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Tales of the Black Forest
In a world filled with yōkai, a surging dark power has overshadowed a Japanese town. A group of 2 developers have produced a Japanese pixel adventure game to tell a tale that dates back to the Heisei era...In the name of dreams and passion.
View on Steam ↗ $3.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“every encounter felt interesting and meaningful, and the storytelling is surprisingly deep and immersive. it pulls you in so much that you almost want to finish the whole game in one sitting. the atmosphere and pacing keep the tension alive the entire time. definitely a…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“probably one of my favorite games of all time, the only bad thing is I didn't find the auto text feature”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“https://youtube.com/watch?v=XQppJjA63sc&list=RDXQppJjA63sc&start_radio=1&pp=ygUYZGVlcCBwdXJwbGUgYmxhY2sga25pZ2h0oAcB”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:18 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | RPG · RPGMaker · Pixel Graphics · Horror · Indie · Adventure · Story Rich · Female Protagonist · Anime · Visual Novel · Atmospheric · Psychological Horror (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, Japanese |
| Achievements | 15 |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: WIN7 SP1/WIN8/WIN10/XP Processor: 1.2 GHz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: DirectX 9 compatible graphics card Storage: 1 GB available space