Is The Forest still being updated?
Probably not. The Forest has been unusually quiet.
The developers last posted about The Forest 12 months ago. Nothing at all has been posted in the past six months. We hold only 1 day of announcement history for this game, so its normal rhythm cannot be established with confidence.
What the developers have actually shipped
- Jun 15, 2018 · significantVR beta patch 3
- Jun 8, 2018 · significantPatch 1.08
- May 29, 2018 · significantVR beta patch 2
- Apr 30, 2018 · significantPre-release patch 04
Related questions
Is The Forest dead?
Not by the evidence we hold. The Forest is quiet rather than stopped: the developers last posted 12 months ago, which is long enough to flag but not long enough to look like work has ended. This describes communication and shipped updates, not whether anyone is still playing.
Has The Forest been abandoned?
There is no evidence of abandonment, but there is a gap: the developers last posted 12 months ago. We hold too little announcement history for The Forest to say what its normal gap looks like, so this is flagged rather than judged.
When was the last update to The Forest?
The most recent developer announcement we hold is dated October 3, 2025.
Is The Forest worth playing?
95.5% of 683,133 Steam reviews are positive, and its Elixir Rating is 95.5 — a score combining that reception with how actively the game is still being developed. Whether it suits you is your call; those are the measurements.
How we know this. Every figure here comes from announcements the developers posted themselves on Steam; press coverage is excluded. “Substantial” means a patch, release, or major update rather than a sale or event notice. Nothing on this page is an opinion about whether the game is good. See the full record or check the development status of every game we track.