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Faded Forest

You have awakened in a fog-shrouded forest. Evade the statues that roam the woods, and escape the misty forest safely.

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Developer
HobakGrove
Publisher
HobakGrove
Release
October 27, 2025
278 days ago
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About the Game

You have awakened in a foggy forest.

The only way to escape this place is to find four temples and offer a gem to each altar.

Explore the forest to find clues for your escape, and survive the pursuit of the statues that hunt you to safely leave this misty place.

Exploration

Using memos left by those who have passed through before as clues, you must explore the foggy forest and find the four temples. The memos contain important hints for survival and escape.

Gathering and Crafting

To survive, you must utilize everything you can see. Gather ore and materials scattered throughout the forest and use the workbenches in the temples to craft necessary items, from tools that temporarily stop the threatening statues to the 'gems' that are the key to your escape.

Survival

You must evade the relentless statues that pursue you upon sensing your presence. Buildings are your only safe haven. Be warned, the closer you get to escaping (by offering more gems), the more ferocious their threat becomes.

Key Features

  • First-Person Stealth Horror Survival: A single-player adventure horror game where you aim to escape from a persistent threat.

  • Exploration-Based Objective: Find all four temples and offer a gem to each altar to open the forest's exit.

  • Gathering and Crafting: You can gather various materials from the forest to craft tools necessary for survival and the gems that are the key to your escape.

  • Playtime: A single playthrough is designed to last between 30 minutes and 2 hours.

  • Difficulty: Offers a Normal mode where you lose some items and respawn upon death, and a Hard (hardcore) mode with no respawns for a challenging experience.

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