Darkwood

Darkwood
Developer(s)Acid Wizard Studio
Publisher(s)Acid Wizard Studio (PC)
Crunching Koalas
Programmer(s)Gustaw Stachaszewski
Artist(s)Artur Kordas
Jakub Kuć
Composer(s)Artur Kordas
EngineUnity
Platform(s)Linux
macOS
Windows
PlayStation 4
Nintendo Switch
Xbox One
Google Stadia
PlayStation 5
Xbox Series X/S
ReleaseLinux, macOS, Windows
August 17, 2017
PlayStation 4
May 14, 2019
Nintendo Switch
May 16, 2019
Xbox One
May 17, 2019
Google Stadia
September 17, 2021
PlayStation 5
October 28, 2022
Xbox Series X/S
December 23, 2022
Genre(s)Survival horror
Mode(s)Single-player

Darkwood is a survival horror video game developed and published by Acid Wizard Studio. The game was first released through Steam Early Access on July 24, 2014, eventually becoming a full game release on August 17, 2017[1] for Linux, macOS, and Windows.[2] On March 20, 2019, a Nintendo Switch version was announced during the Nindies Nintendo Direct and was released on May 16, 2019.[3] The game was also ported and released for the PlayStation 4 on May 14, 2019, for Xbox One on May 16, under the publisher Crunching Koalas,[4][5] and for Google Stadia on September 17, 2021. It later released for PlayStation 5 on October 28, 2022, and for Xbox Series X/S on December 23, 2022.

The game takes place in a mysterious dark forest "somewhere in the territory of the Soviet Bloc",[6] wherein the main characters have been trapped.

  1. ^ "Darkwood is out of Early Access!". Acid Wizard Studio. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
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  3. ^ "Darkwood for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Game Details". www.nintendo.com. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
  4. ^ Croft, Liam (May 2, 2019). "Darkwood Brings Top-Down Terror to PS4 on 14th May". Push Square. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
  5. ^ "Darkwood Is Now Available For Xbox One". Xbox Live's Major Nelson. May 17, 2019. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
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