Action · April 18, 2019

Forager (2019)

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Forager is a 2D open world game inspired by exploration, farming and crafting games such as Stardew Valley, Terraria & Zelda. Gather, collect and manage resources. Craft useful items & structures. Build and grow a base out of nothing. Buy land to expand and explore. Level up and learn new skills, abilities, and blueprints. Solve puzzles, find secrets and raid dungeons! Achieve anything you want! The choice is yours, you set your own goals to work towards! Start small and improve your base, skills, equipment, network of friends (and enemies!) and build your future as you see fit! You can play Forager in a very varied array of playstyles... BECOME... A GATHERER BECOME... A FARMER BECOME... A MERCHANT BECOME... AN ADVENTURER BECOME... A BUILDER

Action releases from 2019

192 Action titles launched in 2019 — top 6 by review volume.

Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume40.9k Steam reviewsTop 14% in Action
Positive rating90% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 37%
Metacritic78/100Genre average 77 — top 52% of Action titles
Concurrent peak235 playersTop 23% in Action by live player count
Engagement hours23 h averageTop 20% for session depth among Action

Peer Action titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Open World Survival Craft · 1.0k
  • Survival · 929
  • Pixel Graphics · 920
  • Crafting · 861
  • Indie · 648
  • Farming Sim · 600
  • Sandbox · 558
  • 2D · 548
  • Adventure · 539
  • Base-Building · 470
  • Singleplayer · 460
  • Multiplayer · 457
  • Resource Management · 452
  • Building · 406
  • Exploration · 364

Reception Metrics

Steam community

90%Very Positive · 40.9k reviews

36.8k positive · 4.1k negative

Metacritic

78/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

7.0/10

Curator recommendations

34.1k

Peak concurrent players

235

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Workshop
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Leaderboards
  • Remote Play on Phone
  • Remote Play on Tablet
  • Remote Play on TV

Input & Comfort

  • Partial Controller Support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Commentary available
  • Family Sharing

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (11)

  • English
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Russian
  • Thai
  • Turkish
  • French

Press Quotes

“An immensely satisfying game, and one that holds so much promise as to its development, Forager is a great buy as it stands, and a worthwhile investment in the long run.” 8/10 – The Indie Game Website “Forager is surprisingly addictive junk food.” 4/5 – PC World “Forager is a game that gives you joy from the minute you start playing, and from there just continues delivering.” 8/10 – IGN Japan

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

23h

moderate (15–40 hours)

Median

17h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

4h

Current engagement

Achievements

103

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateApr 18, 2019
DeveloperHopFrog
PublisherHumble Games
Base price$6.99 -65%
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support · [email protected]

Editions & Packages

  • Buy Forager