The Cursed Forest

The Cursed Forest

Steam Deck Playable

KPy3O · Walking Simulator · Feb 26, 2019

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $5.17.

89%
Very Positive
889 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 51 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 27 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 11 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 889 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 118 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise38% are divided12% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The atmosphere, graphics, puzzles, genuine scares that made me jump out of my skin, creepy sections, music is amazing, level design is outstanding, story is interesting.
51 of 118 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Visuals were beautiful, I really love how much work was put into making the forest look natural, dark and eerie.
27 of 118 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The atmosphere, graphics, puzzles, genuine scares that made me jump out of my skin, creepy sections, music is amazing, level design is outstanding, story is interesting.
11 of 118 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
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.
3 of 118 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Story and characters51 reviews
Graphics27 reviews
Audio11 reviews
Interface3 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Gameplay7 reviews
71%
Bugs6 reviews
83%
Performance3 reviews
100%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes9 reviews
78%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $5.17 (−63%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $5.17

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
89%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
56
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.