Rooted in folklore
Our worlds grow out of northern myth — the Kalevala, the forest, and the things that move in it after dark.
Independent game studio · Finland
Games from the dark side of the forest.
Takarivi Games is a small studio crafting atmospheric worlds rooted in northern folklore — handmade, personal, and slightly mysterious.
Now in development
Dark Forest
A survival horror experience set in the mythological era of the Kalevala. Deep in the Finnish woods, the creatures of folklore wake when the sun sets — survive the night with your wits and whatever you can carry.
Wave-based survival against enemies drawn from northern myth, in a forest that feels handmade and hostile in equal measure.
- Status
- In development
- Genre
- Survival horror
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 5
- Platform
- PC · Single-player
Coming to Steam — follow along for updates.
The studio
A small studio from the back row.
Takarivi is Finnish for “back row” — the seats where the daydreamers sit. We are an independent team from Finland building the kind of atmospheric games we always wanted to play.
Handmade by a few
A small back-row team. Every system, sound, and shadow is built in-house, so the games feel personal rather than produced.
Prototype in the open
We ship small experiments early — like our playable web prototype — and let what we learn shape the bigger games. Try it here.
Contact
Say hei.
Press, partnerships, playtesting, or just curious about what is moving between the trees — we read everything.
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