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Games like The Forest Quartet

If The Forest Quartet is your kind of game, the closest matches are Call of the Sea, Purpose 1951 and Forgotten Hope — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About The Forest Quartet: The Forest Quartet is a puzzle adventure about a gone, but not forgotten, lead singer. Play her spirit and travel through 3 acts unique to the members of her band for a final farewell concert. Face their emotions, solve puzzles and fight the corruption plaguing their souls.

2022IndieAdventure9.99 USDWindowsby Mads & Friends
The Forest Quartet — Steam game cover

Players who liked The Forest Quartet also play

Steam players who put hours into The Forest Quartet also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Call of the Sea

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Forest Quartet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Forest Quartet.

    Join Norah, a woman plagued by a mysterious illness, in her search for her missing husband in this adventure puzzle game set on a lush island paradise. Immerse yourself in stunning visuals and unlock forbidden secrets in a moving tale of mystery and love.

    2020IndieAdventureCasual19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Purpose 1951

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Forest Quartet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Forest Quartet.

    "Purpose 1951" is an almost pure walking simulator set in the United States of 1951. You play as a retired doctor whose life falls apart.

    2024IndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Forgotten Hope

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Forest Quartet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Forest Quartet.

    Forgotten Hope is a short, single-player narrative-driven video game presented through the eyes of a teenage girl who is trying to reconnect with her past to find answers.

    2021IndieAdventureCasual3.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Heart Of Altai

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The Forest Quartet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Forest Quartet.

    Heart of Altai is an exciting story about the adventures of blogger Arina Demidova, searching for a lost city in the Altai Republic. During the trek, she realises that her fate is closely linked to the ultimate goal of this dangerous and mysterious expedition.

    2025IndieAdventureEarly Access5.19 USDSteam ↗
  5. Dear Esther: Landmark Edition

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Forest Quartet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Forest Quartet.

    Dear Esther immerses you in a stunningly realised world, a remote and desolate island somewhere in the outer Hebrides. As you step forwards, a voice begins to read fragments of a letter: 'Dear Esther...' - and so begins a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.

    2017IndieAdventureFree To Play9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The Search

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for The Forest Quartet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Forest Quartet.

    Embark on a journey of discovery and inspiration in The Search - a story-driven puzzle-adventure set in a mysterious world where art comes to life!

    2017IndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. How to Say Goodbye

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for The Forest Quartet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Forest Quartet.

    How to Say Goodbye is a beautiful narrative puzzle game inspired by picture books. Reorganize the environment and solve puzzles to help a group of ghosts on their quest to finally move on.

    2022IndieAdventureCasual12.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. INDIKA

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for The Forest Quartet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Forest Quartet.

    Play a third-person, story-driven game set in alternative Russia at the turn of the XIX century where religious visions clash with harsh reality. INDIKA tells the story of a young nun who sets off on a journey of self-discovery with the most unusual companion by her side, the devil himself.

    2024Adventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to The Forest Quartet

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. RiME

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of The Forest Quartet cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with The Forest Quartet.

    A land of discovery stretches out before you. Explore the beautiful, rugged world of RiME. Armed with your wits and a will to overcome—and the guidance of a helpful fox—you must explore the enigmatic island, reach the tower's peak, and unlock its closely guarded secrets.

    2017Adventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Red Strings Club

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of The Forest Quartet cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Forest Quartet.

    The Red Strings Club is a cyberpunk narrative experience about fate and happiness featuring the extensive use of pottery, bartending and impersonating people on the phone to take down a corporate conspiracy.

    2018IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Sayonara Wild Hearts

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of The Forest Quartet cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    Sayonara Wild Hearts is a dreamy arcade game about riding motorcycles, skateboarding, dance battling, shooting lasers, wielding swords, and breaking hearts at 200 mph.

    2019ActionCasual12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of The Forest Quartet cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Forest Quartet.

    Wield the dance of the shaman. Reclaim your father’s spirit. Brave the beautiful and treacherous land of Kenzera with the God of Death in Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU, a metroidvania-style adventure crafted by Surgent Studios.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Forest Quartet at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Forest Quartet on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Forest Quartet.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Forest Quartet on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Forest Quartet.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Forest Quartet on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Forest Quartet.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Forest Quartet on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Forest Quartet.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under The Forest Quartet on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Forest Quartet.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under The Forest Quartet on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Forest Quartet.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Forest Quartet on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Forest Quartet.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Your Only Move Is HUSTLE

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Forest Quartet on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Forest Quartet.

    Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Forest Quartet.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Forest Quartet.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Forest Quartet.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Forest Quartet.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Forest Quartet.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Forest Quartet.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Forest Quartet.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Forest Quartet.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Call of the Sea

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Forest Quartet.

    Join Norah, a woman plagued by a mysterious illness, in her search for her missing husband in this adventure puzzle game set on a lush island paradise. Immerse yourself in stunning visuals and unlock forbidden secrets in a moving tale of mystery and love.

    2020IndieAdventureCasual19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Dear Esther: Landmark Edition

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Forest Quartet.

    Dear Esther immerses you in a stunningly realised world, a remote and desolate island somewhere in the outer Hebrides. As you step forwards, a voice begins to read fragments of a letter: 'Dear Esther...' - and so begins a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.

    2017IndieAdventureFree To Play9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. INDIKA

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with The Forest Quartet.

    Play a third-person, story-driven game set in alternative Russia at the turn of the XIX century where religious visions clash with harsh reality. INDIKA tells the story of a young nun who sets off on a journey of self-discovery with the most unusual companion by her side, the devil himself.

    2024Adventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Forest Quartet

How much does The Forest Quartet cost?
The Forest Quartet is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Forest Quartet?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Forest Quartet are Call of the Sea, Purpose 1951, Forgotten Hope.
Who developed The Forest Quartet?
The Forest Quartet was developed by Mads & Friends and published by Bedtime Digital Games.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on The Forest Quartet.

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