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A Walk in the Woods

Something Dark Studios · 2018-05-01

Steam

AdventureFree To PlayIndie

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: May 01, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A Walk in the Woods is a co-op multiplayer game where four players must roam a dark and dangerous forest in search of each other, avoid a terrifying creature, and reunite before the curse is complete.

A Walk in the Woods is an Adventure, Free To Play, and Indie game released in 2018, free-to-play, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (42% of 552 reviews).

0
playing now
42%
positive of 553 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Four kids went camping to investigate a case of missing children on a forest, they were certain they would be able to figure everything out, the thing is... They didn't know what was coming. After going to sleep, each one of them woke up alone, in the middle of the dark woods, surrounded by small creatures and a huge monster: they need to find each other, otherwise they will be cursed forever!(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (111 reviews).
  • · Top 18% of 28,838 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
757520182026Week of 2018-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Details

WindowsMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)23978%4

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

Co-opIndieHorrorSurvivalAdventureMultiplayerFree to PlaySurvival Horror

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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