Warrior Cats: Clans of the Forest — Release Date and Unlock Times

The game is out. Steam’s release_date field says 23 October 2026 and coming_soon is false. I checked that on 25 October 2026. If a store tile still looks like a pre-order, refresh it. The rest of this page is about whose midnight you were waiting for.

By the editors of warriorclansoftheforest.com · Last checked 2026-10-25

Several cats fighting in a forest camp with an orange slash effect
Steam screenshot: a camp fight in the forest.
Close-up of a cat face from the game
Steam screenshot: a close view of a cat.

PlayStation and Xbox regional timestamps

The US PlayStation timestamp is 2026-10-23T04:00:00Z. That is midnight on 23 October in US Eastern time, and 9:00 p.m. on 22 October in US Pacific time. New Zealand’s timestamp is 2026-10-22T11:00:00Z, which is midnight on 23 October in New Zealand (UTC+13). Same local date, different clocks. A page that prints 22 October is showing someone else’s evening, not an early release. The US Xbox timestamp matches the US PlayStation one.

Steam unlocks once, at 16:00 UTC

Steam’s unlock, reported from the store countdown, is a single global moment: 16:00 UTC on 23 October 2026. That is noon Eastern, 9:00 a.m. Pacific, 5:00 p.m. in London, 6:00 p.m. in central Europe, 1:00 a.m. on 24 October in Tokyo, and 3:00 a.m. on 24 October in Sydney. I am marking this line as second-hand store data, not a sentence I copied from a Valve blog.

What is still unpublished

  • Switch and Switch 2: the date is 23 October 2026. No hour was published. I will not invent one.
  • Epic Games Store: I could not read an unlock time.
  • Xbox Series X discs: 3 November 2026 in the US, 6 November 2026 in the UK and Europe. Digital copies were not delayed.

Where to buy it now

Questions on this page

What time did it come out?

The checked US PS5 and Xbox stores use 04:00 UTC on 23 October, midnight Eastern and 21:00 Pacific on 22 October. The NZ PS5 listing uses midnight NZ time. Steam’s reported time is 16:00 UTC on 23 October. Switch has a date but no confirmed hour.

Did PlayStation release a day early?

No. A 22 October label is the Pacific-time evening before Eastern midnight.

Keep reading

Stores

The shops that were live two days after release.

Launch notes

Control issues were acknowledged on release day.

Game facts

Platforms, modes, and the developer credit.

Sources

Last checked 25 October 2026. Prices and scores change; the store page wins if they differ.