Top 5 Open-Source Alternatives to The Forest

The Forest

The Forest is a Horror-Survival game with strong Action-Adventure, First-person Perspective, Sandbox, Co-op, Single and Multiplayer Shooting video game by Endnight Games Ltd.

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Summary

The top open-source alternatives to The Forest are DayZ, Minecraft, and Penumbra. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

DayZ Landing Page
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DayZ

DayZ is an open world multiplayer survival game that tosses you in the midst of a zombie apocalypse.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Games #Action Games #Adventure Games 3 social mentions
Minecraft Landing Page
2

Minecraft

A block-building game that allows you to create and explore entire worlds from scratch.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Games #Block-building Games #2D Simulator 62 social mentions
Penumbra Landing Page
3

Penumbra

Penumbra is an Entertaining, Action-Adventure, Horror-Survival, First-person Perspective, and Single-player video game created by Frictional Games and published by Paradox Interactive.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Games #Action Games #Action
Brogue Landing Page
4

Brogue

Brogue is a Roguelike game for Mac OS X, Windows and Linux by Brian Walker.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Action #Adventure #Games 23 social mentions
Minetest Landing Page
5

Minetest

Minetest is a near-infinite-world block sandbox game and a game engine, inspired by InfiniMiner...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Games #Block-building Games #2D Simulator 12 social mentions