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Black Forest

Lemuria · 2023-09-25

SteamGOG

CasualIndieStrategyFree To Play

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 25, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 25, 2023 (Linux), Sep 25, 2023 (Mac)

Danger, death, and despair define Black Forest. As the chief of an unlucky village, your goal is to survive. Gather resources, shore up the village, then survive the terrifying night. Maybe you'll hold out long enough for relief to arrive. Maybe not. Are you up to the challenge?

1
playing now
74%
positive of 410 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Welcome to the dark heart of the Black Forest. Your village was supposed to harvest its bounty, but managed to draw the attention of the unrelenting darkness inhabiting the woods. As the dangers descend upon it, it's your job as the village chief to help the peasants fend off the creatures and make it through the dark night, as the sinister secrets of the woods best left alone awake and focus their attention on you. Black Forest is a city builder like no other. Where other games focus on expansion and development, Black Forest is all about defending what's yours. Strategically assign villager(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 33% of 9,617 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 8.2k–18k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 410 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.99-50%
GOG$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.34 at GameBillet (2026-01-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 78 of 123 observed days · $12.65 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

102026-08-12 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 12:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$0.002016-09-112026-08-302016-09-11 — best price $0.002023-10-04 — best price $10.042023-11-09 — best price $9.992023-12-01 — best price $11.012023-12-24 — best price $6.992024-02-01 — best price $13.482024-02-26 — best price $13.482024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-04-07 — best price $7.502024-05-03 — best price $7.492024-06-07 — best price $11.012024-07-11 — best price $4.652024-08-02 — best price $4.392024-08-28 — best price $11.012024-09-27 — best price $4.952024-11-01 — best price $3.742024-12-03 — best price $11.012025-01-02 — best price $12.712025-01-26 — best price $11.012025-02-28 — best price $14.992025-04-01 — best price $14.992025-04-23 — best price $4.492025-05-24 — best price $14.992025-06-28 — best price $3.822025-08-18 — best price $4.492025-09-15 — best price $3.822025-10-21 — best price $4.502025-11-10 — best price $3.392025-12-04 — best price $3.672026-01-09 — best price $2.682026-01-31 — best price $12.892026-03-03 — best price $14.992026-03-30 — best price $2.542026-05-05 — best price $2.992026-06-25 — best price $4.492026-08-30 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, German

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2021%27

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

RTSCasualFantasyBuildingMedievalStrategySurvivalTop-DownColony SimManagement

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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