The Forest Quartet concerns the titular jazz band, whose singer Nina has recently died. To celebrate her memory, they're planning a concert in the woods where they all have taken up residence. Leading up to the show, we follow each member as they struggle with both grief and mental health issues.

The game is mostly played from the perspective of the dead singer Nina, or rather what seems to be her spirit - possibly even her friends' memory of her. Through her, you help her friends get the resolve they need to give her a final musical farewell.

This takes the form of various puzzles, representing each character's particular struggles. As an engine for the narrative these serve their purpose just fine but being so abstract also means they have little connection to the actual issues they mean to portray. It's not exactly the feather scene from Celeste.

However, the voice over interviews that play during some sections are charming, though brief, and do a good job of sell everybody's personalities and the group's chemistry. The excellent use of shadows and light, not to mention the lovely jazz soundtrack, also do a lot to set a mood that's both grim yet hopeful.

Though not particularly deep or mechanically engaging, The Forest Quartet is a charming narrative puzzler, worth an hour plus change of your time.