Night in the Woods

Night in the Woods

Released: February 21, 2017
Type: Main Game

Platforms:

PlayStation 4 Linux PC (Microsoft Windows) iOS PlayStation 5 Mac Xbox One Nintendo Switch

Genres:

Platform Adventure Indie

Game Modes:

Single player

Themes:

Fantasy Drama

Player Perspectives:

Side view

Ratings

User Rating

82.1
Based on 284 ratings

Critics Rating

88.3
Based on 12 ratings

Total Rating

85.2
Based on 296 ratings

Summary

Night In The Woods is an adventure game heavily focused on story, characters and exploration, with some platforming to get around town. Mae's a cat so the roofs and ledges and powerlines are all her playground, and she's not the only one up there by a long shot. You'll also be doing various activities and interacting with the world in different ways, getting to know the townspeople, hanging out with friends, exploring Possum Springs inside and out, and venturing into the surrounding areas.

Storyline

Night In The Woods is a VIDEO GAME. All Mae wants to do is run around with her friends, break stuff and hang on to a life of aggressive aimlessness. She dropped out of college and returned home to her crumbling old mining town to do just that, but she's finding that nothing is the same anymore. The old town seems different. Her old friends have grown in their own directions. Mae herself is undergoing some sudden and unexplained changes, giving her mysterious abilities that grant her access to a side of town she never knew existed.
The world is changing, things are ending, and the future is uncertain. Up behind the park at the edge of town, back in the trees by the old mine- there's something in the woods. And it could mean no future at all.
Night In The Woods comes from a deep place for us. That point where you sense things are changing and it's time to move on but you just don't know how. Knowing that everything will end someday, and wondering how well we'll be able to meet it when it happens. How long we'll be able to hold on, and when we should let go. When to accept and when to fight.

Involved Companies

22nd Century Toys

Role:

Infinite Fall

Role:
Developer

Finji

Role:
Publisher

Secret Lab

Role:

PLAYISM

Role:
Publisher

Game Engines

Unity

Keywords

exploration animal protagonist pizza crowdfunding - kickstarter crowdfunding digital distribution pax west 2017 anthropomorphism pax east 2017 cat pax south 2017 puzzle platformer playstation experience 2016 playstation experience 2015 branching storyline pax east 2016 pax west 2016 crowd funded ambient music metagame the game awards 2017 the game awards - nominee the game awards - best independent game - nominee the game awards - games for impact - nominee

Alternative Names

ナイト・イン・ザ・ウッズ

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