Camp Whittlewood

What Camp Whittlewood is

Camp Whittlewood is a short, single-player horror RPG from NickSchemes, and it is out now. You are a Bark Scout dropped off for a weekend at a former logging camp deep in a protected forest; before the outdoor fun starts, you get teased with an old story about a woodcarver who stalks the camp — and then the twisted campfire story starts coming true. Progression runs on key items you find around the campground, the camper crew has its own personalities and opinions of you, and the developer's launch FAQ puts the story at three main endings plus one further variation.

The whole thing is deliberately compact: roughly two hours to the main ending, old-school RPG interaction mechanics, cozy pixel art with chilling cutscenes, an original soundtrack, and a Windows-only Steam release that landed on 28 September 2026 at US$4.99.

Before you buy / before you install

• Price: US$4.99 in the US store, no launch discount as of 2 October 2026.
• Platform: Windows PC only — no Mac or Linux build.
• Length: about 2 hours to the main ending; alternate endings and hidden secrets take longer (developer's launch FAQ).
• Demo: none. What you see on the store page is what you get.
• Specs: light. Windows 10, 11th-gen Core i3, 2 GB RAM, Intel Iris Xe, 1 GB disk — full table on the release date page.
• Language: English with full audio; full controller support is listed.
• No Steam Cloud — but achievements arrived: Steam's feature list still omits Steam Cloud, so keep your own save backups. Five achievements were added in the 4 October 2026 update, so there is now a checklist to chase, and the 9 October 2026 update fixed the Irresistible achievement being missed if you changed areas mid-animation.

What to do first

1. Talk to every camper before you move the story on — the setup and the warnings arrive in dialog, and the game is short enough that skipped talk is missed story.
2. Open your inventory whenever something new lands in it. Story progression is item-driven, so anything with a description is probably a key item.
3. Keep a manual save before you follow anyone into the woods. Multiple endings plus branching means at least one point of no return.

Confirmed now the game is out — and still not known