Clans of the Forest Trailers and Gameplay Footage

Five official Clans of the Forest trailers have been published: the announcement trailer in early August 2026, the Build Your Warrior Cat teaser on 25 August, the release date trailer on 1 September, the Steam Pre-Purchase Trailer, and the official first-look gameplay trailer on 15 October. The 15 October video is the only one that shows an extended, unedited-looking walkthrough.

• Five videos, all official - not counting re-uploads and reaction channels
• The gameplay first look runs 4 minutes 18 seconds and covers the camp, the combat system and the first ThunderClan quest
• Only one trailer has ever revealed a hard fact - the release date trailer on 1 September, which locked in 23 October 2026
• No launch trailer, no demo and no per-platform footage - as of 18 October 2026
• The Steam store record carries a single video plus 10 screenshots

Every Clans of the Forest trailer so far

The list is short, and the runtimes are the fastest way to tell which one is worth your time. Four of the five are under a minute; only the October video is long enough to function as a preview rather than a mood piece.

Two things about that table are worth flagging. The announcement trailer carries different upload dates depending on the channel - 7 August on one, 8 August on another - because the game itself was announced on 6 August 2026 and the trailer went out with the reveal, then got re-uploaded. And the Steam Pre-Purchase Trailer is not a new video in the sense the others are: it is the video block on the game's own Steam page, and it went up around PC pre-orders opening on 23 September 2026.

Official source: Warrior Cats - official game announcement - the franchise site that carried the reveal, the trailer and the four new Erin Hunter storylines.

What the first two trailers revealed

The announcement trailer is 57 seconds and does a single job: it establishes that this is a real game rather than a still image. The description attached to it is blunt about the content - hunt prey, hone your skills, defend your home against rival warriors, rise through the ranks of your Clan. That is the hunter-forager loop and the rival-Clan combat in under a minute, with no date attached yet. Our game overview covers what the studio behind it had actually built by then.

The Build Your Warrior Cat teaser, three weeks later on 25 August, is the more useful of the two for anyone deciding whether to buy. It is entirely Cat Creator footage, and the official description lists exactly what the creator exposes: fur patterns, colours, tails, whiskers, ears, eyes and markings. That is 8 named creator categories in a 36-second video, which is a high information density for something that short. The cat creator page breaks down what each of those layers actually does, and why separate eye colours matter more than they sound.

The release date trailer and the Steam pre-purchase video

The 1 September video is the only trailer that has ever changed anything for buyers. It ran 31 seconds on PlayStation's channel and 29 seconds on IGN's, and it confirmed two fixed points at once: the release date of 23 October 2026, and the six platform entries - Switch, Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on both Steam and the Epic Games Store. Console pre-orders opened the same day the trailer landed.

Nothing in the 1 September footage showed combat mechanics, Clan choice or the map. If you came out of it still unclear about the four campaigns, that gap was not filled until the October gameplay video. The release date and platforms page holds the fixed facts from that trailer, and the news timeline has the dated announcement trail behind it.

Where to watch the official gameplay footage

The first-look gameplay trailer was published on 15 October 2026 on the franchise's own site, and it is the only official video that shows the game being played rather than cut. There is no YouTube upload under the publisher's name that we can point to, so the dated original is the franchise page.

1. Open the official gameplay trailer article on warriorcats.com.
2. Play the embedded video - it is hosted on Vimeo, so no YouTube account or ad block workaround is needed.
3. Compare what you see against the Steam screenshots if you want stills instead of motion.

The publisher's own summary of the video is specific: explore the camp, check out the combat system, and complete the first quest for the ThunderClan storyline. It was released to mark the game passing over 150,000 Steam wishlists, up from the 100,000 the publisher celebrated with a map reveal on 10 September 2026. Runtime is 4 minutes 18 seconds, roughly nine times longer than the announcement trailer.

Official source: Clans of the Forest gameplay trailer - the 15 October 2026 first-look video, with the camp, combat and ThunderClan quest described in the publisher's own words.

What the footage confirms, and what it leaves out

The 15 October video answers the biggest open question from August and September: what the combat actually looks like in motion. Combat is turn-based and built around timing and tactics, with a move set you develop, enemy weaknesses to exploit, and ancestor attacks granted by StarClan. The camp tour covers the hub space, and the ThunderClan quest shows the quest layer and the dialogue that carries the story. Our combat and stances page covers the Stance system that replaces spells, which the footage introduces visually but does not explain in full.

Confirmed on video or in the store record behind it:

• Camp exploration as a real space you walk through, not a static menu
• Turn-based combat against rival cats, shown in the ThunderClan storyline
• A first quest sequence with dialogue and objectives
• 10 official screenshots on the Steam store page, live before the game releases
• One Steam video, the Pre-Purchase Trailer, which is a store asset rather than a gameplay walkthrough

Still absent, as of 18 October 2026: any Switch 2 or Xbox footage, any look at the other three Clan campaigns, any multiplayer or skirmish footage, any boss encounter, and any demo. If the four-campaign structure is what you care about, no video has shown more than one of them - the game modes page and the four Clans page are built from the publisher's written feature list instead.

FAQ

Is there a Clans of the Forest gameplay trailer yet?

Yes, and it arrived on 15 October 2026, a little over a week before release. It runs 4 minutes 18 seconds and shows the camp, the turn-based combat system and the first ThunderClan story quest. Before that date, no official video had shown sustained gameplay - the earlier trailers were all under a minute.

How long is the Clans of the Forest gameplay trailer?

4 minutes 18 seconds. For comparison, the announcement trailer is 57 seconds, the Build Your Warrior Cat teaser is 36 seconds, and the release date trailer is 29 to 31 seconds depending on the channel. The October video is the only one that behaves like a preview rather than an advert.

Where can I watch the Clans of the Forest trailer?

The October gameplay trailer is on the franchise's own site, embedded from Vimeo. The announcement and release date trailers are on IGN's YouTube channel, and the release date trailer also ran on the PlayStation channel. The Steam store page carries a single Pre-Purchase Trailer. Avoid third-party re-uploads if you want the correct runtime and date.

Is there a Switch 2 trailer or an Xbox trailer?

No, and there is no PlayStation-specific gameplay video either. The only platform-specific asset published so far is the release date trailer on PlayStation's channel, which is the same 30-second cut shown everywhere else. All announced platforms launch on 23 October 2026 with the same content, so no platform has needed its own footage.

Will there be a launch trailer?

Not announced as of 18 October 2026. Launch trailers are typically published within the last few days before release, so one is plausible, but nothing has been confirmed and no date has been given. The news and updates timeline tracks it, and a launch trailer would appear there.

Related Guides

• News and release updates - the dated trail behind every trailer, from the 6 August announcement to the October gameplay reveal.
• Release date and platforms - what the release date trailer actually locked in, and why no unlock hour exists yet.
• Cat creator and customization - the system the 25 August teaser is entirely built around, layer by layer.
• Combat moves and stances - the turn-based system the 15 October footage demonstrates but does not explain.
• Game overview - developer, publisher and licence detail for everything shown in the footage.