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Immerse yourself in the obscure and mysterious autumnal forest, where every wrong step could be your last. As you travel uncover the dark story behind this place, where beauty and danger have become as one.
The Cursed Forest is a walking simulator, atmospheric and adventure game
developed by KPy3O and Noostyche
and published by Grable Team.
Released on February 26th 2019 is available on Windows, Steam Deck and Steam Machine
in 8 languages: English, Russian, French, Italian, Hungarian, Polish, Turkish and Simplified Chinese.
It has received 809 reviews of which 720 were positive and 89 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.4 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 11.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 1.08€ on Eneba.
The Steam community has classified The Cursed Forest into these genres:
Walking Simulator
Atmospheric
Adventure
Nature
Exploration
Relaxing
Surreal
Realistic
Dark Humor
Funny
Dark
Mystery
Story Rich
Horror
Indie
First-Person
Supernatural
Singleplayer
Linear
3D
Here is the detailed breakdown of supported languages for The Cursed Forest:
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System requirements
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7 SP1 64 bit, Windows 8.1 64 bit
- Processor: Intel Core i3 6100 / AMD FX 8350
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: GTX 660 2 Gb / Radeon 7850 2 Gb
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 5 GB available space
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I enjoyed this game a great deal! It is beautiful and has a delightful mysterious atmosphere, as well as great attention to detail. It maintained a creepy vibe all the way through (with some extremely silly moments in-between :), and held the mood with fitting music. Nice handdrawn paintings framed the story. Major compliments to the creators for managing to weave together such a neat story such that I always felt lost, yet missed almost nothing of the game. The player guidance is nothing short of superb! And I'm glad to see the Hedgehog is still counting stars with the Bear, with juniper berries under the samovar!
When you boil it right down this is essentially a walking simulator with jump scares. But perhaps that's a little unfair. The environment is detailed; the sound-effects are good; and the the ambiance is genuinely creepy. There is an intriguing story line - even though at times it's difficult to follow; there are things to do, and things to find and collect. But there are no 'puzzles' as such; you just walk until you find everything you need to. You will die a few times, but save-points are reasonably frequent, so it doesn't become too frustrating. Whilst detailed, I found the graphics very dark to the point it was often difficult to see where you're going. I get that this is probably intentional to raise the creep-factor, but perhaps a torch mechanic would have been good? I played at high settings on a Core i7, but the game seems to be quite resource hungry as the CPU fan in my PC was whirring its little heart out most of the time whilst playing. Overall, I'd give this a 7/10.
Finished my play-through of this on my Youtube channel several days ago (link at end of review for anyone who wants to see a gameplay sample before buying), so here are some thoughts. This is a short horror game that you'll likely beat in about 4-6 hours. The gameplay essentially consists of exploring the cursed forest after which the game is named, finding items you need as well as notes that gradually reveal the underlying story. So nothing particularly special there, but if you're into that kind of more sedate, slow-burner type of gameplay, then this won't be an issue for you. The game's biggest strengths are definitely it's visuals and atmosphere, complemented by a decent sound design. The forest itself is gloomy and dark, so the setting works well with the story that the game tells. Whilst there are occasional traps and threats to watch out for, there's no chase sequences where you'll be running for your (player character's) life. There are occasional jump-scares, but nothing huge or obnoxious. Most of the puzzles you'll encounter are fairly easy to solve, though there was one puzzle in chapter 1 with a slightly convoluted solution that could benefit from reworking. Namely, you go through a ravine, carefully wander along a narrow cliff edge to trigger a landslide (without falling), turn around and climb up a series of rocks to a path above (which is slightly janky, as the rocks are big and not the easiest to climb up), follow said path through a cave that takes you under the place you need to go just to emerge on a lower ledge, look at the place you need to go above (and in doing so activate a trigger, I guess), then basically go back the way you came back to the cliff edge where magically there's now a proper way across. Yeah... needlessly convoluted. But fortunately it was the only example I came across when I played this game. One other thing to be aware of: the save and load system in this game can sometimes be buggy. As you explore each chapter, there are a combination of autosave checkpoints as well as small mystical altars where you can manually save your progress. For the most part these worked fine; but in chapters 4 and 5, I found that loading certain save files from the main menu wouldn't work properly - the loading screen would function as normal, but then I'd get a black screen with sound but no visuals. Note to anyone reading this review: if you buy the game and find this same bug, take multiple save files in previous chapters; find the last save file that loads in correctly, then load back to your most recent save file from the in-game pause menu. This worked for me. So all in all, The Cursed Forest does have some slight jank to it; but nothing that seriously broke the game and prevented me from progressing. Combined with the strengths I mentioned earlier, it's not a game that'll be winning any awards for innovative gameplay or the like. But if you just want an atmospheric, spooky game where you explore a well-designed environment and piece together the story, then The Cursed Forest is worth giving a shot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWUqPvnvc6s&list=PL05Yc3_TEBpPXdO6h9HF47It8MpAMoKnz&index=1&t=331s
Достаточно любопытная игра Есть парочка мелких шероховатостей вроде не всегда ясного понимания куда идти или мелких багов вроде замедления персонажа на лестницах и т.п., но играть приятно. Подход с картой интересный - не помню, чтобы встречал, даже подумать немного нужно иногда. Вот только жаль, что мячик никак не сыграл, было бы интересно его применить хоть куда-то...
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Frequently Asked Questions
The Cursed Forest is currently priced at 11.99€ on Steam.
No, The Cursed Forest is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 11.99€ on Steam.
Yes, The Cursed Forest received 720 positive votes out of a total of 809 achieving a rating of 8.38.
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The Cursed Forest was developed by KPy3O and Noostyche and published by Grable Team.
Yes, The Cursed Forest is playable and fully supported on Windows.
No, The Cursed Forest is not playable on MacOS.
No, The Cursed Forest is not playable on Linux.
Yes, The Cursed Forest is playable on Steam Deck, though it might require a few minor tweaks. Make sure to check the Steam store page and community feedback on ProtonDB for exact compatibility details.
Yes, The Cursed Forest is playable and fully supported on Steam Machine.
No, The Cursed Forest does not support VR.
The Cursed Forest is a single-player game.
Yes, there is a DLC available for The Cursed Forest. Explore additional content available for The Cursed Forest on Steam.
No, The Cursed Forest does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, The Cursed Forest does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, The Cursed Forest is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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KPy3O,
Noostyche
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Release
26 Feb 2019
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