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The Forever Winter
The Forever Winter is a tactical shooter where you and your squad must loot the dead to survive under the shadow of terrifying and gargantuan war machines locked in a never-ending conflict. Millions of deaths later the war continues with our latest update!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
48 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“"[...]In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." The Forever Winter is a gorgeous piece of moving art, held back by insufferable grind, jank gameplay, and frustrating AI. This is a single…”
“Have been a supporter from the start. The game has gone downhill fast. the enemies should ignore you as you are a scavenger, but no they see you as a number one priority to kill. Tanks, Helis, mechs, and any other large…”
“Originally, Fun Dog wanted to publish this as an art book, but they were bold enough to turn it into a game instead and making an interactive experience. And they succeeded. Whether they delivered a complete “A good 1.0…”
29 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“++++Incredible Art and Visual Design +++Tense, Immersive +++Fantastic Premise and Setting ++Lots to find and Upgrade (base, characters, guns, etc) +++Cool regional/Tunnels structure - you really feel like a post-apoc…”
“I really really want to love this game. But at the moment it is literally impossible. I love the idea of a co-op extraction shooter, and has made for some fun moments... But the developers seems to have a full focus on…”
“It feels good, it looks good, it plays good. But I cannot stomach 3rd person view, dropping till they add 1st person option.”
12 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“++++Incredible Art and Visual Design +++Tense, Immersive +++Fantastic Premise and Setting ++Lots to find and Upgrade (base, characters, guns, etc) +++Cool regional/Tunnels structure - you really feel like a post-apoc…”
“Grimdark Yes 10/10 Atmosphere Yes 11/10 (in my opinion) Artstyle and coherence Yes 10/10 Sound YES 12/10 (really great and fitting for the game) Performance Issues also YES 5/10 (solo gameplay is most stable and bugfree…”
“Good game, Amazing Soundtrack, needs work. the Devs are very clearly listening to feedback and addressing issues, and im positive that eventually ill be editing this to say "Amazing Game" instead of just "Good" the…”
12 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Originally, Fun Dog wanted to publish this as an art book, but they were bold enough to turn it into a game instead and making an interactive experience. And they succeeded. Whether they delivered a complete “A good 1.0…”
“IT'S AMAZING, THEY FIXED SO MUCH, INCREDIBLE WORLD TO EXPERIENCE I've been watching this game from the outside for a very long time. Obviously hooked by the incredible art direction as well as the promise of immersion…”
“Good game, Amazing Soundtrack, needs work. the Devs are very clearly listening to feedback and addressing issues, and im positive that eventually ill be editing this to say "Amazing Game" instead of just "Good" the…”
12 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“I really wanted to like this game it visuals are amazing and I want to know more about the world but Wow does this game push new players away so many menus and systems. Game says you need water but it coat 2 water to go…”
“I have never wanted to like a game more but boy does this game spit in your face and kick you in the balls for loving it. The concept and and lore are more interesting then the gameplay and I swear elder scrolls…”
“i love the universe, artstyle, and worldbuilding. HOWEVER. the player characters are extremely underwhelming. the complete lack of character customization is a HUUUUGE disssapointment. let us salvage armor from enemies…”
30 of the 104 reviews raise this · 13 of them still recommend the game.
“Unfortunately I just can't ignore how far the game is from being in a state I would recommend it to anyone. The map mesh's are miserable, constantly causing your character to get caught on small rocks or invisible…”
“"[...]In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." The Forever Winter is a gorgeous piece of moving art, held back by insufferable grind, jank gameplay, and frustrating AI. This is a single…”
“Have been a supporter from the start. The game has gone downhill fast. the enemies should ignore you as you are a scavenger, but no they see you as a number one priority to kill. Tanks, Helis, mechs, and any other large…”
29 of the 104 reviews raise this · 19 of them still recommend the game.
“Unfortunately I just can't ignore how far the game is from being in a state I would recommend it to anyone. The map mesh's are miserable, constantly causing your character to get caught on small rocks or invisible…”
“"[...]In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." The Forever Winter is a gorgeous piece of moving art, held back by insufferable grind, jank gameplay, and frustrating AI. This is a single…”
“I do not care for the game in it's current state. Enemies spot you way too easily, even when standing still and 40 feet away. Once they start getting shot at their awareness of you should be almost zero because why…”
19 of the 104 reviews raise this · 13 of them still recommend the game.
“Unfortunately I just can't ignore how far the game is from being in a state I would recommend it to anyone. The map mesh's are miserable, constantly causing your character to get caught on small rocks or invisible…”
“++++Incredible Art and Visual Design +++Tense, Immersive +++Fantastic Premise and Setting ++Lots to find and Upgrade (base, characters, guns, etc) +++Cool regional/Tunnels structure - you really feel like a post-apoc…”
“Devs just made the game hard for no clear reason when jumping and movement is still scuffed to all hell. Save your money til they walk it back.”
14 of the 104 reviews raise this · 11 of them still recommend the game.
“I do wanna say I do like the game but its issues are just too much, why it has so much content but dogshite performance is nuts, kinda like they are trying to compete with Arc Raiders or something when this is just PvE…”
“tried the game at launch, was pretty cool, solid game. We left it to cook for a few years. Now feels very janky, incredibly bad frame stutters, and just a worse experience overall. What happened? Not recommended until…”
“very unstable and unoptimized, not worth buying in this state”
9 of the 104 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“"[...]In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." The Forever Winter is a gorgeous piece of moving art, held back by insufferable grind, jank gameplay, and frustrating AI. This is a single…”
“Have been a supporter from the start. The game has gone downhill fast. the enemies should ignore you as you are a scavenger, but no they see you as a number one priority to kill. Tanks, Helis, mechs, and any other large…”
“coming back to this game after playing it a bit when it first came out was quite the experience. the UI still sucks, especially for quests. i had a lot of random quests available to me for whatever reason and it took me…”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 68.3% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Don't get it twisted, this game is far from reaching it's 1.0 state. It's buggy, has issues with map geometry, suffers from sub-optimal performance, and needs to have it's questlines fleshed out more. That's just naming a few issues. However, if you're tired of formulaic AAA…”
— a player, Steam review · 239 hrs played“The core of the game is a genuine masterpiece with overwhelming potential, and despite it being in Early Access, it has already won my heart in becoming something I won't ever forget as a gaming experience. But whether or not to consider it a "The Forever Winter" (as in - an…”
— a player, Steam review · 185 hrs played“The game should of never gone early access as since the beta this game has only gotten bloated with new features while never fixing the core of the gameplay. Now we got more jank than ever before a brick stupid ai and gameplay mechanics such as putting together and using the…”
— a player, Steam review · 30 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
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Hot-Fix 0.9.5.3 Release Notes 9/2/2026
Hotfix 0.9.5.3 is now live. Version 0.9.5.3 Hotfix Hello Scavs! This hotfix focuses on two specific changes. Hope the week has been amazing so far! Stay frosty. - Fundog Out Changes / Update Details:
Hot-Fix 0.9.5.2 Release Notes 8/31/2026
Hotfix 0.9.5.2 is now live. Version 0.9.5.2 Hotfix Hello Scavs! More quality feedback keeps coming in from many players. This hotfix addresses these specific issues. Stay frosty out there. - Fundog Ou
Hot-Fix 0.9.5.1 Release Notes 8/28/2026
Hotfix 0.9.5.1 is now live. Version 0.9.5.1 Hotfix Hello Scavs! Already got some good feedback from many players. As such, here is a quick day-of hotfix for today’s release. - Fundog Out Changes / Upd
The Forever Winter - August 2026 Update
Hello Scavs! This QOL patch is a little more experimental. We've been working for some time on new state machine systems for the AI, and we're putting a much larger piece of that work into your hands
Hot-Fix 0.9.4.2 Release Notes 8/03/2026
Hotfix 0.9.4.2 is now live. Version 0.9.4.2 Hotfix Hello Scavs! Here are some more adjustments and fixes for the latest update. Onwards to the next battle! - Fundog Out Changes / Update Details: WEAPO
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Early Access |
| Player tags | Early Access · Extraction Shooter · PvE · Looter Shooter · Post-apocalyptic · Third-Person Shooter · Horror · Difficult · Third Person · Dystopian · Shooter · Gun Customization (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Partial Controller Support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Ukrainian * |
| Official site | https://www.fundogstudios.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64bit Processor: Intel Core i7-9700 / AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super (VRAM 8 GB) / Radeon RX 5700XT (8GB) DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 60 GB available space Additional Notes: SSD recommended