Forest Doesn’t Care
A peaceful life in nature or a fight for survival? Explore a realistic forest, survive, discover abandoned places, and uncover why the forest…
67% of 321 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$13.99
Games like The Forest
If the tense and scary rhythm of The Forest stuck with you, this helps. Start with these games when you are ready.
Forest Doesn’t Care
A peaceful life in nature or a fight for survival? Explore a realistic forest, survive, discover abandoned places, and uncover why the forest refuses to let you leave.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Tense, Scary, Atmospheric
67% of 321 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$13.99Darkwood
A top-down survival horror where daylight is for scavenging and night is for surviving. Explore a shifting forest, trade with its broken locals, board up a hideout, and listen to the dark until dawn. Slow, tense and genuinely frightening, with a story your choices reshape.
Tense, Scary, Dark
94% of 22,595 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 144$19.99Green Hell
Lost in the Amazon with nothing but your hands and a smartwatch, you learn to read the jungle or it takes you apart. Green Hell is a first-person survival sim with a long, strange story, deep crafting and base building, plus co-op and endless modes for when you just want to suffer together.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Tense, Scary, Brutal
84% of 81,282 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6,511$24.99Among Trees
A colorful forest sandbox where you turn a small cabin into a warm, well-supplied home. Fish, cook, grow food in your greenhouse, expand room by room, and adopt a fox. The woods are as dangerous as they are lovely, and there is a Zen mode if you would rather skip the danger.
Also in Survival crafting · Atmospheric
68% of 2,086 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99Backwoods Town
Backwoods town is an atmospheric forest survival simulator. Build your base, grow crops, fight bosses and rebuild the destroyed settlement, finding all its inhabitants along the way.
Also in Survival crafting · Atmospheric, Mysterious
93% of 196 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$8.99Outbreak Island
A remote island, a cryptic message from your missing father, and a strange beam that wakes the dead every night. Scavenge by day, refuel abandoned machines and face monsters after dark, and turn a ruined farm into a home worth defending. Open-world survival horror with a mystery at its core.
Also in Survival crafting · Tense, Scary, Dark
78% of 1,003 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18$14.99The Cursed Forest
Immerse yourself in the obscure and mysterious autumnal forest, where every wrong step could be your last. As you travel uncover the dark story behind this place, where beauty and danger have become as one.
Tense, Scary, Dark
89% of 809 Steam reviews are positive$5.17Project: Mist
Project: Mist drops you on a foggy island full of monsters, abandoned facilities and dark secrets. You survive with a Gravity Gun, a train you build into a moving base, and a cooking pot full of strange critters. Play the story campaign alone or with up to three friends. It is rough in places, and the atmosphere makes up for it.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Tense, Scary, Dark
72% of 325 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 29$17.99Rooten
There is only you and the Forest. In "Rooten" there are no compulsory tasks, time just goes by, and days pass by independently of you. You can explore the Forest, try to get out, or even do nothing at all. The forest has always been here, and always will be. You won't change it no matter what.
Tense, Scary, Dark
79% of 105 Steam reviews are positive$4.99Don't Starve
Don't Starve drops gentleman scientist Wilson into a strange wilderness run by a demon, where you gather, craft, farm, hunt and fight to stay alive. No guidance, no second chances: every randomly generated world wants you dead, and learning its rules is the fun.
Also in Survival crafting · Tense, Scary, Dark
96% of 97,338 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,030$9.99Urge
Fight, build, explore, survive, while the dynamic player-caused hazardous fog is slowly changing the rules of the world around you.
Also in Survival crafting · Tense, Scary, Brutal
90% of 506 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$17.99Vortex: The Gateway
Vortex: The Gateway is an open world survival horror game with two game modes. If you want to survive then be alert, sneak, build and fight. Meanwhile life back on Earth changes dramatically. What changes? You will get bits of information through your adventure. Prepare for the worst!
Also in Survival crafting · Tense, Scary, Dark
53% of 306 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
Cheaper than The Forest
Among Trees
Build up your forest cabin, live off the land and share the woods with a fox, at your own pace.
68% of 2,086 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99
Outbreak Island
Search a fog-bound island for your missing father while the dead rise after dark and a ruined farm slowly becomes your stronghold.
78% of 1,003 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18$14.99
Backwoods Town
Backwoods town is an atmospheric forest survival simulator. Build your base, grow crops, fight bosses and rebuild the destroyed settlement, finding…
93% of 196 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$8.99
Project: Mist
Scavenge a monster-haunted island, build a moving base on rails, and uncover its secrets alone or with friends.
72% of 325 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 29$17.99
Rooten
There is only you and the Forest. In "Rooten" there are no compulsory tasks, time just goes by, and days pass by independently of you.
79% of 105 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
The Cursed Forest
Immerse yourself in the obscure and mysterious autumnal forest, where every wrong step could be your last.
89% of 809 Steam reviews are positive$5.17
Vortex: The Gateway
Vortex: The Gateway is an open world survival horror game with two game modes. If you want to survive then be alert, sneak, build and fight.
53% of 306 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
Urge
Fight, build, explore, survive, while the dynamic player-caused hazardous fog is slowly changing the rules of the world around you.
90% of 506 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$17.99
Don't Starve
Don't Starve drops gentleman scientist Wilson into a strange wilderness run by a demon, where you gather, craft, farm, hunt and fight to stay alive.
96% of 97,338 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,030$9.99
KeepUp Survival
KeepUp Survival is an open-world base-building and exploration game set in a natural, abandoned world.
62% of 685 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$14.99
MAZEBOUND: Hunt, Gather, Run!
A survival horror with a simple setup: sea behind you, a towering gate ahead, and a maze in between.
82% of 614 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$9.99
Hidden gems like The Forest
Whisper of the Swallows
Survive blizzards and night creatures in a procedurally generated wilderness, building a sanctuary alone or with up to six players.
88% of 212 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 13$19.99
MAZEBOUND: Hunt, Gather, Run!
A survival horror with a simple setup: sea behind you, a towering gate ahead, and a maze in between.
82% of 614 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$9.99
Frost Survival VR
Sandbox Survival in VR. Face a frozen wilderness solo or in co-op - build a shelter, craft tools, hunt for food, and manage your resources to endure…
89% of 170 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Outbreak Island
Search a fog-bound island for your missing father while the dead rise after dark and a ruined farm slowly becomes your stronghold.
78% of 1,003 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18$14.99
Backwoods Town
Backwoods town is an atmospheric forest survival simulator. Build your base, grow crops, fight bosses and rebuild the destroyed settlement, finding…
93% of 196 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$8.99
Card Survival: Fantasy Forest
Track beasts, brew remedies, farm with the seasons and bind spirits, one card combination at a time.
76% of 1,158 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 110$21.99
Project: Mist
Scavenge a monster-haunted island, build a moving base on rails, and uncover its secrets alone or with friends.
72% of 325 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 29$17.99
Survival: Fountain of Youth
Craft, build and sail from island to island, following old clues toward a legend while keeping your camp alive.
85% of 4,196 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 258$9.79
Urge
Fight, build, explore, survive, while the dynamic player-caused hazardous fog is slowly changing the rules of the world around you.
90% of 506 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$17.99
SILENT BREATH
A forest that listens through your microphone. Search for missing people in the dark while the game tries to make you scream, and things hunt you…
66% of 1,165 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$9.99
Away From Life
You wake up after a helicopter crash with one job: get home.
67% of 237 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$12.99
Forest Doesn’t Care
A peaceful life in nature or a fight for survival? Explore a realistic forest, survive, discover abandoned places, and uncover why the forest…
67% of 321 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$13.99
Newest games like The Forest
SILENT BREATH
A forest that listens through your microphone. Search for missing people in the dark while the game tries to make you scream, and things hunt you…
66% of 1,165 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$9.99
Project: Mist
Scavenge a monster-haunted island, build a moving base on rails, and uncover its secrets alone or with friends.
72% of 325 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 29$17.99
MAZEBOUND: Hunt, Gather, Run!
A survival horror with a simple setup: sea behind you, a towering gate ahead, and a maze in between.
82% of 614 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$9.99
Away From Life
You wake up after a helicopter crash with one job: get home.
67% of 237 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$12.99
Project Castaway
Craft, build and sail between Pacific islands, alone or with a friend, while loneliness plays tricks on your mind.
64% of 1,845 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 32$19.99
Bootstrap Island
A realistic VR survival roguelike on a merciless 17th-century island.
81% of 1,415 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 15$24.99
Peregrino
Peregrino is a dark isometric survival adventure where you explore a cursed forest by day and manage your caravan by night.
65% of 175 Steam reviews are positive$16.99
Whisper of the Swallows
Survive blizzards and night creatures in a procedurally generated wilderness, building a sanctuary alone or with up to six players.
88% of 212 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 13$19.99
No One Survived
Scavenge, craft and build a real home in a grim zombie world, then hold it when the dead close in, alone or with friends.
64% of 7,023 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 100$16.99
ANGST: A TALE OF SURVIVAL
Explore a frozen, mysterious land in this top-down survival adventure.
85% of 237 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$7.99
The Woods
Survive solo or team up with friends online on a vast forest island.
75% of 16 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Outbreak Island
Search a fog-bound island for your missing father while the dead rise after dark and a ruined farm slowly becomes your stronghold.
78% of 1,003 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18$14.99