The Front

Open-world survival crafting with custom vehicles and trap-filled bases

Samar Studio · Released Oct 30, 2025

Action Indie Massively Multiplayer Simulation

Reviews: Mixed; 67% of 11K
Recent reviews: Mixed; 43% of 23 in 30 days
Playing now: 51; right now
Steam Deck: Unsupported
Last update: Unknown; no patch notes found

What is The Front?

This open-world survival game takes place in a post-apocalyptic conflict with imperial forces, mutants, and other hostile groups. You explore ruins, gather materials, craft equipment, assemble vehicles, and build bases with traps and automated defenses. You can play solo or with others, including raids on other players' bases.

For you if...

+you like building bases and planning trap defenses
+you enjoy assembling combat vehicles and exploring ruins
+you want solo or cooperative survival play

Not for you if...

−you want quick progress without repeated material gathering
−you prefer guided objectives to an open-world sandbox

What players say

67% of 10,726 reviews are positive · 43% of 23 in the last 30 days

Players praise the base building, exploration, and solo survival play. They frequently complain about persistent bugs and poor performance; several also say updates are sparse and multiplayer servers feel empty.

Screenshots and trailer

The Front system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Processor: Intel i5 8400
Graphics: Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Storage: 40 GB available space
DirectX: Version 11

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows

Steam Deck: Unsupported

Unsupported anti cheat_ other

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Text only: English, French, German, Russian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Italian, Polish, Spanish - Latin America, Korean, Thai.