Forrest in the Forest is a fast-paced hack 'n slash platformer, coming soon

• Forrest in the Forest is an upcoming indie platformer for Android
• It sees you take on the role of the titular forest as you duke it out with enemies
• Hack, slash and leap your way to victory!

One of the benefits of being able to pick and choose our coverage is shining the spotlight on relatively unknown developers. Such is the case with the folks behind Forrest in the Forest; this small indie team reached out to us to show off their upcoming release, and I was pleasantly surprised with what I saw.

Forrest in the Forest is as simple but well-crafted of a throwback platformer as you could ask for. It sees you taking on the role of an as-yet-unnamed (although I'd hazard a guess it's "Forrest) character duking it out with monsters as he leaps and dashes through 2D environments.

It promises a charming throwback aesthetic with plenty of crunchy pixel graphics, a great deal of space to explore including hub areas of a town and tavern, along with a good variety of enemies to battle and abilities with which to deal with them.

As I said above, it's always good to shine a spotlight on lesser-known releases. And while I don't think I'd ever claim that Forrest in the Forest is some kind of world-shaking new take on the platformer genre, a competently, passionately made project like this is something I'm always glad to see on mobile.

As for when it'll arrive? According to the devs, sometime in the next 1-2 weeks from the time of writing is a good ballpark estimate, so watch this space!

In the meantime if you need something to tide you over, or to sharpen your platformer skills ahead of release, why not dig into some of our recommendations? We've compiled the top 25 best platformers for Android and iOS! Who knows? Maybe Forrest in the Forest will be the next release we add to this list? We'll just have to wait and see.