Bright looking with its colourful aesthetic and cute anthropomorphic cast, Night in the Woods seems pleasant and inviting. Yet this visual style merely seems like a way to soften the harsh realities the game explores. It tells the story of a town, Possum Springs, somewhere in the American Rust Belt (or somewhere just like it at least). The local coal mines long shut the town is a shadow of its glory days, reminded of its prosperous past by fading monuments.