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The Forever Winter cover art

The Forever Winter

Fun Dog Studios · 2024-09-24

SteamEpic Games Store

ActionEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Sep 24, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Forever Winter is a tactical shooter where you and your squad must loot the dead to survive beneath gargantuan war machines in a dystopian future of AI automata, cybernetically enhanced soldiers, and endless conflict. Millions of deaths later, the war continues with our latest update!

The Forever Winter is an Action, Early Access game released in 2024, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Mixed (68% of 24924 reviews) sentiment.

130
playing now
68%
positive of 25k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
142
Nexus mods (127k downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$29.99
steam price (US)

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

The Forever Winter is a cooperative tactical, survival-horror, extraction-shooter video game developed and published by Fun Dog Studios. It entered early access for Microsoft Windows on September 24, 2024. The game combines squad‑based combat, survival mechanics, and asymmetrical combat in a dystopian world dominated by warring superstates and colossal war machines.

Trailer

The Forever Winter trailer thumbnail

The Forever Winter - Full Length Cinematic Trailer

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 130 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 944 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~118/week).
  • · Review velocity up 179% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (8,371 reviews).
  • · Top 3% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 501k–1.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 25,039 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $11.44 at GameBillet (2026-05-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 63 of 98 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6.0k6.0k20242026Week of 2024-09-24: 5,988 positiveWeek of 2024-09-24: 2,383 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,794 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 585 negativeWeek of 2024-10-08: 732 positiveWeek of 2024-10-08: 279 negativeWeek of 2024-10-15: 304 positiveWeek of 2024-10-15: 150 negativeWeek of 2024-10-22: 205 positiveWeek of 2024-10-22: 106 negativeWeek of 2024-10-29: 270 positiveWeek of 2024-10-29: 116 negativeWeek of 2024-11-05: 170 positiveWeek of 2024-11-05: 90 negativeWeek of 2024-11-12: 137 positiveWeek of 2024-11-12: 71 negativeWeek of 2024-11-19: 89 positiveWeek of 2024-11-19: 50 negativeWeek of 2024-11-26: 541 positiveWeek of 2024-11-26: 60 negativeWeek of 2024-12-03: 128 positiveWeek of 2024-12-03: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-12-10: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-12-10: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-12-17: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-12-17: 148 negativeWeek of 2024-12-24: 171 positiveWeek of 2024-12-24: 192 negativeWeek of 2024-12-31: 102 positiveWeek of 2024-12-31: 130 negativeWeek of 2025-01-07: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-01-07: 58 negativeWeek of 2025-01-14: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-01-14: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-01-21: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-01-21: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-01-28: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-01-28: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-02-04: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-02-04: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-02-11: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-02-11: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-02-18: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-02-18: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-02-25: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-02-25: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-03-04: 123 positiveWeek of 2025-03-04: 47 negativeWeek of 2025-03-11: 127 positiveWeek of 2025-03-11: 52 negativeWeek of 2025-03-18: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-03-18: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-03-25: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-03-25: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-08: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-04-08: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-04-15: 141 positiveWeek of 2025-04-15: 117 negativeWeek of 2025-04-22: 115 positiveWeek of 2025-04-22: 58 negativeWeek of 2025-04-29: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-04-29: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-05-06: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-05-06: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-05-13: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-05-13: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-05-20: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-05-20: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-05-27: 92 positiveWeek of 2025-05-27: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-06-03: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-06-03: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-06-10: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-06-10: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-06-17: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-06-17: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-06-24: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-06-24: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-07-08: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-07-08: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-07-15: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-07-15: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-07-22: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-07-22: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-07-29: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-07-29: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-08-05: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-08-05: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-08-12: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-08-12: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-08-19: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-08-19: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-08-26: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-08-26: 108 negativeWeek of 2025-09-02: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-09-02: 41 negativeWeek of 2025-09-09: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-09-09: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-09-16: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-09-16: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-09-23: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-09-23: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-09-30: 137 positiveWeek of 2025-09-30: 137 negativeWeek of 2025-10-07: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-10-07: 70 negativeWeek of 2025-10-14: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-10-14: 41 negativeWeek of 2025-10-21: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-10-21: 45 negativeWeek of 2025-10-28: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-10-28: 50 negativeWeek of 2025-11-04: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-11-04: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-11-11: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-11-11: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-11-18: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-11-18: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-11-25: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-11-25: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-12-02: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-12-02: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-12-09: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-12-09: 61 negativeWeek of 2025-12-16: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-12-16: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-12-23: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 59 negativeWeek of 2025-12-30: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-12-30: 48 negativeWeek of 2026-01-06: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-01-06: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-01-13: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-01-13: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-01-20: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-01-20: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-01-27: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-01-27: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-02-03: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-02-03: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-02-10: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-02-10: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-02-17: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-02-17: 46 negativeWeek of 2026-02-24: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-02-24: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-03-03: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-03-03: 36 negativeWeek of 2026-03-10: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-03-10: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-03-17: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-03-17: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-03-24: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-03-24: 50 negativeWeek of 2026-03-31: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-03-31: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-04-07: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-04-07: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-04-14: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-04-14: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-04-21: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-04-21: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-04-28: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-04-28: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-05-05: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-05-05: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-12: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-05-12: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-05-19: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-05-19: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-05-26: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-05-26: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-06-02: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-06-02: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-06-09: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-06-16: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-06-16: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-06-23: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 36 negativeWeek of 2026-06-30: 103 positiveWeek of 2026-06-30: 69 negativeWeek of 2026-07-07: 76 positiveWeek of 2026-07-07: 56 negativeWeek of 2026-07-14: 113 positiveWeek of 2026-07-14: 95 negativeWeek of 2026-07-21: 100 positiveWeek of 2026-07-21: 48 negativeWeek of 2026-07-28: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 44 negativeWeek of 2026-08-04: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-08-04: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-08-11: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-11: 21 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

327922026-09-15 12:00 — 183 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 222 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 126 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 223 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 327 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 162 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 126 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 206 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 186 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 170 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 184 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 155 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 92 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 193 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 220 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 125 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 189 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 215 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 168 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 233 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 322 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 144 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 130 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.0k163Oct 2024Aug 2026Oct 2024 — avg 2,014 · peak 6,214Nov 2024 — avg 594 · peak 1,737Dec 2024 — avg 392 · peak 968Jan 2025 — avg 327 · peak 779Feb 2025 — avg 163 · peak 331Mar 2025 — avg 363 · peak 891Apr 2025 — avg 392 · peak 1,277May 2025 — avg 219 · peak 630Jun 2025 — avg 254 · peak 663Jul 2025 — avg 279 · peak 667Aug 2025 — avg 245 · peak 648Sep 2025 — avg 221 · peak 992Oct 2025 — avg 514 · peak 1,334Nov 2025 — avg 337 · peak 796Dec 2025 — avg 388 · peak 866Jan 2026 — avg 339 · peak 815Feb 2026 — avg 262 · peak 763Mar 2026 — avg 262 · peak 587Apr 2026 — avg 238 · peak 457May 2026 — avg 227 · peak 528Jun 2026 — avg 285 · peak 670Jul 2026 — avg 647 · peak 1,168Aug 2026 — avg 338 · peak 758
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$11.862024-09-242026-08-122024-09-24 — best price $23.982024-09-30 — best price $22.782024-10-06 — best price $26.782024-10-18 — best price $29.992024-12-20 — best price $23.992025-01-09 — best price $22.992025-03-13 — best price $23.992025-04-24 — best price $29.992025-05-23 — best price $29.992025-06-05 — best price $29.992025-06-17 — best price $15.992025-06-25 — best price $22.902025-07-03 — best price $17.792025-07-29 — best price $29.992025-08-11 — best price $16.942025-08-24 — best price $20.702025-09-05 — best price $20.092025-09-13 — best price $19.022025-10-06 — best price $27.582025-10-28 — best price $14.932025-11-16 — best price $27.582025-11-22 — best price $16.492025-12-02 — best price $15.332025-12-08 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $16.292026-01-09 — best price $26.992026-02-07 — best price $16.992026-03-05 — best price $29.992026-03-19 — best price $16.152026-04-13 — best price $11.902026-04-22 — best price $29.992026-05-11 — best price $13.492026-06-11 — best price $26.492026-06-24 — best price $11.862026-07-13 — best price $12.492026-08-12 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

302432026-05-18 — 61 pageviews2026-05-22 — 99 pageviews2026-05-26 — 116 pageviews2026-05-30 — 82 pageviews2026-06-03 — 59 pageviews2026-06-07 — 83 pageviews2026-06-11 — 58 pageviews2026-06-15 — 75 pageviews2026-06-19 — 45 pageviews2026-06-23 — 60 pageviews2026-06-27 — 226 pageviews2026-07-01 — 141 pageviews2026-07-05 — 302 pageviews2026-07-09 — 95 pageviews2026-07-13 — 225 pageviews2026-07-17 — 165 pageviews2026-07-21 — 125 pageviews2026-07-25 — 92 pageviews2026-07-29 — 45 pageviews2026-08-02 — 62 pageviews2026-08-06 — 117 pageviews2026-08-10 — 89 pageviews2026-08-14 — 56 pageviews2026-08-18 — 91 pageviews2026-08-22 — 150 pageviews2026-08-26 — 63 pageviews2026-08-30 — 57 pageviews2026-09-03 — 62 pageviews2026-09-07 — 63 pageviews2026-09-11 — 43 pageviews2026-09-15 — 105 pageviews2026-09-19 — 83 pageviews2026-09-23 — 67 pageviews2026-09-27 — 108 pageviews2026-10-01 — 72 pageviews2026-10-05 — 137 pageviews2026-10-09 — 98 pageviews2026-10-12 — 100 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing6 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 6 DLC released, first 2024-09-24, latest 2026-05-19 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

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

Player tags

PvEMechsHorrorSci-fiShooterDifficultDystopian Early AccessThird PersonChoices Matter

Census log

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

Recent updates

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