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The Forest cover art

The Forest

Endnight Games Ltd · 2018-04-30

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionAdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person, Virtual Reality

Releases: May 30, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 06, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Apr 30, 2018 (SteamVR)

As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.

The Forest is an Action, Adventure, Indie, and Simulation game released in 2018, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 20,000,000 .. 50,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (96% of 682433 reviews).

2,473
playing now
96%
positive of 685k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000,000–50,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
112
twitch viewers (latest)
9.3
viewers/channel (concentration)
86/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (388 ratings)
35
Nexus mods (72k downloads)
4.49★
PlayStation Store rating (75,139 ratings)
81/100
opencritic · strong · 69% recommend · from 27 critics
17h
to beat · rushed 5.7h · completionist 28h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

2,473 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

The Forest is a survival horror video game developed and published by Endnight Games. Its core gameplay loop consists of a non-linear open-world survival experience built around traditional video game survival mechanics extended by the game's signature threat management system in which players must survive against the Cannibals and Mutants that inhabit the environment by gathering resources, crafting weapons and traps, constructing defensive fortifications, and engaging in or avoiding combat.

Trailer

The Forest trailer thumbnail

The Forest - Official Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 2,473 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 27,732 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3,467/week).
  • · Review velocity down 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 17M–41M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 684,938 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2024-12-19) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
18k18k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 1,249 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1,624 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 115 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3,986 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 385 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2,194 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 232 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1,707 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 156 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1,076 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 771 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 853 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 4,575 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 143 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1,788 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 155 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1,677 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 147 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1,308 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 128 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 928 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 765 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 808 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3,480 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 4,208 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 159 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 774 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1,115 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1,196 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 6,138 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 157 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 7,367 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 220 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 6,511 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 257 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 4,814 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 251 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 7,630 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 339 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 5,531 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 234 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 4,585 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 167 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4,588 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 178 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 6,712 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 278 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3,791 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 174 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3,042 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 131 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3,560 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 139 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 7,786 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 248 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 9,146 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 333 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 10,517 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 381 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 8,610 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 348 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5,544 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 245 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 10,008 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 435 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 6,573 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 298 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 7,410 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 347 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 8,833 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 433 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4,889 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 207 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3,504 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 146 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4,386 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 199 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 8,470 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 329 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 8,934 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 329 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 10,193 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 418 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 7,225 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 332 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4,323 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 151 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4,135 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 149 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 8,737 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 431 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 7,194 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 349 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 9,825 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 452 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 9,591 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 437 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4,024 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 185 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5,783 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 274 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 13,613 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 469 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 11,638 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 471 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 14,361 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 557 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 8,603 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 345 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 8,362 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 360 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3,511 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 165 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2,691 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 146 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2,968 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 133 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3,675 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 194 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2,743 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 136 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2,255 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 8,052 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 414 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 9,729 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 358 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 7,417 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 369 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5,782 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 280 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3,206 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 164 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5,214 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 267 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2,823 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 167 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3,010 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 160 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5,125 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 280 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5,965 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 286 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3,257 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 196 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2,265 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3,401 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 214 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 9,395 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 475 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 17,839 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 872 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 15,508 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 641 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5,308 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 242 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6,491 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 358 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3,581 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 188 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2,917 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 167 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3,586 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 189 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6,234 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 334 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3,020 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 172 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2,296 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4,502 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 234 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3,731 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 205 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5,214 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 276 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5,601 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 282 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2,608 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 141 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4,134 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 226 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3,079 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 165 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2,294 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 127 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5,122 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 282 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4,008 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 245 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2,203 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 141 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 2,788 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 169 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 1,192 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 66 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

12k1.5k2026-09-15 11:00 — 2,639 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 4,413 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 2,727 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 3,388 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 5,841 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 2,629 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 1,564 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 4,181 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 2,606 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 2,916 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 3,772 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 2,297 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 1,740 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 8,101 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 8,054 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 4,961 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 7,952 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 6,702 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 5,047 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 6,695 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 8,193 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 4,140 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 2,473 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
28k727May 2014Aug 2026May 2014 — avg 943 · peak 5,722Sep 2014 — avg 727 · peak 1,875Jan 2015 — avg 1,868 · peak 4,809May 2015 — avg 910 · peak 1,990Sep 2015 — avg 1,494 · peak 3,686Jan 2016 — avg 2,806 · peak 6,245May 2016 — avg 2,471 · peak 5,120Sep 2016 — avg 2,426 · peak 5,077Jan 2017 — avg 8,015 · peak 18,273May 2017 — avg 2,668 · peak 5,707Sep 2017 — avg 2,937 · peak 6,115Jan 2018 — avg 5,406 · peak 11,300May 2018 — avg 12,305 · peak 25,577Sep 2018 — avg 3,835 · peak 7,588Jan 2019 — avg 8,451 · peak 18,954May 2019 — avg 3,714 · peak 7,482Sep 2019 — avg 4,886 · peak 17,275Jan 2020 — avg 7,195 · peak 19,189May 2020 — avg 6,227 · peak 11,583Sep 2020 — avg 4,246 · peak 7,633Jan 2021 — avg 13,559 · peak 32,817May 2021 — avg 7,739 · peak 25,808Sep 2021 — avg 4,542 · peak 8,708Jan 2022 — avg 12,539 · peak 34,172May 2022 — avg 13,314 · peak 66,829Sep 2022 — avg 6,217 · peak 12,925Jan 2023 — avg 19,851 · peak 48,677May 2023 — avg 3,390 · peak 6,392Sep 2023 — avg 3,072 · peak 6,022Jan 2024 — avg 7,548 · peak 21,490May 2024 — avg 3,955 · peak 23,500Sep 2024 — avg 3,624 · peak 7,756Jan 2025 — avg 21,487 · peak 89,585May 2025 — avg 4,032 · peak 7,913Sep 2025 — avg 3,511 · peak 11,507Jan 2026 — avg 7,258 · peak 19,789May 2026 — avg 3,337 · peak 6,038Aug 2026 — avg 3,367 · peak 5,771
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
1521522026-09-222026-10-142026-09-22: 48 new positive2026-09-22: 2 new negative2026-09-23: 39 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new negative2026-09-24: 26 new positive2026-09-25: 40 new positive2026-09-25: 3 new negative2026-09-27: 45 new positive2026-09-27: 3 new negative2026-09-28: 75 new positive2026-09-28: 8 new negative2026-09-29: 31 new positive2026-09-29: 3 new negative2026-09-30: 27 new positive2026-09-30: 2 new negative2026-10-01: 21 new positive2026-10-01: 4 new negative2026-10-02: 76 new positive2026-10-02: 3 new negative2026-10-03: 101 new positive2026-10-03: 12 new negative2026-10-04: 148 new positive2026-10-04: 4 new negative2026-10-05: 139 new positive2026-10-05: 6 new negative2026-10-06: 130 new positive2026-10-06: 2 new negative2026-10-07: 105 new positive2026-10-07: 3 new negative2026-10-08: 120 new positive2026-10-08: 14 new negative2026-10-09: 135 new positive2026-10-09: 4 new negative2026-10-10: 113 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 151 new positive2026-10-11: 3 new negative2026-10-12: 114 new positive2026-10-12: 6 new negative2026-10-13: 152 new positive2026-10-13: 3 new negative2026-10-14: 58 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$1.992015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $10.042015-06-20 — best price $10.042015-11-25 — best price $12.742016-02-05 — best price $12.742016-10-27 — best price $11.992016-11-29 — best price $14.992017-01-13 — best price $14.992017-11-01 — best price $14.992018-01-04 — best price $14.992018-05-04 — best price $19.992018-11-01 — best price $19.992019-01-03 — best price $19.992019-07-09 — best price $19.992019-11-01 — best price $19.992019-12-03 — best price $19.992020-01-27 — best price $19.992020-07-09 — best price $19.992020-12-01 — best price $19.992021-02-15 — best price $19.992021-05-31 — best price $19.992021-11-01 — best price $19.992022-01-05 — best price $19.992022-05-16 — best price $19.992022-08-08 — best price $19.992022-11-29 — best price $19.992023-03-23 — best price $19.992023-11-02 — best price $19.992023-12-11 — best price $19.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-06-11 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5952212026-05-31 — 348 pageviews2026-06-04 — 337 pageviews2026-06-08 — 595 pageviews2026-06-12 — 360 pageviews2026-06-16 — 280 pageviews2026-06-20 — 294 pageviews2026-06-24 — 268 pageviews2026-06-28 — 539 pageviews2026-07-02 — 411 pageviews2026-07-06 — 425 pageviews2026-07-10 — 306 pageviews2026-07-14 — 344 pageviews2026-07-18 — 335 pageviews2026-07-22 — 315 pageviews2026-07-26 — 308 pageviews2026-07-30 — 313 pageviews2026-08-03 — 282 pageviews2026-08-07 — 292 pageviews2026-08-11 — 272 pageviews2026-08-15 — 323 pageviews2026-08-19 — 301 pageviews2026-08-23 — 288 pageviews2026-08-27 — 271 pageviews2026-08-31 — 322 pageviews2026-09-04 — 308 pageviews2026-09-08 — 317 pageviews2026-09-12 — 259 pageviews2026-09-16 — 244 pageviews2026-09-20 — 274 pageviews2026-09-24 — 221 pageviews2026-09-28 — 396 pageviews2026-10-02 — 373 pageviews2026-10-06 — 372 pageviews2026-10-10 — 276 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

26652026-09-30 23:34 — 39 viewers2026-10-01 08:34 — 176 viewers2026-10-01 17:34 — 105 viewers2026-10-02 02:34 — 98 viewers2026-10-02 11:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-02 20:34 — 112 viewers2026-10-03 05:34 — 210 viewers2026-10-03 14:34 — 78 viewers2026-10-03 23:34 — 142 viewers2026-10-04 08:34 — 66 viewers2026-10-04 17:34 — 160 viewers2026-10-05 02:34 — 198 viewers2026-10-05 11:34 — 45 viewers2026-10-05 20:34 — 103 viewers2026-10-06 05:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-06 14:34 — 43 viewers2026-10-06 23:34 — 92 viewers2026-10-07 08:34 — 59 viewers2026-10-07 17:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-08 02:34 — 189 viewers2026-10-08 11:34 — 100 viewers2026-10-08 20:34 — 72 viewers2026-10-09 05:34 — 49 viewers2026-10-09 14:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-09 23:35 — 129 viewers2026-10-10 08:34 — 49 viewers2026-10-10 17:35 — 111 viewers2026-10-11 02:34 — 92 viewers2026-10-11 11:34 — 53 viewers2026-10-11 20:35 — 17 viewers2026-10-12 05:34 — 40 viewers2026-10-12 14:34 — 65 viewers2026-10-12 23:34 — 83 viewers2026-10-13 08:34 — 45 viewers2026-10-13 17:34 — 41 viewers2026-10-14 02:34 — 44 viewers2026-10-14 11:34 — 84 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-14 22:34 — 112 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

45
achievements tracked
83.7%
earned "First Night"
15.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opTracked Controller SupportVR SupportedPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

15 supported languages: English, French, German, Czech, Finnish, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Swedish…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)181,3863%45
PS4 (PlayStation)179,6292%38

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

ActionHorrorSandboxBuildingCraftingSurvivalAdventureOpen WorldSimulationAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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