Force of Nature

Force of Nature

Skip · RPG · 2016

The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 44, under the fair line, at $7.99.

Length
54.2h
Value
$0.15/hr
Reviews
75% positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
4% of players unlock the ending achievement on a 54.2-hour game.
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Length
54.2h
main story (HowLongToBeat)
$/hr
$0.15
price ÷ main-story length
Price
$7.99
as of Oct 1
Reviews
75%
4,209 reviews, as of Sep 26
Players
350K
owners, SteamSpy estimate
Released
2016

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 256 Mb Video Memory, Shader Model 3.0, 205 MB of storage. Windows only.

Force of Nature is a Sandbox game that combines Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Management genres
Description from the Steam store page.

What drives the score

How to read this

Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Raising the score
Value$0.15/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Engagement4% finish
How far players actually get (achievements), a top-end bonus
Holding it back
Reviews75% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
For context
Length54 hours
How much game you get. Hours feed the value per dollar
Reach350K+ owners
How many own it, by SteamSpy's estimate (an old snapshot). Context here: this game's score does not use it
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds1 of 610 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

The value story

August 2019 is where it bottomed out, at $0.79. 52 discounts in the 10 years on record. They run about 80 percent off, roughly 8 weeks apart.

On value it sits in the top 25 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper ($15.99, scores 58) beats it on value, while it beats Planet Explorers (free, scores 10).

Steam's global achievement data puts about 4 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 54.2-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. Of the 610 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 1 comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 43 percent of the 597 reviews written there were positive, against 75 percent overall, and those are 15 percent of everything written about it.

The drop-off

77% start to 4% finish
050100rarestfirst achievement

Steam counts fewer than one in ten of its players at the ending achievement. On a 54.2-hour game, that's a lot you pay for and may never use. Steam global achievements

What players say

If I could give this game a HIGHLY NEGATIVE review I would, because there's some good here but it is overshadowed by a ton of noticeable bad. I started Force of Nature in the hopes that it would be a good distraction away from other games I was playing, but I was really let down by the sheer lack of quality of life, heavy grind, micromanagement of crafting, and extremely poor combat. In my first session, I got up to...
Mr. ConeNot recommendedafter 7.0hFeb 2026Read on Steam
End game is a real disappointment but the early and mid game grind is where it gets its charm. the crafting is pretty in depth, exploration is fun. Base building is where the game fails. Sadly because its also the best part about the game it really leaves you wanting more. From my understanding the game was unfinished or rushed. You can really feel it in your soul. Id recommend to put your time into another survival...
NIXXION44Not recommendedafter 422hDec 2025Read on Steam
A very fun and charming game. The developers put a lot of effort into the game. It might not be the BEST, but it's still a solid choice if you're looking for a survival crafter to pass the time.
Terra Shogun OliveiraRecommendedafter 1.7hJul 2026Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

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Force of Nature scores 44/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/568570/force-of-nature
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Reviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.

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Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperA.Y.std
PublisherA.Y.std
GenreRPG
Released2016
Achievements18