

It Lurks in the Woods
Olivier Leclair · February 8, 2017 · Indie, Adventure, Horror, Exploration, Dark
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It Lurks in the Woods is free to play — there is no purchase price, on Steam or anywhere else we track. We keep watching it, so if it ever stops being free the price history on this page will show when that happened and what it changed to.
About It Lurks in the Woods
It Lurks in the Woods, or Elle Rôde Dans l’Bois by its original name, is a short horror game based on French Canadian folklore.
New France, 1682. A man is traveling from Ville-Marie to Trois-Rivières. The woods are a dangerous place. No one should wander in alone, but his dying brother needs its aid. On the road, as the sun settles down, something attacks him. It wasn’t an animal, or a man. It was something else. To save his brother’s life, he’ll have to find a way out before the night falls. But what lurks in the woods?
It Lurks in the Woods is based on Honoré Beaugrand’s works, and the many stories that make French Canadian folklore so rich and unique.
It Lurks in the Woods — game info
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam Deck
- Unsupported
- Player modes
- Single-player
- PC Game Pass
- Not included
DLC & expansions
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
"It Lurks in the Woods" is a garbage Unity asset flip... a bunch of assets stolen off the Unity Asset Store and rearranged badly on a first person adventure game blueprint to make one of many thousands of first person jumpscare Unity asset flips on Steam. The only difference with this one is it's slightly worse than the usual Russian ones and the scam pricing is laid out differently. The game graphics look better than you might expect, but that's just because it looks like some or all of them are "borrowed" from asset stores or wherever. Gamers can tell... and it comes across as insincere. There's also the old adage that those who lack the budget and talent to make their own game assets usually lack the budget and talent to do the rest of the job of game development properly, too. This is only free in a rudimentary sense... the developer has their hand out for an eye watering FIFTY TWO UNITED STATES DOLLAR "donation" for this as you're expected to buy some extra empty DLC from Steam... digital panhandling. Seriously, this guy wants up to $52 USD in donations for stealing a bunch of assets off the Unity Asset Store and slapping his own name on it. Like the homeless guys who s…4 found this helpful
It Lurks in the Woods is a short first-person horror adventure that builds its identity around isolation, historical atmosphere, and French Canadian folklore. Rather than attempting to overwhelm the player with complicated survival mechanics or continuous action, it focuses on the uncomfortable experience of traveling through a wilderness where something unnatural appears to be watching from beyond the trees. Developed and published by Olivier Leclair, the game has a modest scale, but its unusual setting and cultural inspiration help it stand apart from more conventional forest-based horror experiences. Set in New France in 1682, the story follows a traveler making his way from Ville-Marie toward Trois-Rivières because his dying brother needs him. The journey through the wilderness begins with a clear and personal purpose, giving the protagonist a believable reason to risk traveling through dangerous territory. Matters become considerably worse when he is attacked by something mysterious as daylight begins to fade. With darkness approaching and an unknown presence somewhere in the forest, reaching safety becomes increasingly urgent. The historical setting is arguably the game's s…
Игра «It Lurks in the Woods» — атмосферный хоррор с захватывающим сюжетом. Великолепная атмосфера тревоги и напряжения, реализованная через тёмную график и звуковые эффекты. Игровой процесс прост, но требует внимательности: каждый шаг — на грани смерти. Сюжет развивается неожиданно, с нюансами и психологической глубиной. Однако сложность управления и не всегда логичные головоломки могут оттолкнуть. Подойдёт любителям пугающих историй, но не для слабонервных.
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i liked it but didnt like it, as a whole yes. i dont know how i feel about the ghost body bags and that light orb, but for the most part yes it was nice and eerie. i cant read Running Writing well, so i read the hints the best i could and ignored the notes. also, when the forest chase scene there was no clue where to go, so i had to redo that like 10 times.
it did indeed lurk
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