

The Forest is an exceptional Action/Adventure that raises the bar for the genre.
95
Verdict
96%
Steam
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IGDB
Verdict score based on confidence-adjusted Steam reviews?
Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam (96% positive from 662K reviews)
Healthy player count of 2,128 concurrent
Rich open world to explore
Engaging multiplayer/co-op experience
Still in Early Access — content may be incomplete
The Forest is a survival horror video game developed and published by Endnight Games. The game takes place on a remote heavily forested peninsula, where the player character Eric LeBlanc must fight off cannibalistic monsters, while searching for his son Timmy after a plane crash. The game features nonlinear gameplay in an open world environment played from a first-person perspective, with no set missions or quests, empowering the player to make their own decisions for survival. Following a four-year long early access beta phase releasing in 2014, the finished game was released for Windows in April 2018, and for the PlayStation 4 in November 2018. The game was a commercial success, selling over five million copies by the end of 2018.

Runs well on modern hardware.
System Requirements
Minimum
Recommended
First Night
Survive 1 night
83.6%
unlocked
Camp Out
Sleep with another player (group sleep)
72.1%
unlocked
First Responder
Revive one co-op player
57.1%
unlocked
Survivalist
Survive 5 nights
55.1%
unlocked
Climate Change
Cut down 100 trees
44.1%
unlocked
Monster
Kill a bunny. Alone in Single Player or together in Multiplayer.
41%
unlocked
Minor Cannibalism
Eat an enemy
39.2%
unlocked
Be Nice
Share a food or drink item in MP
37.7%
unlocked
Birdseye
Kill bird with arrow
37%
unlocked
Unseen
Make and wear stealth armour
36.2%
unlocked
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First Night
Survive 1 night
83.6%
unlocked
Camp Out
Sleep with another player (group sleep)
72.1%
unlocked
First Responder
Revive one co-op player
57.1%
unlocked
Survivalist
Survive 5 nights
55.1%
unlocked
Climate Change
Cut down 100 trees
44.1%
unlocked
Monster
Kill a bunny. Alone in Single Player or together in Multiplayer.
41%
unlocked
Minor Cannibalism
Eat an enemy
39.2%
unlocked
Be Nice
Share a food or drink item in MP
37.7%
unlocked
Birdseye
Kill bird with arrow
37%
unlocked
Unseen
Make and wear stealth armour
36.2%
unlocked
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