Trail signs.
Hand-painted markers in the undergrowth.
Upcoming cozy survival game
A calm trekking journey in a living forest.
Forestbound is a 3D first-person cozy survival game that combines realistic outdoor experiences with a peaceful, low-pressure gameplay loop. It focuses on exploration, camping, and navigation using map and compass instead of minimaps or GPS.
About Forestbound
Slow-paced survival grounded in realism.
The core experience is deliberately slow-paced and calming. Forestbound avoids combat, enemies, horror elements, and time pressure entirely, emphasizing immersion, observation, and learning through interaction with the natural environment.
The forest is not a hostile space to be conquered, but a place to inhabit, understand, and respect. Navigation plays a central role, encouraging deliberate movement and spatial awareness grounded in real-world outdoor principles.
Forestbound glimpses
Moments from the woods.
Pine hush.
Tall canopy, filtered light, slow air.
Mooswinkel.
Arrival point for forest wanderers.
Silent grove.
A reminder of fragility and renewal.
FMT-2 tower.
German typified communication towers from the 60s–70s.
Landscape views
Widescreen panoramas.
Forestbound mood.
Ambient light and dense forest layers.
National park.
Broad vistas and protected wilderness.
Hiking map.
Guides for slow, deliberate journeys.
Deadwood grove.
A quiet reminder of forest change.
Birch forest.
Soft light and pale trunks.
Trailhead start.
The path opens into the forest.
Core features
The pillars of a calm trek.
Exploration and camping
The loop centers on trekking, setting up camp, building shelter, and making fire in a stylized forest.
Map and compass navigation
Learn to read topographic maps, take compass bearings, and interpret terrain features and landmarks.
Calm, low-pressure play
No combat, no enemies, no horror, and no time pressure. The focus is immersion, observation, and learning.
Nature guide and photo mode
A nature guide and photography mode help document plants and locations as you explore.
Nature journal with stickers
Collect your moments in a calm journal, with stickers to mark discoveries.
Fire-making micro-interactions
Semi-realistic, tactile actions like making fire ground the experience in quiet, satisfying detail.
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financially supported by FFF Bayern and the budgetary funds of the Free State of Bavaria