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The Forest Prison

Vlad Cristian · 2022-06-04

Steam

ActionStrategyFree To PlayEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: TBD (PC (Microsoft Windows))

In 2160, political dissidents were not sentenced directly to death but were sent for 'cognitive and orientation tests' to a prison from which no one had ever escaped alive. This is the story of James Webb, who was sentenced to life in prison.

The Forest Prison is a 2022 Action, Strategy, Free To Play, Early Access game that is free-to-play, with a Mostly Negative review sentiment (35% of 23 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 50,000 .. 100,000.— census verdict as of 2026-10-05

0
playing now
35%
positive of 23 reviews
Mostly Negative
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 20:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 17 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 750% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 72% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320222026Week of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 20:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Player tags

3DFPSRTSPuzzleShooterStrategyCyberpunkPlatformerEarly AccessFirst-Person

Census log

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

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