The Forest/Similar games
Games like The Forest
24 matches, ranked by how much their player tags overlap
What “like The Forest” means here
Open World Survival CraftSurvivalCraftingBuildingSurvival HorrorExploration
Matches come from the tags Steam players vote on each game, weighted so a rare tag counts for far more than one that sits on half the store. A game's popularity never moves it up this list.
1
Stranded Deep
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Building
74% of 47,679 reviews positive
99%
match
2
Green Hell
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Survival Horror
85% of 100,116 reviews positive · 5,051 playing now
99%
match
3
The Long Dark
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Exploration
89% of 122,934 reviews positive · 3,022 playing now
99%
match
4
99%
match
5
Don't Starve Together
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Survival Horror
95% of 539,743 reviews positive · 25,340 playing now
99%
match
6
Raft
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Building
93% of 375,981 reviews positive · 9,187 playing now
99%
match
7
96%
match
8
96%
match
9
96%
match
10
Mist Survival
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Survival Horror
76% of 14,233 reviews positive
95%
match
11
CastleMiner Z
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Survival Horror
81% of 11,156 reviews positive
95%
match
12
Don't Starve
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Sandbox
97% of 113,219 reviews positive · 1,187 playing now
95%
match
13
Rust
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Building
87% of 1,383,467 reviews positive · 134,261 playing now
95%
match
14
Reign Of Kings
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Building
57% of 14,842 reviews positive
94%
match
15
Terraria
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Building
97% of 1,539,686 reviews positive · 34,333 playing now
94%
match
16
RuneScape: Dragonwilds
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Building
81% of 28,024 reviews positive
93%
match
17
Osiris: New Dawn
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Horror · Crafting
53% of 15,087 reviews positive
93%
match
18
93%
match
19
Project Zomboid
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Zombies
94% of 461,519 reviews positive · 37,424 playing now
93%
match
20
Life is Feudal: Your Own
Open World Survival Craft · Crafting · Survival · Building
66% of 12,059 reviews positive
92%
match
21
92%
match
22
Conan Exiles Enhanced
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Building
79% of 116,764 reviews positive · 13,746 playing now
92%
match
23
Starbound
Open World Survival Craft · Crafting · Survival · Building
90% of 123,182 reviews positive · 1,308 playing now
91%
match
24
Valheim
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Building
94% of 538,546 reviews positive · 33,387 playing now
91%
match
Frequently asked
What games are similar to The Forest?
The closest matches to The Forest on Steam are Stranded Deep, Green Hell, The Long Dark, Subsistence, Don't Starve Together. They rank highest because their Steam community tags overlap most with The Forest's — shared tags include Open World Survival Craft, Survival, Crafting.
How are games like The Forest chosen?
Every game is described by the tags Steam players vote on it. Rare, specific tags such as Open World Survival Craft, Survival, Crafting count far more than catch-all ones like "Indie" or "Singleplayer", and each game is scored on how closely its whole tag profile matches The Forest's. Popularity never affects the ranking.