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The Forest

As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.

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Nov. 30, 2022, 12:19 p.m. — PCGamesN
Steam Global Top Sellers for the Week ending 7 August 2022

Aug. 7, 2022, 4 p.m. — SteamDB
Steam Global Top Sellers for the Week ending 22 May 2022

May 22, 2022, 4 p.m. — SteamDB
Steam Global Top Sellers for the Week ending 15 May 2022

May 15, 2022, 4 p.m. — SteamDB
The Forest sequel delayed until October

March 28, 2022, 11:48 p.m. — PC Gamer
The Forest gets a resurgence on Steam as Sons of the Forest lands a release date

Dec. 2, 2021, 2:25 p.m. — PCGamesN
The Forest sequel coming in 2021, looking wonderfully horrible

Dec. 24, 2020, 2:29 p.m. — Rock, Paper, Shotgun
The Forest sequel coming in 2021, looking wonderfully horrible

Dec. 24, 2020, 2:29 p.m. — Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Sons of the Forest is a demon-hunting sequel to the 'terrifying' survival game The Forest

Dec. 13, 2019, 3:02 a.m. — PC Gamer
Weekend Deal - The Forest, 45% Off

Sept. 12, 2019, 5:05 p.m. — Announcement
V1.12 - VR

Sept. 10, 2019, 8:04 p.m. — Community Announcements
v1.11

Jan. 23, 2019, 6:09 p.m. — Community Announcements
The Forest VR is terrifying, atmospheric and clumsy all at once

Dec. 19, 2018, 5:34 p.m. — PC Gamer
Hotfix-v1.10d

Dec. 12, 2018, 3:20 a.m. — Community Announcements
The Forest's free update adds hang gliders, crossbows and more monsters

Dec. 11, 2018, 2:12 p.m. — PC Gamer

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