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Green Hell
Developer Creepy Jar
Green Hell is a 2019 survival video game by Creepy Jar. The game takes place in the Amazon rainforest and was initially released for Windows in September 2019. A port for Nintendo Switch was released in October 2020, and versions for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One released in June 2021. The game was made available in August 2024 for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. The game concluded its development on September 3rd,… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
539 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
77
LovedLoved
337 positive · 98 negative
95% range 73–81%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 337 | 98 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 29 | 6 | 60 |
| Mastodon * | 2 | 0 | 7 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
30,223 of 35,692 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
76% recommend · 196 yes, 62 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 258 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (87,346 of 103,232 positive).
Players describe Green Hell as a brutally punishing survival game where everything in the jungle is trying to kill you. [1][2][3] Many reviewers praise its complex survival mechanics and immersive, realistic jungle environment. [4][2][5] Some players report frustrating bugs, including save corruption and issues with the Steam Deck version. [6][7][8]
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- [7]
The game is great, the gameplay loop, the difficulty, the survival, its great. The problem is, that even though i have 37 hours on the game, every single time i try to play through the story my save file corrupts and ive never been able to beat it. Otherwise, great game, if you love hardcore survival then this game is probably a good choice, just be sure you find out a way to backup your save at literally any given …
- [11]
I can't explain how many times l've died from touching frogs and then touching myself in this game. I died alot.... ALOT I now play with my 5 year old daughter. Watching her slowly lose her mind while suffering from food poisoning makes for a great bonding experience. Seriously, there’s really nothing like watching your own daughter slowly lose her mind and starving for some wholesome family activities ya know? …
- [1]
Day 1: died to a tiger Day 2: I manage to run away from the tiger but die from an infection from the scratch the tiger gave me Day 3: I completly avoid the tiger but die to a snake bite Day 4: I Die in my sleep because i got a fever.... 10/10 would suffer again (everything in this game is gonna kill you)
- [2]
"Green Hell" is one of the more interesting survival games both in terms of story and how expanded the gameplay systems are. What makes it stand out the most is the sheer brutality of the jungle, because this game will punish you hard if you stop paying attention for even a moment. You constantly have to watch where you step, what you eat, what bites you or what kind of infection you are dealing with, and that …
- [3]
Green Hell is quite possibly the most hateful, bastard-coated, ♥♥♥♥-powered survival game I have ever willingly subjected myself to. This game does not want you to survive. It doesn’t even want you to have fun. It wants to watch you crawl through the Amazon on three health, riddled with worms, covered in leeches, hallucinating, dehydrated, poisoned, infected and slowly losing your ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ mind while some tribal …
Summarised from 34 of the 350 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 9, 2026. How summaries are made
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Green Hell sits at 77% positive across 435 opinionated reactions from 3 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
The title was well-received by critics. On Metacritic it holds an approval rating of 78/100, based on 13 reviews. Creepy Jar announced that the game sold over 1 million copies by June 2020 and 3.5 million copies by July 2022. By October 2023, the game had sold 5 million copies. In June 2024, Creepy Jar announced that 6 million copies across all platforms had been sold. The game was nominated for Central & Eastern European Game Awards 2019 in the categories Best Game and Best Design.
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Reactions
60 of 539 · most liked first(updates for the review at the end.) i bought green hell for my fiancee and myself. she prefers to play on her steam deck while i’d be on my pc. the store page claims “steam deck verified,” so we imagined a relaxed evening, she with her deck, me using the pc. almost every core mechanic insists on a mouse, which means she has to clip a mouse (and, in practice, a keyboard) onto the deck to play properly. after a bit of research for problem solving, i found that the developers have known…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I can't explain how many times l've died from touching frogs and then touching myself in this game. I died alot.... ALOT I now play with my 5 year old daughter. Watching her slowly lose her mind while suffering from food poisoning makes for a great bonding experience. Seriously, there’s really nothing like watching your own daughter slowly lose her mind and starving for some wholesome family activities ya know? That's what great fathers are for after all! Oh and the game is pretty good too I…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't mind hard survival games. What I do mind are games with arbitrary BS that causes timers to run when you're not online, so that all your food rots. I have a life, a job, and a family. The inability to disable such a garbage mechanic is the single biggest issue that makes the game miserable for me. Having a good run, stocking up on food and supplies, and logging out only to find that everything is rotted when you log back in dumb. You want to do that on a dedicated server while it's…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is great, the gameplay loop, the difficulty, the survival, its great. The problem is, that even though i have 37 hours on the game, every single time i try to play through the story my save file corrupts and ive never been able to beat it. Otherwise, great game, if you love hardcore survival then this game is probably a good choice, just be sure you find out a way to backup your save at literally any given interval.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →>start the game >touch the first thing on the ground >it's a frog >you get poison >you die >respawn >you meet a jaguar >you die 10/10 game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Green Hell is nothing but pure frustration. This game feels less like entertainment and more like a punishing, repetitive chore simulator due to its brutal micromanagement. You are forced to constantly juggle your daily intake of carbs, proteins, fats, and water just to stay alive. The mechanics feel rigged against you, managing your sleep by resting consumes a massive amount of your nutrients, immediately forcing you to go out and collect more food just to recover. Even when you cook to make…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The PlayStation Plus Game Catalog lineup for September includes: 🤼 WWE 2K25 💥 Persona 5 Tactica 🐊 Green Hell ⚔️ Fate/Samurai Remnant …and more. Full details: play.st/4nqFBT0
neutral · AI labelView post →After using this game as the reference point to which I compare all realistic survival games for the past ten or so years, I guess I really should write a review on it. This is THE realistic wilderness survival game. If Primtive Technology had a game, it would be this. If Bear Grylls made a game, he would make this one. There are other games that perhaps more granular systems like Dwarf Fortress or Unreal World, but those games are both spreadsheet simulators and primitive people didn't have…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →---{ 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 ---{…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Green Hell is an absolute, soul-crushing waste of time. You play as the most pathetic, needy, fragile little simp of a character ever put in a survival game. The entire experience is just watching this sad man constantly starve, dehydrate, and panic because he didn’t hit his precious daily macros. Hunger meter. Thirst meter. Protein. Carbs. Fats. Vitamins. Parasites. Infections. The game won’t shut up about any of it for five seconds. Every single session is the same loop of misery: Wake up →…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Day 1: died to a tiger Day 2: I manage to run away from the tiger but die from an infection from the scratch the tiger gave me Day 3: I completly avoid the tiger but die to a snake bite Day 4: I Die in my sleep because i got a fever.... 10/10 would suffer again (everything in this game is gonna kill you)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Buy game on sale Sits in library for 6 months Finally decide to give it a try Play tutorial "Yeah, this seems pretty straightforward. Let me start a survival world" Build a shelter.. Check Need tinder for a fire Explore area around my campsite for tinder Get bit by a snake.. Need a bandage Start looking around campsite for the bandage plant Get stung by a stingray or something Die. Total days survived? 1 I will be playing again
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Got into the game with my friend. Finally we know how to extract water from the river after 3 hrs playing. Trying to cook our fish after 5 hrs into the game. Died after 3 tribal guys attacked our camp without even tasting our first caught fish. 10/10 would recommend.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Spawned in jungle Found a mushroom Eat it Poisoned Drank unsafe water Parasites Died 10/10 game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Don't recommend this game if you are playing with friends. There is a COMMON glitch where if you try to save, your character will freeze and you are unable to save. You can only force quit the game which will cause the save to corrupt. When you are only allowed to have one save per campaign that means, you and your friends losing hours of progress and restarting from the very beginning. Looking at forums this problem has been reported years ago and still continues to this day.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great survival game, still has a few bugs here and there especially in multiplayer My girlfriend and I have been playing this non-stop since she got it for us and I can honestly say it's one of the most complex survival games I've played, but once you understand the systems and what is going on it's great fun. My only warnings to new players: Not for the faint of heart, you need to be willing to commit to learning something new, this is NOT like minecraft, think more "The Forest" with more…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The survival mechanics can be interesting, but actually playing the game is more frustrating than fun. The controls feel clunky, and figuring out what to do often turns into unnecessary confusion instead of rewarding exploration. It has good ideas, but I spent more time fighting the interface than surviving the jungle.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"Green Hell" is one of the more interesting survival games both in terms of story and how expanded the gameplay systems are. What makes it stand out the most is the sheer brutality of the jungle, because this game will punish you hard if you stop paying attention for even a moment. You constantly have to watch where you step, what you eat, what bites you or what kind of infection you are dealing with, and that realistic survival pressure is honestly phenomenal. The jungle feels alive, dangerous…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Green hell is one of the best survival games I have ever played. If you too are autistic and yearn to survive in the amazon rainforest then this game is for you
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pros - Creative building process - Immersive jungle environment that is fun to explore - Beautiful landscape, nice graphic and animations - Jump scares and good haunting illusions when low on sanity Cons: - Not very challenging once you get a hang of it - Still some glitches when building - Exhaustive grinding to get resources (when trying to build big) - Storymode: Female character is annoying with constant bickering - Hunting is a bit clunky (Birds sit in air,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is definitely worth the cost. It is harder and more rewarding than the forest series (which I also love). The rattlesnakes actually just sit there but you'll be shocked at how many times you are getting bit, and this isn't the forest meds are rare. Creating special bandages are required, fire is required always unless you want a jaguar ripping you apart. Water and swimming is far more dangerous than the sharks in castaway or forest. I love this game 5/5; 10/10. Its multiplayer as…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →PlayStation Plus Game Catalog | September ▪️WWE 2K25 ▪️Persona 5 Tactica ▪️Fate/Samurai Remnant ▪️Green Hell ▪️Crow Country ▪️The Invincible ▪️Conscript PS Plus Premium ▪️Legacy of Kain: Defiance ➡️ blog.playstation.com/2025/09/10/p...
neutral · AI labelView post →Anxiety - The Game! Green Hell throws every angst-inducing mechanic at you as soon as you've finished the "tutorial". There isn't simply hunger, you need carbs, fats, and proteins. Meanwhile you go insane, get yourself a pet leech, have a little food poisoning, and so on. All while having a self-charging walkie-talkie in case you want to talk to no one, but there's no torch. It's figuratively easier to just die and respawn with all those silly meters filled up again than to try bandaging an…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Feed-a-weakling-glass-man simulator. A game that aspires to be “realistic” and “challenging,” but tries so hard that it ends up as a feeding Souls-like simulator that will bore you to hell. If I wanted to constantly tend to the needs of a wimpy, weak, malnourished virtual character, I would’ve bought a Tamagotchi instead.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Green Hell right from the start tries to overwhelm you with amount of icons and mechanics of possible injuries, which may make quite a lot of people discouraged from continuing. I took my time however and did every achievement and I have some notes. First of all, this game was supposed to be "super realistic and hard", however it is neither of those. It's just overwhelming at first, when you get a hold of mechanics, even highest difficulty is easy. It's also not really realistic - more like…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →as the game title said, its really GREEN HELL. this game has complex survival mechanics, more harder than the forest. i love the mechanics that add scratch wound, insect bite, leech, etc like in common problem you find in real life jungle. the other feature i like is how they bring some nice real life logical into the game, like example when you want fish its not only limited by using fishing rod, but if you creative enough you can using spear attack, throwing spear for fish in distance, using…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In my opinion this game shines most in the beginning, when you're exploring and learning. You don't know what's safe to eat, you have to experiment how to craft things, how to handle diseases and injuries etc. I died a lot in the beginning, learning a little more each time, which was part of the fun for me. (It might have been on the extreme side for me, because this was my first survival game.) There's a story, challenge and free mode. The game got more and more content over the years. If…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Maybe the worst thing a game can do, is to pull you in, only to then disappoint you with its mediocrity after you've already invested many hours into it. I want to like this game. It's gorgeous. It's got an addictive loop and a lot of things working for it. But time and time again, developer decisions and lack of payoffs, pull me out of the experience. Some bugs as well. There is a lot you have to ignore, in order to enjoy your playthrough. The game offers 3 modes: Story - The main game as…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →OK I understand its title has "hell" in it, but its still simply tedious, annoying and lacks any logic. Listen, I go camping and I've seen people stay in the amazonas, they sure as hell don't have to constantly drink water every 30 seconds, they don't have to eat every 2 minutes and don't catch something that's attacking them every 3 seconds. I am ok with the idea of having to boil water and storing it in a coconut shell, it doesn't help that the UI and general interaction with things on the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ZERO options to adjust or turn off the overdone motion blur. The launch option no longer works in 2026. All motion-sick people, AVOID.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Brought this quite cheap awhile back. A good solid fun survival game. Even better to play with friends. Wait till it goes on sale then pick it up for yourself.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There are games you play for fun. Games you play to relax. And then there are games you play because you have a deep-seated, pathological need to be punished. Welcome to Green Hell, the Amazonian torture chamber that some people like myself call my “favorite survival game.” This isn’t a game; it’s a confession. It’s an admission that, on some level, you believe you deserve to be stalked by a puma, infested with leeches, and poisoned by a frog you had the audacity to pick up. You say you don’t…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is for a very specific kind of person. If you have the patience and dedication to fight a game for 5+ hours before gathering a basic understanding of how to do the most simple tasks then you'll probably have a great time; If however you are someone who hopes this game plays like The Forest, Icarus, or any other similar survival open world game then do not be fooled. For me, this game even after the tutorial was extremely confusing. Nothing was explained well, when you do finally…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Green Hell is quite possibly the most hateful, bastard-coated, ♥♥♥♥-powered survival game I have ever willingly subjected myself to. This game does not want you to survive. It doesn’t even want you to have fun. It wants to watch you crawl through the Amazon on three health, riddled with worms, covered in leeches, hallucinating, dehydrated, poisoned, infected and slowly losing your ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ mind while some tribal bloke sprints out of a bush and caves your skull in with a stick. Every single…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wasted 114 ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hours of my life on this game. This is without a doubt one of the most broken and bug-filled games I have ever played. After putting so much time into Spirits of Amazonia, I lost all of my progress. All the legends that we made with my friends for hours; "blood tears" part of the "Howling spirit", ALL OF THE "The Fish of Fortune", and "The Guardians". Hours and hours of gameplay just gone because this game is an absolute mess. I genuinely hate this game so much that I…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Green Hell gave me a really great experience. It was fun and immersive, especially when playing co-op with my girlfriend. The map is so well designed and so big that half of the time we weren’t even surviving… we were just trying to find each other because someone always got lost in the jungle 🤣😄
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →fun and got the SH*T scared out of me by the natives in game, very fun.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Thought it was a survival game. Turns out it’s a parasite collection simulator.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is a fun game, but man, there are some serious flaws. For one, jaguars and pumas can attack through walls, which is just ridiculous and needs to be fixed. Also one of the hints the game gives about big cats "Big cats aren't the fighting type, a few hits are enough to scare them away"... Yes, they are the fighting type if they approach you and attack you first. They can run away after a few hits, but they still attack you. I guess the devs don't know what "fighting type" is. That's like…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →10/10 I'm terrified but I can't stop playing. This game is way too real. Every sound in the jungle makes me jump, and whenever i hear tribes nearby, my hearts start racing😭. It's scary, stressful, and super realistic. Easily one of the best survival games out there.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Green Hell is one of the most intense and realistic survival games I’ve ever played. It’s similar to The Forest but far harder and way more intense every step you take in the game matters every sound, every footprint. The game is unbelievably immersive you’re actually thinking like a real person would in the wilderness. The story is surprisingly good too emotional.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bought as a coop game, but too many bugs as a coop game. Host needs to make sure to grab the important story mission items, like the map, grappling hook, and so on. There can be host-client errors that make it so that no one gets the item if the host does not grab it first. Also, just too much going on in general with each thing. Had to restart so many times and things still mess up so didn't get extremely far in the first map.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →pretty good survival game, lots of fun to be had here if you're a big survival nerd. i really enjoyed base building but it got kinda tedious and took a long time to build a decent sized base. beginning of the game was really hard but you will quickly get used to it and understand how to survive fast if you just stick to it. im so glad i didnt quit early! story is literally just mid 5/10 story. characters in this game are kind of annoying and its just sorta meh, nothing interesting.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a great game. Started the story mode, found it VERY punishing at first, with so many bad things that can happen to you, simulating a survival situation in the middle of the Amazon jungle. Despite being hard, you can learn a lot as you play - but not without a bit of help from external Wikis - well this was my case as I wanted to advance in the game and not just keep suffering. Once you learn the basic survival mechanisms the game becomes really enjoyable, as you start to manage and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Don't buy the game unless you want a hardcore experience on the easy levels !
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →a fun and realistic game similar to The Forest. only problem had with the game is the save bug. 8/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you like unnecessarily difficult and complicated stuff for some reason...
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fun survival-crafting game with an interesting storyline. The crafting and item management can be a little clunky, but after trial-and-error, you get the hang of it. Absolutely 10/10 would recommend playing. 100/10 would recommend catching a pet armadillo. 0/10 would not recommend getting eaten by jaguars or stung by scorpions. Hey devs, next game can we keep the crabs as pets?
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Multiplayer is still bugged and they are doing actually nothing to fix the issue. I found a post with the same bug from 7 years ago..
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It has the basic recipe of a survival game template, but the realism is kinda sick. Even playing on the lowest difficulty without hostiles and sanity, the indicators feel like a joke... managing 4 hunger bars that drain so fast and constantly needing to inspect your body is wild. I died in my sleep just because I forgot to treat my bruise
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is such a good game, i love the jungle vibe. except that any mode with enemies is SO HARD, i couldnt survive like 30 minutes with enemies at first. but after all i really like it
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Green Hell is a game about being stranded in a treacherous region of the Amazon trying to survive long enough to rescue your wife, which i have mostly spent building little houses for myself. it's been two months
positive · AI labelView post →A frustrating nightmare where 8 hours into the game you still cant walk 200 meters without contracting multiple deadly ailments. Its all status bar baby sitting
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Another survival game that confuses 'hardcore' and 'difficult' with 'bad design' and just plain unfair decisions. This game is relentlessly antagonistic, not 'difficult'. If the game is going to spam you with hardships, spam you with spawns, spam you with infections and diseases and insects and critters and everything else, all the while having a VIOLENTLY unintuitive building system, and absolutely no instructions, then it is not 'tough and challenging', its just a bad game. There is no fun to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the game mechanics are nice but i swear to god i'd have higher chances irl in a forest full of crazy cannibals and dangerous animals... it's so difficult and extremely punishing
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Green Hell is an incredibly frustrating experience due to its clunky user interface that makes navigating menus and managing inventory tedious. The gameplay mechanics are confusing and unintuitive, often leaving me wondering how to proceed or accomplish basic tasks without looking for external help and youtube tutorials. HOW HARD DOES IT HAVE TO BE TO APPLY A BANDAGE TO A WOUND? Most survival games: 1. Harvest plant fibers with your bare hands. 2. Open a basic crafting menu and then craft a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Build hut, sleep/save, game didn't save, die, last save us beginning of game. poof, 3 hours gone. I have gone through the intro 5 times now. No thanks, I am done. Queue the "get gud". Nah, I will go play a game that I don't have to decipher a save function.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is not bad if you play the story mode. But a lot of things in this game feels... unfinished. Especially the survival mode. I played survival mode for 30+ in game days .... I have never found a reason to make a base or any defensive structures. The tribe members rarely attack you, everything is one shot headshot killable ... after just surviving a few days, there is just ... nothing else to do. In short, I guess what I think this game is missing is a progressive difficulty.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am not sure how this one got passed me when I love survival games like this. I played through story mode and really enjoyed it. The game is punishing, but not unfair. If you like games like The Forest, this is a title worthy of a purchase. A fantastic game that was even worth it for the story alone. Add in some multiplayer, and this looks to be a diamond in the rough.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is horrible. Not only is it full of bugs (one happened to me and another to my friend), but it’s also a shame how unfriendly it is for new players. We wanted to play the story mode in multiplayer, but the game forces you to complete the tutorial even if you don’t want to. So we both did the tutorial, and it was awful. The controls are confusing, and the tutorial doesn’t really help because it only tells you part of what you need to do. For example, it tells you to craft a hand…
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