Tales of the Black Forest

Pixel adventure set in a Japanese town where yokai lurk and time doesn't work right. You're a high school student stuck in Kuromori-chō by forces you don't understand yet. To escape, you'll need to travel backward through the town's history, uncovering what happened here and why spirits now walk its streets. The game leans into traditional Japanese folklore—expect encounters with yokai rather than generic monsters. Made by a two-person team, so scope stays focused on story beats and exploration over sprawling systems. Heisei Era setting grounds it in recent-ish Japan (1989-2019) rather than feudal times. If you want yokai tales without action-heavy combat and don't mind retro presentation, this delivers that specific thing.