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The Forest

The Forest

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.

Released Apr 30, 2018 Developer Endnight Games Ltd Platforms Windows Open World Survival CraftSurvivalOpen WorldHorrorCrafting
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

95.5%positive627,791 reviews

What reviewers agree on

Praised
Criticised
Bar length = how many of the 104 reviews raise the point On criticised points, the pale part = reviewers who still recommend the game Select a point to see the exact counts and what reviewers wrote.

Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 95.5% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20

Recommended · 30 found this helpful

“this game is so cool i see all the cannibals' bare naked asses they should add jiggle physics”

— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“Good survival game with commendable mechanics and graphics. The experience is enhanced exponentially if you play it with friends.”

— a player, Steam review · 23 hrs played
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“i think this is the best realistic survival open world game that i have ever played and i thank the Endnight team for making this avaliable at cheap price (i bought it on discount). Talking about the story, i would say it is good as far as it is not fantasy because you know, it…”

— a player, Steam review · 25 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:14 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

5,379playing at last check
9,35624-hour peak
109,242all-time peak
0 25k 50k 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 28k avg · Dec 2024

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

45achievements
15.1%median completion
1.6%rarest: Trophy Hunter
83.7% of players 72.2% of players 57.1% of players 55.0% of players 44.0% of players 41.0% of players 39.2% of players 37.6% of players 37.0% of players 36.2% of players 33.4% of players 27.6% of players 24.4% of players 21.3% of players 21.3% of players 20.1% of players 19.4% of players 19.0% of players 19.0% of players 17.7% of players 16.5% of players 16.3% of players 15.1% of players 14.6% of players 12.4% of players 12.1% of players 12.0% of players 9.7% of players 9.4% of players 6.5% of players 6.1% of players 5.0% of players 4.2% of players 4.0% of players 3.9% of players 3.9% of players 2.9% of players 2.7% of players 2.1% of players 2.1% of players 1.9% of players 1.8% of players 1.7% of players 1.6% of players 1.6% of players 83.7% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
83.7%First Night — Survive 1 night
72.2%Camp Out — Sleep with another player (group sleep)
57.1%First Responder — Revive one co-op player
Rarest badges of honor
1.6%Trophy Hunter — Kill all animal types and display heads
1.6%Get Closure — Find all missing passengers
1.7%Bad father — Hidden achievement

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$19.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$19.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US19.99 USD
EU16.79 EUR
UK15.49 GBP
Australia28.95 AUD
Canada22.79 CAD
Japan2,050 JPY
Brazil37.99 BRL
China70.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$7.5 China Japan Canada EU US Australia UK≈$21

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Oct 03, 2025
Unity security update

Hey Everyone,Due to a Unity engine security issue outlined here: https://unity.com/security/sept-2025-01/remediation we’ve updated the UnityPlayer.dll file for the following titles: The Forest VR Sons

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie, Simulation
Player tagsOpen World Survival Craft · Survival · Open World · Horror · Crafting · Adventure · Building · Survival Horror · First-Person · Action · Exploration · Sandbox (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · LAN Co-op · Tracked Controller Support · VR Supported · Partial Controller Support
LanguagesEnglish * , French, German, Czech, Finnish, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Italian, Spanish - Spain *
Achievements45
Estimated owners20,000,000 – 50,000,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://survivetheforest.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: 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.