Black Forest is a Strategy, Casual, and Top-down game for PC published by Freedom Games in 2023. Play as the chief of a village.
Black Forest PC Game 2023 review:
In the heart of the Black Forest lies a realm fraught with danger, death, and despair. As the leader of an unfortunate village, your objective is to endure. Collect vital resources, fortify the village, and navigate the harrowing night.
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Perhaps you will persevere long enough for assistance to reach you, or perhaps not. Do you possess the courage to face this challenge? Welcome to the ominous core of the Black Forest, where your village was meant to reap its rewards but instead attracted the relentless darkness that dwells within the woods.
As perils loom over your settlement, your responsibility as the village chief is to aid the peasants in repelling the creatures and surviving the night, while the sinister secrets concealed within the woods awaken and direct their focus towards you. Black Forest stands apart as a city-building game like no other. While other games emphasize expansion and progress, Black Forest revolves around safeguarding what belongs to you. Strategically assign villagers, gather resources, fortify defenses, and, above all, uphold the delicate equilibrium until the knights of the king arrive.
Every decision holds significance, every loss is irreversible, and when darkness falls, the relentless horde of forest inhabitants will challenge your ability to govern and endure. Remember: until the king’s knights appear, you and your villagers are entirely self-reliant.
Pros of Black Forest:
- City Building Twist: Defend, survive, balance resources. Tough choices: Rebuild homes or save lives? Sacrifice for the greater good?
- Survive, Not Conquer: Outlast, don’t fight or force victory. Minimize losses, make tough decisions. What to lose? What’s essential? Tech tree priorities?
- Sophisticated AI: Monsters react, adapt, exploit weaknesses. Control villagers, monsters strategize.
- Robust Simulation: Weather affects gameplay. Rain, snow, drought impact needs. Balancing defense and irrigation. Decisions shape outcome.
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Basic System Requirements:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 7 64 bit
- Processor: X64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: DX10, DX11, and DX12-capable GPUs
- DirectX: Version 10
- Storage: 3 GB available space
