Tales of the Black Forest
Pixel-art horror adventure about escaping a town through time travel
拾英工作室 · Published by 拾英工作室, Gamirror Games · Released Sep 25, 2019
- Reviews
- Overwhelmingly Positive
- 98% of 16K
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 93% of 58 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 4
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 4 months ago
- May 21, 2026
What is Tales of the Black Forest?
This single-player adventure follows high school student Kihara Kashin, who is trapped in the Japanese town of Kuromori-chō and told she must travel to the past to leave. Across three story chapters, you meet characters and yōkai, read dialogue, and solve puzzles and riddles.
For you if...
- +you like unsettling stories involving Japanese yōkai
- +you enjoy solving riddles between character conversations
Not for you if...
- −you prefer action-heavy play over reading dialogue
- −you dislike chase sequences that demand careful timing
What players say
98% of 15,502 reviews are positive · 93% of 58 in the last 30 days
Players praise the story, characters, art, and music. Some find the dialogue slow or the chase sections unforgiving.
Screenshots and trailer
Tales of the Black Forest system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- WIN7 SP1/WIN8/WIN10/XP
- Processor
- 1.2 GHz
- Graphics
- DirectX 9 compatible graphics card
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 1 GB available space
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 15
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Playable
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
- External controllers are not supported for the primary player
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, Japanese.
Tags
- Pixel Graphics
- RPG
- Horror
- Indie
- Adventure
- Story Rich
- Female Protagonist
- Anime
- Visual Novel
- Atmospheric
- Singleplayer
- Puzzle
- Psychological Horror
- 2D
- JRPG
Recent updates
- May 21, 2026 · "Tales of the Black Forest" Publisher Change Announcement
- Feb 24, 2021 · UPDATE V1.0.2
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