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Revision as of 17:39, 18 March 2023
Developers | |
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Endnight Games | |
Engines | |
Unity 5[Note 1] | |
Release dates | |
Windows | April 30, 2018[3] |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 83 |
OpenCritic | 81 |
IGDB | 86 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Survival horror |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Contemporary, Horror, Zombies |
Series | The Forest |
The Forest | |
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The Forest | 2018 |
Sons of the Forest | 2024 |
The Forest is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person building sandbox and survival horror game in the The Forest series. Its sequel, Sons of the Forest was launched on 2023 but is still on early access.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Humble Store | ||||
Steam |
- DRM-free when launched directly from its executable(Steam)
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SKS\TheForest\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/242760/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\SKS\TheForest\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/242760/pfx/[Note 2] |
- Five manual save slots available.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | 60-95°. Default is 75°. | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Enable windowed mode and use the -popupwindow parameter (or see the glossary page). |
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Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | FXAA or SMAA. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
- The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Mouse buttons cannot be bound. ↵ Enter cannot be bound to commands. Ctrl and Alt can be bound only after holding either down for a couple seconds. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | Launcher requires mouse input. | |
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Tracked motion controllers | ||
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Button/gesture prompts |
Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Sound Effects and Music | |
Surround sound | [4] | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
Czech | ||||
Finnish | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Occitan | Fan translation, download. | |||
Polish | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Swedish | ||||
Turkish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 8 | Co-op Use Nucleus Co-op. |
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LAN play | ||||
Online play | 8 | Co-op |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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Native 3D | |||
Nvidia 3D Vision | Use Helix Mod: The Forest. |
Headsets | |||
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SteamVR | |||
Oculus VR (LibOVR) | |||
Windows Mixed Reality | This game might be playable with the Revive Compatibility Layer, or Windows Mixed Reality for SteamVR. |
Devices | |||
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Tracked motion controllers | See Input for details. | ||
Traditional controller | See Input for details. | ||
Keyboard/Mouse | |||
Tobii Eye Tracking | Use Tobii Game Hub. Supports head tracking. |
Issues fixed
Key binding screen is unresponsive
- The keybinding screen may be unresponsive at lower frame rates (~40-50 fps or lower).
Decrease graphical settings to increase frame rate |
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Temporarily lowering graphical settings to bring frame rate up should solve the issue. |
Low performance (Linux/Proton)
- The game uses a version of the Unity Engine which has a critical bug if run via Proton resulting in low performance on some system configurations.
Limit CPU cores available to the game[5] |
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Add as a Launch option |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9, 11 | Use the -force-d3d9 command line to force DX9. |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 7 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Dual Core 2.4 GHz | Quad Core Processor |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT DirectX 9.0 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 |
Notes
- ↑ Unity engine build: 5.6.5f1[1][2]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/242760/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (242760) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ v0.16 - The Forest Unity 5 update! - Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: The Forest
- ↑ Verified by User:Vetle on 2018-05-09
- ↑ The Forest :: V1.0 - last accessed on 2018-05-01
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-02-19
- The sub and the rear speakers were used.
- ↑ ProtonDB Reports - last accessed on 2022-01-10