

The Secret of Darkwoods
Rap2h · March 28, 2023 · RPG, Text-Based, Interactive Fiction, Open World, CRPG
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About The Secret of Darkwoods
Open-word illustrated text-based RPG
The Secret of Darkwoods is an open-world, procedural, text-based RPG that allows players to explore a vast and dangerous world filled with secrets and treasures to discover. The game is set in the mythical land of Emeyralia, a dark and foreboding place where ancient magic and mythical creatures still exist.Players take on the role of a brave adventurer who must journey through the treacherous forests, swamps, and dungeons of Emeyralia in order to uncover the secrets of the land and become a true hero. As they explore the world, players will encounter a wide variety of enemies and obstacles, from fierce beasts and powerful warriors to treacherous traps and hidden dangers.
Choose your fate in this non-linear fantasy gamebook.
Key Features
- 800+ Unique Text Pages With Variations
- 350+ Generated Illustrations
- Play the main quest (3 to 5 hours), or randomly explore and start side quests
- Explore villages, cities, dungeons, swamps, caves, forests, cemeteries and temples
- Music by Dungeon Synth Artists: Percidae, Hjartans, Bounce castle, Alloch Nathir, Kasriel, Erang, Black Rose Tomes, Infernal Symphony, Rap2h
The game features stunning ai-generated visuals, and its atmospheric soundtrack is composed by seven talented dungeon synth composers. Inspired by Daggerfall and Fighting Fantasy gamebooks, The Secret of Darkwoods is an original RPG experience that will keep players coming back for more. Visit more than 25 towns, villages, and cities. Explore cemeteries, swamps, caves, dungeons, forests, and temples. Talk with people in taverns, in shops, or in the streets, and ask them for scripted quests or procedurally generated ones. Fight deadly monsters.
The Secret of Darkwoods — game info
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux / SteamOS
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Player modes
- Single-player
- PC Game Pass
- Not included
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
I can't sanction anything with AI-generated content.7 found this helpful
Finished the game, had a fun time at first and later it became a "click here, run through prompts without reading much, click there, finish the quest" type of experience. The idea of meeting random people became a tiring grind, so I wasn't willing to read their descriptions and was speeding through. I also had an issue finishing the quest of killing a cemetery monster for Orist Echempes, after killing it there was no option to say "Yes" when asked if I did it, so the quest was never finished. The possibility of changing cloaks, rings, and weapons mid-fight is too much of a cheat, fighting becomes too easy. I came here looking for a game similar to Roadwarden, but that wasn't it. I wish the game wasn't so simplified and had more meaningful quests which provoked an emotional response from the player. It would be better if taverns in more cities had some quests and if you could see what books you've already read.4 found this helpful
A fun engaging game, I found it easy to imagine myself in the lore of Darkwoods, and I found the traditional RPG game-play easy to navigate but also fun to engage with.1 found this helpful
There really isn't much to this one, but if someone is going to offer a free RPG, there's no downside to poking around at it.1 found this helpful
Pretty fun walk down memory lane which reminded me of the Choose Your Own Adventure books I love reading. Although I'm not in favour of using AI assets in games, this _is_ a free game and the dev also used public domain game assets, which he credited at the end, alongside the musicians who contributed their music in this game There were some 'what-ifs' that came to my mind, consequence of my choice of actions during random encounters. I guess they don't really affect the main storyline.
This game is fantastic. Very interesting and love the open world feel.
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