Eyes Of The ElderWood
Virtual Sanctuary · 2026 · Exploration, Hidden Object, Puzzle, Action-Adventure, Female Protagonist
PC
Positive96% · 23
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About Eyes Of The ElderWood
Eyes Of The ElderWood is a first-person adventure horror inspired by Kashubian folklore. Drawing from regional myths, beliefs, and rituals, the game explores a world where old stories have never fully disappeared. As you investigate places shaped by superstition and forgotten traditions, folklore begins to take a more literal and dangerous form.Combat combines magic and firearms, allowing you to adapt to different situations. Spells are drawn by hand and can be used both during combat and when interacting with the environment. They can reveal hidden elements, manipulate objects, or weaken supernatural threats.For more direct encounters, a revolver provides a conventional way to fight back. Using both tools together becomes essential as enemies react differently to magic and physical weapons.The creatures you face come from Kashubian beliefs, myths, and local legends. Each demon has its own appearance, behavior, and backstory. Some can only be harmed with magic, others require a specific approach, and a few cannot be killed at all, forcing you to understand how they behave rather than simply confront them.Explore a variety of locations, from abandoned villages and forgotten houses to dense forests and places shaped by local superstition. Each level introduces its own visual identity, mechanics, and enemies.As the game progresses, environments begin to feel less stable and increasingly unfamiliar. Areas that first appear grounded in reality may gradually shift toward something more surreal, changing how you approach exploration and survival.The game recreates the technical style of early 2000s titles through vertex lighting, giving environments a distinctive old-school look. This visual approach is combined with audio design that uses a bitcrusher effect to mimic the compressed sound quality typical of games from that era.Your mental state also affects how you experience the world. Certain demons feed on your psyche, slowly altering your perception. The sanity system can introduce visual distortions, unsettling sounds, and hallucinations that make it harder to distinguish reality from illusion. In extreme cases, loss of sanity can trigger unique sequences that push the experience into increasingly disturbing territory.
• First-person adventure horror inspired by Kashubian folklore
• Dual-wield combat combining hand-drawn magic and a revolver
• Demons based on Kashubian myths and legends with unique behaviors and weaknesses
• Diverse levels with distinct mechanics and enemies
• Exploration of forests, abandoned villages, and folklore locations
• Sanity system affecting perception of the game world
• Hallucinations, distortions, and madness sequences
• Retro-style visuals using vertex lighting and audio with bitcrusher effects
• First-person adventure horror inspired by Kashubian folklore
• Dual-wield combat combining hand-drawn magic and a revolver
• Demons based on Kashubian myths and legends with unique behaviors and weaknesses
• Diverse levels with distinct mechanics and enemies
• Exploration of forests, abandoned villages, and folklore locations
• Sanity system affecting perception of the game world
• Hallucinations, distortions, and madness sequences
• Retro-style visuals using vertex lighting and audio with bitcrusher effects
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
This game is pretty much right up my alley in terms of aesthetics. I love the environments, and there were some genuinely spooky moments as well. The puzzles are a little basic but nothing boring by any means. As for the story, this is where my review falls a bit. In the current state, the story is delivered very awkwardly. There's no real lead up or explanation as to what exactly is happening or who Laura (the player character) even is, it almost felt like I started a new show but skipped the first 3-5 episodes. and then the game just sorta... ends. Not even a "goodbye" or "thanks for playing, more content soon!" it just took me back to the menu, which was a bit confusing. I know it's early access so I'm not holding it against the game too much, and I'll be sure to change this review in the future if need be. Still recommend1 found this helpful
A fantastic atmosphere wasted on a cheap and boring puzzle game. Eyes of the ElderWood presents itself as a Slavic folklore-inspired survival horror adventure: unsettling forests, supernatural creatures, sanity, magic and a revolver. Everything suggests an exploration and survival experience with an early-2000s horror aesthetic. Unfortunately, beneath that presentation lies little more than a linear corridor filled with tedious puzzles. Most of the game consists of lighting torches, activating mechanisms and platforms, finding the next switch, and repeating timed sequences. These obstacles feel artificially inserted merely to stretch out extremely linear levels. The platforming is clumsy, the puzzles are uninteresting and, mechanically, none of it fits the atmosphere the game is trying to create. The magic system could have been used to investigate rituals, uncover secrets or learn how to confront creatures from folklore. Instead, it mostly functions as a glorified coloured key: draw the symbol, light the torch, activate the platform and continue down the corridor. Combat and survival elements are so scarce that presenting them as the core of the experience feels misleading. Th…
Eyes Of. The ElderWood is an atmospheric first-person horror adventure developed by Virtual Sanctuary and published by Forever Entertainment S.A. Drawing heavily from Kashubian folklore, the game distinguishes itself by embracing myths and legends that are rarely explored in mainstream horror titles. Instead of relying on familiar haunted houses or generic monsters, it introduces players to a mysterious woodland filled with ancient rituals, forgotten secrets, and supernatural forces inspired by regional traditions. This cultural foundation gives the adventure a memorable identity while creating an eerie world that feels both unfamiliar and deeply immersive. Exploration is at the heart of the experience, encouraging players to uncover the truth behind the cursed ElderWood through abandoned settlements, shadowy forests, hidden caves, and unsettling ruins. Every environment contributes to the game's storytelling, rewarding curiosity with clues, lore, and environmental details that gradually reveal the larger mystery. Rather than overwhelming players with nonstop action, the game favors slow, deliberate pacing that allows suspense to build naturally. Its retro-inspired visuals further…
Dla osoby, który ma połowę rodziny z kaszub, mieszka obok tych rejonów oraz lubi ten folklor jak i słowiański folklor, jest to bardzo ciekawa gra. Takie nasze polskie Northern Journey. Mam nadzieję, że to początek kariery twórcy. System czarów troszkę jak z Arx Fatalis, zaskoczyło mnie to. Oby tak dalej
Unique, interesting, fascinating, hoping to see full version soon !
Not perfect, but seems really cool. Can't wait for more
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