The Forest
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (16%); after 15h it's 1 in 35 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- The opening is criticised less than in 81% of games we track.
- 21% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Survive The Forest” (Finish Game): only 21% of starters get there.
- 84% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 688,875 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 289 reviews: 14.8h for positive, 9.8h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (83.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Survive The Forest Finish Game Most players quit here 21% −79
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (45)
story milestone ending side
- First Night Survive 1 night 100%
- Camp Out Sleep with another player (group sleep) 86%
- First Responder Revive one co-op player 68%
- Survivalist Survive 5 nights 66%
- Climate Change Cut down 100 trees 52%
- Monster Kill a bunny. Alone in Single Player or together in Multiplayer. 49%
- Minor Cannibalism Eat an enemy 47%
- Be Nice Share a food or drink item in MP 45%
- Birdseye Kill bird with arrow 44%
- Unseen Make and wear stealth armour 43%
- Boy Scout Use the compass 40%
- 5 Star Hotel Sleep on yacht 33%
- Serial Killer In Single Player, kill 100 cannibals 29%
- Pacifist In Single Player, don't kill any cannibals for more than 10 days in a row 25%
- Demolition Man Set off 20 bombs 25%
- Medic Revive 10 co-op players 24%
- Big Spender Buy a soda and candy from vending machine 23%
- Choppy Chop Chop up 50 bodies 23%
- Daily Grind Drink from coffee machine 23%
- Survive The Forest Finish Game 21%
- Gabe Fan Collect all cassette tapes! 20%
- Be Extremely Nice Share a weapon in MP 19%
- You should be looking for Timmy Build a gazebo 18%
- Demolition Expert Knock down 6 or more trees with 1 explosive. Alone in Single Player or together in Multiplayer. 17%
- Make It Rain Set off sprinklers in end game 15%
- Green Thumb Grow all plant types 15%
- Major Cannibalism Eat an entire family 14%
- Naturopath Craft 10 medicine items 12%
- Handyman Repair a shelter 11%
- Longest Wall Build a super long wall 7.8%
- Commercial Fisherman Kill 6 or more fish with a stick of dynamite. Alone in Single Player or together in Multiplayer. 7.3%
- Good Father Collect all robot pieces 6.0%
- Gross! Drink water from cooler that has the lawyer head in it 5.0%
- Bite me! Kill shark. Alone in Single Player or together in Multiplayer. 4.8%
- Splatter Killed downed enemy with rock 4.7%
- Don't Save The Forest Cut down 1000 trees 4.5%
- You are a fun guy Eat all mushroom types 3.5%
- Vegan Play through entire game without killing or eating animals. Alone in Single Player or together in Multiplayer. 3.2%
- Crafty Craft all items 2.5%
- Step Master Pass 50,000 steps 2.5%
- Spelunker Explore all caves 2.3%
- Fisherman Catch fish with a trap. Alone in Single Player or together in Multiplayer. 2.2%
- Bad father Survive 100 days without finding your son 2.0%
- Get Closure Find all missing passengers 1.9%
- Trophy Hunter Kill all animal types and display heads 1.9%