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Black Forest

Lemuria · 2023-09-25

SteamGOG

CasualIndieStrategyFree To Play

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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?

Black Forest is a Casual, Indie, Strategy, Free To Play game released in 2023, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive (74% of 410 reviews) sentiment.

0
playing now
74%
positive of 410 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 06:00 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

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity down 75% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 29,032 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 8.2k–18k copies

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

Current store prices

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 69 of 143 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220162026Week of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
190Sep 2016Jan 2026Sep 2016 — avg 1 · peak 6Nov 2016 — avg 0 · peak 2Jan 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Mar 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Jun 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Nov 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Feb 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1May 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Sep 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1May 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Oct 2021 — avg 5 · peak 14Dec 2021 — avg 11 · peak 47Feb 2022 — avg 4 · peak 11Apr 2022 — avg 5 · peak 18Jun 2022 — avg 5 · peak 15Aug 2022 — avg 8 · peak 29Oct 2022 — avg 6 · peak 15Dec 2022 — avg 5 · peak 15Feb 2023 — avg 5 · peak 15Apr 2023 — avg 3 · peak 10Jun 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Aug 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2023 — avg 2 · peak 9Dec 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Aug 2024 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2026 — avg 2 · peak 5
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$0.002016-09-112026-10-022016-09-11 — 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 $4.492026-08-31 — best price $14.992026-09-12 — best price $14.992026-09-24 — best price $14.992026-10-02 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
30.3%
earned "Wolf Victim"
2.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

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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