Steam reviews

Overwhelmingly Positive

96% of 669,447 reviews

Critic scores

Metacritic

Generally favorable

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THE FOREST

The Forest has 3,821 concurrent players on Steam right now. Its 24 hour peak is 4,032 and its all-time peak is 19,072. Data refreshes every 5 minutes from the official Steam Web API.

DEV · Endnight Games Ltd2018

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.

Solid daily community. Plenty of people to play with right now.
Currently at 20% of the all-time peak of 19,072 players.
Last updated 12 months ago: Unity security update.

Playing now

3,821

24h peak

4,032

24h change

▼ 5.2%

Quick verdict

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ACROSS PLATFORMS

STEAMLIVE

Current

3.82K

24h peak

4.03K

All-time

19.1K

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253

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