Atmospheric forest management game about rebuilding a neglected woodland estate, mastering the care of the land, and finding your place among its inhabitants. Plant, cut and cultivate trees, restore your homestead, and shape the life of the one who tends it.

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About This Game

Forester is an atmospheric forest management game, where you learn to cultivate a thriving forest, cutting it for wood to ultimately restore a remote forestry estate, and find your place among the trees.

Story is delivered in bite-sized portions rather than through one overarching narrative. The scale is not that of a grand city builder, but rather a single valley with a single Forester, finding their way through life.

Rebuild Your Estate

Pick one of 3 scenarios with unique land, buildings and challenges, and bring your estate back to its former glory, one wood plank at a time.

Unlock a unique path through the progression tree of each structure you rebuild. Build upgrades by spending your home-grown wood and time, gaining new permanent bonuses to your forestry.

Assign your Forester to work at the stations they have built to gain efficiency bonuses. At least as long as you get enough sleep.

Grow a Thriving Forest

Experience a relaxing woodland life, where cutting a tree is as easy as the click of a button, and where patience literally pays off.

Guide each tree through its lifetime, from planting a sapling, through diligent cultivation and harvests of new saplings, to eventually turning it into much-needed wood.

As trees age, they accumulate wood, but may also develop special traits depending on your cultivation regimen. Some trees don't produce much wood at all, but instead improve the ecosystem around them.

Write Your Own Story

As you establish your livelihood in the forest, things start to happen. There may yet be prior inhabitants of the valley who are waiting to make themselves heard.

Determine what kind of Forester you are by resolving unique dilemmas, encounters and anecdotes drawn from hundreds of possible situations.

Create your own character and let their personal characteristics unfold over time, with each decision made and every path taken.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

The Demo was includes large amount of AI generated art (icons, illustrations, voice). This is due to the size of the team (1). Full version will not contain such assets)

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

While there's no explicit content of violent or sexual nature, this is not a game for children. Stories and situations in the game may involve violence, substances or mental health matters.

System Requirements

Windows
macOS
SteamOS + Linux
    Minimum:
    • OS: Windows 10 64-bit
    • Processor: Intel Core i5-4460 / AMD FX-6300 (quad-core)
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 960 2GB / AMD R9 380 (2GB VRAM min)
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Storage: 15 GB available space
    Recommended:
    • OS: Windows 11 64-bit
    • Processor: Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600
    • Memory: 16 GB RAM
    • Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 1660 / GTX 1060 6GB / AMD RX 580 8GB (4GB+ VRAM)
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Network: Broadband Internet connection
    • Storage: 15 GB available space
    Minimum:
    • OS: macOS Monterey 12
    • Processor: Apple M1
    • Memory: 16 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Apple M1 integrated GPU, Metal
    • Storage: 15 GB available space
    Recommended:
    • OS: macOS Ventura 13 or newer
    • Processor: Apple M1 Pro / M2 Pro or better
    • Memory: 16 MB RAM
    • Graphics: Apple M1 Pro / M2 Pro integrated GPU, Metal
    • Network: Broadband Internet connection
    • Storage: 15 GB available space
* Starting February 15, 2024, the Steam Client will no longer support 32-bit games or macOS 10.14 or lower.
    Minimum:
    • OS: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 64-bit
    • Processor: Intel Core i5-4460 / AMD FX-6300 (quad-core)
    • Memory: 8 MB RAM
    • Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 960 2GB / AMD R9 380 (2GB VRAM min) - Vulkan-capable GPU with current drivers
    • Storage: 15 GB available space
    Recommended:
    • OS: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 64-bit
    • Processor: Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600
    • Memory: 16 MB RAM
    • Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 960 2GB / AMD R9 380 (2GB VRAM min) - Vulkan-capable GPU with current drivers
    • Network: Broadband Internet connection
    • Storage: 15 GB available space
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