Underplayed Gems

Backwoods Town (2023)

Backwoods Town cover
Developer
Andrii Prots
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Adventure, Indie, Simulation, Early Access
Rating
4.7 of 5, 203 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 9.6 hours
Where to get it
Steam

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How it feels

A slow-paced, mysterious survival game where you uncover answers while building, farming, and exploring a peaceful but unknown forest.

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What players say

Players enjoy the top-down farming survival mix but warn it is early access with likely no further updates as the solo developer is serving in Ukraine. The game has minor bugs like glitchy hotbar and easy enemies, yet stable enough for hours of relaxed building and farming. Some find it short, and controller support is poor.

Screenshots

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