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Lost : Taboo Forest

Lost Taboo Forest is a game about an ordinary person who breaks a taboo and enters a forbidden forest to save his sister. Ominous sounds are approaching as you walk in the darkness, but you can't see what makes the sound. Walk through the darkness and avoid letting the sound get too close.

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May 24, 2025
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Lost : Taboo Forest

I am just an ordinary person, no different from anyone else. But I won’t let the people I care about disappear just like that. The elders in our village have never allowed anyone to go into that forest, because those who do never come back.

I can’t see what others can with a sixth sense. I used to believe that the unseen never existed here—but I think I was wrong. I’ve heard things that shouldn’t be there. They exist, even if I’ve never seen them. I didn’t believe it, but now I have to.

You play as someone who is forced to enter the forbidden forest in search of his missing sister. Within the forest, many dangerous creatures lurk, but you can’t see them. All you have is a flashlight to help you explore. The flashlight’s battery can run out, so you must search for batteries to keep seeing in the dark.

With limited vision and the darkness of night, the atmosphere in this game becomes even more intense. You have to run when you hear something that isn’t coming from you—but you can’t run forever, as your stamina is limited.

There are objectives in the form of breakers for you to turn on, and most of them require a key. These keys are scattered in various places on the map. You need to find the key from the clue given by the ghost of a creature that only you can hear