$14.99Among Trees A cabin in a colorful wilderness
Build up your forest cabin, live off the land and share the woods with a fox, at your own pace.
Is Among Trees worth it?
Among Trees is worth it if…
- you want a relaxing survival game without combat pressure
- you would rather garden, cook and build than fight
- you play for atmosphere and a world worth lingering in
- you are happy with a short, beautiful game rather than a long one
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From bare cabin to a home that works
You start small: a cabin in the woods and your own two hands. Scavenge wood and materials, craft tools, and slowly turn the cabin into something worth coming home to. New rooms unlock new ways of living: a kitchen for cooking, a greenhouse for gardening, space for crafting and sewing. It is a gentle loop, gather, build, unlock, and the game lets you take it at whatever pace you like. One honest note: this is a compact world rather than an endless one, so the cabin upgrades are the main long-term project. For a quiet evening or two of puttering, that is exactly the point.
A garden, a kitchen and a stew
Food here is a quiet pleasure rather than a chore. You nurture delicate plants in your greenhouse, then decide their fate: eat them raw, or throw them in a pot and make a stew that feeds you better. Fishing and cooking are simple and easy to understand, which suits the game's unhurried rhythm. There is no recipe pressure and no timer, just the small satisfaction of a pantry that fills up because you grew it yourself. If your idea of a good evening is watering plants and simmering dinner while the forest sits outside the window, this part delivers.
A fox of your own
The wilderness gets a companion: a fox you can adopt, feed, pet and train. Trained well, it helps you find loot out in the woods, marking spots worth investigating. It is also, by broad agreement, adorable, a small orange shape trotting beside you through the pines. Feeding and petting it does not accomplish much in survival terms, and that is fine. Some games give you a companion because the numbers demand it; this one gives you a fox because a cabin in the woods is better with a fox.
Choose your own forest
The woods are as dangerous as they are wonderful, and the game lets you pick which half you want. In the standard mode, dangerous animals roam some areas, and the sensible move is to keep your distance rather than fight. If you would rather have none of that, Zen mode removes the dangerous animals entirely and leaves you alone with the forest. Either way the world is the draw: dense forests, dark caves, a bright saturated palette that makes every clearing look like a painting. Exploration is the point, not a route between objectives.
Can you play without the danger?
Is there a mode without dangerous animals?
Yes. Zen mode takes the dangerous animals out of the forest entirely, leaving you free to explore, build, garden and fish with nothing hunting you. If the standard mode's bears sound like more tension than you want from a relaxing game, Zen mode is the way to play it.
Can you play it solo?
It is a singleplayer game through and through: one cabin, one forest, one fox. There is no co-op or multiplayer, so it suits anyone looking for a quiet, solitary escape rather than a shared survival project.
What do you actually do in the game?
The core loop is homesteading: scavenge materials in the forest, craft tools, and spend them on cabin rooms that unlock cooking, gardening, crafting and sewing. Around that you fish, grow plants in the greenhouse, cook stews, explore forests and caves, and train your fox to help find loot. There is no story goal pushing you along; the cabin and the woods are the whole point.
How long does it take to finish?
It is a short game by survival crafting standards. The cabin upgrades and the map are the main content, and once both are done there is little left to chase. Think of it as a handful of cozy evenings rather than a hundred-hour project, and it earns its keep.
