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Released Apr 30, 2018 $19.99 Overwhelmingly Positive Counts toward your Steam games

The Forest

By Endnight Games Ltd

Followers —
Reviews 584k Overwhelmingly Positive
Players yesterday 2,892 at the busiest moment
Owners 20M–50M estimated

About The Forest

The Forest is a game tagged Open World Survival Craft, Survival and Horror by Endnight Games Ltd, released Apr 30, 2018. It has 583,823 Steam reviews (Overwhelmingly Positive). It has an estimated 20M–50M owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include Stranded Deep, Unhinged and Odd Woods.

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.
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Steam data

Everything Steam lists for The Forest · record updated 6 hours ago

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Overview

App ID242760
Release dateApr 30, 2018Early Access Jan 1, 1970
Last change number37432709
Last record update6 hours ago

App info

App type
Game
Developer
Endnight Games Ltd
Publisher
Endnight Games Ltd
Steam profile
Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Metacritic
83

Languages

16 · 1 with full audio
LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
English Yes Yes
French Yes
German Yes
Czech Yes
Finnish Yes
Japanese Yes
Korean Yes
Polish Yes
All 16 languages
LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
Portuguese - Brazil Yes
Russian Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes
Swedish Yes
Traditional Chinese Yes
Turkish Yes
Italian Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes

Platforms

Windows
Steam Deck
Playable
Controller
Partial support

Features

10
Single-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline co-opLAN co-opTracked controller supportVR supportedSteam CloudFamily SharingPartial controller support

Prices

Price · US$19.99
On sale0 of 41regions right now
Lowest seen · US$19.99Oct 24, 2026
Checked21 hours agoin 41 regions

United Kingdom£GBP

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Patches

Builds

2
BuildBranchUpdated
20229486vr_betaOct 3, 2025
20229486publicOct 3, 2025

Packages & DLC

Packages

2
IDNameGamesPrice (US)
28497 The Forest 1 $19.99
297407 The Forest - Commercial License 1 $19.99

Depots

Depots

1
IDNameSystemsSizeDownloadManifest
242761 — English Windows 5.54 GB 1.98 GB 1816573600225453267

Branches

2
BranchBuildUpdatedAccess
public 20229486 Oct 3, 2025 Open
vr_beta 20229486 Oct 3, 2025 Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/The Forest

Launch options

4
ExecutableArgumentsSystemsDescription
TheForest.exe Windows Launch
TheForest32.exe All · 32-bit The Forest 32-bit
TheForest32.exe All The Forest 32- bit
TheForestVR.exe All The Forest VR

Cloud saves

Space per player953.7 MB
Filesup to 100
Save locations0

Achievements

Achievements456 hidden
Most unlocked83.7%First Night
Rarest1.6%Get Closure

Global unlock rate

share of players who have it
  • First Night Survive 1 night 83.7%
  • Camp Out Sleep with another player (group sleep) 72.2%
  • First Responder Revive one co-op player 57.1%
  • Survivalist Survive 5 nights 54.9%
  • Climate Change Cut down 100 trees 43.9%
  • Monster Kill a bunny. Alone in Single Player or together in Multiplayer. 41%
  • Minor Cannibalism Eat an enemy 39.2%
  • Be Nice Share a food or drink item in MP 37.5%
  • Birdseye Kill bird with arrow 37%
  • Unseen Make and wear stealth armour 36.1%
  • Boy Scout Use the compass 33.4%
  • 5 Star Hotel Sleep on yacht 27.6%
  • Serial Killer In Single Player, kill 100 cannibals 24.4%
  • Pacifist In Single Player, don't kill any cannibals for more than 10 days in a row 21.3%
  • Demolition Man Set off 20 bombs 21.2%
  • Medic Revive 10 co-op players 20.1%
  • Big Spender Hidden achievement 19.4%
  • Choppy Chop Chop up 50 bodies 19%
All 45 achievements
  • Daily Grind Hidden achievement 19%
  • Survive The Forest Finish Game 17.7%
  • Gabe Fan Collect all cassette tapes! 16.5%
  • Be Extremely Nice Share a weapon in MP 16.2%
  • You should be looking for Timmy Hidden achievement 15%
  • Demolition Expert Knock down 6 or more trees with 1 explosive. Alone in Single Player or together in Multiplayer. 14.6%
  • Make It Rain Hidden achievement 12.4%
  • Green Thumb Grow all plant types 12.1%
  • Major Cannibalism Eat an entire family 12%
  • Naturopath Craft 10 medicine items 9.7%
  • Handyman Repair a shelter 9.3%
  • Longest Wall Build a super long wall 6.5%
  • Commercial Fisherman Kill 6 or more fish with a stick of dynamite. Alone in Single Player or together in Multiplayer. 6.1%
  • Good Father Collect all robot pieces 5%
  • Gross! Hidden achievement 4.2%
  • Bite me! Kill shark. Alone in Single Player or together in Multiplayer. 4%
  • Splatter Killed downed enemy with rock 3.9%
  • Don't Save The Forest Cut down 1000 trees 3.8%
  • You are a fun guy Eat all mushroom types 2.9%
  • Vegan Play through entire game without killing or eating animals. Alone in Single Player or together in Multiplayer. 2.7%
  • Crafty Craft all items 2.1%
  • Step Master Pass 50,000 steps 2.1%
  • Spelunker Explore all caves 1.9%
  • Fisherman Catch fish with a trap. Alone in Single Player or together in Multiplayer. 1.8%
  • Bad father Hidden achievement 1.7%
  • Trophy Hunter Kill all animal types and display heads 1.6%
  • Get Closure Find all missing passengers 1.6%

Screenshots

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Update history

Changes to the Steam record

since we started watching
  1. Oct 25, 2026 · 11:13 #37432709
    • appid removed
    • common.ReleaseState added released
    • common.releasestate removed
    • config.launch.2.config.BetaKey added beta_testing
    • config.launch.2.config.betakey removed

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