"I filmed alone on the edge of treacherous cliffs where a single misstep could have been fatal," says the maker of Wordless Forest. Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team. Unlock instant access to exclusive member features. Get full access to premium articles, exclusive features and a growing list of member rewards. If you've grown a bit weary of survival games where a stick and a rock can automagically be combined to make a tree-felling axe and you can build a comfortable base in a matter of minutes, how about something a bit more authentic? Wordless Forest is a FMV (Full Motion Video) survival game that could wind up feeling more realistic than most of what you'll find on Steam—because its creator actually went out into the woods for weeks on end to make it. Solo developer Dogus Cagrici both stars in the game and recorded all the footage himself while hiking alone deep in the real wilderness. That makes the creation of the game sound like a survival experience in itself, with Cagrici recording footage of himself "in the dense forests and wilderness of four different cities across Turkey for 40 days. Without a production vehicle, I hiked for kilometers carrying heavy camera gear on my back just to reach remote locations," Cagrici says. "Operating out of a remote forest pension as my basecamp, I hiked deep into territory actively shared with brown bears and wild boars every single day. The danger shifted with the geography; in Muğla, I waded into freezing rivers and worked in soaking wet clothes, while in Antalya, I filmed alone on the edge of treacherous cliffs where a single misstep could have been fatal."