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The Forever Winter
Developer Fun Dog Studios
The Forever Winter is a cooperative tactical, survival-horror, extraction-shooter video game developed and published by Fun Dog Studios. It entered early access for Microsoft Windows on September 24, 2024. The game combines squad‑based combat, survival mechanics, and asymmetrical combat in a dystopian world dominated by warring superstates and colossal war machines. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
563 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
49
Mixed
219 positive · 224 negative
95% range 45–54%
| Source | + | − | = |
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| Steam reviews | 219 | 224 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 28 | 13 | 74 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
12,719 of 18,606 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
47% recommend · 143 yes, 159 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 302 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (17,058 of 25,033 positive).
Many players praise the game's unique atmosphere and art direction. [1][2][3] Some players criticize the game's buggy state and poor AI. [4][5][6] Several players express hope for the game's future despite current issues. [7][8][9]
Representative posts
- [4]
It's broken. It's janky. It's unfair. Almost nothing works the way it should. Helicopters clip into the earth and vanish forever. Enemies get stuck and teleport. Everyone stops fighting each other and bands together to shoot you when you appear even though you're a scavenger amid factions that are mortal enemies. The quests are banal and you have no idea which quests actually matter versus which can be repeated over …
- [1]
I absolutely LOVE this game, but it's not for everyone. Look, I'll cut straight to it - The Forever Winter is phenomenal. The atmosphere is suffocating in the best way possible, the premise of being a nobody scavenger in a 50 year war between massive superpowers is incredibly unique, and the world building is some of the best I've ever experienced in a game. The graphics and art direction? Top tier. This game nails …
- [14]
You missed out already. Allow me to explain. If you're looking to buy this game, I'm assuming you saw the same videos on YouTube that I did — showing scavenging above ground in a never-ending war zone, with eerie lore that doesn’t sound too impossible. Everything about it was attractive. You missed out already. They added tunnels to the game. While I do recognize how this fits within the setting, about 95% of your …
- [3]
The Forever Winter 11/10 aesthetic. -2/10 actually playing it. I wanted to love this game. I really did. The Forever Winter has one of the coolest concepts I have seen in a long time: you are not the hero, you are not the main character, you are not the chosen one. You are just a miserable little scavenger crawling through a gigantic forever war between machines, soldiers, factions, and things that look like they …
- [5]
Devs if you're reading this. There is an open market for PVE extraction shooters right now due to Arc Raiders creating an itch that needs to be scratched. So many of us will jump on the next true PvE Only Extraction shooter whenever one comes out that's truly good. It could be this. The AI is not fun to engage with in this game. I'm done with this game unless I hear the AI gets some sort of overhaul. Obviously if …
Summarised from 34 of the 404 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 11, 2026. How summaries are made
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Players who liked The Forever Winter talk about unique and immersive world design; those who didn't talk about buggy and janky gameplay. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
The Forever Winter has received mixed reviews during its early access period. According to Metacritic, early critic reviews include a 70/100 score from GamingBolt. Polygon's review highlighted the game's atmospheric design, complexity, and developer engagement with player feedback, while also noting its ongoing early access status and remaining technical issues such as enemies spawning inside incorrect areas along with gunplay still being refined.
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 563 · most liked firstIt's broken. It's janky. It's unfair. Almost nothing works the way it should. Helicopters clip into the earth and vanish forever. Enemies get stuck and teleport. Everyone stops fighting each other and bands together to shoot you when you appear even though you're a scavenger amid factions that are mortal enemies. The quests are banal and you have no idea which quests actually matter versus which can be repeated over and over. Once you've played enough, you know all of the potential spawns in…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You missed out already. Allow me to explain. If you're looking to buy this game, I'm assuming you saw the same videos on YouTube that I did — showing scavenging above ground in a never-ending war zone, with eerie lore that doesn’t sound too impossible. Everything about it was attractive. You missed out already. They added tunnels to the game. While I do recognize how this fits within the setting, about 95% of your time will now be spent in those tunnels, and only around 5% above ground.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Devs if you're reading this. There is an open market for PVE extraction shooters right now due to Arc Raiders creating an itch that needs to be scratched. So many of us will jump on the next true PvE Only Extraction shooter whenever one comes out that's truly good. It could be this. The AI is not fun to engage with in this game. I'm done with this game unless I hear the AI gets some sort of overhaul. Obviously if you have a strong player base that likes it the way it is, then ignore this…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Don't get me wrong, I love this game. But would I recommend this game to anyone in its current state? Absolutely not. Why I wouldn't recommend it yet is how the Devs are handling things. The game released in a horrible state, the hot fixes and new updates have definitely made the game a lot more enjoyable and playable overall but they are treating the game like it was fully released instead of still being in early access. They've released a handful of DLCs, new questlines, guns etc. Instead of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →EDIT: (4/13/26) — The developers have responded to my review. Taking into consideration their response, and their more exhaustive update on their Discord, I am, cautiously, optimistic about the future of the game. In that update they address some of the problems we've had with the game — The cost to enter the tunnels, Hunter Killer teams being sent after you for looting too much, Ashen Mesa and Scorched Enclave being made free to enter again, adjusted spawn rates for the tunnels, the very real…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Judging this game by an aesthetic: 10/10 Judging this game by how fun it is to play: 2/10 It is very rarely rewarding, and usually a run ends up being a huge waste of time. It definitely has potential, but as it is now there is little reason to play other than the cool art and concepts. Two things that I think (in my unprofessional opinion) should be fixed/changed in order to make this game wayyyy more enjoyable: - It's okay for the game to be hard, but sometimes the AI focuses on you way…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Disappointing and Misleading Forever Winter is simply not the game it was advertised to be. The promise of being a small fish in a massive apocalypse completely falls apart once you actually play it. Instead of surviving in a living, dangerous world, you are constantly reminded that the apocalypse is being run by braindead AI that behaves in predictable and immersion breaking ways. The battlefield never feels dynamic or threatening. Enemy behavior is easy to read, encounters play out the same…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The current meta is to walk 50 feet out of spawn in tunnel 1, fill your pack and turn around and experience less than 1% of the game. That's right, the game punishes you for wanting to see more of it. The tunnels update made it so every single map (some of which are quite nice) is put in a linear series with procedurally generated tunnel segments between them (ala Nitrome's Leap Day). The average map can be completed in 3-15 minutes and tunnels typically take 30-45 minutes. However, there is…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'll start with the conclusion to save you time. Game has potential, but potential is meaningless until it is realized. Come back in about a year and check on the game then. This is still very much an early Alpha state, it is going to have issues, and generally feel incomplete. I hope that in one to two years time I can come back and make this a recommendation. Now the yapping, I'll try to keep it brief. Game has a captivating setting, with unique art and ideas that would make it stand out…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Editing this review, actually fed up with this game. I REALLY want to like it but I cannot recommend this in its current state. The gunplay is good The gameplay loop is alright, could be better missions. The world and art direction are good The vibes are all there The devs are obviously great artists, the vision is there and I really enjoy it for that but... The AI is awful...they always "know" where you are and will follow you without seeing you and everything converges on where you are…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Amazing concept, Awesome art design, good game play loop. All consistently ruined by bad decisions. First it was water being a mobile game mechanic that was tied to real time that hurt people with jobs or busy lives. Then they added a stamina system which could have been fine if it were balanced right, but NOPE it only lets you run for about 5 seconds when it should be more like 20 seconds AT BASE! consistently the devs find ways to take a good thing and make it into a slog. The recent…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wish Steam had a “mixed” review option, because I’m genuinely torn on this game. TFW has an artstyle, soundtrack and set of levels that really nails what it's going for. But, the whole "you are not that guy" premise starts to collapse once the game inevitably escalates you into being that guy. The punishments for butchering dozens of enemies or loot-goblining your way across the battlefield is underwhelming at best - I've never really felt threatened by any of the hunter-killer units the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Forever Winter 11/10 aesthetic. -2/10 actually playing it. I wanted to love this game. I really did. The Forever Winter has one of the coolest concepts I have seen in a long time: you are not the hero, you are not the main character, you are not the chosen one. You are just a miserable little scavenger crawling through a gigantic forever war between machines, soldiers, factions, and things that look like they were designed by someone who had a nightmare about industrialized trauma.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ACTUALLY HELPFUL REVIEWFOR THOSE WANTING TO BUY THIS: I really like this game. Forever Winter has a special place in my heart, especially the gritty artstyle and the feeling of absolute helplessness. It conveys that very well. But now to understand my reason for the thumbs down I'm gonna elaborate. PROS: - The games art is gorgeous. No really... It perfectly nails it's atmosphere and I had the great luck to be able to play on all the maps in all their states (yes there is a night and day…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got this game when it first released for Early Access. It wasn't great, but it was reasonably playable despite many bugs and I would have recommended people buy and support the extremely small dev team even though I wasn't a fan of the water "tamagochii" feature, I could live with it as it was. I've just updated the game and jumped in. First off; I'm glad they've removed the out-of-game tick down of water. I no longer feel pressured into logging in one day just to top off water supplies…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →EDIT : Wow. Just...WOW. So, the devs updated the game with QOL improvements, adressing many of the criticisms down below in this review. There's just a tiny problem. The game NUKED MY DRIVE. Somehow, the game crashing corrupted the partition. I lost an entire SSD drive to this so called 'update'. If you haven't touched the update yet, STAY AWAY. Edit of the edit : Managed to fix my drive, but it gave me one hell of a fright. I'm not touching this until they've fixed this, and even then. ///…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Come back when it's fully released and read some reviews then. The game's in a ridiculous state right now. Much of the game's content is gated behind a tedious looting and crafting mechanic. You frequently lose 1/2 hour or more of progress due to mechanics you didn't know about, or lethal bugs. Many of the games mechanics are cryptic or misleading. I don't think of the game as Nintendo Hard, I think it's on Sadistic Difficulty. For every good thing I can name, there's a more severe…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really want to like this game, it has a lot going for it, but there's too many massive bugs and mechanics that take the fun right out of it after a while. Has promise, but after about 2 years it doesn't seem to have made much progress and design choices have gone against the original theme of the game. -In Multiplayer roughly every 3rd match your game crashes, very rarely happens in single player. -In Multiplayer everyone but host has their gun shoot up to 30 degrees to the right of where…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I keep coming back to this game every quarter to see if it's any better than it was when it first launched in EA. It never really is. When it is, it's in miniscule ways that don't affect the grand scheme of the game. Its had a few good improvements in terms of optimization, they added new levels and reworked things here and there, but the main crux of the issue is the game itself. It's just not ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ fun lmao -Gunplay and movement feels like ♥♥♥♥. It's way better than what it was, but,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a game that has been very fun in the past. Previously, you could visit any location and when you extracted from a location, you would just return to your "home base" after. Now, the map has been given more of a structure(which could eventually be a very positive change), however going to any location after the first two that are available requires you to seemingly complete 4 to 6 locations in a row before you're given another chance to return home. The game is not an easy game, and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While the idea of the game is great and innovative, especially paired with art direction, the main issue is that gameplay-wise it's very, very raw. It is okay for Early Access, but the thing is that, judging by what I saw in the game (keep in mind that it was published in 2024, plus its potential "longevity" is somewhat dependent on the player base since it has an online component), most likely, it won't be able to get "fixed" enough to become significantly better after leaving EA. At least…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is the living definition of style over substance. The Devs have created a wonderful backdrop and setting with flavourful characters; a literal artbook come to life... But the actual meat of the game? The GAMEPLAY? Absolute trash. 1. Entire Premise about not being 'that guy' is false. You can easily mow down hordes of troops once you have the faintest idea how bad their AI is. 2. Bad AI. The promises of a dynamic battlefield is all but hot air when you realise that the AI are…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hyperbolic take: concept artists tried to make a game, but don't have the requisite skills to make it happen. Neat ideas, gorgeous visuals, and terrible gameplay execution at every turn. I wish I could've refunded it, but because I was kind and gave the devs the benefit of the doubt and tried time and time again to understand the game and see if the problem was me, or not, I'm now well past the refund window. Neat ideas. Keep an eye on the project, but don't buy 'till you see reviews…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Have been a supporter from the start. The game has gone downhill fast. the enemies should ignore you as you are a scavenger, but no they see you as a number one priority to kill. Tanks, Helis, mechs, and any other large miltary vehicles should not notice you as you are not part of the war. I dont know where they are going with this but it is no longer fun. It looks great and the maps are fun but the travel restrictions are BS. TL:DR the enemies see you to fast now and you die for little loot.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game should of never gone early access as since the beta this game has only gotten bloated with new features while never fixing the core of the gameplay. Now we got more jank than ever before a brick stupid ai and gameplay mechanics such as putting together and using the railgun which was poorly thought out for a game that tried selling itself as being playable solo but that's gone. For a game that started with "You are not that guy" we ended up now with the end goal of hunting mechs for…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It would be really cool if Fun Dog set some of the money aside to hire some real developers, and some evelopment time aside to completely overhaul, fix and manage the movement, stealth, gunsmith, and so on. The gunplay update is a nice step forward, and the new camera update is alright, but the game lacks meat. It's all sauce. You can't sustain me on sauce, Fun Dog, your kitchen is mealless, your cupboards barren of spices. Your game is... bland.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've been waiting a long time to write this review. I wanted to give FDS some time to polish the core gameplay mechanics, clean up the AI, gunplay, etc. But after playing for several hours last night, I think that the core gameplay can't save this game if they keep going down this route of game design. Let me get to the point. The core problem with this game is that what is stated on this Steam page contradicts the way the gameplay actually works. According to all of the advertisements for…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wanna love you, The Forever Winter. I wanna marry you, have kids, watch them grow to early adulthood, send them off to college and grow old with you, The Forever Winter. I wanna love you, The Forever Winter. But you're still very janky, very buggy, and very unfinished.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dont play it YET. Development are slow, and dev ignore 90% of feedback. Only waterupdate level of outcry are huge enough to make them listen. Right now it more art project than decent game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Platforming sections need to be removed from the game. There is nothing fun about losing all of your loot due to the poor jumping movement. Ai allies needs a command wheel interface so they can have more commands like "hold fire." Should be allowed to customize the HUD for example I want to be able to see my health and stamina at all times. Gun Mods need to specify which guns they are for, get rid of 'works on various guns' Explain to the player that they can't…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The best art style theme and story I have ever seen and I’m not kidding but everything else is just terrible. For example, gun play is Janky and doesn’t work well with the camera system. Movement feels restrictive and floaty. Unfinished concept art is still being used for character portraits. Enemy AI is just bad. Player hit boxes, especially with melee enemies are more inconsistent then an opioid addicts sleep schedule. Quest can leave new players, directionless and confused resulting in just…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I enjoy the way this game is. Me and my husband got tired of playing Arc Raiders with so much PvP and we enjoy PvE more and we wanted to play the game and not against other players. This game gives that feeling of helping each other out against our environment rather than fighting over loot with Players that take advantage of your PvE situation. I love this game for having what Arc Radiers couldn't provide to us.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Don't listen to the haters who claim this game is dead. The Devs do monthly updates and are constantly active on their discord. This game is absolutely a passion project and something that most casuals ignore is that the only reason we get to even help the devs with this early access playtest is because we BEGGED them to let us play it. Is it buggy? Yes. Is it clunky at times? Yes. Does my performance randomly tank sometimes to less than 15 FPS? Yes. B U T! I can look past all that because…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I’ve been playing this game with my friend and absolutely loving it — I’ve put about 12 hours into it over the past two weeks. My problem is that I lost everything in my stash to the water thieves because of a mistake I had no idea would affect me this much. (I know it’s super silly, and everyone will probably say it’s a skill issue, but hear me out.) If you’re new to the game, here’s some context: in this game, you collect water and stash it over the course of various runs. If your water…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Forever Winter is like a toxic relationship: you're attracted by it's beauty and unlimited potential, but you must ultimately come to terms with the fact that it is actively trying to spite you, making each moment with it unbearably frustrating, unintelligible or boring. Seriously, it looks and feels so damn awesome, until you actually have to play the game; the stiff and unreadable AI, the "meh" shooting, the unfair enemy spawning/spamming, the boring "stealth" (waiting behind a wall…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I had a genuine interest in this game since i saw it in trailers... I held up from buying it for a long time, finnally found it on a good discount and went for it. First thing first dont look at the trailer and think this is an action game, combat is ill advised, compared to GTFO which is also not a good idea to engage, this one goes way further, you really dont want the enemies coming after you. So, i really wanted to like this game... i really did give it a genuine try... but some of the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Extremely good...HOWEVER. - The xp lock on the prestige system sucks big time. Please remove it or rework the whole thing. - Selling things is a pain, it should be a single click or single keystroke - Open stash should be tab in the innards - Every menu should be closed with 'R' like the bags in game - Stunlock shouldn't be a thing - Craft/upgrade wait times shouldn't be a thing - No ledge grab when falling, even from a small height - Recruits aren't spawning in, so I'm softlocked on a quest…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unfortunately I just can't ignore how far the game is from being in a state I would recommend it to anyone. The map mesh's are miserable, constantly causing your character to get caught on small rocks or invisible geometry. The missions are bugged making it so you can't complete them(varies player to player). You'll see one person raging about a bug you've never seen while encountering some you can't find anyone else running into. The AI lack any depth and completely revolve around the player…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I absolutely LOVE this game, but it's not for everyone. Look, I'll cut straight to it - The Forever Winter is phenomenal. The atmosphere is suffocating in the best way possible, the premise of being a nobody scavenger in a 50 year war between massive superpowers is incredibly unique, and the world building is some of the best I've ever experienced in a game. The graphics and art direction? Top tier. This game nails the feeling of being completely insignificant in a conflict that couldn't care…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Has a lot of potential and an amazing atmosphere but can't currently recommend. The AI isn't even close to being there yet, they run around unpredictably and just act so jank overall that it takes away from the immersion. They also spawn a bit too close to you, feels like you're the center of the universe just like in Stalker 2. "That direction looks more peaceful, ill go there" and then the game spawns a fight in front of you. There are also a lot of spots in all the rubble that look like you…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I want to love this game so badly. But the devs hate its players. Every single design decision is to punish you, in a not fun way. Before you say skill issue: I've kappa'd in Tarkov, I love souls-likes, I actively seek difficult games. Progression? No, the devs hate you. Work hard to get an upgrade to slowly gain more water. Cool. Unlocking that makes your inventory randomly disappear cuz of "raiders". Why? Is that fun? No, instead I'll skip that upgrade. Wishlist items so you can…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →genuinely disappointed. to be brief, i've been interested in this game since I saw Riloe's very first video on it. i bought forever winter on launch day and couldn't run it at the time. it was on sale recently so i tried it again, and to give the studio credit, i runs MUCH better than launch. the entire concept and direction of forever winter is great, aaand that is where my positives end. i cannot believe how much i was baited into thinking this game was good just by a fancy presentation by a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →We gotta figure it out. I got over 100 hours of gameplay so im not a hater. but, im really not enjoying the game like i use to. My frames are horrible, they never been bad. I went to the wiki and adjusted everything to the T. Ive made my sacrifices with the time ive wasted playing a game that isnt playable. I know its a earlier access but, you should know the game is not running like it use to and i feel like you guys can fix it. The tunnel system has killed me more than any enemy in any…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You can stealth a majority of the raid but when you call extract groups of enemies spawn on you. What's the point then?
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Forever Winter: the game where you're a scavenger trying to avoid enemies on an open battle field, because you're "not that guy", meanwhile every possible area that you need to loot/traverse is filled with patrols who just "happen" to spawn in and immediately wander over to where you are. You CAN fight back, as even being spotted for a few seconds will result in soldiers abandoning their active war to chase a random scav, but when you DO defend yourself, you will be hunted down by some of the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →JESUS CHRIST THIS IS SO HARD TO LOVE RIGHT NOW Updated review after Mid-May updates: FINALLY some good QOL. It's far from being perfect, but I think it's STARTING to head into the right direction. I think if Devs can keep those QOLs coming in HARD and maybe plan on a rehaul, this game might become a success. There's BIG work ahead of them though. Like, massive work... So I hope they're going to keep it up This game is still far from being great, but its made advancements recently where I…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Currently as of 29/08/26 the game has become unplayable. In Short: -Enemy Ai spots you twice as fast, they react to your footsteps three times as fast, if you shoot any member of the faction then the entire map associated with that faction will know your position and hunt you down. -Noticed far more lag in game (Not sure if related or a bug on my side but Scavs run out of stamina faster) -Feels like there is an increased amount of enemy spawns -The NSN feels a bit better to shoot with a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →To give you some context, I'm about 60 years old and I usually play games like S.T.A.K.E.R., Assassin's Creed, Will to Live… And by accident, I stumbled upon Forever Winter. It has everything I love: beautiful graphics, a blend of science fiction and comics… And above all, I love the fact that it feels like a game and not reality. Now, there is one criticism I can make: the explanation of the game mechanics is really, really poorly done. After 20 hours, I'm only just starting to understand…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great art, never seen anything like it, it's a digital art gallery. Boring game, never seen a meaninglesssly grindy game like it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game just received a massive update that changed how the game feels immensely. They FIXED THE AI, I have owned this game for years as I believe in the vision but it was in too much of an alpha state to enjoy before. That is no longer the case the enemy now moves and engages with the other ai like you expect it too. Also your guns are now actually damaging compared to earlier builds headshots are key. Something just clicked and now I cant put it down the UI is still clunky but much…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm not exactly sure how to write a review for this game. I've never really done this before. As you can see from my hours played, I have been enjoying this game for some time. Most of it has been from the first few months at launch; it's roughest state. The TL;DR is that I do recommend this game. I think it is in a good state right now. It's obviously not perfect (It's still in early access after all),but is heading in a good direction. If you want to know more of my opinions of the game, read…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's neat but serves more as an art gallery than a game. Very pretty, but is very lacking. The developers don't really fix actual issues but rather skim the surface of a problem rather than actually figuring out what is causing it. I tried to love this game, but I just can't.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Beautiful artwork, but a hollow, boring, barely functional game that fills me with immense disappointment because the potential is there. My god it is THERE and I desperately want someone to rescue this beautiful game! Man they talked a huge game in their teaser trailers, acting like they're sick of the game industry and how they're going to do things better, and they just... softball this limp garbage. The AI is extremely rudimentary attempting to do something complex and failing every time.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Don't get it twisted, this game is far from reaching it's 1.0 state. It's buggy, has issues with map geometry, suffers from sub-optimal performance, and needs to have it's questlines fleshed out more. That's just naming a few issues. However, if you're tired of formulaic AAA slop like me, there's so much that Forever Winter does right. World design here is off the charts, almost carrying the game on it's own, this has become my favorite grimdark setting. The soundtrack is a clear 10/10. And…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →IF I WAS ABLE TO HAVE (1) REQUEST VIEWED BY THE DEV'S It's this. May we get subtitles? The wise words of the protagonists we use. The SHAMAN especially says some awesome things. Even so, I personally was trying to expand on the game's lore, by listening to some of the things he was saying. On the same subject, say in the unlikely even I got your attention, the OPPORTUNITY for narrative is here definitely. -the world looks amazing, -it's immersive, -importantly, IT'S POSSIBLE to play…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'd rather wait for the full release, no matter how long it takes. Right now, game is in a janky state, but I genuinely believe there's something great in the making. Keep up the good work!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a cool idea for a game and I've had some fun runs with other players once, but only once. I don't know how to actually find other people to play this, 99.999999999999999% of "lobbies" you will find are people just AFK at home base. And then there are still tons of huge debilitating glitches and bugs. I support the idea of buying this game just to support interesting creative devs, but this game still needs a bunch more work, so buyer beware.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →cool concept, ♥♥♥♥ execution. spend 90% of the game wandering around admiring how cool everything is just to get ♥♥♥♥♥♥ at extract every single time because the developers think its necessary to put 1300 cyborgs guarding it and 3 auto turrets that are super hard to destroy right at the extract as well as a squad of heavily armored guys patrolling it. just kinda wastes your time at that point which you could use actually having fun doing anything else. the giant battlezones were cool enough for…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you've ever played Tarkov SP mod and you like the mechanics of the game, imagine that with a feeling of fear like in S.T.A.L.K.E.R., the terror and scale (to an extent) of Warhammer and a dark greyscaled morbid atmosphere. This game is a lot of things I wish more games would be now-a-days. It has passion, it has originality, it has great lore, and it has plenty of depth. I completely forgot this is even early access, as it really doesn't feel even close to unfinished like the majority of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Let's address the elephant in the room. ARC Raiders just came out and if you're looking for an extraction shooter in a unique sci fi setting you're inevitably comparing these two. Forever Winter is currently still in early access. The movement is stiff. They recently added more platforming to the game with the addition of the tunnels and it really sucks to die and lose your stuff and especially leave your team to go off and do an entire mission without you just because you missed a tiny jump…
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