Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Heart of the Forest review

Heart of the Forest is the best-reviewed game built directly on the Werewolf: The Apocalypse license. You play Maia, who comes to Poland to learn about her ancestry and finds family secrets in the Białowieża Forest, a real primeval wilderness on the Polish-Belarusian border. The Steam page says it adapts the mechanics of the tabletop role-playing game to emulate a classic RPG session, with collage art that combines illustrated characters and photos of real places. It runs on Windows, macOS and Linux with 4 GB of RAM and integrated Intel HD 4400 graphics, and 82% of 816 Steam reviews are positive, with a Metacritic score of 78. The list price is $14.99, and it was on sale for $1.49 when we checked. If you want to fight as a werewolf, look at Earthblood instead: this is a reading and decision game, not an action game.

Who it is for

readers who want a werewolf story with choices

Price

$14.99 list price on Steam (US store); on sale for $1.49 when checked.

$14.99 normally
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 11, 2026.

Key features

• Play as Maia, who travels to the Białowieża Forest to trace her family roots
• Adapts mechanics of the Werewolf: The Apocalypse tabletop RPG
• Collage art mixing hand-illustrated characters with photos of real places
• Choice-driven story about nature against technology and greed
• Runs on Windows, macOS and Linux

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Very Positive on Steam: 82% of 816 reviews
• Strength: Metacritic score of 78 shown on Steam
• Strength: Runs on 4 GB of RAM and Intel HD 4400 graphics
• Weakness: Single-player and text-heavy
• Weakness: No combat in the action sense
• Weakness: Smaller review base than the top picks

Key facts

• Developer: Different Tales
• Released on Steam: October 13, 2020
• Steam reviews: Very Positive, 82% of 816
• Metacritic (Steam): 78
• Minimum RAM: 4 GB

Where it ranks

Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Heart of the Forest is No. 4 in our Best Werewolf Games verdict.