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217 games like The Forest

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01 Case 2: Animatronics Survival Cover

2018 · Android, Switch, PC

Case 2: Animatronics Survival

90%

Case 2: Animatronics Survival is a horror game that is available in two modes. Online mode lets one or more players take on the role of animatronics, ready to crush everyone and everything. Play online with friends as the three survivors - try to avoid their t...

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The Forest

90% Starker DNA-Match
Shared DNA
✓ Adventure Genre ✓ Indie Genre ✓ Puzzle Genre ✓ Simulator Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Horror Theme ✓ Survival Theme ✓ Co-operative Mode
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

02 Dysmantle Cover

2021 · Android, Linux, Mac

Dysmantle

67%

The open world action RPG where you can ruin everything. Ascend from your shelter. Escape the wretched island. Explore. Fight. Level up. Survive. Gather. Craft. Harvest. Hunt. Build. Farm. Solve puzzles. Fish. Cook. Live. Enjoy the bittersweet post-apocalyps...

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The Forest

67% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
✓ Adventure Genre ✓ Indie Genre ✓ Puzzle Genre ✓ Simulator Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Open world Theme ✓ Survival Theme ✓ Co-operative Mode
Trade-offs

No description available from IGDB

03 Escape the Backrooms Cover

2025 · Switch 2, PC, PS5

Escape the Backrooms

66%

Explore the seemingly infinite expanse of eerily familiar levels in the backrooms based on the popular creepypasta lore. Each level features different ways to escape with danger along the way.

Your match for

The Forest

66% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
✓ Adventure Genre ✓ Indie Genre ✓ Puzzle Genre ✓ Simulator Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Horror Theme ✓ Co-operative Mode ✓ Multiplayer Mode
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

04 Home Sweet Home Cover

2017 · PC, PS4, PSVR

Home Sweet Home

65%

Home Sweet Home is a first-person horror adventure game based on Thai myths and beliefs. The core gameplay focuses on storytelling and stealth to avoid perilous spirits hunting you. Moreover, few puzzles are added into the game, making gameplay more various. W...

Your match for

The Forest

65% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
✓ Adventure Genre ✓ Indie Genre ✓ Puzzle Genre ✓ Simulator Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Horror Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Virtual Reality Perspective
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

05 Bye Sweet Carole Cover

2025 · Switch, PC, PS4

Bye Sweet Carole

56%

Bye Sweet Carole is a horrific thriller game inspired by the greatest animation movies and created by Chris Darril. (Remothered series) Be ready to jump into the world of Corolla and meet the rabbits that has infested it.

Your match for

The Forest

56% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
✓ Adventure Genre ✓ Indie Genre ✓ Puzzle Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Horror Theme ✓ Survival Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Survival Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

06 No Man's Sky Cover

2016 · Mac, Switch 2, PC

No Man's Sky

55%

No Man's Sky is an action-adventure survival game set in a procedurally generated universe containing over 18 quintillion planets. Players explore star systems, gather resources, trade with alien species, and upgrade their equipment while following an overarch...

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The Forest

55% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
✓ Adventure Genre ✓ Indie Genre ✓ Simulator Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Open world Theme ✓ Survival Theme ✓ Co-operative Mode ✓ Multiplayer Mode
Trade-offs

No description available from IGDB

07 Choo-Choo Charles Cover

2022 · Switch, PC, PS4

Choo-Choo Charles

55%

Navigate an island in an old train, upgrade it over time, and use it to fight an evil sentient train that terrorizes your home. Charles is hungry; don't be his next meal.

Your match for

The Forest

55% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
✓ Adventure Genre ✓ Indie Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Horror Theme ✓ Open world Theme ✓ Survival Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ First person Perspective
Trade-offs

No description available from IGDB

08 Bendy and the Dark Revival Cover

2022 · Android, Switch, PC

Bendy and the Dark Revival

54%

Bendy and the Dark Revival is a first-person survival horror game set in the creepiest cartoon studio to ever exist. Discover the truth. Escape the studio. Above all, fear the Ink Demon…and survive.

Your match for

The Forest

54% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
✓ Adventure Genre ✓ Indie Genre ✓ Puzzle Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Horror Theme ✓ Survival Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ First person Perspective
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

09 Terraria Cover

2011 · Android, Stadia, Linux

Terraria

53%

Terraria is a 2D sandbox action-adventure game with platforming and role-playing elements. Players create a character and are placed in a procedurally generated world where they mine resources, craft equipment, build structures, and fight enemies. Progression...

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The Forest

53% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
✓ Adventure Genre ✓ Indie Genre ✓ Simulator Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Horror Theme ✓ Open world Theme ✓ Survival Theme ✓ Co-operative Mode
Trade-offs

No description available from IGDB

10 Pumpkin Panic Cover

2023 · PC

Pumpkin Panic

53%

Explore this little farm in the middle of the forest, plant crops, take care of the plants, go fishing, or whatever you prefer, but have a good time! But be careful, they say that strange things are happening in the area...

Your match for

The Forest

53% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
✓ Adventure Genre ✓ Indie Genre ✓ Simulator Genre ✓ Horror Theme ✓ Survival Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Survival Game feel ✓ Horror Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

11 Minecraft: Java Edition Cover

2011 · Linux, Mac, PC

Minecraft: Java Edition

51%

Minecraft focuses on allowing the player to explore, interact with, and modify a dynamically generated map made of one-cubic-meter-sized blocks. In addition to blocks, the environment features plants, mobs, and items. Some activities in the game include mining...

Your match for

The Forest

51% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
✓ Adventure Genre ✓ Simulator Genre ✓ Open world Theme ✓ Survival Theme ✓ Co-operative Mode ✓ Multiplayer Mode ✓ Single player Mode ✓ First person Perspective
Trade-offs

No description available from IGDB

12 Dying Light Cover

2015 · Linux, Mac, PC

Dying Light

50%

Dying Light is a first-person, action survival horror game set in a vast and dangerous open world. During the day, players traverse an expansive urban environment overrun by a vicious outbreak, scavenging the world for supplies and crafting weapons to defend a...

Your match for

The Forest

50% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
✓ Adventure Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Horror Theme ✓ Open world Theme ✓ Survival Theme ✓ Co-operative Mode ✓ Multiplayer Mode ✓ Single player Mode
Trade-offs

No description available from IGDB

13 Outer Wilds Cover

2019 · Switch, PC, PS4

Outer Wilds

50%

Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop. The newest member of the space program in a small village on the planet Timber Hearth, the player navigates a space shuttle and tra...

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The Forest

50% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
✓ Adventure Genre ✓ Indie Genre ✓ Puzzle Genre ✓ Simulator Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Open world Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ First person Perspective
Trade-offs

No description available from IGDB

14 Imscared Cover

2016 · Android, PC

Imscared

50%

"I need a heart in order to open it." Imscared is a metahorror game that protagonizes the player, putting him or her in a surreal first-person experience. Find keys, open doors and search for the exit to this nightmare. But I need to let you know, it will try...

Your match for

The Forest

50% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
✓ Adventure Genre ✓ Indie Genre ✓ Puzzle Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Horror Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ First person Perspective ✓ Horror Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

15 Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location Cover

Welcome to Circus Baby's Pizza World, where family fun and interactivity go beyond anything you've seen at those other pizza places! With cutting-edge animatronic entertainers that will knock your kids' socks off, as well as customized pizza catering, no party...

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The Forest

46% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
✓ Adventure Genre ✓ Indie Genre ✓ Simulator Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Horror Theme ✓ Survival Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ First person Perspective
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

16 BioShock Cover

2007 · Mac, PC, PS3

BioShock

44%

BioShock is a horror-themed first-person shooter set in a steampunk underwater dystopia. The player is urged to turn everything into a weapon: biologically modifying their own body with Plasmids, hacking devices and systems, upgrading their weapons, crafting n...

Your match for

The Forest

44% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
✓ Adventure Genre ✓ Puzzle Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Horror Theme ✓ Open world Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ First person Perspective ✓ Survival Game feel
Trade-offs

No description available from IGDB

17 Far Cry 3 Cover

2012 · PC, PS3, X360

Far Cry 3

44%

Explore an island playground as stunningly beautiful as it is diverse – from mountain ranges to swampy grasslands and white sandy beaches. Fight your way through the island’s towns, temples, river ports and more. Encounter a diverse and realistic cast of char...

Your match for

The Forest

44% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
✓ Adventure Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Open world Theme ✓ Survival Theme ✓ Co-operative Mode ✓ Multiplayer Mode ✓ Single player Mode ✓ First person Perspective
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No description available from IGDB

18 Far Cry 5 Cover

2018 · Stadia, PC, PS4

Far Cry 5

44%

Welcome to Hope County, Montana, land of the free and the brave, but also home to a fanatical doomsday cult known as The Project at Eden’s Gate that is threatening the community's freedom. Stand up to the cult’s leader, Joseph Seed and the Heralds, and spark t...

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The Forest

44% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
✓ Adventure Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Open world Theme ✓ Survival Theme ✓ Co-operative Mode ✓ Multiplayer Mode ✓ Single player Mode ✓ First person Perspective
Trade-offs

No description available from IGDB

19 Bloodborne Cover

2015 · PS4

Bloodborne

42%

An action RPG in which the player embodies a Hunter who, after being transfused with the mysterious blood local to the city of Yharnam, sets off into a "night of the Hunt", an extended night in which Hunters may phase in and out of dream and reality in order t...

Your match for

The Forest

42% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
✓ Adventure Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Horror Theme ✓ Open world Theme ✓ Co-operative Mode ✓ Multiplayer Mode ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Horror Game feel
Trade-offs

No description available from IGDB

20 Rise of the Tomb Raider Cover

2015 · Stadia, Linux, Mac

Rise of the Tomb Raider

42%

Rise of the Tomb Raider is a third-person action-adventure game in which players control Lara Croft as she searches for the legendary city of Kitezh and a promise of immortality. Combat involves firearms, stealth, and melee weapons, while semi-open hub areas o...

Your match for

The Forest

42% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
✓ Adventure Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Open world Theme ✓ Survival Theme ✓ Co-operative Mode ✓ Single player Mode ✓ First person Perspective ✓ Virtual Reality Perspective
Trade-offs

No description available from IGDB

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