Panic In The Woods

Co-op survival horror where noise attracts a roaming forest monster

Exit Plan Games · Released Sep 13, 2024

Reviews: Mixed; 69% of 120
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Players: 0; daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update on Steam: 2 years ago; Oct 28, 2024
Minimum PC: GTX 660; 6 GB RAM · 2 GB disk; Full requirements

What is Panic In The Woods?

You play as Boy Scouts lost in a forest in this third-person survival horror game, alone or in a team of up to four. Each run scatters keys and tools around the map. You unlock matching gates to other realms and retrieve skulls for a ritual to banish the monster.

For you if...

+you like coordinating distractions and rescues over walkie-talkie voice chat

Not for you if...

−you prefer forgiving enemies and a relaxed exploration pace

What players say

69% of 120 reviews are positive

Players praise the challenge of working together with friends. They criticize unclear instructions and an overly difficult stalker, while recent reviews still report bugs and frustrating cycles of freeing teammates from cages.

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Panic In The Woods system requirements

Minimum: GTX 660, 6 GB RAM, 2 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS: Windows 10
Processor: AMD Ryzen™ 3 1200 / Intel® Core™ i3-8100
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 660 2GB / AMD Radeon™ HD 7850 2GB
Memory: 6 GB RAM
Storage: 2 GB available space
DirectX: Version 11
Notes: Medium settings | 1080p | 30FPS

Does Panic In The Woods have co-op or multiplayer?

Yes: co-op online and LAN. It also has a single-player mode.

Does Panic In The Woods run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
Default configuration is not performant
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Shows Steam Deck controller icons

PC version details

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Full controller support
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 11
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Languages: Full audio: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish.

Does Panic In The Woods use AI-generated content?

Steam's data marks it as containing AI-generated content, but its Steam page had no statement from the developers when we checked it.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam