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As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.

The Forest is a open world survival craft, survival and open world game developed and published by Endnight Games Ltd.
Released on April 30th 2018 is available only on Windows in 16 languages: English, French, German, Czech, Finnish, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Italian and Spanish - Spain.

It has received 627,791 reviews of which 599,805 were positive and 27,986 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.5 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 16.79€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified The Forest into these genres:

Open World Survival Craft Survival Open World Horror Crafting Adventure Building Survival Horror First-Person Action Exploration Sandbox Singleplayer Atmospheric Simulation Gore Realistic Indie Zombies Early Access

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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
  • OS *: Windows 7
  • Processor: Intel Dual-Core 2.4 GHz
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT
  • DirectX: Version 9.0
  • Storage: 5 GB available space
  • Sound Card: DirectX®-compatible
  • VR Support: SteamVR or Oculus PC
  • Additional Notes: 32bit windows users need to ensure they have at least 4gb of ram usable on their system.

User reviews & Ratings

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Nov. 2025
The Forest taught me two things: chop trees fast, and run faster when something screams in the dark.
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Sept. 2025
This game has been with me on my library as the first ever game i got on Steam, almost 9 years ago. and 9 years after my father bought it for me when i was 11 I never imagined that it would've been my favourite adventure. 9 years later, i'm now 20. My father left me behind and I did the all trophies run with a friend. I giggled when the "worst father" achievement popped up with a bittersweet taste but it was funny, the entire run revolved into the running gag that we were parents that forgot they had a kid at some point. But now, that i finally 100'd this game 9 years later, minus 1 dad but a shit ton of memories i'll give two advices for this game 1. just buy this game, honestly 16£ si really affordable for a game this quality (played the entirety in medium textures and it was still good the cave textures and atmosphere are incredible, you have enough hints to get the lore fully if you get almost all notes and items scattered in the map and creatures, my god the creatures were so terrifying yet so familiar 2. Play it solo or make it duo : If you want to immerge yourself in the story, then solo run is the most optimal, however coop is the best one for the full trophy run, the game become significantly less boring, scary (still some jumpscares) it's really cool and building big structures are really easier (there are the dev mode if you want to make the wait for the 100 days better too) and the coop brings so much good memories and funny moments that will probably make your day better Thank you Endnight for this amazing game that lived almost half of my entire life, i'll surely play more, because even after finishing the game, you never truly leave The forest. Have a great adventures ! and be weary, there might be eyes piercieng the bushes, observing you in The forest Thanks dad
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Aug. 2025
The survival and crafting systems are fantastic, but the AI enemies can feel a bit overwhelming at times. Playing co-op makes it much more fun than solo.
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May 2025
---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☐ Old Fashioned ☑ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☑ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☑ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☑ Average ☐ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☐ Worth the price ☑ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☐ Never heard of ☑ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☑ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10
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April 2025
---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☐ Old Fashioned ☑ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☐ Nothing to grind ☑ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☑ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☐ Average ☐ Long ☑ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☐ Never heard of ☑ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9 ☑ 10
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Frequently Asked Questions

The Forest is currently priced at 16.79€ on Steam.

The Forest is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 16.79€ on Steam.

The Forest received 599,805 positive votes out of a total of 627,791 achieving an impressive rating of 9.47.
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The Forest was developed and published by Endnight Games Ltd.

The Forest is playable and fully supported on Windows.

The Forest is not playable on MacOS.

The Forest is not playable on Linux.

The Forest offers both single-player and multi-player modes.

The Forest includes Co-op mode where you can team up with friends.

The Forest does not currently offer any DLC.

The Forest does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

The Forest does not support Steam Remote Play.

The 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 The Forest.

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The Forest
16.79€ Buy Now 🔥 Deal Show Price Show Price
Rating
9.5
599,805
27,986
Game modes
Multiplayer
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Online players
3,882
Developer
Endnight Games Ltd
Publisher
Endnight Games Ltd
Release 30 Apr 2018
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