Deep, In the Forest

Deep, In the Forest is a deck-building roguelite card game with RPG elements. You play a Hero who was once close to the royal family and is now accused of kidnapping the Princess, who has disappeared. Grief and desperation have driven the King mad, and he accuses people of treason and involvement in the kidnapping. To prove his innocence and restore peace to the forest kingdom, the Hero must fight through foes and confront the Mad King and his counselor.

The forest campaign

You travel through four regions of the forest, encountering locals and Barons who may offer strength or support. Some care only about rewards, while others have been misled or deceived. Across 23 handmade routes, you encounter normal, hard and boss battles, as well as rest stops, traders and treasure areas. After exploring the regions, you face the King in his throne room.

Defeating Barons lets you decide their fate, and those decisions affect later gameplay. The game tracks both local region progress and global campaign progress. Completing a region lets you choose which cards and items to keep for the campaign; they remain there even if you are defeated. Defeat also does not erase your experience, which you can use to improve your deck for future runs.

Card battles

In battle, you can convert cards in your hand to increase the energy you gain each turn. Converted cards are removed from play until the battle ends, so you can save energy for later turns. The cards remaining in your hand affect how many you draw on your next turn. Cards have seven possible tags, and many have activated combo effects based on cards you have already played that turn.

The game contains 106 cards across three rarity levels: common, rare and heroic. Rare and heroic cards have distinct behaviors. Each card has its own value, and you build a deck around card synergies and combo effects.

Items and encounters

You can find 82 items in three rarity levels and arrange them in your bag to maximize their bonuses. The campaign also features 50 foes with unique traits and 270 lines of character dialogue that provide information about characters and the plot.