Night in the Woods

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Night in the Woods
Digital storefront artwork
Developer(s)
Publisher(s)Finji
Designer(s)
Programmer(s)
  • Alec Holowka
  • Jon Manning
  • Paris Buttfield-Addison
Artist(s)
  • Scott Benson
  • Charles Huettner
  • Sven Ruthner
Writer(s)
  • Bethany Hockenberry
  • Scott Benson
Composer(s)
  • Alec Holowka
  • Scott Benson
EngineUnity
Platform(s)
Release
February 21, 2017
  • Windows, Mac, Linux
    • NA: February 21, 2017
    • EU: February 28, 2017
    • JP: April 1, 2019
    PS4
    • NA: February 21, 2017
    • EU: February 28, 2017
    • JP: March 28, 2019
    Xbox One
    • WW: December 13, 2017
    Switch
    • WW: February 1, 2018
    • JP: March 28, 2019
    iOS
    • WW: September 9, 2021
Genre(s)Adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Night in the Woods is a 2017 single-player adventure video game developed by Infinite Fall and published by Finji. The story follows a young woman named Mae Borowski,[1] who drops out of college and returns to her hometown to find unexpected changes. The game was funded via Kickstarter, where it earned over 400% of its initial US$50,000 funding goal.[2]

Prior to the release of Night in the Woods, a companion game titled Longest Night was released in December 2013 by Holowka and Benson, along with co-writer Bethany Hockenberry.[3] In December 2014, a second supplemental game was released, titled Lost Constellation.[4]

The game was released on February 21, 2017, for Microsoft Windows, Mac, Linux, and PlayStation 4, after a pushed-back original release date of January 10. The Xbox One version was released on December 13, 2017.[5] An extended version of the game, titled the Weird Autumn edition, was released for Windows, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on December 13, 2017, and also for Nintendo Switch on February 1, 2018. It features new content not seen in the first release, as well as the supplemental games.[6] A version for iOS was released later on September 9, 2021.

Night in the Woods received critical praise for the soundtrack, story, dialogue, and characters.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Kickstarter, Night in the Woods project page". Kickstarter. November 22, 2013. Archived from the original on August 28, 2018. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
  3. ^ "Longest Night". itch.io. December 21, 2013. Archived from the original on August 19, 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
  4. ^ "Lost Constellation". itch.io. December 31, 2014. Archived from the original on September 25, 2018. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
  5. ^ "Night in the Woods Is Coming to Switch This Week". twinfinite.net. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  6. ^ "Night In The Woods: Weird Autumn expands on the original, comes to Switch Feb. 1 (update)". polygon.com. 30 October 2017. Archived from the original on 2018-02-25. Retrieved 2019-11-11.