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Darkwood

Critic score8 critics
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First release
Aug 17, 2017
Engine
Unity
Genres
Role-playing (RPG), Indie, Adventure, Strategy · Action, Horror, Survival
Platforms
PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Linux, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Google Stadia

Darkwood is a unforgiving survival horror with a procedurally generated, open world. By blending RPG, roguelike and adventure elements together with a challenging difficulty, Darkwood aims to please players craving for a deep and rewarding experience. The fear of unknown is powerful. Your senses will be deceived by Darkwood's surreal terrors. No answer will be given to you for free, yet somewhere in the woods lies the truth, an explanation to what has happened in this godforsaken place. By day, explore the randomly generated woods, scavenge for materials and weapons, discover secrets, solve mysteries and talk, trade with or kill the various inhabitants of Darkwood. By night, return to your hideout, barricade, set up traps and hide or defend yourself from the horrors that lurk in the dark.

Also known as Darkwood.exe

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Storyline
Darkwood unfolds in a mysterious, ever-expanding forest somewhere in the Soviet Bloc during the late 1980s, where the surrounding land has been swallowed and its people left trapped. A strange plague festers among the survivors, twisting many into monstrous, mindless things, while the few remaining outsiders cling to scattered hideouts. The player takes the role of the Stranger, a man desperate to find a way out and searching for a stolen key that promises passage through an underground escape route. By day he scavenges the woods for supplies and clues, and by night he barricades himself in and fights to survive until dawn, all while the choices he makes shape the fates of the forest's uneasy inhabitants.Read more

Darkwood unfolds in a mysterious, ever-expanding forest somewhere in the Soviet Bloc during the late 1980s, where the surrounding land has been swallowed and its people left trapped. A strange plague festers among the survivors, twisting many into monstrous, mindless things, while the few remaining outsiders cling to scattered hideouts. The player takes the role of the Stranger, a man desperate to find a way out and searching for a stolen key that promises passage through an underground escape route. By day he scavenges the woods for supplies and clues, and by night he barricades himself in and fights to survive until dawn, all while the choices he makes shape the fates of the forest's uneasy inhabitants.

Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Aug 17, 2017
Mac
Aug 17, 2017
Linux
Aug 17, 2017
All 9 release dates
PlayStation 4
May 14, 2019
Nintendo Switch
May 16, 2019
Xbox One
May 17, 2019
Google Stadia
Sep 07, 2021
PlayStation 5
Oct 28, 2022
Xbox Series X|S
Dec 23, 2022
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main Story
14h
Main + Extras
15h
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Keywords
crafting, action-adventure, free roam, atmospheric, scavenging
… All 8, story rich, steam greenlight, previously on - stadia pro

At a Glance

Critic Score
80
Main Story (IGDB)
14h
Main + Extras (IGDB)
15h
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Steam users rate this Very Positive, 22,409 reviews in all languages, recorded 16 October 2026

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