As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.

The Forest System Requirements

6 Apr 2018 - Specs reviewed

Official Minimum Requirements

OS: Windows 7
Processor: Intel Dual-Core 2.4 GHz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT
DirectX: Version 9.0
Storage: 5 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX®-compatible
Additional Notes: 32bit windows users need to ensure they have at least 4gb of ram usable on their system.

Official Recommended Requirements

OS: Windows 7
Processor: Quad Core Processor
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560
DirectX: Version 9.0
Storage: 5 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX®-compatible

PC System Analysis For The Forest Requirements

Your PC will need a graphics card thats as powerful as a GeForce GTX 560/Radeon HD 5850 1024MB and it should be paired with either a Phenom 9500 Quad-Core/Core 2 Quad Q6400 2.13GHz CPU to match the The Forest recommended system specs. This PC setup will deliver 60 Frames Per Second on High graphics settings on 1080p monitor resolution. 4 GB will also be needed to achieve the The Forest rec specs and get 60FPS. The Forest needs a graphics card thats at least as powerful as a GeForce 8800 GT/Radeon HD 4830 512MB paired with Athlon X2 7550/Pentium Dual Core E2220 2.40GHz CPU to match the min specs. This PC setup will deliver 25-35 Frame Per Second at Low graphics setting on 720p resolution. You should also have 4 GB system memory for min specs. Make sure your GPU can run DirectX 9 or The Forest won’t run. We suggest a 10 year old PC to play smoothly.

FPS System Benchmark

200+ FPS

High

Graphics Card

GTX 1060

How well optimised is The Forest for PC? The Forest is poorly optimized

5.2

Where does The Forest rank in the list of the most demanding games?

100+

Genres: Action, Horror

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The Forest System Requirements

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GD Verdict

Minimum Requirements

Intel CPU

AMD CPU

Nvidia Graphics Card

AMD Graphics Card

VRAM

RAM

Direct X

HDD Space

GD Verdict

Pentium Dual Core E2220 2.40GHz

Athlon X2 7550

GeForce 8800 GT

Radeon HD 4830 512MB

512 MB

4 GB

Win 7 32

DX 9

5 GB

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AMD CPU

Nvidia Graphics Card

AMD Graphics Card

VRAM

RAM

Direct X

HDD Space

GD Verdict

Pentium Dual Core G6950 2.80GHz

Phenom II X2 550

GeForce GTX 550 Ti

Radeon HD 7750 1GB GDDR5

1 GB

6 GB

Win 7 64

DX 9

5 GB

FPS

Recommended Requirements

Intel CPU

AMD CPU

Nvidia Graphics Card

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GD Verdict

Core 2 Quad Q6400 2.13GHz

Phenom 9500 Quad-Core

GeForce GTX 560

Radeon HD 5850 1024MB

1 GB

4 GB

Win 7 64

DX 9

5 GB

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The Forest PC Release Date:

30 Apr 2018

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RAM

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