The Forest

Platforms

• Microsoft Windows

Genres

• survival horror

• action game^*

• adventure game^*

• construction and management simulation^*

• horror game^*

• stealth game^*

Play modes

• co-op mode

• single-player video game

• multiplayer video game

Players by platform

• Microsoft Windows^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  8^*

Content classifications

• ESRB · Microsoft Windows^*

  Classification

  M - Mature^*

Localized titles

• The Forest

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• Linux^*

  Supported

  No^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  No^*

Store genres

• Action^*
• Adventure^*
• Indie^*
• Simulation^*

Game features

• Single-player^*
• Multi-player^*
• Co-op^*
• Online Co-op^*
• LAN Co-op^*
• Tracked Controller Support^*
• VR Supported^*
• Partial Controller Support^*
• Steam Cloud^*
• Family Sharing^*

Interface languages

• English^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• French^*
• German^*
• Czech^*
• Finnish^*
• Japanese^*
• Korean^*
• Polish^*
• Portuguese - Brazil^*
• Russian^*
• Simplified Chinese^*
• Swedish^*
• Traditional Chinese^*
• Turkish^*
• Italian^*
• Spanish - Spain^*

Audio languages

• English^*
• Spanish - Spain^*

Community tags · historical

• Open World Survival Craft^*

  Votes · historical

  12,535^*

• Survival^*

  Votes · historical

  12,166^*

• Open World^*

  Votes · historical

  8,863^*

• Horror^*

  Votes · historical

  8,844^*

• Crafting^*

  Votes · historical

  6,539^*

• Adventure^*

  Votes · historical

  5,702^*

• Building^*

  Votes · historical

  5,620^*

• Survival Horror^*

  Votes · historical

  5,336^*

• First-Person^*

  Votes · historical

  4,687^*

• Action^*

  Votes · historical

  3,797^*

• Exploration^*

  Votes · historical

  3,697^*

• Sandbox^*

  Votes · historical

  3,371^*

• Singleplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  3,002^*

• Atmospheric^*

  Votes · historical

  2,811^*

• Simulation^*

  Votes · historical

  2,599^*

• Gore^*

  Votes · historical

  2,530^*

• Realistic^*

  Votes · historical

  2,454^*

• Indie^*

  Votes · historical

  2,294^*

• Zombies^*

  Votes · historical

  1,743^*

• Early Access^*

  Votes · historical

  1,595^*

System requirements

• Windows · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Windows 7^*

  Processor alternatives

  Intel Dual-Core 2.4 GHz^*

  Memory

  4 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT^*

  Graphics API

  Version 9.0^*

  Storage

  5 GB available space^*

  Audio hardware

  DirectX®-compatible VR Support: SteamVR or Oculus PC^*

  Conditions

  32bit windows users need to ensure they have at least 4gb of ram usable on their system.^*

• Windows · Recommended^*

  Memory

  4 GB^*

  Processor alternatives

  Quad Core Processor^*

  Graphics alternatives

  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560^*

• Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27^*

  Memory

  4 GB^*

Compatibility and community reports

• Steam Deck^*

  Compatibility category

  Playable^*

• Controller support · 2026-06-27^*

  Controller support

  Partial^*

• Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*

  Community Linux compatibility tier

  Gold^*

  Reports

  449^*

  Community confidence

  strong^*

• Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*

  Compatibility category

  Playable^*

Developers

• Endnight Games

• Endnight Games Ltd^*

Publishers

• Endnight Games

• Endnight Games Ltd^*

• 2018-04-30

  Date precision

  Exact date

• 2018-04-30 · Microsoft Windows^*

  Release date

  2018-04-30^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows^*

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  Apr 30, 2018^*

Detailed specifications