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Forager

HopFrog · Balor Games

Quick read

Forager is a zoomed-out gather-craft loop: islands, factories, and a to-do list that never ends. You clear a entry, unlock a box, and the next island appears.

What kind of game is it?

Cozy automation-adjacent sandbox. You mine, farm, and drop a factory on an island you already emptied. The fantasy is a checklist you can see from above, and the save is a map of entries.

Who is it for?

For players who love a checklist of islands they can see from above.

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How it plays

Loop: Farm life
Sessions: Medium sessions
Progression: A world that stays
Players: Single-player
Structure: Sandbox
Tone: Cozy · Accessible

Game DNA

What playing it feels like, out of 100. Our reading, separate from Steam reviews.

Progression80
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Social18
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Key Steam facts

Steam store figures, checked 17 Aug 2026.

Release

released

2019-04-18

Review score

89%

Checked 17 Aug 2026.

Steam positive percent.

Review count

43,946

Checked 17 Aug 2026.

Store price

€19.99

Checked 17 Aug 2026.

Languages

Demo

Early Access

Players

Single-player

How many people play Forager?

Estimates from public Steam data, not figures from the studio. Ranges, not exact numbers.

Estimated copies

1.1M – 2.4M

Steam reviews × 25 to 55. For a free game: players, not sales.

All-time peak players

13,403

Most people playing at the same moment, per SteamCharts.

Average players, Aug 2026

248

Peak that month: 383.

Median playtime

28.6 h

Half of 300 recent reviewers played 11.2–50.2 h. 3% under 2 h.

Players over time

Sept 2023Aug 2026

Where the players are

Languages of the last 300 Steam reviews. A proxy for regions, not a country split.

English35%
Russian16%
Portuguese (Brazil)15%
Spanish (Spain)10%
Simplified Chinese8%
German3%

Steam data checked 4 Oct 2026

What makes it different?

The fantasy is clearing a map of entries. Stardew still wants a town; this one wants a factory next to a tree you already chopped.

Core mechanics

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Genre / subgenre

Steam genre: Open World Survival Craft.

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Sources

Store price checked 17 Aug 2026.

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