Following its initial reveal earlier this year, Mirage: Miracle Quest has officially dropped a brand new free demo.
This year’s Wholesome Snack 2025 Showcase certainly delivered, bringing us a ton of exciting cosy gaming announcements, one of which concerns an upcoming RPG.
Developed by new French studio Toe Bean Club, Mirage: Miracle Quest is an upcoming RPG that blends the turn-based, deck-building gameplay of Baldur’s Gate 3 with the whimsy of Studio Ghibli.
Set within the gorgeous hand-painted world of Andafy, the game centres around a feline exorcist by the name of Mirage, with the game taking inspiration from the cultures of Madagascar, France, and Japan.
When a mysterious creature ravages through Mirage’s hometown whispering the name of her grandmother, it’s up to our feline hero to get to the bottom of what’s going on.
The game is currently only slated to land on PC via Steam, but you can already get a taste of what the game has to offer as a demo is now available to try for free.
Interestingly, a press release lists other console launches as “TBD”, so there’s hope for other platforms yet.
Our Hands-On Demo Impressions
I had the opportunity to go hands-on with the game’s demo ahead of its public release and I must say, I came away incredibly impressed.
Mirage: Miracle Quest’s demo took me around 50-minutes to complete, offering several main quests to take on and one side quest.
Those main quests tracked Mirage’s early investigations into the new threat plaguing her town, tasking the player with seeing off low-level spectral enemies before confronting a much larger and more powerful foe.
I will admit, I’m not usually one for turn-based, deck-building gameplay, but Mirage: Miracle Quest is incredibly accessible.
It explains its format well and is crafted in a way that allows you to build confidence before there’s a real need to put your skills to the test.
It all works much as you’d expect, with Mirage boasting both attacking and defensive moves, plus in the full release, she’ll be able to choose from multiple wands providing access to different decks or abilities.
In this demo, I was limited to sampling two.
You can also build a party which I also got to try, with one of Mirage’s friends joining me for the latter of the main quests.
This saw me investigate a spectre-infested forest in search of the larger threat terrorising the town.
The fact that I proved victorious in each battle and, like I said, don’t normally opt for this style of gameplay solidifies to me that this is a great stepping on point for the turn-based RPG genre.
The side quest I sampled also featured a battle but acted mainly as more of a fetch quest; I didn’t mind that as Andafy is a delight to explore, with plenty of interesting NPCs to encounter.
Mirage: Miracle Quest is beautifully animated, although that’s no real surprise given that it has former animators from Sony Pictures Animation and Remembers on board.
I know I was invested because the demo abruptly ended just as a big scene got underway, resulting in my exclamation of, “No, it can’t end there!”
It’s with that that I find myself looking forward to Mirage: Miracle Quest as we look ahead to its full release.
I heartily recommend you give the demo a go, and don’t forget to wishlist the title if you want to be kept up to date on its progress.
