Platform

Mable and the Wood

Single Player

Critic · IGDB

3.0

Users · IGDB

2019

Released

Platforms

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📅 Release Info

Release DateAugust 23, 2019

Developer

Publisher

🏷️ Game Details

Genres

PlatformAdventureIndie

Playable on

PCXboxNintendo

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LinuxPC (Microsoft Windows)MacXbox OneNintendo Switch

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About this game

Will you banish the darkness from the world, or will you become it? Mable & The Wood is an adventure platformer about a shape-shifting girl whose power might be destroying the world she's trying to save.

Pros & Cons

Pros

Sword-based movement gives platforming a distinct identity.
Nonlethal choices lead to different possible outcomes.
Open-ended structure supports exploration across a connected world.
Pixel art, dark fantasy, and music shape the atmosphere.

Cons

Ideas are stronger than their overall implementation.
Sword-based movement makes basic traversal awkward and imprecise.
Nonlinear design makes routes and objectives difficult to follow.
Movement controls make combat and boss encounters inconsistent.

Pros & Cons are AI-assisted summaries, not our own playthrough reviews. Sources and how we make recommendations.

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Platform

Mable and the Wood

Single Player

Critic · IGDB

3.0

Users · IGDB

2019

Released

Platforms

🔗🛒▶

📅 Release Info

Release DateAugust 23, 2019

Developer

Publisher

🏷️ Game Details

Genres

PlatformAdventureIndie

Playable on

PCXboxNintendo

Show all 5 versions ▾

LinuxPC (Microsoft Windows)MacXbox OneNintendo Switch

Screenshots & Videos

About this game

Pros & Cons

Pros

Sword-based movement gives platforming a distinct identity.
Nonlethal choices lead to different possible outcomes.
Open-ended structure supports exploration across a connected world.
Pixel art, dark fantasy, and music shape the atmosphere.

Cons

Ideas are stronger than their overall implementation.
Sword-based movement makes basic traversal awkward and imprecise.
Nonlinear design makes routes and objectives difficult to follow.
Movement controls make combat and boss encounters inconsistent.

Pros & Cons are AI-assisted summaries, not our own playthrough reviews. Sources and how we make recommendations.

Where to Buy / Play

Official stores where this game is available. Links open the store page in a new tab.

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