The Forest
Endnight Games Ltd
The Forest is first-person survival on a cannibal island: build, raid caves, keep a story in the background. Co-op is the usual way in.
What kind of game is it?
Horror-tinged open-world survival craft. Base defense and exploration share the save.
Who is it for?
For players who seek a camp they defend and a forest they do not trust.
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- Loop
- Exploring a map
- Sessions
- Long sessions
- Progression
- A world that stays
- Players
- Co-op
- Structure
- Sandbox
- Tone
- Tense · Challenging
Game DNA
What playing it feels like, out of 100. Our reading, separate from Steam reviews.
- Progression80
Estimate
- Social78
Estimate
Key Steam facts
Steam store figures, checked 13 Sept 2026.
2014-05-30
Checked 17 Aug 2026.
Steam positive percent.
Checked 13 Sept 2026.
Checked 13 Sept 2026.
How many people play The Forest?
Estimates from public Steam data, not figures from the studio. Ranges, not exact numbers.
Steam reviews × 25 to 55.
Copies × current price × 50–80% (sales, regional prices). Before Steam's cut, refunds and tax.
Most people playing at the same moment, per SteamCharts.
Peak that month: 5,771.
Half of 300 recent reviewers played 9.5–43.6 h. 4% under 2 h.
Players over time
Where the players are
Languages of the last 300 Steam reviews. A proxy for regions, not a country split.
- Russian34%
- English21%
- Spanish (Spain)15%
- Simplified Chinese6%
- Turkish5%
- Portuguese (Brazil)5%
The Forest players also play
Games played for more than an hour in 37 public Steam libraries of recent reviewers. Each one is played by at least 4 of these players and is more common here than across all libraries we read (× how much).
- R.E.P.O.38% · ×1.7
- Metro 2033 Redux24% · ×2.1
- One-armed cook14% · ×2.9
- Counter-Strike:Global Offensive14% · ×2.9
- Outlast 214% · ×2.8
- GeoGuessr Steam Edition14% · ×2.7
- The Long Dark14% · ×2.7
- Green Hell16% · ×2.1
- Left 4 Dead14% · ×2.4
- STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order16% · ×2
Steam data checked 4 Oct 2026
What makes it different?
The mutant/cannibal threat is authored, no generic wildlife layer.
Core mechanics
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Store price checked 13 Sept 2026.
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