Can you trust The Forest's Steam reviews? Adjusted rating 95.2%
Genuinely great 400 positive and 400 negative reviews analyzed · data as of 2026-10-12
Summary
The Forest holds an official Steam rating of 95.5%. After weighting 400 positive and 400 negative reviews by trust, the adjusted rating is 95.2% (95% range 95.0–95.4%), essentially the same as the official figure. Verdict: "Genuinely great" (the adjusted rating is 70% or higher and the positive reviews carry high average trust).
Positive reviews average 0.71 in trust and negative ones 0.76; the difference shifts the rating by less than one point. The most common discount factor is very short reviews (48% overall).
The monthly history (150 months) has no month where volume and negative share jumped together. The rating does not appear to be driven by a single episode.
The last 180 days show 94.7% (last 30 days: 94.6%), close to the all-time figure.
Japanese-language reviews alone show 88.6% (1,211 reviews, 95% range 86.7–90.3%), 6.9 points below the overall rating. Players writing in Japanese are noticeably less positive.
The adjusted rating estimates trust from how reviews are written; it does not judge any individual review as fake. Data as of 2026-10-12.
Positive vs negative breakdown
Share of sampled reviews that meet each condition that lowers trust. When a condition is more common on the positive side, the adjusted rating falls below the official one.
| Condition | Positive reviews | Negative reviews |
|---|---|---|
| Under 2 hours played at review | 3% | 13% |
| Very short text | 49% | 38% |
| Key activated outside Steam | 12% | 14% |
| Received for free | 2% | 2% |
| Owns very few games | 28% | 10% |
| Over 100 reviews written | 0% | 2% |
| Average trust (1.0 = full) | 0.71 | 0.76 |
The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 12.8 hours.
Rating history
Monthly positive and negative review counts since release, as published by Steam.
Recent sentiment
| Period | Positive | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| Last 30 days | 94.6% | 3,375 |
| Last 180 days | 94.7% | 22,969 |
| All time | 95.5% | 684,747 |
| Japanese, last 180 days | 72.2% | 18 |
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