Darkwood
Survival horror with daytime scavenging and desperate nighttime defense
Acid Wizard Studio · Published by Hooded Horse, Acid Wizard Studio · Released Aug 17, 2017
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 95% of 25K
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 94% of 178 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 53
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Last update
- 2 years ago
- Dec 28, 2023
Metacritic: 80/100 (critic reviews)
What is Darkwood?
Darkwood is a single-player survival horror game set in a ruined forest that rearranges between playthroughs. By day, you explore open biomes, scavenge resources, take quests, and travel between hideouts; by night, you fortify a shelter and defend it while making choices that shape your attempt to escape.
For you if...
- +you prefer slow-burn horror without jump scares
- +you enjoy scavenging, exploration, and shelter defense
- +you want choices that can change the story
Not for you if...
- −you need quest markers and explicit instructions
- −you only want multiplayer games
- −you prefer a forgiving, low-pressure survival game
What players say
95% of 25,004 reviews are positive · 94% of 178 in the last 30 days
Players most often praise the oppressive atmosphere, sound design, slow-building fear, and story. Common complaints describe slow movement and backtracking, clunky combat, repetitive nighttime defense, and limited save control as tedious.
Screenshots and trailer
Darkwood system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows® 10 (64-bit)
- Processor
- Intel® Core™ i3-2100 (dual-core) / AMD® Phenom™ II X2 565 (dual-core)
- Graphics
- NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 460 (1 GB) / AMD® Radeon™ HD 5770 (1 GB)
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 10 GB available space
Recommended
- OS
- Windows® 10 (64-bit)
- Processor
- Intel® Core™ i5-2400 (quad-core) / AMD® FX-Series™ FX-4300 (quad-core)
- Graphics
- NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 660 (2 GB) / AMD® Radeon™ HD 7870 (2 GB)
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 10 GB available space
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 15
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Verified
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- 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: English, Polish, Russian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Italian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Hungarian, French.
Tags
- Horror
- Survival Horror
- Adventure
- Psychological Horror
- Action
- RPG
- Dark
- Atmospheric
- Survival
- Exploration
- Story Rich
- Open World
- Dark Fantasy
- Singleplayer
- Fantasy
- Multiple Endings
Recent updates
- Dec 28, 2023 · Update 1.4
- Oct 31, 2021 · New update coming soon, biggest discount ever!
- Aug 7, 2019 · Darkwood 1.3 - new languages!
- Jan 22, 2018 · Darkwood 1.2 - localization update, -30% off!
- Jan 22, 2018 · Darkwood 1.2 - localization update, -30% off!
2 DLC available.
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