After a prologue where the Doctor attempts to extract information from the Stranger, the Stranger manages to escape but is left weakened and lost in the woods.
Players take on the role of an unnamed protagonist, often referred to as . At the beginning of the game, the Stranger is captured and interrogated by The Doctor , a man who was originally sent by the government to investigate the forest but has since become unhinged and obsessed with finding a way out. The Stranger possesses a mysterious key with the number "21" on it, which the Doctor believes is the ticket to escaping the forest. Key Story Beats darkwood-pc-game-free-download-full-version
The Stranger discovers the Being's core and chooses to incinerate it. This results in a massive fire that consumes the entire forest and everyone in it, including the protagonist, potentially ending the nightmare but at the cost of all lives within. After a prologue where the Doctor attempts to