Forager
Released Apr 2019
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!
89% positive · 44K reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
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Evaluation
Forager launched on April 18, 2019 and received a strong run of free major content updates throughout its first year and a half. The Combat Update shipped on October 15, 2019, the Nuclear Update on January 16, 2020, and the Forager: Evolved expansion on July 2, 2020. These three major drops established an active post-launch update cadence.
However, all developer communication effectively stopped after July 2020 — except for a single June 2021 post announcing a separate game called Lost Nova, which is set in the Forager universe but is a distinct product. The most recent developer communication about Forager itself dates to October 2020, which was a newsletter-style announcement about monthly adventure packs. No major content updates, feature patches, or development status posts about Forager have appeared since then.
Notably, the multiplayer mode that was teased as far back as the launch day announcement (April 18, 2019) and again referenced in October 2020 as being in closed beta testing was never released. Despite repeated promises over more than a year, this feature never shipped and the developer has not communicated about it since October 2020. Given that developer communications about Forager ceased entirely by mid-2021 — now nearly five years ago as of June 2026 — and the studio's energy has clearly moved to other projects, it is reasonable to conclude that active development on Forager has concluded. The last substantive content addition was Forager: Evolved on July 2, 2020, which serves as the practical completion point for the game's content.
Evidence
Forager: Evolved shipped as a free official content expansion including new solar-powered structures, new items, and integrated community mods — the last major content release for the game.
Developer confirmed multiplayer mode, console updates, Xbox Game Pass version, and mobile version were all coming; also asked the community whether to continue updating Forager or start the next game.
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Details
Developer
Publisher
Balor Games
Achievements
103
Platform
Windows
Controller
partial support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player
About this game
Forager is a 2D open world game inspired by exploration, farming and crafting games such as Stardew Valley, Terraria & Zelda.
Start small and improve your base, skills, equipment, network of friends (and enemies!) and build your future as you see fit! You can play Forager in a very varied array of playstyles...




- Gather, collect and manage resources.
- Craft useful items & structures.
- Build and grow a base out of nothing. Buy land to expand and explore.
- Level up and learn new skills, abilities, and blueprints.
- Solve puzzles, find secrets and raid dungeons!
- Achieve anything you want! The choice is yours, you set your own goals to work towards!
Start small and improve your base, skills, equipment, network of friends (and enemies!) and build your future as you see fit! You can play Forager in a very varied array of playstyles...
BECOME... A GATHERER

BECOME... A FARMER

BECOME... A MERCHANT

BECOME... AN ADVENTURER

BECOME... A BUILDER

Last evaluated Jun 20, 2026
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