What games are like The Forest?

indielist matches 12 indie games to The Forest by shared genre and Steam tags, led by Voidtrain (9,490 reviews). The list is ranked by review count.

How are "games like The Forest" chosen?

By overlap of Steam tags and primary genre with The Forest, weighted by review count as a popularity signal. It is computed from tracked data, not hand-picked, and updates as the catalog grows.

Games like The Forest

Looking for games like The Forest? indielist surfaces 12 similar indie games by shared genre and Steam tags, ranked by review count. The Forest is a action game from 2018; the closest matches share its tags and audience. The top match by reviews is Voidtrain with 9,490 Steam reviews. Each game links to a white-box sales estimate you can audit. Matches are computed from tracked Steam data, not editorial opinion.

Voidtrain

2025 · Action

9,490 reviews · 74% positive

Open World Survival CraftSurvivalCrafting

Same: shares Open World Survival Craft and Survival. Different: leans more into co-op.
Stranded Deep

2022 · Adventure

43,247 reviews · 74% positive

Open World Survival CraftSurvivalOpen World

Same: shares Open World Survival Craft and Survival. Different: leans more into multiplayer.
The Long Dark

2017 · Adventure

110,190 reviews · 89% positive

SurvivalOpen World Survival CraftOpen World

Same: shares Survival and Open World Survival Craft. Different: leans more into post-apocalyptic.
No Man's Sky

2016 · Action

307,436 reviews · 85% positive

Open WorldOpen World Survival CraftExploration

Same: shares Open World and Open World Survival Craft. Different: leans more into space.
We Happy Few

2018 · Action

13,699 reviews · 77% positive

AdventureOpen WorldAction

Same: shares Adventure and Open World. Different: leans more into dystopian .
Project Zomboid

2013 · Indie

343,212 reviews · 94% positive

SurvivalZombiesOpen World

Same: shares Survival and Zombies. Different: leans more into multiplayer.
Subnautica

2018 · Adventure

331,738 reviews · 97% positive

Open World Survival CraftSurvivalHorror

Same: shares Open World Survival Craft and Survival. Different: leans more into underwater.
Subnautica: Below Zero

2021 · Adventure

97,547 reviews · 90% positive

Open World Survival CraftSurvivalSingleplayer

Same: shares Open World Survival Craft and Survival. Different: leans more into underwater.
Terraria

2011 · Action

1,216,769 reviews · 97% positive

Open World Survival CraftSandboxSurvival

Same: shares Open World Survival Craft and Sandbox. Different: leans more into 2d.
Rust

2018 · Action

1,140,437 reviews · 87% positive

SurvivalCraftingOpen World

Same: shares Survival and Crafting. Different: leans more into multiplayer.
ARK: Survival Evolved

2017 · Action

579,234 reviews · 83% positive

Open World Survival CraftSurvivalOpen World

Same: shares Open World Survival Craft and Survival. Different: leans more into multiplayer.
Valheim

2021 · Action

452,821 reviews · 94% positive

Open World Survival CraftSurvivalOpen World

Same: shares Open World Survival Craft and Survival. Different: leans more into online co-op.

Frequently asked questions

What games are like The Forest?: indielist matches 12 indie games to The Forest by shared genre and Steam tags, led by Voidtrain (9,490 reviews). The list is ranked by review count.
How are "games like The Forest" chosen?: By overlap of Steam tags and primary genre with The Forest, weighted by review count as a popularity signal. It is computed from tracked data, not hand-picked, and updates as the catalog grows.