Rank 01Why this
Also Survival Horror and Crafting, like The Forest.
- $29.99 (Price checked Nov 9)
- 2024
Games like The Forest
- 33 games
- Updated Nov 9, 2026
Players who liked The Forest also play
The closest matches to The Forest: Sons Of The Forest, Green Hell, Subnautica, 7 Days to Die, and Project Zomboid. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Rank 02Why this
Also Open World Survival Craft and Crafting, like The Forest.
- $24.99 (Price checked Nov 9)
- Deck Verified
- 2019
Rank 03Why this
Shares base building with The Forest.
- $29.99 (Price checked Nov 9)
- Deck Verified
- 2018
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7 Days to Die
Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Building, like The Forest.
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Project Zomboid
Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Survival Horror, like The Forest.
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Valheim
Why this: Shares base building and resource management with The Forest.
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- 94% of 147,516 reviews
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- Released: 2018
- Developer: Endnight Games Ltd
- Price: $19.99checked Nov 9
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 95% of 175,474 reviews
- Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure, Simulation
- Metacritic 83
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Atmosphere creates constant tension
- Building feels satisfying and creative
- Co op amplifies the experience
- Atmospheric
- Immersive
- Tense
More games like The Forest, sliced differently
Reviewers mention these as similar to The Forest
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.
DayZ
Why this: Shares base building with The Forest.
Going Medieval
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as The Forest.
Factorio
Why this: Also Crafting and Building, like The Forest.
Conan Exiles
Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Crafting, like The Forest.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Forest at current Steam store prices.
Terraria
Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Crafting, like The Forest.
The Highrise
Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Survival Horror, like The Forest.
The Survivalists
Why this: Shares base building with The Forest.
Wrongworld
Why this: Shares survival crafting and base building with The Forest.
Heat Death: Survival Train
Why this: Shares base building and resource management with The Forest.
Free alternatives
Free games the recommender matches to The Forest, limited to titles with at least 500 Steam reviews and 80% positive.
Muck
Why this: Shares resource management with The Forest.
CHKN
Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Crafting, like The Forest.
Fallout Shelter
Why this: Also Crafting and Building, like The Forest.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Green Hell
Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Crafting, like The Forest.
Subnautica
Why this: Shares base building with The Forest.
7 Days to Die
Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Building, like The Forest.
Project Zomboid
Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Survival Horror, like The Forest.
Valheim
Why this: Shares base building and resource management with The Forest.
About The Forest
The closest matches to The Forest: Sons Of The Forest, Green Hell, Subnautica, 7 Days to Die, and Project Zomboid. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If The Forest is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sons Of The Forest, Green Hell and Subnautica — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, immersive and tense, and single out its base building and cave exploration. 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.
The Forest is a first-person open-world survival simulation set in a mysterious forest where players must build bases, manage resources, and explore extensive cave systems while navigating an adaptive enemy AI that patrols the environment. Released in 2018, the game supports online co-operative multiplayer and is rated as playable on Steam Deck. Reviewers highlight that the enemy AI is realistic and adaptive, the building system feels satisfying and creative, and exploration rewards risk-taking. Players describe the experience as atmospheric and immersive, with the environment creating constant tension throughout. The game offers an extensive play length and challenging difficulty, available at $19.99 USD with a review score of 95% positive from 175,474 Steam reviews.
About The Forest: 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.
Is The Forest worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 95% of 175,474 Steam reviews are positive.
- Last 30 days: 95% positive across 3,241 new reviews, in line with its all-time score.
- Price: $19.99 (checked Nov 9).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 31 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 8 h before their negative review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Atmosphere creates constant tension
- Building feels satisfying and creative
- Co op amplifies the experience
- Enemy ai is realistic and adaptive
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“The developer got a little confused and thought removing the early access tag would magically finish the game.”
“just absolutely 0 direction as to where you have to go, went to absolute Bagdad down the crater, dove down to the other cave made it all the way to the gate for me to need some keycard from a different cave on the other side of the world…”
People who play it also play: Sons Of The Forest, Green Hell, Subnautica
Frequently asked about The Forest
Can I run it?
Does The Forest run on Steam Deck?
The Forest is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does The Forest cost?
The Forest is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does The Forest have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — The Forest supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, LAN Co-op).
What games are most similar to The Forest?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Forest are Sons Of The Forest, Green Hell, Subnautica.
Who developed The Forest?
The Forest was developed by Endnight Games Ltd.