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Tales of the Black Forest

拾英工作室 · 2019-09-25

Steam

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 25, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

In a world filled with yōkai, a surging dark power has overshadowed a Japanese town. A group of 2 developers have produced a Japanese pixel adventure game to tell a tale that dates back to the Heisei era...In the name of dreams and passion.

Tales of the Black Forest is an Adventure, Indie, RPG game released in 2019, priced at $3.99, with an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a review sentiment of Overwhelmingly Positive (98% of 15482 reviews).

30
playing now
98%
positive of 15k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$3.99
steam price (US)

30 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

High school student Kihara Kashin is trapped by an unknown force in Kuromori-chō. She accidentally ran into Kiritani Yuki who told her she had to travel to the past in order to get out of Kuromori-chō. And so, the adventure begins. What lies ahead, is not just the secrets hidden behind Kuromori-chō, but the strange and exciting world of yōkai.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 30 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 685 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~86/week).
  • · Review velocity down 39% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-26

Estimated sales: 387k–929k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 15,482 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.19 at Steam (2021-09-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
54854820192026Week of 2019-09-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 412 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 420 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 320 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 337 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 442 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 301 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 535 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 325 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 548 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 319 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 305 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 356 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 357 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

6502026-09-14 21:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 05:00 — 7 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 14 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 9 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 19 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 10 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 11 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 17 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 25 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 43 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 38 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 39 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 61 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 31 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 31 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 30 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
563Oct 2019Aug 2026Oct 2019 — avg 8 · peak 69Jan 2020 — avg 4 · peak 30Apr 2020 — avg 3 · peak 21Jul 2020 — avg 14 · peak 47Oct 2020 — avg 5 · peak 23Jan 2021 — avg 11 · peak 60Apr 2021 — avg 14 · peak 63Jul 2021 — avg 36 · peak 105Oct 2021 — avg 24 · peak 103Jan 2022 — avg 22 · peak 73Apr 2022 — avg 48 · peak 208Jul 2022 — avg 56 · peak 198Oct 2022 — avg 30 · peak 114Jan 2023 — avg 27 · peak 94Apr 2023 — avg 17 · peak 109Jul 2023 — avg 31 · peak 117Oct 2023 — avg 13 · peak 52Jan 2024 — avg 21 · peak 71Apr 2024 — avg 18 · peak 99Jul 2024 — avg 28 · peak 82Oct 2024 — avg 32 · peak 147Jan 2025 — avg 23 · peak 72Apr 2025 — avg 19 · peak 100Jul 2025 — avg 26 · peak 73Oct 2025 — avg 17 · peak 62Jan 2026 — avg 11 · peak 36Apr 2026 — avg 8 · peak 28Jul 2026 — avg 15 · peak 48Aug 2026 — avg 20 · peak 61
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$3.99$1.192019-09-262026-08-132019-09-26 — best price $3.192019-11-10 — best price $3.192019-12-19 — best price $2.792020-03-03 — best price $2.392020-06-25 — best price $2.392020-09-11 — best price $2.392020-11-07 — best price $1.992020-12-22 — best price $1.992021-03-25 — best price $1.992021-06-24 — best price $1.592021-09-29 — best price $1.192021-11-24 — best price $1.192021-12-23 — best price $1.192022-03-31 — best price $1.192022-08-26 — best price $1.192022-12-01 — best price $1.192023-01-19 — best price $1.192023-03-23 — best price $3.992023-06-23 — best price $3.992023-08-14 — best price $3.992023-11-17 — best price $3.992023-12-20 — best price $3.992024-02-07 — best price $3.992024-04-05 — best price $3.992024-07-11 — best price $3.992024-10-10 — best price $3.992025-01-02 — best price $3.992025-03-12 — best price $3.992025-05-05 — best price $3.992025-07-10 — best price $3.992025-09-25 — best price $3.992025-11-13 — best price $3.992026-02-23 — best price $3.992026-06-03 — best price $3.992026-08-13 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
79.7%
earned "Girl under the Moonlight"
39.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,96448%15

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DRPGAnimeIndieHorrorPuzzleRPGMakerAdventureStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

Recent updates

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