Games like The Forest
If The Forest is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sons Of The Forest, Don't Starve Together and Green Hell — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmosphere creates constant tension, atmospheric and immersive. 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.
Get personalized picks →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.
Players who liked The Forest also play
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Sons Of The Forest
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Forest.
Top pick for The Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Forest.
Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.
Don't Starve Together
WHY THIS
Shares base building and a tense mood with The Forest.
Second-strongest match for The Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Forest.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
Green Hell
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with The Forest.
Third-strongest match for The Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Forest.
Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.
Satisfactory
WHY THIS
Shares base building and an immersive mood with The Forest.
Ranked #4 for The Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Forest.
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
No Man's Sky
WHY THIS
Shares base building, resource management and an atmospheric mood with The Forest.
Ranked #5 for The Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Forest.
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
Raft
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Forest.
Ranked #6 for The Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Forest.
Raft™ throws you and your friends into an epic oceanic adventure! Alone or together, players battle to survive a perilous voyage across a vast sea! Gather debris, scavenge reefs and build your own floating home, but be wary of the man-eating sharks!
Whisper of the Swallows
WHY THIS
Shares base building and an atmospheric mood with The Forest.
Ranked #7 for The Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Forest.
Brave a savage, unforgiving procedurally generated world where extreme weather and the nightmares of the dark will hunt you down. Alone or in co-op, survive, build, and explore to turn a cursed hellscape into your sanctuary of light.
Nowhere: Mysterious Artifacts
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Forest.
Ranked #8 for The Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Forest.
Nowhere: Mysterious Artifacts is a Multiplayer Survival Horror game for up to 4 players. Set in the Middle of the Unknown, you can craft, build, explore and discover secrets in the exciting first chapter from EFNSOFT.
Reviewers mention these as similar to The Forest
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Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series
WHY THIS
Reviewers of The Forest cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with The Forest.
Episode 1 is now FREE - for a limited time! In Minecraft: Story Mode, playing as either a male or female hero named 'Jesse,' you’ll embark on a perilous adventure across the Overworld, through the Nether, to the End, and beyond.
Sons Of The Forest
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Forest.
Reviewers of The Forest cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with The Forest.
Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.
The Long Dark
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Forest.
Reviewers of The Forest cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Forest.
THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.
Green Hell
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with The Forest.
Reviewers of The Forest cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with The Forest.
Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.
Valheim
WHY THIS
Shares base building, resource management and an atmospheric mood with The Forest.
Reviewers of The Forest cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with The Forest.
A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
DayZ
WHY THIS
Shares base building and an atmospheric mood with The Forest.
Reviewers of The Forest cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with The Forest.
How long can you survive a post-apocalyptic world? A land overrun with an infected "zombie" population, where you compete with other survivors for limited resources. Will you team up with strangers and stay strong together? Or play as a lone wolf to avoid betrayal? This is DayZ – this is your story.
7 Days to Die
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Forest.
Reviewers of The Forest cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with The Forest.
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
Going Medieval
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Forest.
Reviewers of The Forest cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Forest.
Build and manage your own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by wilderness. With detailed management, survival strategy, and a moddable sandbox world, Going Medieval challenges you to build the mightiest colony this side of the apocalypse.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Forest at current Steam store prices.
Terraria
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with The Forest.
Priced ~50% under The Forest on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Forest.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under The Forest on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Forest.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Forest on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Forest.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Forest on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Forest.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Forest on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Forest.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Forest on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Forest.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Forest.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with The Forest.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Forest.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Forest.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Forest.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Forest.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Forest.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Don't Starve Together
WHY THIS
Shares base building and a tense mood with The Forest.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Forest.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
Green Hell
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with The Forest.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Forest.
Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.
Satisfactory
WHY THIS
Shares base building and an immersive mood with The Forest.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Forest.
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
No Man's Sky
WHY THIS
Shares base building, resource management and an atmospheric mood with The Forest.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with The Forest.
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
Frequently asked about The Forest
- 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, Don't Starve Together, Green Hell.
- Who developed The Forest?
- The Forest was developed by Endnight Games Ltd.
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.
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