Forager

no more updates :( don't buy this game

Just 100% this game

play it now

it was incredible

si tenes un monitor de 144/165hz lo tenes que cappear a 60hz porque si no el juego te va a 30fps. XDDDD

I was gonna rate the game after 100%ing it but I can't do this anymore.

This game sucks. And I'm disappointed that it does.
I had such high hopes because it looked good, and it is fun for juuust long enough playtime until you can't refund it anymore. The difficulty increase is terrible in so many ways because instead of the game becoming challenging, the devs just half-arsed it, wastes your time instead, and calls it a day.
Common crafting materials that are required in a LOT of recipes in later game take FOREVER to craft for no reason at all. I've never seen such a blatant disrespect of the players time, it feels like an idle game and its not even a good one at that. A lot of the crafting recipes make little to no sense which wouldnt be a problem if it didnt take an hour to get the materials needed.

Same goes for the combat system. A lot of the bosses have no gimmick for them other than "deal enough damage to OHKO the player for no reason" and the void fields are literally just "copy paste the same boss 50 times into the room and call it a day". if it sounds like a joke, its not. I wish it was.

Bugs. There's so many bugs and issues in the game that make progression annoying if not downright frustrating, a lot of which could be a really easy fix no less.

On a lesser note even the riddles in this game are so atrocious if not straight up incorrect that it makes you wonder whether the dev has ever held a textbook in his life before.

The game is quite literally just an amalgamation of games like stardew valley, terraria, etc. in a trenchcoat and it doesnt even do that well in the slightest.

If you want to buy forager its not worth the waste of time or money. Get Stardew Valley, Terraria, Don't Starve - hell, even Starbound is better at that point and it wont let you down as hard.


I finally understand how asian parents feel when their kid gets a B- on their test. What a sad waste of potential.

I love exploiting natural resources for my own personal gain.

A unique and fun sandbox game.

Hundreds of attempts to recreate this title exist in the gaming world and yet somehow, this title stands out as the original recipe. A beautifully complex game that is simple to play and easier to enjoy. Worth the experience for the wholehearted love that the developer put into the game. It shows and it's wonderful.

i accidentally broke smth but it was pretty fun to have in the bg and all that ig but it was lowkey minus aura at times but overall finishing this has allowwd me to mog my friends... even tho theyre skibidiots

Was fun for 15 hours but it felt like I hit a wall in progression and it got really boring. Definitely an game to have open on another monitor but really lost its fun once I had to wait forever for upgrades.

well, i used to love the game, have many hours in it. but the game keeps crashing when i load in to one of my saves, i am playing modded, but the dev abandoned the game so early that the game needs mods to be the best it can be. i cannot recommend this game till the dev comes back and fixes a few things.

Super addicting ~20hour stint, pretty much tailor made for the deck

I only bought this game back in the day because the dev promised eventual multiplayer. The dev is a liar; do not buy.

it's a chill crafting resource management game. not as open ended as minecraft or terraria but it still fun

A very relaxing and fun game, I don't even know when the time went by so fast

great game to chill and play with friends

Buggy with A LOT of missed potential and lacks polishing, however still fun and addictive. Pog.

too addicting for no reason :-(

Fun game! Maybe stronger in the beginning and middle when you start to improve a lot. Last achievements took a while to get.. :) Also game seems to be slightly unsupported atm. For example you had to cap framerate out of game to make it run fine.

Its a very nice game, in the beginning its a bit of a grind but it gets really fun. Also has some zelda like dungeons.

Theres no coop in that game and never will have, was just a fake promise.

ok, but kind of boring after first completion, around 30 hours of gameplay though (not counting afk)

abandoned game but still very fun. run around with little pickaxe and be an asshole 10/10

I really really enjoy this game! The progression really takes some thought. What skills to get, when to get them, and their order can REALLY help you, or hinder you. But it's a TON of fun. The art is super cute and I love the visuals. You can "speed run" getting the islands, but that skill tree is DENSE and so are the upgrades for building. So it gives the perfect amount of grinding/immediate satisfaction. The treasure puzzles are a LOT of fun as well. I love how the dev gets you to think about how to solve them and the different TYPES of puzzles/quests. Overall 9.9/10 in my opinion, I just wish:

1) I WISH it had multiplayer, this would be absolutely insane with a second player.
2) I wish we could alter our tool hotbar. Having to jump 3 tools between a pickaxe and your preferred weapon is very difficult.
3) fences on a controller is near impossible, so that is kind of a bummer.

It's a very addictive game for wasting time without the feeling of wasting time. The last few achievements can be Very grindy and boring if you care about 100% the game. Otherwise, I recommend it.

Hey steam... what game do you have for me this time ?

A silly pixel game with a lot of cool features and great progression!

* serebro - сладко (slowed & reverb) starts playing *

Did I hear 1 million drones ?

not played much but its pretty good and nice for a little thing to do when bored

This game is simple, but kind of a pain to 100%

3.5/5 - I personally enjoyed playing through Forager. I felt like every time I was about to hit a ceiling a bunch new things would unlock. Typically this is not my type of game but, I got sucked in and kept grinding my levels. Its a real shame that this game was abandoned, never received its multiplayer functions, and encounters points of lag. I would recommend giving this game a shot if your interested but, due to the issues/abandonment I would recommend buying on a sale of some sort

first off, i love the back story of this guys adventure to make an adventure game. it is hands down one of the absolute funnest, is that a word? oh well, one of the funnest games I have played since Conan Exiles or Terreria. what a treasure, please, if you can get it on sale try it out and help support a true gamer spirit with a dream.

A very enjoyable crafting adventure game. Worth checking out.

What a fun game. I watched someone else played it online and bought it afterwards. Didn't regret my decision one bit. The unpredictable island, the exploration and the construction of my industry all together created a very enjoyable gaming experience. The endgame content involved a lot of grinding so I stopped there but overall it was a pretty amazing game for me. I know there was quite a bit of controversy associated with the dev like ditching the promised updates, unfair treatment of the staffs and such. I can only say it was fortunate for me that I wasn't into multiplayer and finished the game before all these came up.

Good game its quality is good and its different modes add great challenge

This game is really fun, says it's compatable for the steam deck but you can't place things unless you play on the PC

Originally played on the playstation and fell in love with it, so I bought it for us on steam :D Amazing and fun games, plus mods!

It's a fun game, old but gold but secretly regret that this game not game any update

Nice fun and peaceful game that I would recommend for anyone even thinking of getting it. You should!!!

Generally a good game, especially if u enjoy farming and boss fighting. (the game has so much more, just this is what I want to meantion) also 110% worth its price :DD

Amazing survival crafting game with a fantastic progression system.

Games fun but very buggy.
Its not like other games where you might run into a bug you will run into bugs in Forager.

Right now whats ultimately keeping this from a 10/10 review is a bug where every time you access your skills or go into any building/dungeon the bonus crafting speeds you get from all sorts of different bonuses simply does not work.


You have to place down something in the range of everything else (like a forge) and destroy it to get everything working again.


The UI is.... awful at times and downright unusable at others.

1. If you press use on an item in your inventory for some strange reason it instantly swaps to some other item randomly.

2. You can't set things on your actual hotbar specifically. The game throws every single weapon/tool on your toolbar as you acquire them. Later in the game I have literally one free slot on 0 and nothing else with no option to unbind weapons/tools you don't want.


Its a real shame this game is simply abandoned at this point as the bug is easily repeatable 100% of the time you'd think it'd be any easy fix. :(

Real shame about the abandoned multiplayer.
Still a great game though.

This game is a gem where you lose hours and hours upgrading your gear, your base, exploring dungeons, or grinding coins just to get that next land purchased!

The beginning can be a little slow, and there are a few very minor bugs, but I can assure you this game has so much to offer once you get into it!

Amazing game, lots of fun, great mods, very VERY awful dev who disappeared off of the internet instead of facing his own BS, buy this game on sale if you really want it like I did, and get some cool mods since multiplayer only works through mods!

To be honest it's a good game probably played it around 1000 hours on my switch with no issues but while playing about a week ago (after the Fire Dungeon) my game auto saved and crashed now i know there was no way i could have done anything about it but back then i tried to do anything to get the save back then i watched a stupid tutorial that told me to "Re-Install the game without any internet to get an early patch" so i know vow to only play it on Pc when necessary.

Really nice game with a very high playability. You can tell the creators are old time gamers because is done like the good old age of games, no clues, just play mf and love it for how it is and it definitely is a good game and fun. Also loved the aesthetic and it made me and addict in no time. The down side is that it is too easy and sometimes you are just stuck waiting for some thing to craft a bit too long and in a lesser note, the skins are too many and too good and couldn't choose what to use, I change it every hour and at the end i felt like i didn't use all the ones i liked haha

This is one of the only games i have 100%, and would really recommend you trying it. Its just a little sad that it never got finished completely

A successful pixel art design. The game is full of content with a good life-time.
It's a really good chill game.
Good luck with some puzzles

Short review:

(+) fun and interesting mechanics
(+) expansive crafting system
(-) combat is pretty simplistic
(-) can be pretty grindy

Long review:

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☐ Good
☐ Decent
☑ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS

---{ Gameplay }---
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☑ Grandma

---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☑ Potato
☐ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Game Size }---
☑ Floppy Disk
☐ Old Fashioned
☐ Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☑ Easy
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☑ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding

---{ Story }---
☑ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☐ Average
☑ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☑ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☑ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

---{ ? / 10 }---
☐ 1
☐ 2
☐ 3
☐ 4
☐ 5
☐ 6
☐ 7
☑ 8
☐ 9
☐ 10

Additional Notes:

This game has quite a lot of stuff to grind for with some being time and biome dependent.
Combat is pretty simplistic and mostly dictated by gear.
I stopped playing after a while but there was more stuff to grind for.

Fun game to play if you want to relax. While it can be a bit grindy, there is plenty to do to keep you occupied. Keep building, exploring, solving puzzles and unlocking land that may have secrets (and enemies!). It is a very unique experience with a fun art style, unlike any other game I've played.

Only complaint is that sometimes the areas can get a little over crowded with resources and with limited inventory space, it can be a bit annoying because you do not have the room to harvest/collect everything.

The best game I hate. I mostly played this game years ago but was shocked when i came back to way less updates than were promised. They slowly got off track for the updates that were promised then silently abandoned the game without ever making any clear statements on the steam page. Yes I think this game is genuinely incredible but I sadly cannot give it a positive review.

Abandonware. That’s what this game is.

And it’s a shame, because the loop that it offers is incredibly addictive, the game is extremely fun, polished, and its systems work blissfully well.

It’s like a pringles can: once you pop, you honestly can’t stop. And not stop I did, even though this game stops being functional at a certain point when you max out.

Then you look into the drama—

Long story short, The “not quite solo solodev”, Hopfrog, has literally fallen off the face of the (public) earth after a rocky alpha build for multiplayer dropped, along with attempts to throw his entire forager team under the bus. It’s so bad that some of the main sprite and code artists quit on the spot when being offered minimum wage for what seems like a “promotion” from volunteering their skills for forager’s current build. (Allegedly)

There’s genuinely no reason to continue once you’ve gotten everything— a testament to this extremely fun game’s abandoned state. There are so many glitches, simple but super janky ones, left unsquashed. The math stops mathing too, as the Void Challenges get exponentially difficult even with upgraded gear, by an insane amount.

Some of the “design” of spots in forager are amazing, like the very few dungeons— inspired by zelda. Others are completely randomized, to a horrid broken amount, and you can feel yourself fighting against absurd numbers in a .ini file. It’s a weird mix of the brilliantly designed and extremely lazy.

Forager is “finished” and has many hours of extremely enjoyable, cathartic crafting fun. However, the dev looked for the first sign of a really common dev problem — workshopping a new major feature and paying your employees fairly — and completely jumped ship.

It’s probs one of the toughest reviews I can give: to NOT recommend a game I really REALLY enjoyed.