Timothy and the Mysterious Forest

Timothy and the Mysterious Forest

Kibou Entertainment · 2019 · 1980s, 2D, Exploration, Old School, Difficult

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Mostly Positive71% · 14
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About Timothy and the Mysterious Forest

Timothy and the Mysterious Forest has an "old school" style with some modern-age ideas. A mix of Game Boy graphics (heavily inspired from The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening) along with meta-narrative, stealth system and action combat with an high difficulty level.
The game mixes elements from adventure/exploration games with puzzle and stealth: exploration, reading and keeping a slow pace is the best tactic.
Three different endings!
High difficulty level is the base: Timothy is basically defenceless and dies with a single touch from enemies or traps. Direct combat and stealth can be mixed. Grab & throw: specific items can be grabbed and thrown onto enemies to kill them instantly. Intelligent enemies moves using patterns and normally patrol their area.
Timothy, a common child, wants to save his grandfather from certain death. The old man fell ill and he's now fighting for his life. Timothy, who loves his grandfather very much, decides to take a risky journey to the infamous Mysterious Forest. Legends speak of a magic mushroom able to cure any disease that grows into the forest. Timothy bravely begins his journey to find the magic mushroom.
The world is full of ruins, graveyards and tombstones, caves, swamps and weird characters: every place is made to look wild, abandoned and dangerous. Except for Timothy's grandfather, most characters are often mean or clearly driven by not-so-nice feelings.

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Players praise the game's charming Game Boy-inspired aesthetics, atmospheric design, and creative gameplay mechanics like object-throwing combat that encourage avoidance over direct confrontation. However, common complaints center on its brutal difficulty, obtuse design choices, and punishing one-hit-death mechanics that some find frustrating rather than fun, with spike maze sections particularly cited as annoying.

Recommended Oct 9, 2019
Its extremely simple concept, visuals, soundtracks and gameplay provide a short, fun and immersive gaming experience that will take you back to the good old GB days of gaming. Click below to watch the full review; https://youtu.be/70qZPYoXQqs Search me on Store > Curators to follow my reviews.
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Not recommended Aug 4, 2020
Stuck too close to the gameboy roots for my taste. The game is brutal and obtuse
5 found this helpful
Recommended Feb 5, 2024
Headcannon: takes place after Link's awakening. Once Link woke up.
4 found this helpful
Recommended Oct 23, 2022
Had a great time with this; aesthetically it looks like zelda but you can only fight by picking up and throwing either pots or stones; often it's best to try and avoid the monsters, since it's one-hit-you-die. Most frustrating spot was the spike-mazes leading up to Maporia village.
4 found this helpful
Recommended Jul 8, 2020
Engaging and surprising, with diverse gameplay situations and a lot of deaths. Lovely creepy cute atmosphere!
4 found this helpful
Recommended Jul 7, 2024
Works well on Steam Deck. Game is great but might not be what you would expect, read other reviews first
2 found this helpful

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