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The Forever Winter

Third-person PvE extraction shooter beneath towering war machines

Fun Dog Studios · Released Sep 24, 2024 · Early Access

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Reviews trending down: 55% positive in the last 30 days vs 67% overall

Reviews
Mixed
67% of 23K
Recent reviews
Mixed
55% of 194 in 30 days
Players
238
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Last update on Steam
3 days ago
Nov 4, 2026
Minimum PC
GeForce RTX 2080 Super
16 GB RAM · 60 GB disk
Full requirements

What is The Forever Winter?

An Early Access third-person PvE extraction shooter set in a dystopian world shaped by ecological collapse and decades of automated war. Alone or in online co-op, you play an unaffiliated scavenger, moving through battles between two military powers to loot the dead, use stealth or gunfire, and escape while enemy groups pursue their own objectives.

For you if...

  • +you want PvE extraction runs without hostile players
  • +you enjoy difficult stealth, scavenging, and third-person gunplay
  • +you like bleak dystopian worlds with towering war machines

Not for you if...

  • −you prefer relaxed shooting with forgiving combat
  • −you dislike run-based scavenging and extraction objectives

What players say

67% of 22,749 reviews are positive · 55% of 194 in the last 30 days

Players most often praise the bleak art direction, atmosphere, worldbuilding, and soundtrack, along with the PvE extraction premise. They commonly report major bugs, unreliable AI and pathfinding, poor performance, multiplayer crashes, and frustrating progression or quest issues, and many consider the Early Access build incomplete.

Players over time

▲ +33% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 296 players on Nov 1, 2026.

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Nov 7, 2026238
Nov 6, 2026175
Nov 5, 2026184
Nov 4, 2026245
Nov 3, 2026245
Nov 2, 2026205
Nov 1, 2026296
Oct 31, 2026264
Oct 30, 2026133
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Oct 25, 2026183
Oct 24, 2026152
Oct 23, 2026137
Oct 22, 2026136
Oct 21, 2026123
Oct 20, 2026152
Oct 18, 2026205
Oct 17, 2026189
Oct 16, 2026150
Oct 15, 2026161
Oct 14, 2026156
Oct 13, 2026189
Oct 11, 2026216
Oct 10, 2026220
Oct 9, 2026202
Oct 8, 2026190
Oct 7, 2026192
Oct 6, 2026166
Oct 4, 2026189
Oct 3, 2026176
Oct 2, 2026142
Oct 1, 2026172
Sep 30, 2026157
Sep 29, 2026171
Sep 27, 2026221
Sep 26, 2026189
Sep 25, 2026164
Sep 24, 2026164
Sep 23, 2026135
Sep 23, 2026172
Sep 22, 2026181
Sep 21, 2026278

Screenshots and trailer

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The Forever Winter system requirements

Minimum: GeForce RTX 2080 Super, 16 GB RAM, 60 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Windows 10 64bit
Processor
Intel Core i7-9700 / AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super (VRAM 8 GB) / Radeon RX 5700XT (8GB)
Memory
16 GB RAM
Storage
60 GB available space
DirectX
Version 12
Notes
SSD recommended

Recommended

OS
Windows 10 64 bit
Processor
Intel Core i7-12700 / AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080Ti (VRAM 12 GB) / AMD Radeon RX 6800XT (VRAM 16 GB)
Memory
32 GB RAM
Storage
60 GB available space
DirectX
Version 12
Notes
SSD recommended

Does The Forever Winter have co-op or multiplayer?

Yes: co-op online. It also has a single-player mode.

Does The Forever Winter run on Steam Deck?

Unsupported No: Valve rates it Unsupported on Steam Deck.

  • Not supported on SteamOS

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Steam features
Family Sharing
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Ukrainian.

Does The Forever Winter use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Nov 6, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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