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Games like The Forest
24 matches, ranked by how much their player tags overlap
What “like The Forest” means here
Open World Survival CraftSurvivalCraftingOpen WorldSurvival HorrorBuilding
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 · Open World
74% of 47,804 reviews positive
99%
match
2
The Long Dark
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Open World
89% of 123,590 reviews positive · 1,942 playing now
99%
match
3
Green Hell
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Survival Horror
85% of 101,854 reviews positive · 2,824 playing now
99%
match
4
99%
match
5
99%
match
6
Force of Nature
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Building
75% of 4,209 reviews positive
99%
match
7
Don't Starve Together
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Open World
95% of 542,510 reviews positive · 17,666 playing now
99%
match
8
The Wild Eight
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Open World
68% of 8,117 reviews positive
99%
match
9
SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Open World
56% of 8,827 reviews positive
99%
match
10
Planet Explorers
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Open World
62% of 6,818 reviews positive
99%
match
11
Raft
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Building
93% of 378,023 reviews positive · 5,243 playing now
98%
match
12
97%
match
13
Miscreated
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Open World
66% of 31,588 reviews positive
97%
match
14
Mist Survival
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Open World
76% of 14,352 reviews positive · 79 playing now
97%
match
15
97%
match
16
Don't Starve
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Open World
97% of 113,422 reviews positive · 1,157 playing now
97%
match
17
97%
match
18
Terraria
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Building
97% of 1,551,879 reviews positive · 37,155 playing now
97%
match
19
Reign Of Kings
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Building
57% of 14,838 reviews positive · 12 playing now
96%
match
20
CastleMiner Z
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Survival Horror
81% of 11,157 reviews positive
96%
match
21
96%
match
22
96%
match
23
Wurm Unlimited
Open World Survival Craft · Crafting · Survival · Building
71% of 3,137 reviews positive
96%
match
24
Osiris: New Dawn
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Horror · Crafting
53% of 15,085 reviews positive
96%
match
Frequently asked
What games are similar to The Forest?
The closest matches to The Forest on Steam are Stranded Deep, The Long Dark, Green Hell, Fragmented, Subsistence. They rank highest because their Steam community tags overlap most with The Forest's, and 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.