What games are like The Forest?

indielist matches 12 indie games to The Forest by shared genre and Steam tags, led by Mist Survival (13,659 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 Mist Survival with 13,659 Steam reviews. Each game links to a white-box sales estimate you can audit. Matches are computed from tracked Steam data, not editorial opinion.

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Mist Survival

2018 · Action

13,659 reviews · 76% positive

SurvivalZombiesOpen World Survival Craft

Same: shares Survival and Zombies. Different: leans more into base-building.
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Voidtrain

2025 · Action

9,862 reviews · 74% positive

Open World Survival CraftSurvivalCrafting

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

2022 · Adventure

43,593 reviews · 74% positive

Open World Survival CraftSurvivalOpen World

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

2021 · Action

14,535 reviews · 81% positive

Open World Survival CraftSingleplayerSurvival

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

2017 · Adventure

111,621 reviews · 89% positive

SurvivalOpen World Survival CraftOpen World

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

2016 · Action

310,268 reviews · 85% positive

Open WorldOpen World Survival CraftExploration

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

2018 · Action

11,201 reviews · 77% positive

AdventureOpen WorldAction

Same: shares Adventure and Open World. Different: leans more into dystopian .
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The Beast Inside

2019 · Action

10,509 reviews · 83% positive

HorrorAdventureFirst-Person

Same: shares Horror and Adventure. Different: leans more into multiplayer.
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Subnautica

2018 · Adventure

379,589 reviews · 97% positive

Open World Survival CraftSurvivalHorror

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

2013 · Indie

362,878 reviews · 94% positive

SurvivalZombiesOpen World

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

2021 · Adventure

99,295 reviews · 90% positive

Open World Survival CraftSurvivalSingleplayer

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

2011 · Action

1,238,172 reviews · 97% positive

Open World Survival CraftSandboxSurvival

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

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 Mist Survival (13,659 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.