introduced on the world map, student ranks now display as titles (Novice, Apprentice, Acolyte), and Destinies are now only offered when a student graduated in the matching subject family, making every graduation feel meaningful. On the systems side: mana management has been entirely rebalanced, with construction sites no longer draining mana while being built, Mana Windmills now depending on height and wind exposure, and a dedicated mana gauge now displaying net balance per cycle. The Directorium’s Emissary received a full visual and behavioural rework, and Trust now directly influences tax demands. The update also resolves several critical progression blockers, including classrooms refusing to welcome students, teachers not teaching, and quest chains stopping mid-way. Character movement, tooltips, and UI clarity have all been polished significantly. The game is, in the developers’ own words, “much clearer, more stable, more readable, and better paced.”
About Wizdom Academy
Wizdom Academy is a 3D builder management sim where you take on the role of Headmaster of your own wizarding school. Design every room, recruit students from across the world, send professors on expeditions, and keep your school running through mana droughts, staff drama and rival academies.
With over 100 unique student traits, more than 50 Destinies to unlock, and a comprehensive tech tree, every playthrough produces a different academy. Students return to study, grow with your decisions, and the best graduates stay on as teachers. shaping the next generation in your own image.
Wizdom Academy is a Franco-Swiss co-production between Kipwak Studio and Lake On Fire, supported by Swiss Games, the Reunion Region (France), and co-funded by FEDER (European Union).
Key facts
- New demo available now on Steam
- Version 0.7.0 (Mana and Progression Update): 5 new quests, mana system rework, fog of war, student rank system, Destiny overhaul, Directorium Emissary rework, 100+ bug fixes and improvements
- 20% discount: until August 11, 2026
- Early Access since: April 2025
- Full release: planned for late 2026
