Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Heart of the Forest

82% positive of 810 Steam reviews

To finish: 2 h
Released: 2020
Steam Deck: Not tested
Platforms: Steam, GOG, Epic, Xbox / PC Game Pass, PlayStation, Amazon

Made by Different Tales. Published by Different Tales, Pretty Soon.

About the game

Explore the myths and monsters of Europe’s last primeval wilderness. Play as Maia, who arrives at the ancient Białowieża Forest looking to explore her family history. Discover Rage in an adventure game inspired by the experience of the legendary tabletop roleplaying game Werewolf: The Apocalypse.

Tagged by players

Werewolves
Thriller
Supernatural
Tabletop
Investigation
Text-Based
Interactive Fiction
Surreal
Dark Fantasy
Choose Your Own Adventure
Emotional
Multiple Endings

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Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Heart of the Forest

82% positive of 810 Steam reviews

View on Steam

To finish: 2 h
Released: 2020
Steam Deck: Not tested
Platforms: Steam, GOG, Epic, Xbox / PC Game Pass, PlayStation, Amazon

Made by Different Tales. Published by Different Tales, Pretty Soon.

About the game

Tagged by players

Werewolves
Thriller
Supernatural
Tabletop
Investigation
Text-Based
Interactive Fiction
Surreal
Dark Fantasy
Choose Your Own Adventure
Emotional
Multiple Endings

What players say

Recommended
Usually I don't recommend such short games, but people here complaining about that game so much did oversee a lot of facts and even changed them for letting this game look even worse! First of all, yes it can't compete with "Werewolf The Apocalypse - The Book Of Hungry Names", no doubts about that. But even if I needed 2,7 hours for beating this game, I got only 11 of 38 available achievements unlocked here! So…
2.7 h played when written. 2 found it helpful.
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Recommended
It is well written and the choices you can make are frequent, so it doesn't get boring. The art, animations and the sound design are also great. I liked learning more about W:TA, which I was not familiar with. It is very short though, so I would wait for a sale.
2.9 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
The visuals and the music are great, it really gets the feeling of WtA across in those aspects. The mechanics of spending willpower and health for options were not great though. There was one instance where I spent willpower to push further into a conversation and was told to fuck off and given the option without willpower instead. Getting options that are not real choices that ALSO take away my resources are…
2.7 h played when written. 6 found it helpful.
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