
A Japanese survival horror game full of tension, drama, and violence. If you like psychological horror games with exploration, puzzles, and limited resources, you'll enjoy an intense experience where every decision can mean the difference between finding Sayuri or getting lost in the forest forever.
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Find Sayuri… or lose yourself in The Sinking Forest – 沈む森.
The forest whispers.
The village remembers.
And not everything wants you to leave.

You play as a young man searching for his sister in a remote Japanese village surrounded by ruined temples, flooded passageways, and fog-covered paths. What begins as a simple family search slowly turns into a nightmare filled with tension, violence, and painful discoveries.
Inspired by Japanese psychological survival horror, The Sinking Forest combines exploration, challenging puzzles, and survival combat with limited resources, where Japanese folklore becomes pure horror.
Built in Unreal Engine 5, the game invites you to explore abandoned houses, shrines overgrown with weeds, and withered cherry trees. An oppressive atmosphere surrounds you, as haunting taiko drums and tense string compositions echo through the fog and follow your every step.
The experience unfolds over approximately two hours and includes an autosave system to support your journey.
This is a tragic story about family, loss, and the things that refuse to be forgotten.
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Languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian
Engagement
Hours played at review time, across 40 reviews with recorded playtime.
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Что? Эта игра не может продаваться за такие копейки. Если честно, я думал, что это будет развод на 15 минут. В итоге я получил почти 2 часа мрачного и атмосферного приключения в японском лесу и деревне. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3445033777 По сюжету гг отправляется на поиски своей сестры. Дальше придётся побегать по лесу и пещере, а после попадая в деревню начинается стелс, беготня от манекенов и недомутантов-монахов. Стелс вообще для галочки, беготня от бабак не вызывает трудностей, ведь можно дать отпор врагам, кинув в них зажигательную смесь и сжечь. Окружение в игре привлекает внимание, хоть графика здесь простовата. Каких либо проблем с оптимизацией я не заметил. Встретил баг из-за которого персонаж улетел за текстуры (осторожнее с зонтом на крыше). Информация в игре подаётся через записки и фотографии которые необходимо делать самому. Хоть игра и простовата, но заметно, что разработчик старался сделать атмосферную историю без душной ходьбы и нелогичных загадок. Со скидкой особенно рекомендую. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3445033074
优秀的2h线性流程,前期基本是公寓、森林、山洞、村庄等走马观花的一次性过场,中期寺庙开始展现出不俗的涵盖解谜、敌人和陷阱的关卡设计实力,末了还有阶段性最终BOSS战。做了鸟居和居酒屋等大量场景,又融合天狗、犬夜叉等神话传说,使得整体氛围一直都沉浸在凝重而诡异的日式风味中,放在短篇独恐里去比已经相当讲究。痛点是尽管已尽力用线性和有限场景来规避,引导微弱的解谜部分仍易致卡关(还好这部分不多),还有门黑得和墙融为一体了。佛教被黑得很惨的一次,所谓僧侣苦行修炼肉身不腐的木乃伊化,疑似被开发成某种将村民化作木偶的邪术?可怕的本土化……[strike]所以其实是黑了霓虹国[/strike]
Game breaking bug where you can;t use key.
Aki szereti a kis indie horror játékokat ,olcsón beszerezve egyszer végigvihető. A story dióhéjban: Nem érjük el a nővérünket,ezért elmegyünk hozzá megtudni mi ennek az oka. Az otthonában lévő nyomok alapján elindulunk megkeresni őt.~1-1.5 óra alatt teljesíthető a játék. Szokásos szisztéma menni kell , megkresni a továbbjutáshoz szűkséges itemeket. Ami nem tetszett benne az a karakter vontatottság. Elvileg gyorsan "fut /vagy gyalogol" minkettő lényegtelen mert ezt gyök2-vel csinálja. Az ugrás mint olyan az is katasztrófa. Kb mintha nem lenne graviátció. Ettől a két dologtól eltekintve nekem tetszett.
Fps is capped at 60 even with unlimited option. Some buttons in settings are broken and do not work. Could not even start playing the game when this is the first impression of the game.
games broken, cant even progress past the first door since it wont even let me open it, what a shame
I was expecting very little from this - indie dev, cheaper than a coffee etc. Boy was I wrong! Played at night with the lights off and an ultra wide screen I nearly crapped myself, really immersive. Graphics were far better than the price suggests. Has no business being this good.
Completed the game with 5/14 achievements. (forgot to take any photos) Ive played this devs other games and they are really cool. This one is a super fun realistic horror game set in a forest, temple and graveyard in japan. You are chased by evil manniquins and must progress through the story to find a lost girl. Its a fantastic experience!
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Too dark. I can't see where to go. The lighter is worthless. Lots of bugs in game.
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