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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 on Windows, VR, Steam Deck and Steam Machine.
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 3.35€ on Steam with a 80% discount.
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- 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.
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---{ 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 ---{ 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 ---{ Author }--- ☑ https://vojtastruhar.github.io/steam-review-template
1-Download the Forest not knowing anything about it. 2-Get used to the mechs and the style. 3-Start to Enjoy the game but still no way to know how you're supposed to find Timmy. 4-go down a cave. 5-leaving the cave a different man, but with more loot and items. 6-reluctantly, go down another cave. 7-See something that makes you question your choice of games, but you leave with more loot. 8-start to piece together what's going on with the island and what might have happened. 9-get hooked to the game. 10-being stuck in a cave for hours. 11-leaving the cave but wanting to find more caves to explore. 12-spending more times in caves. 13-start liking the caves. 14-getting used to the caves. 15-forget about Timmy. 16-become a caveman.
I played The Forest for the first time last year. I loved it and also played Sons of the Forest. Even though the second game added more details, improved graphics, and cannibals that act more intelligently with better AI mechanics, I found the gameplay of the first game better and more sustainable, with a smoother learning curve that helps the player get used to the game naturally. Even at the beginning of the game, when I had nothing and was vulnerable, the cannibals were not too aggressive, the first game has a good startup mechanism, while the second game feels more complex. Overall, I like the first game experience more. After I finished both games, I came back to the first game for all the completions. I waited to write this review until I reached 100%. Positively, The Forest is the best open world survival game that I have ever played. I love the map and how everything is located. You learn about plants and animals in a fun way. There is also a building and crafting aspect that could easily be a separate game on its own. That is very creative. The graphics are also very good. I love the story. It is mysterious and engaging. I learned so much about the cannibals and how to kill or avoid them. If I have to say one negative thing about the game and this is the only one. It is how the AI was implemented for the cannibals. Okay, the developers wanted the cannibals to move unpredictably, and that is fine, but they were disappearing and appearing 5 meters away in less than a second. I do not think this is a glitch, but somehow it comes from the implementation. I am not sure it was intentional, though. Anyway, the whole game experience was fun for me. If I could erase my memory, I would want to play it again :D I saw The Forest 3 in the space mentioned online, and I simply cannot wait for it <3
The Forest nails mixin survival building and psychological horror rly well. Devs built a full, coherent world with minimal writing and also setup the sequel. It might be outdated in tech and optimization nowadays, but playin coop with friends is still insanely fun. u should turn off motion blur, it helps SO much with 3d sickness.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The Forest is currently priced at 3.35€ on Steam.
Yes, The Forest is currently available at a 80% discount. You can purchase it for 3.35€ on Steam.
Yes, 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.
Yes, The Forest is playable and fully supported on Windows.
No, The Forest is not playable on MacOS.
No, The Forest is not playable on Linux.
Yes, The Forest is playable on Steam Deck, though it might require a few minor tweaks. Make sure to check the Steam store page and community feedback on ProtonDB for exact compatibility details.
Yes, The Forest is playable on Steam Machine, though it might require a few minor tweaks. Make sure to check the Steam store page and community feedback on ProtonDB for exact compatibility details.
Yes, The Forest supports VR. You can play it using a compatible VR headset.
The Forest offers both single-player and multi-player modes.
The Forest includes Co-op mode where you can team up with friends.
No, The Forest does not currently offer any DLC.
No, The Forest does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, The Forest does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, 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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Last Updates| Steam data | 20 September 2026 05:22 UTC |
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| SteamSpy data | 27 October 2026 10:57 UTC |
| Steam price | 27 October 2026 20:01 UTC |
| Steam reviews | 21 October 2026 06:03 UTC |
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Developer
Endnight Games Ltd
Publisher
Endnight Games Ltd
Release
30 Apr 2018
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