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Night in the Woods cover art

Night in the Woods

February 21, 2017PlatformerESRB T

Overview

About Night in the Woods

Night In The Woods is an adventure game heavily focused on story, characters and exploration, with some platforming to get around town. Mae's a cat so the roofs and ledges and powerlines are all her playground, and she's not the only one up there by a long shot. You'll also be doing various activities and interacting with the world in different ways, getting to know the townspeople, hanging out with friends, exploring Possum Springs inside and out, and venturing into the surrounding areas.
Story setup
Night In The Woods is a VIDEO GAME. All Mae wants to do is run around with her friends, break stuff and hang on to a life of aggressive aimlessness. She dropped out of college and returned home to her crumbling old mining town to do just that, but she's finding that nothing is the same anymore. The old town seems different. Her old friends have grown in their own directions. Mae herself is undergoing some sudden and unexplained changes, giving her mysterious abilities that grant her access to a side of town she never knew existed. The world is changing, things are ending, and the future is uncertain. Up behind the park at the edge of town, back in the trees by the old mine- there's something in the woods. And it could mean no future at all. Night In The Woods comes from a deep place for us. That point where you sense things are changing and it's time to move on but you just don't know how. Knowing that everything will end someday, and wondering how well we'll be able to meet it when it happens. How long we'll be able to hold on, and when we should let go. When to accept and when to fight.
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At a glance

Released
February 21, 2017
Platforms
PlayStation 4, iOS, Linux, PlayStation 5, PC, macOS, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One
Genres
Platformer, Adventure, Indie
Play modes
Single Player
Age rating
ESRB T
Media

Screenshots

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Playing together

Multiplayer & game modes

Night in the Woods offers various play modes for different gaming experiences.

Play Modes

Single Player

Content

Age ratings

How rating boards around the world have classified Night in the Woods. Open a board for its content descriptors.

ACBM
CEROC
  • Sexual Content
  • Drinking/Smoking
CLASS_IND14
ESRBT
  • Language
  • Use of Alcohol and Tobacco
  • Drug Reference
  • Fantasy Violence
  • Sexual Themes
  • Crude Humor
  • Mild Blood
  • Blood
GRAC15+
  • Sexuality
  • Violence
  • Language
PEGI12
  • Bad Language

The content of this game is suitable for persons aged 12 years and over only. It contains: Mild bad language

USK12
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