Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Purgatory
Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Purgatory
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Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Heart of the Forest
Developer Different Tales
Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Heart of the Forest is a visual novel role-playing video game developed by Different Tales and published by Walkabout Games. It was originally released on October 13, 2020 for Linux, MacOS, Microsoft Windows. A Nintendo Switch version was released on January 7, 2021, and also released for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on February 24, 2021. It is based on the tabletop role-playing game… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
358 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
75
LovedLoved
141 positive · 47 negative
95% range 68–81%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 141 | 47 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 7 | 1 | 143 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 3 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
703 of 868 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
76% recommend · 145 yes, 47 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 192 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (926 of 1,136 positive).
Players praise the game's story, art, and soundtrack, calling it a standout interactive novel. [1][2][3] Some reviewers find the game too short and lacking in werewolf action. [4][5][6] A few players criticize flat characters and forced political themes. [7][8][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [19]
I really wanted to like this game, but I can't. I’ve had many great moments with the Werewolf: The Apocalypse tabletop RPG, but this game doesn't come close to those past experiences. Let’s be clear: I have no issue with the "eco-warriors vs. corporate greed" cliché – that’s the DNA of W:tA. I also genuinely appreciated the setting. Placing the story in the village of Białowieża, amidst the ancient, primordial …
- [16]
A blend of CYOA meets VN, Heart of the Forest relies more on the strength of its license than anything else. It is worth pointing out events in the game ARE loosely inspired by actual protests opposing the logging operations in the forest of Bialowieza, Poland. License? Yeah, this is based on Werewolf: the Apocalypse from World of Darkness setting. We step into the shoes of Maia Boroditch who is on her way to …
- [2]
I just played Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Heart of the Forest for the first time and I absolutely loved it! This is exactly how a "choose your own story" game should be done! You technically play as Maia, but every single decision feels meaningful and really shapes how the story unfolds!! I especially liked the clever system of Rage, Willpower and Health. My inner perfectionist was constantly trying to keep my Rage …
- [4]
I cant say I was bored, but something was definitely missing. My biggest problem is that for a werewolf game you didnt really get to be a werewolf for most of the game. Some of the political stuff and plot did seem a bit weird at times but not to a point where it ruined the experience. I would probably not recommend the game but I wont go as far as to say its a waste of time and/or money.
- [1]
As far as virtual CYOAs go, this stands out above most of the others. Ask yourself this - if you were at a used book sale and you found something for $1.50 that told a good story which incorporated an awesome location (Białowieża - Europe's largest surviving primordial forest), crazy werewolf lore, a journey of self-discovery, and modern political struggles all at once, but also had fantastically good illustrations, …
Summarised from 34 of the 269 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 10, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Players who liked Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Heart of the Forest talk about engaging story with meaningful choices and branching paths; those who didn't talk about game is too short for full price. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
The game received mixed reviews by both players and critics. The review aggregator OpenCritic assessed that the game received strong approval, being recommended by 68% of critics. Preview impressions were positive, praising its atmosphere, immersive writing, art style, and the weight of the player's choices. Comic Book Resources liked how the game is set outside of the United States, a common setting for World of Darkness stories.
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 358 · most liked firstWhat's a Werewolf Wednesday without a wild night? Here's some evidence from this morning! Garn might've been game for another round of Reed's wreckin'... =u= Reed (right) - @growlshift.ing Garn (left) - @nimratu.bsky.social Image by: @cobe.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →Dr. Werewolf will see you now >:] 🐺🌙 Our team just submitted for the GMTK Game Jam!!! Come check it out, there's a ton of fun werewolf'y transformation! (And also medical malpractice) #GMTK2026 boidbwain.itch.io/dr-werewolf
neutral · AI labelView post →Jinro-kun, a sleepy werewolf, is an unofficial mascot for the the party game Werewolf.
neutral · AI labelView post →Werewolf Gamer 🐺🎮 // Recently I feel like I want to draw human XD // Now I'm addicted to "Shangri-la Frontier" so I want to design in-game character (MMORPG) for them too
neutral · AI labelView post →My favorite social deduction game is being a friendly buff black dude in the gym. If you like Mafia or Werewolf, you’ll love Secret Homie Who Calls Me The N-Word in his head.
neutral · AI labelView post →Dr. Werewolf will see you now… 🌙 My team and I just finished the GMTK Game Jam!! Come play and rate our game >:) I promise there’s beautiful art, wolfish transformation, medical malpractice, and lots of squishy innards! #GMTK2026 boidbwain.itch.io/dr-werewolf
neutral · AI labelView post →Been working on some figures from The Silver Bayonet game Trading Company Unit. This is the Werewolf Painted for my Outlaws & Lawdogs game. #PaintingMiniatures #miniatures #minipainting
neutral · AI labelView post →Daddy Wolfy & His 14 Werewolf Boyfriends 🍍💦 Game: Resident Evil Village 2pm-5pmESt www.twitch.tv/wolfywolfang
neutral · AI labelView post →Digging this trailer for the (canceled) Werewolf: The Apocalypse game from @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social's recent release of E3 1996 footage
neutral · AI labelView post →NO SHOT DEADLOCK ADDED A WEREWOLF CHARACTER GUESS ITS TIME FOR ME TO FINALLY LOCK INTO THIS GAME
neutral · AI labelView post →Anyone want to get a big group together and play Conclave? It's like Mafia or Werewolf, except in this social deduction game we're battling to elect the next pope.
neutral · AI labelView post →In Japan, there is an exclusive version of One Night Werewolf themed around Kirby! Who else owns this variant of the card game? 🐺
neutral · AI labelView post →When you're trying to be cute, but you're actually just cosplaying your player character from your husband's Werewolf the Apocalypse game...
neutral · AI labelView post →NEW WEREWOLF GAME!!!! GO PLAY IT BARK RUFF GRRR GO, DO IT, N O W !!! Support our favorite furry artists!!!
neutral · AI labelView post →Everyones favorite fat yellow lizard from that one video game gets a throat swabbing from a very good boy. Alphys: @twilightv0ids.bsky.social Werewolf: @rekin3d.bsky.social #Werewolf #Alphys #Undertale #furry #furrynsfw #furryart
neutral · AI labelView post →If they get to be Dr. Frankenstein and Dr. Acula why can't he be Dr. Werewolf? Participated in my first ever game jam with some extremely talented friends, a score chasing physics based werewolf surgery game that YOU can now play! #GMTK2026 boidbwain.itch.io/dr-werewolf
neutral · AI labelView post →Sorry, too busy Sucking the Ass Sweat from my Werewolf Boyfriend to care about the game awards
neutral · AI labelView post →A drawing I did way back of my werewolf named , Skjall! For a tabletop game called Werewolf the Apocalypse 🥰💪
neutral · AI labelView post →Forgot to post it here! Here is the box cover illustration of my Werewolf x Ace Attorney card game project~
neutral · AI labelView post →Werewolf boss for “Le Purgatoire”, a game book that I’ve illustrated! You can check out more of the drawings here: www.artstation.com/artwork/rJ3xv5
neutral · AI labelView post →In case @k000.bsky.social needs any help in the next Werewolf game.
neutral · AI labelView post →Shall we play a game of "Werewolf"? #gnosia
neutral · AI labelView post →"CHOOSE YOUR WEREWOLF!!!" - Some werewolf beat 'em up game announcer voice ✨🐺🐺✨ 🎨: @sindenbock.bsky.social Tripp and Muffle ©️ @tripphazard.bsky.social #pixelart #furry #furryart #sfw
neutral · AI labelView post →WEREWOLF OBJECT VORE IN THE SIMS?? GOD what an erotic game
neutral · AI labelView post →I isekai'd Almiras into our current Pathfinder game since someone had to be the honorary furry trash/Gay Werewolf.
neutral · AI labelView post →This meme has been used a lot in my current Werewolf: The Apocalypse game lmao
neutral · AI labelView post →Sometimes you're bein heckled by your twin, Mean-Beanin', stress stackin, & your 1 set of beans away from death... Then the gods bless you with a 7 BANGER! 🙌🏼🐺 Missed playin games with him. I wasn't allowed to leave until I beat the whole game.💪🏼🐺🙂↕️ #werewolf #meanbeanmachine #arcade #BeastmanMike
neutral · AI labelView post →It's finally Werewolf Wednesday, and all the game pieces are finally on the board in this week's #Silver&Iron update!! Also, rice krispie dream Maddoc, canon at last 🙏
neutral · AI labelView post →This is obviously correct: there were too many comedians on the programme this time, which meant too many people who knew each other and made it more like “an actual game of Werewolf or Blood on the Clocktower” and less of a game of nerves.
neutral · AI labelView post →Social deduction games are so easy. Every time I play one I simply nominate the Werewolf for elimination and we instantly win the game in the first round.
neutral · AI labelView post →WEREWOLF LUCIEN IN-GAME #FURRYFORTNITE
neutral · AI labelView post →I really wanted to like this game, but I can't. I’ve had many great moments with the Werewolf: The Apocalypse tabletop RPG, but this game doesn't come close to those past experiences. Let’s be clear: I have no issue with the "eco-warriors vs. corporate greed" cliché – that’s the DNA of W:tA. I also genuinely appreciated the setting. Placing the story in the village of Białowieża, amidst the ancient, primordial forest of Poland, was a brilliant move that promised a unique, local atmosphere.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Werewolf: the Apocalypse - The Book of Hungry Names mid-game review This game feels like I'm playing dyke werewolf Harry Dubois.
positive · AI labelView post →Symphony of the Night is lowkey the perfect halloween game bc it has all the classic horror movie monsters >Dracula (obviously) >Frankenstein’s monster >the Werewolf >and the Mummy literally just a greatest hits collection of black and white horror
neutral · AI labelView post →You say werewolves? I am there! I was really intrigued by the soundtrack in the beginning. The sounds and the such. Artwork was pretty crazy too. Story was drawing me in and then... *points to the other reviews* Yeap. This is where the detachment came and my focus was everywhere else but the game. It wasn't just that either... It's the fact that you don't really get to know any of these characters. Just little tid bits and when one dies... I am like... Okay. That sucks, but......…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First thing out of the way: a lot of people are giving this game negative reviews due to its politics. While those politics are definitely present, they are much more nuanced than many here make them out to be, and I get the impression that much of them are unavoidable consequences of the existing IP. This review is not about its politics. Its politics are fine. I got this game for $2, on a steep discount. It was worth $2. If this game was regularly sold for $2, it would be well worth the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After 4 hours of playing I felt like I was finally getting to something worth playing, but instead the game was over. Complete waste of my time. As a fan of WoD I'm incredibly disappointed to never actually play anything interesting in this game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There's a reason I call Werewolf, "The People Killing the Earth Have Names and Addresses: The Game."
positive · AI labelView post →I'm playing in a Werewolf: the Apocalypse game in a few weeks, as a Fianna. Not a 'Hart Warden'. A Fianna. Because, and I can't stress this enough - the way it attempted to reflect real-world cultures was one of the BEST AND GREATEST THINGS ABOUT WEREWOLF THE APOCALYPSE.
positive · AI labelView post →It was great fun! We did not catch the killer. The damn lawyer got away with it. Apparently this type of social deduction game is fun for my brain. The fast paced ones like One Night Werewolf remain ForSomeoneElse™
neutral · AI labelView post →#letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched In the middle of our month of daily horror binging: - Unscary found footage - Werewolf game just makes me think of Gnosia now - Time loop horror I might enjoy more on a second viewing - I miss Hi-C Ecto Cooler
neutral · AI labelView post →I remember when I was a very young child I completely dreamt up a mario game that didn't exist, believing I saw a trailer of it somewhere on some vhs , called Werewolf Mario, which was in the style of 64 but Mario was a werewolf and did combat like Sonic Unleashed.
neutral · AI labelView post →I expected better character developments and world building, none offered. Both the storyline and character were flat and bland. There were sections that I felt like a forced DEI agenda that made the narrative and conversations awkward. Like, there were plethora of things to build on but the casts decided to mention they they were a lesbian. Not elaborate on how the werewolves came to be like this, or how each of them discovered they are werewolves. I also expect that the scene the main…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →- dialogue feels like it was written by 12 year olds - you can't choose your tribe - characters are very uninteresting
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The nightmare will devour you with RAGE!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Watching the new HtP Secret Hunters and crying at the Werewolf promo because, god, yeah. What a fucking concept to have actual consultation from the cultures depicted in your game.
positive · AI labelView post →A blend of CYOA meets VN, Heart of the Forest relies more on the strength of its license than anything else. It is worth pointing out events in the game ARE loosely inspired by actual protests opposing the logging operations in the forest of Bialowieza, Poland. License? Yeah, this is based on Werewolf: the Apocalypse from World of Darkness setting. We step into the shoes of Maia Boroditch who is on her way to aforementioned forest along with her friend Anya to join the sit-down effort…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Given my previous experience with the WOD in general, I expected the same attention to detail and world-bulding, with the characteristic dark vibe the WOD setting is known for - I expected a visual novel akin to the VtM series, like CONY or SONY, only focused on the werewolves. However, this is not what this game was. I will not go into detail to avoid potential spoilers for anyone interested, but my negative review reflects several issues I had with the game: - Characters are underdeveloped,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Half the dialogue makes little sense, you pick an option expecting one result and the exact polar opposite happens. I expected a fun fantasy experience, not some leftist political drama.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An exposé of the developers' views and politics wearing the skin of a story set in a known franchise
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Steven Shmuely is the Art Director on Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Rageborn, with 20 years of hands-on game art and an Emmy behind him. We talked leading an art team, protecting the vision, and the dark World of Darkness tone 👇 www.strandedcat.com/interviews/s... #gamedev #games #unity #indiedev
neutral · AI labelView post →Hugh jokes, but I no longer play Werewolf/Mafia on a forum that's quite friendly because the last time I played I got a bit, erm, Intense about it. It's an odd game.
neutral · AI labelView post →You already know I play on St Pete by Night, a Werewolf the Apocalypse 5E game, but did you know I also run my own game using Werewolf the Essentials?! I'll share tidbits (that won't spoil my players too badly :P) about my Chronicle as the month progresses! #WoD #WtA #WtE #promotional
positive · AI labelView post →Started okay, but quickly lost me after shifting away from main character's personal story So, I expected it to be something like Scarelt Hollow, maybe a bit less cool. And first two chapters were more or less like that: family's history, weird new acquaintance and mystery is all around. But then game just suddenly changes direction - just tells you all that stuff you were supposed to slowly piece together and sends you to solve a local political conflict instead. Unfourtanetly, I just don't…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →it's you, come with me, child, be my fangs and claws. there is no one else to be my cub. come to me child. i will nurse you and i will lick your wounds. we will kill together, we will feast, and we will merry.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you have seen me prattle about my home game and/or share art from it, this is that system! Testimonial fun! A lovingly crafted revamp for all your Werewolf the Apocalypse needs, perfect for any edition! #wod #wta #wte #indie #ttrpg
neutral · AI labelView post →I've been gleefully referencing him through the "evil shitty beer company" arc of my Werewolf: the Apocalypse game.
neutral · AI labelView post →Pokémon is making a hidden role game like One Night Ultimate Werewolf or the Resistance! youtu.be/OP6WODerkYU
neutral · AI labelView post →Many years ago, at O'Reilly ETech conference, there was a game of Werewolf. I decided to play 'the crazy villager' and just disrupt everything with incorrect logic and statements. Can't think why it's come to mind this morning... (tagging @kevinmarks.com @suw.bsky.social who I think were there?)
neutral · AI labelView post →Not a fan of this one. Writers seem very talented, but this particular story was not great. I was very bored, and the political aspect of it seemed quite bizarre, to be honest.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →
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