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The Secret of Darkwoods
Open-world illustrated text-based RPG. Inspired by classic role-playing video games and fantasy gamebooks, the secret of darkwoods is a free game, a non-linear standalone adventure with side quests in a vast world.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.
“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…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“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.”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs playedLatest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Heroes of the Underworld
In 2023, I started developing Heroes of the Seven Islands, which is a tribute to classic RPGs and comic books. It was an opportunity for me to learn how to draw using pencil and paper. Today, I am gla
Heroes of the Seven Island
I'm glad to announce the forthcoming release of my second game, after “The Secret of Darkwoods”. Heroes of the Seven Islands is a comfy yet challenging non-linear heroic adventure with side quests in
1 more review to go from Positive to Very Positive 🎉
1 month ago, The Secret of Darkwoods has been released. Thanks to all players and supporters. Steam requires one more review to reach the magic 50 reviews number that turns "Positive" to "Very Positiv
Traveling merchants micro update
- add the missing image of a traveling merchant. - fix prices bugs of traveling merchants (prices displayed were lower than prices paid) - fix typo
Music and text update
Music: show track and artist name in the menu Text: rewriting 25 city descriptions Typo and consistency
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.
| Genres | Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | RPG · Text-Based · Interactive Fiction · Open World · CRPG · Fantasy · Medieval · Choices Matter · Indie · Nonlinear · Singleplayer · Free to Play (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Official site | https://the-secret-of-darkwoods.vercel.app/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: 2.4ghz Intel Core 2 Duo Memory: 1 GB RAM Storage: 1 GB available space