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The Forest
68BANG SCORE

The Forest

worth it · shooter · 2018

Solid value for the price: about 15.7h, $19.99 (~$1.27/hr), 96% positive.

Better value than 78% of shooter games

As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.

BANGER threshold
Becomes a BANGER at $14.87
26% off today's $19.99. Wait for that sale.
Real value
$1.27/hr over the 15.7h main story, $0.34/hr if you 100% it (58.8h).
2% of players see the credits.
Finish rate
1.6%
how far players get (achievements)
Advertised
15.7h
main story (HowLongToBeat)
Completionist
58.8h
100% (HowLongToBeat)
$/hr (advertised)
$1.27/h
price ÷ advertised main-story hours
Price
$19.99
Reviews
96%
674,442 reviews
Metacritic
83
critic score
Players
35.0M
owners (estimate)
Released
2018
What drives the score
Value$1.27/hr
price per hour of game — the biggest driver
Reviews96% positive
gates the score — weak reviews cap it, strong reviews unlock a banger
Finish rate1.6%
a top-end bonus, not the main driver

The exact weights stay secret, but these are the inputs and the direction each pushes. Length feeds the value line (price divided by hours).

Advertised 15.7h · only 1.6% of players finish it

Where players drop off

Share of players who unlocked each achievement, most-earned (left) to rarest (right).

DeveloperEndnight Games Ltd
PublisherEndnight Games Ltd
Genreshooter
Achievements45

Trailer & screenshots

The Forest screenshot 1The Forest screenshot 2The Forest screenshot 3The Forest screenshot 4
View on Steam · $19.99

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