Door in the Woods
Released Dec 2019
This game is a venture into an alternative timeline in which graphics and sensible game design were never invented.
77% positive · 264 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Where to buy
Steam $9.99
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Evaluation
Door in the Woods launched on December 4, 2019. In the weeks following release, the developer was actively patching and improving the game based on player feedback, adding items and fixing bugs. Two new scenarios were then added as major content updates: "Out of Time" on January 20, 2020, and the "Final Door" scenario on February 3, 2020 — which the developer explicitly named the "Final" scenario. The naming of this last update as the "Final Door scenario" strongly signals it was intended as the concluding content addition for the game. There have been no developer communications of any kind since February 3, 2020, which is consistent with development having wrapped up at that point. No unreleased DLC is listed on the store, and no future content has been announced. The game appears to have launched, received a short burst of post-launch polish and content over its first two months, and then concluded.
Evidence
A new scenario titled 'Final Door' was added, described as the last scenario for the game. This is the most recent developer communication on record.
A new scenario 'Out of Time' was added along with balance changes and bugfixes — the second of two post-launch major content drops.
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Crunching Koalas
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player
About this game
This game is a venture into an alternative timeline in which graphics and sensible game design were never invented.
Door in the Woods is an open world roguelike inspired by lovecraftian mythos. Explore a world in which every possible extinction scenario became reality - from zombie plague through alien invasion and to awakening of the great old ones.
Player takes role of one of the last survivors who is trying to make sense of the new reality in which even the most basic rules of physics do not always apply. Survival hinges not only on finding enough sustenance or fending off zombies, but more crucially on keeping your mind intact and safe from the horrors. It turns out that suicide is sometimes the better option.
Features:
- lack of graphics
- open world
- extremely limited color palette
- day/night cycle
- almost no audio
- crafting
- questionable design choices
What can you do in this game?
- drink from a puddle and get sick
- hide in bushes from zombies
- fight cannibals and ironically eat them afterwards
- commit suicide
- find door in the woods
Door in the Woods is an open world roguelike inspired by lovecraftian mythos. Explore a world in which every possible extinction scenario became reality - from zombie plague through alien invasion and to awakening of the great old ones.
Player takes role of one of the last survivors who is trying to make sense of the new reality in which even the most basic rules of physics do not always apply. Survival hinges not only on finding enough sustenance or fending off zombies, but more crucially on keeping your mind intact and safe from the horrors. It turns out that suicide is sometimes the better option.
Features:
- lack of graphics
- open world
- extremely limited color palette
- day/night cycle
- almost no audio
- crafting
- questionable design choices
What can you do in this game?
- drink from a puddle and get sick
- hide in bushes from zombies
- fight cannibals and ironically eat them afterwards
- commit suicide
- find door in the woods
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 25, 2026
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