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Natural Instincts: European Forest cover art

Natural Instincts: European Forest

DreamStorm Studios · Games Operators · 2021-07-22

SteamMicrosoft Store

CasualIndieSimulationStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 22, 2021 (Mac), Jul 22, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 16, 2023 (Xbox One)

Protect the environment, and save it from harm! Give commands to the animals, observe their rituals and help them survive. Face different disasters, react to human presence and help the animal kingdom flourish in this unique, environmental experience!

Natural Instincts: European Forest is a Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy game released in 2021, priced at $9.99, with an estimated owner base of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (45% of 298 reviews).

0
playing now
45%
positive of 298 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (59 reviews).
  • · Top 17% of 29,032 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 6.0k–13k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 298 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$7.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.53 at GamesPlanet FR (2025-03-03)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 71 of 90 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
494920212026Week of 2021-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.282024-07-242026-10-092024-07-24 — best price $2.012024-08-05 — best price $7.692024-09-24 — best price $9.992024-10-22 — best price $9.992024-12-02 — best price $9.992024-12-19 — best price $6.472025-01-21 — best price $9.992025-02-03 — best price $1.482025-02-20 — best price $2.302025-03-17 — best price $1.702025-04-14 — best price $1.602025-05-12 — best price $1.602025-06-02 — best price $1.292025-07-02 — best price $2.002025-07-16 — best price $7.862025-07-29 — best price $9.992025-08-18 — best price $7.862025-09-11 — best price $1.702025-09-26 — best price $9.992025-10-23 — best price $1.992025-11-11 — best price $7.892025-11-28 — best price $9.992025-12-11 — best price $1.702026-01-02 — best price $9.992026-01-17 — best price $7.862026-02-03 — best price $2.002026-02-26 — best price $9.992026-03-12 — best price $2.002026-04-07 — best price $2.802026-04-20 — best price $6.472026-05-11 — best price $2.802026-05-28 — best price $7.942026-06-15 — best price $6.472026-07-15 — best price $9.992026-07-31 — best price $1.282026-08-17 — best price $1.642026-09-11 — best price $7.992026-10-09 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

46
achievements tracked
97.1%
earned "First Steps"
6.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, Polish, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian

Player tags

3DCuteCasualNatureSandboxScienceGod GameRelaxingStrategyTop-Down

Census log

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

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