Panic In The Woods (v1.0.1)

A lost troop of Boy Scouts turns a seemingly routine trip into a tense co-op fight for survival in a forest that hides far more than bad weather and wildlife. Panic In The Woods is an extraction-focused indie horror game built around darkness, uncertainty, and the constant fear that something is listening nearby. A relentless monster stalks the map, while your group searches for the means to open gateways into nightmarish realms and gather the skulls needed for a final ritual. The mood is less about shooting back and more about keeping calm when a bad call over the radio can get everyone killed.

Matches revolve around locating scattered keys, gates, useful equipment, and objectives across a randomized forest layout. Once portals are opened, players venture into dangerous hellish areas to recover ritual items, then try to make it back alive while the creature closes in. Noise management is central: hiding, staying quiet, laying traps, using distractions, or tossing an expendable teammate into danger can all become valid survival tactics. Radars help track important locations, power-ups offer brief advantages, and captured allies can be rescued from cages, but limited supplies mean the team must decide carefully when to use them.

Radio-style proximity communication gives co-op sessions their strongest moments, especially when separated players need to guide one another toward a key location or warn the group that the monster is approaching. Up to four players can join, with drop-in sessions supporting both coordinated friends and unpredictable strangers; the option for sabotage adds a dose of social suspicion to an already hostile setting. Permadeath-style stakes make every run feel sharp and unforgiving, since getting caught ends your attempt rather than merely setting you back. Players who enjoy the communication-driven tension of Phasmophobia, the extraction pressure of Lethal Company, and asymmetric horror cat-and-mouse games should find plenty to like, though it best suits groups willing to cooperate under pressure.