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Forager

HopFrog · Balor Games · 2019-04-18

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ActionAdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 31, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 30, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Nov 06, 2020 (iOS), Nov 06, 2020 (Android), Jul 16, 2020 (Xbox One), Apr 18, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The highly popular and quirky "idle game that you want to actively keep playing". Explore, craft, gather & manage resources, find secrets and build your base out of nothing! Buy land to explore and expand!

Forager is an Action, Adventure, Indie, Simulation game released in 2019, priced at $19.99, with an owner estimate of 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (89% of 44055 reviews).

265
playing now
89%
positive of 44k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
7
twitch viewers (latest)
3.5
viewers/channel (concentration)
71/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (95 ratings)
4.20★
PlayStation Store rating (3,598 ratings)
76/100
opencritic · strong · 74% recommend · from 28 critics
41h
to beat · rushed 24h · completionist 15h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

265 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Forager is a 2D open world adventure game developed by Argentine studio HopFrog and published by Humble Bundle. The game was released for Microsoft Windows on April 18th, 2019, then later for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS, and Android. In Forager, the player progresses by leveling up and obtaining resources that spawn throughout the world's lands, using them to craft new buildings, objects and tools. Using earnable gold to buy more land, the player discovers various puzzles and dungeons.

Trailer

Forager trailer thumbnail

Forager | Launch Trailer

≈352,716 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 265 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,800 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~225/week).
  • · Review velocity up 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 27,712 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 1.1M–2.7M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 44,242 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.33 at GameBillet (2023-12-15) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 79 of 124 observed days · $14.66 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.1k2.1k20192026Week of 2019-04-01: 1,466 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 193 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 989 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 134 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1,257 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1,217 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 314 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2,064 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1,145 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1,256 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 639 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 454 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 700 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 440 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 347 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 705 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 376 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 518 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 360 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 694 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 752 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 807 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 541 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 399 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 585 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 408 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 646 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 297 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 399 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 362 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 443 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 456 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 362 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 390 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 399 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 328 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 348 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 478 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 338 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 416 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 440 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 288 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 318 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 322 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 291 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 322 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 281 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

8411742026-09-15 12:00 — 210 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 298 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 373 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 708 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 841 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 516 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 495 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 631 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 417 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 451 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 426 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 277 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 246 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 472 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 441 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 331 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 469 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 401 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 329 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 460 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 481 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 256 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 265 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
8.2k248Apr 2019Aug 2026Apr 2019 — avg 8,224 · peak 13,403Jul 2019 — avg 596 · peak 1,284Oct 2019 — avg 896 · peak 2,750Jan 2020 — avg 1,360 · peak 3,627Apr 2020 — avg 965 · peak 2,200Jul 2020 — avg 835 · peak 1,558Oct 2020 — avg 740 · peak 1,436Jan 2021 — avg 993 · peak 2,137Apr 2021 — avg 431 · peak 701Jul 2021 — avg 795 · peak 1,592Oct 2021 — avg 347 · peak 553Jan 2022 — avg 671 · peak 1,345Apr 2022 — avg 470 · peak 890Jul 2022 — avg 558 · peak 1,034Oct 2022 — avg 353 · peak 660Jan 2023 — avg 786 · peak 1,341Apr 2023 — avg 481 · peak 911Jul 2023 — avg 670 · peak 1,124Oct 2023 — avg 542 · peak 1,020Jan 2024 — avg 570 · peak 1,160Apr 2024 — avg 355 · peak 580Jul 2024 — avg 615 · peak 1,067Oct 2024 — avg 298 · peak 494Jan 2025 — avg 357 · peak 664Apr 2025 — avg 280 · peak 467Jul 2025 — avg 451 · peak 861Oct 2025 — avg 359 · peak 744Jan 2026 — avg 398 · peak 805Apr 2026 — avg 478 · peak 1,199Jul 2026 — avg 378 · peak 761Aug 2026 — avg 248 · peak 383
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
11112026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 10 new positive2026-09-21: 5 new negative2026-09-22: 4 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-23: 8 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new negative2026-09-24: 9 new positive2026-09-25: 8 new positive2026-09-26: 9 new positive2026-09-26: 2 new negative2026-09-28: 5 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 10 new positive2026-09-30: 4 new positive2026-09-30: 3 new negative2026-10-01: 3 new positive2026-10-01: 3 new negative2026-10-02: 4 new positive2026-10-03: 2 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-04: 8 new positive2026-10-04: 3 new negative2026-10-05: 6 new positive2026-10-05: 2 new negative2026-10-06: 11 new positive2026-10-06: 3 new negative2026-10-07: 5 new positive2026-10-07: 1 new negative2026-10-08: 6 new positive2026-10-08: 2 new negative2026-10-10: 3 new positive2026-10-11: 4 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new negative2026-10-12: 10 new positive2026-10-13: 9 new positive2026-10-14: 2 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$49.99$5.242019-04-092026-10-142019-04-09 — best price $49.992019-09-05 — best price $19.992019-12-16 — best price $15.992020-05-18 — best price $19.992020-11-09 — best price $13.992021-04-05 — best price $19.992021-07-08 — best price $19.992021-09-14 — best price $17.212021-11-28 — best price $9.002022-01-18 — best price $17.592022-03-09 — best price $7.992022-05-19 — best price $6.392022-07-17 — best price $19.992022-09-07 — best price $7.992022-10-19 — best price $17.212022-11-21 — best price $5.892023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-03-03 — best price $5.812023-05-13 — best price $19.992023-07-18 — best price $6.992023-09-30 — best price $19.992023-11-30 — best price $17.172024-02-11 — best price $14.242024-04-18 — best price $5.242024-06-07 — best price $16.992024-08-01 — best price $5.242024-11-26 — best price $6.992025-03-05 — best price $17.212025-08-26 — best price $6.992025-12-04 — best price $19.992026-02-24 — best price $15.742026-05-18 — best price $6.092026-08-23 — best price $16.042026-09-12 — best price $19.992026-10-02 — best price $6.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

52132026-05-29 — 35 pageviews2026-06-02 — 23 pageviews2026-06-06 — 25 pageviews2026-06-10 — 24 pageviews2026-06-14 — 21 pageviews2026-06-18 — 35 pageviews2026-06-22 — 20 pageviews2026-06-26 — 22 pageviews2026-06-30 — 29 pageviews2026-07-04 — 22 pageviews2026-07-08 — 19 pageviews2026-07-12 — 21 pageviews2026-07-16 — 30 pageviews2026-07-20 — 27 pageviews2026-07-24 — 22 pageviews2026-07-28 — 33 pageviews2026-08-01 — 20 pageviews2026-08-05 — 24 pageviews2026-08-09 — 19 pageviews2026-08-13 — 22 pageviews2026-08-17 — 13 pageviews2026-08-21 — 28 pageviews2026-08-25 — 20 pageviews2026-08-29 — 16 pageviews2026-09-02 — 35 pageviews2026-09-06 — 31 pageviews2026-09-10 — 31 pageviews2026-09-14 — 27 pageviews2026-09-18 — 23 pageviews2026-09-22 — 28 pageviews2026-09-26 — 26 pageviews2026-09-30 — 24 pageviews2026-10-04 — 20 pageviews2026-10-07 — 25 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1102026-10-01 00:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-01 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 18:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-02 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 12:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-02 21:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-03 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 00:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-04 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 18:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-05 03:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-05 13:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-05 22:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-06 07:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-06 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 10:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-07 19:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-08 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 22:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-09 07:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-09 16:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-10 01:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-10 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 20:35 — 5 viewers2026-10-11 05:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-11 14:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-11 23:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-12 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 02:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-13 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 05:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-14 14:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-14 23:34 — 7 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
80.7%
earned "Expansionist"
44.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsCommentary availableRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on Tablet

11 supported languages: English, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Thai, Turkish, French

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)34,12014%103
Xbox One (Xbox)11,2638%23
PS4 (PlayStation)5,9771%23
PS4 (PlayStation)4,5172%23
Switch (Nintendo)3190%0
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DIndieSandboxBuildingCraftingSurvivalAdventureExplorationFarming SimMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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