Within a Deep Forest

Developer: Nicklas Nygren

May 1, 2006

Visual

pixel
side scroll

Structure

ability gated
exploration
item gated
Has Hub
Semi-Linear

Combat

no combat

Features

difficulty options
speedrun mode

Themes

post apocalyptic
Sci-Fi

Sub-Genre

puzzle heavy
Metroidvania Lite

Summary

Two attempts have been made to build a bomb capable of freezing the entire world. The first was a failure and resulted in a living blue ball. The second attempt was a success. Now the clock is ticking and the world is in grave danger. That is, unless...

Within a Deep Forest is a freeware 2D platform game for Windows featuring challenging gameplay, beautiful music, an evil doctor and a deep forest.

Last updated August 12, 2026

Where to play

- Windows

Resources

Links

Website

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