The Forest
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| 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 |
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| The Forest | |
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| The Forest | 2018 |
| Sons of the Forest | 2024 |
The Forest is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person survival horror game in the The Forest series.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humble Store | |
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| Steam | |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SKS\TheForest\ |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/242760/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\SKS\TheForest\ |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/242760/pfx/[Note 2] |
- Five manual save slots available.
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphic settings.
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Input settings.
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 settings.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Matchmaking | ||
| Peer-to-peer | ||
| Dedicated | ||
| Self-hosting | ||
| Direct IP |
VR support
| 3D modes | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Native 3D | |||
| Nvidia 3D Vision | Use Helix Mod: The Forest. | ||
| Headsets | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| SteamVR | |||
| Oculus VR (LibOVR) | |||
| Windows Mixed Reality | This game might be playable with the Revive Compatibility Layer, or Windows Mixed Reality for SteamVR. | ||
| Devices | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Low performance (Windows)
- This game uses a version of the Unity Engine which can perform poorly on hardware with more than 4 CPU cores.
| Limit CPU cores available to the game |
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After launching the game, use alt-tab to return to the desktop. Open the task manager, then click the details tab and find "TheForest.exe". Right-click on this entry, and then click "set affinity". In this dialog, uncheck the "All Processors" box, and then check the first 4 even-numbered CPUs: e.g. 0, 2, 4, 6. Click OK, and return to the game. Performance can improve dramatically after applying these changes. |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 9, 11 | Use the -force-d3d9 command line to force DX9. |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/242760/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (242760) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ v0.16 - The Forest Unity 5 update! - Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: The Forest - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ 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