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Danger, death, and despair define Black Forest. As the chief of an unlucky village, your goal is to survive. Gather resources, shore up the village, then survive the terrifying night. Maybe you'll hold out long enough for relief to arrive. Maybe not. Are you up to the challenge?

Black Forest is a rts, survival horror and base-building game developed by Lemuria and published by .
Released on September 25th 2023 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 2 languages: English and German.

It has received 398 reviews of which 299 were positive and 99 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.1 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 13.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 2.93€ on Instant Gaming.

The Steam community has classified Black Forest into these genres:

RTS Survival Horror Base-Building Strategy Resource Management Casual Survival Top-Down City Builder Colony Sim Building Management Singleplayer Fantasy Medieval God Game 3D Realistic Dark Fantasy Choices Matter

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS *: Windows 7 64 bit
  • Processor: X64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: DX10, DX11, and DX12-capable GPUs
  • DirectX: Version 10
  • Storage: 3 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: Hardware vendor officially supported drivers
MacOS
  • OS: High Sierra 10.13+
  • Processor: X64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Metal-capable Intel and AMD GPUs
  • Storage: 3 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: Apple officially supported drivers
Linux
  • OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 18.04, and CentOS 7
  • Processor: X64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: OpenGL 3.2+ or Vulkan-capable, Nvidia and AMD GPUs.
  • Storage: 3 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: Gnome desktop environment running on top of X11 windowing system, Nvidia official proprietary graphics driver or AMD Mesa graphics driver. Other configuration and user environment as provided stock with the supported distribution (Kernel, Compositor, etc.)

User reviews & Ratings

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March 2025
I like the idea of the game. small village to survive. I wish game could be longer. and even more complex. The nice idea of surviving.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Black Forest is currently priced at 13.99€ on Steam.

Black Forest is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 13.99€ on Steam.

Black Forest received 299 positive votes out of a total of 398 achieving a rating of 7.10.
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Black Forest was developed by Lemuria.

Black Forest is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Black Forest is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Black Forest is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Black Forest is a single-player game.

Black Forest does not currently offer any DLC.

Black Forest does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Black Forest does not support Steam Remote Play.

Black Forest is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Black Forest.

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Black Forest
13.99€ -80% 13.99€ 2.93€
7.1
299
99
Game modes
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Online players
2
Developer
Lemuria
Release 25 Sep 2023
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