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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

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!

311
playing now
68%
positive of 25k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
6
twitch viewers (latest)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

311 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 311 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 6% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 494k–1.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 24,702 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 75 of 115 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

5881782026-08-06 22:00 — 393 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 276 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 379 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 417 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 375 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 504 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 472 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 393 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 519 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 442 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 247 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 372 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 352 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 280 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 378 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 320 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 226 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 390 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 393 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 196 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 215 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 301 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 241 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 276 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 354 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 238 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 178 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 406 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 311 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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

302392026-05-18 — 61 pageviews2026-05-21 — 100 pageviews2026-05-24 — 165 pageviews2026-05-27 — 125 pageviews2026-05-30 — 82 pageviews2026-06-02 — 123 pageviews2026-06-05 — 130 pageviews2026-06-08 — 87 pageviews2026-06-11 — 58 pageviews2026-06-14 — 95 pageviews2026-06-17 — 55 pageviews2026-06-20 — 42 pageviews2026-06-23 — 60 pageviews2026-06-26 — 256 pageviews2026-06-29 — 157 pageviews2026-07-02 — 129 pageviews2026-07-05 — 302 pageviews2026-07-08 — 130 pageviews2026-07-11 — 81 pageviews2026-07-14 — 269 pageviews2026-07-17 — 165 pageviews2026-07-20 — 132 pageviews2026-07-23 — 85 pageviews2026-07-26 — 87 pageviews2026-07-29 — 45 pageviews2026-08-01 — 66 pageviews2026-08-04 — 80 pageviews2026-08-07 — 149 pageviews2026-08-10 — 89 pageviews2026-08-13 — 58 pageviews2026-08-16 — 68 pageviews2026-08-19 — 84 pageviews2026-08-22 — 150 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

9202026-08-26 19:15 — 6 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 45 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 92 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 34 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 6 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

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

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.

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