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The Forest

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App ID 242760
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Endnight Games Ltd
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies Unity Engine
Last Changenumber 29892325
Last Record Update 4 July 2025 – 06:44:02 UTC ()
Release Date 30 April 2018 – 16:58:00 UTC ()
🤩 94.73%
634k reviews
7,928
In-Game

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.

Additional Information

Developer Endnight Games Ltd
gamedir TheForest
metacritic_name The Forest
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controller_support partial
metacritic_score 83
NoServers No
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/the-forest?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
state eStateComingSoonNoPreload
serverbrowsername The Forest
VisibleOnlyWhenSubscribed Yes
community_visible_stats Yes
sourcegame Yes
checkpkgstate Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Endnight Games Ltd
Store Release Date 30 April 2018 – 16:58:29 UTC ()
community_hub_visible Yes
OpenVrSupport Yes
OtherVrSupport Yes
ControllerVr
steamvr1
oculus1
othervrsupport_rift_13 Yes
vrheadsetstreaming Yes
openvr_action_manifest_path actions.json
Primary Genre Action (1)
Store Genres Action (1), Adventure (25), Indie (23), Simulation (28)
Steam Release Date 30 April 2018 – 16:58:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 26 October 2022 – 19:03:06 UTC () (1666810986)
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height_pct41
review_score 9
review_percentage 95
Detected Technologies (?) Unity Engine, FMOD SDK, OculusXRPlugin SDK, OpenVR SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • This game's launcher/setup tool may require the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or have difficult to read text
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: This game's launcher/setup tool may require a touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or have difficult to read text
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 4 February 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 4175072
  • configuration:
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    requires_manual_keyboard_invoke0
    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav1
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    non_deck_display_glyphs0
    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-stable
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
Content Descriptors Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)
controllertagwizard Yes
First seen on SteamDB 13 June 2013 – 01:02:35 UTC (), in changelist #234267
Content Descriptors (Including DLC) Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

16 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes
French Yes
German Yes
Czech Yes
Finnish Yes
Japanese Yes
Korean Yes
Polish Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes
Russian Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes
Swedish Yes
Traditional Chinese Yes
Turkish Yes
Italian Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes

Tags

🌎 Open World Survival Craft 🌲 Survival 😱 Horror 🌍 Open World 🔧 Crafting 🗺️ Adventure 🏠 Building 🎒 Survival Horror 🙌 First-Person 💥 Action 🗺 Exploration 🧱 Sandbox 👤 Singleplayer 🌫 Atmospheric 🖥️ Simulation 😖 Gore 🌱 Realistic 🌱 Indie 🧟 Zombies 🐤 Early Access

Categories

Single-player Online Co-op LAN Co-op Steam Cloud Family Sharing Multi-player Co-op Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Hardware Categories

Tracked Controller Support VR Supported Partial Controller Support

Assets

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timestamp7 November 2023 – 18:17:33 UTC
Trailers
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Steam charts

  • 7,928 players right now
  • 15,468 24-hour peak
  • 109,397 all-time peak 28 December 2024
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Store data

  • 782,872 followers
  • #309 in top sellers
  • 605,807 positive reviews
  • 28,266 negative reviews
  • 95.54% positive reviews

Twitch stats

  • 77 viewers right now
  • 381 24-hour peak
  • 112,465 all-time peak
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User reviews history

  • 🤩 Overwhelmingly Positive
  • 94.73% SteamDB Rating
  • 605,807 95.5% positive reviews
  • 28,266 4.5% negative reviews

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Markers

Date Label 30-day Peak
30 April 2018 – 16:58 Steam Release -
3 June 2016 – 17:00 ⇄ Humble Bundle: June 2016 Humble Monthly #8 -

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How many players are playing The Forest right now on Steam?

Steam player counter indicates there are currently 7928 players live playing The Forest on Steam.

The Forest had an all-time peak of 109397 concurrent players on 28 December 2024.

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