Warrior Cats Unveils First Major RPG Trailer, Launching on 5 Platforms This Fall

Q: Will players be able to take on specialized roles like Medicine Cat, or are they locked into standard warrior paths?

No—at least not based on what has been officially revealed so far. Current materials for Warrior Cats: Clans of the Forest consistently describe the player character as a custom “warrior cat,” with the game built around choosing one of the four main Clans, training moves, customizing combat style, and rising through the Clan ranks. The official feature descriptions emphasize warrior-focused progression: hunting prey, defending borders, turn-based combat, Clan abilities, and four Clan-specific story campaigns. Promotional text also says players will “train as an apprentice” and “rise through the ranks of your Clan,” which points to the standard warrior track as the confirmed path. That said, specialized roles such as Medicine Cat have not been ruled out outright. Multiple reports note that it remains unclear whether those roles will be playable, and no official announcement has confirmed role selection beyond being a warrior cat aligned with ThunderClan, RiverClan, ShadowClan, or WindClan. So the safest reading of the announcement is that players are currently confirmed to play custom warrior cats, not necessarily alternate role types like Medicine Cat. If that feature exists, the developers and publisher have not disclosed it yet.

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A first trailer for Warrior Cats: Clans of the Forest debuted on the franchise’s Instagram account, showing the series’ first major officially licensed game for PC and consoles ahead of a fall release.
The game is a turn-based RPG from Minnesota-based TRAILMARK Games, letting players create a cat, choose a Clan and play an original story across forests, rivers, plains and swamps.
Trailer footage showed combat against snakes, badgers and dogs, plus traversal features such as climbing trees, hunting prey and meeting book characters including Brightheart and likely Cloudtail.
The release spans Steam, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, while some details — including whether players can become a Medicine Cat — remain unclear.
The game extends a broader Warriors expansion announced in 2026: Disney confirmed an animated series in June for a 2028 release, and a separate mobile game is planned for 2027.