Clans of the Forest News & Release Updates

The latest clans of the forest news, as of 28 September 2026, is that PC pre-orders opened on 23 September 2026 on Steam and the Epic Games Store. The game was announced on 6 August, the release date was locked on 1 September, and the publisher passed 100,000 Steam wishlists on 10 September. The full dated trail is below, because nothing currently published consolidates it.

• 28 July 2026 - the official Warriors account began revealing teaser art
• 6 August 2026 - the game was announced: autumn 2026, PS5, Xbox Series, Switch, Switch 2, PC on Steam and Epic
• 1 September 2026 - release date announced as 23 October; console pre-orders opened
• 10 September 2026 - island map and territories preview, after passing 100,000 Steam wishlists
• 23 September 2026 - PC pre-orders opened on Steam and the Epic Games Store

Two trailers are public - the announce trailer and the release-date trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxzPtef_jcA - and the Steam store lists a Pre-Purchase Trailer as the app's only video at the time of writing.

What is the latest Clans of the Forest news?

The most recent item is PC pre-orders going live on 23 September 2026, roughly a month after console pre-orders opened. If you have been waiting to buy on PC, that window is now open - and if you were going to pre-order at all, the bonus deadline is close, because the Purrfect Look Pack cutoff is 10/23/2026 00:00 PDT, the day of release itself.

Before that, 10 September brought the most substantive content reveal: the publisher posted an island map and territories preview, which was the first look at the game's geography as a whole. That post came on the back of passing 100,000 Steam wishlists, with a stated goal of 125,000.

What happened on each announcement date?

The announcement itself came through Gematsu on 6 August, and the release date and console pre-orders through RPGSite on 1 September. The 10 September map reveal and the 23 September PC pre-orders are both posts on the app's own Steam news feed. The teaser art in late July was the earliest public signal, and it came from the franchise's own account rather than a games site.

How many wishlists does the game have?

More than 100,000 on Steam as of 10 September 2026, with a stated target of 125,000. The publisher posted the island map and territories preview to mark passing the 100,000 mark.

Two caveats on that number. Wishlist counts move constantly, so the figure is a snapshot from 10 September rather than a current total. And a wishlist is not a pre-order - if you are reading it as a demand signal, it is a good one, but it is not the same as people who have committed money.

Where do official updates appear first?

In a predictable order, and worth knowing before launch day. The publisher's own site and the official Warrior Cats franchise site carry announcements first. The storefronts are where anything transactional appears - pre-orders, prices, demo availability. The Steam community forums are where player findings and compatibility testing land, and they were active with 56 topics at the time this page was written.

For anything that changes the practical advice on this site, those forums are the first place to look: a demo appearing, an achievement list going live, or a Steam Deck rating being assigned would all show up there before they show up anywhere else. Our FAQ tracks the questions those events would answer, and the release date page carries the fixed facts.