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The Forever Winter

The Forever Winter

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.

Mixed · 69%2024

US Steam price, checked 5 h ago

The verdict

A gorgeous, oppressive PvE extraction shooter with standout art, music and lore, but janky movement, erratic AI, bugs and grind. Skip it if you want polish.

Great for

Fans of grimdark worlds and slow stealth-looting who can tolerate early-access jank

Main risk

Janky, punishing gameplay with erratic AI and bugs that undercut the stunning atmosphere

What changed in the last 30 days

Recent negatives cite a patch that makes enemies detect and swarm players faster, plus knockdown stunlocks and extract camping. Some players call it unplayable. Moderately confident.

120 recent reviews

What players love

Oppressive atmosphere and world-building

Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews

“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”

Steam review · 24.7 h played  ↗

What players complain about

Erratic, unfair enemy AI

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews

“The AI is awful...they always "know" where you are and will follow you without seeing you and everything converges on where you are regardless.”

Steam review · 27.4 h played  ↗

System requirements

Steam Deck: Unsupported
OSWindows 10 64bit
ProcessorIntel Core i7-9700 / AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super (VRAM 8 GB) / Radeon RX 5700XT (8GB)
Storage60 GB available space

Analyzed Oct 21, 2026  ·  300 reviews

150 positive, 150 negative

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