World
Enter a living, breathing forest, where every tree and plant can be chopped down. Below ground explore a vast network of caves and underground lakes. Crash land alone, or with friends in up to 8 player cooperative multiplayer.
Complete player freedom
Chop down trees to build a camp, or start a fire to keep warm. Scavenge food to keep yourself from starving. Find and plant seeds to grow food.
Build a small shelter or a large ocean side fortress. decorate your home with found items. Lay traps and defenses to keep a safe perimeter.
Gameplay
Explore and build during the day. Defend your base at night. Craft weapons and tools. Bunker down during the evening or bring the fight directly to the enemy.
Fight or Hide
Use stealth to evade enemies, or engage them directly with crude weapons built from sticks and stones.
A new type of open world, survival horror experience
Defend yourself against a clan of genetic mutant enemies that have beliefs, families and morals and that appear almost human. Play by yourself, or with up to 8 friends for the ultimate survival experience.
Trailers
Updates
hotfix v0.15b
Hey Everyone,
Here's is a tiny hotfix for some issues with the new boars, and a small drowning fix.
v0.15: Wild pigs, Rock climbing axe, wall decorations, new art, buildable beds, better bow, buildable archery targets, and more
Hey Everyone,
We have a slightly smaller patch this week, as in the background we've also been getting The Forest up and running in Unity 5!
V0.14 Performance improvements! Underwater diving, trip wire trap, better custom building (including roofs!) Starvation! Thirst! and more
Hey Everyone,
v0.14 patch update!
Hey Everyone,