2021-09-09iOS release2018-02-01Initial worldwide Switch release2017-12-13Xbox One release2017-02-21Initial North American release on PC and PS4
Platforms
Windows, Mac, Linux, PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Xbox One
Description
College dropout Mae Borowski returns home to the crumbling former mining town of Possum Springs seeking to resume her aimless former life and reconnect with the friends she left behind. But things aren't the same. Home seems different now and her friends have grown and changed. Leaves are falling and the wind is growing colder. Strange things are happening as the light fades.
And there's something in the woods.
NIGHT IN THE WOODS is an adventure game focused on exploration, story, and character, featuring dozens of characters to meet and lots to do across a lush, vibrant world. After a successful Kickstarter it's being made by Infinite Fall, a teamup of Alec Holowka (Aquaria), Scott Benson (Late Night Work Club), and Bethany Hockenberry.
I'm biased because I have extremely fond memories of playing through over the course of several weeks alongside my best friend. We worked at the same place for a while and we'd go back to her place after our shifts were over and sit in front of her TV in the basement and play this for an hour or so every session. I would also be the one "driving" and we'd take our time to read the dialog, sometimes out loud. The game has the perfect fall cozy vibe, and with all this, it holds one of my favorite gaming memories (that even the ending that I consider to be a bit lackluster cannot tarnish; the game as a whole is beautiful).
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