Forager
Worth it · Action · 2019
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
WAIT.
Worth it today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 65% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$19.99Worth it
Typical seasonal cut
$6.9965% offWorth it
- Cost per hour▼
- $1.29/hr
- ReviewsA
- 89% of 44,298
- Critics
- 78 players 11 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 2% Action
Holding it back: Cost per hour
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $6.99 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 15.5h
- To 100%
- 42.7h 2.8x the story
- Achievements
- 103
Price and sales
- Sales
- 50 on record
- Typical cut
- 65% off
- Steam low
- $5.99 September 2026
- Sale every
- 49d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 201 now
- Recent reviews
- 86% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 6% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 96% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
81% start to 8% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
50 discounts in the 8 years on record, a median of 65 percent off across all of them, roughly 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Its score puts it in the top 2 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 94 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 96 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Nova Lands ($19.99, scores 73) beats it on value, while it beats Tinkerlands ($12.99, scores 66).
More about Forager
Critics scored it 78. Players sit 11 points higher at 89 percent, which usually means a game that plays better than it reviews.
Of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 13 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2025 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 68 percent of the 1,519 reviews written there were positive, against 89 percent overall, and those are 4 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 15.5 hours; clearing it takes 43, which is 2.8 times the campaign.
Deck Verified, so no launch options and no controller remapping before it runs.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Last discount ended 31 days ago.
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
I went in with zero expectations, but Forager genuinely surprised me with how fun it is. Completing all the achievements was a great experience. Each time I finished playing, I found myself wanting to play Forager MORE. It's a shame the game is pretty short, but despite that, Forager is a wildly entertaining title that stands out as truly unique in several ways.
1 more review, not recommended
early game is actually really fun because there's so much to discover, unlock and develop, and watching your little island grow is satisfying. unfortunately, the late game turns into a ridiculous amount of grinding for increasingly useless upgrades, to the point where it starts feeling more like a chore than a game. also, i had no idea about the drama surrounding the developer when i bought this game. apparently...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
The highly popular and quirky "idle game that you want to actively keep playing". Explore, craft, gather & manage resources, find secrets and build your base out of nothing! Buy land to explore and expand!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 512MB, 205 MB of storage. Windows only.
Cite this score
Forager scores 72/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/751780/foragerReviews 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 Nov 7, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.