Game guide
The Forest
Game overview
What is The Forest?
A first-person survival horror game about building shelter, exploring a hostile peninsula and uncovering what happened there.
What you actually do
The core loop
Base building, crafting, exploration, cave delving and resource gathering shape the main loop.
How progress works
Progress through equipment discovery, story exploration and base expansion.
Action and interaction
Expect melee, ranged and survival combat.
How the game is structured
Explore its handcrafted open world setting.
WhatToGame Verdict
Best for
Who this works for.
Couples
Strong for couples
Mixed skill levels
Good for mixed-skill groups
Your setup
Can your group play it?
The essentials first, with platform-specific detail available below.
Player and mode details1 setup
Selected platforms
- 2-8 players online
Verified core group profile supports up to 8; dedicated-server or ambient-world capacity is intentionally not substituted for a normal group size.
In play
See how it plays.
Availability
Platform differences.
Important edition and storefront differences remain available without taking over the page.
Check platform and storefront details1 group
Steam
PC
- PC availability and input support from publisher-submitted Steam data; cross-platform matrix left unknown here.
PC hardware
Will it run?
Well suited to modest PCs.
View minimum PC requirementsExact specs
- CPU
- Intel Dual-Core 2.4 GHz
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT
- RAM
- 4 GB
- Storage
- 5 GB
- Steam Deck
- Unknown
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