Within a Deep Forest

May 1, 2006 Nicklas Nygren
Platform Adventure
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Two attempts have been made to build a bomb capable of freezing the entire world. The first was a failure and resulted in a living blue ball. The second attempt was a success. Now the clock is ticking and the world is in grave danger. That is, unless...

Within a Deep Forest is a freeware 2D platform game for Windows featuring challenging gameplay, beautiful music, an evil doctor and a deep forest.
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Release Date May 1, 2006
Developer Nicklas Nygren
Game Modes Single player
Perspective Side view
Themes Fantasy