Games like The Forest

"Unclaimed World" is a single-player Science Fiction Strategy game with compelling visuals and a good soundtrack. As a manager of interstellar pioneers, you must carefully balance resources, production, and personalities to establish a foothold on a lush and alien planet. The game features indirect control, a realistic sci-fi pioneer setting, and a simulation of alien nature, human needs, and frontier community, with inspiration from "The Settlers", "Dwarf Fortress", and Paradox games.

"Front Office Football Nine is a text-based sports simulation game where you manage your favorite team as the general manager, handling duties such as trading players, negotiating contracts, and setting ticket prices. As the armchair coach, you can create playbooks and call every play. Experience a deep level of control and strategy in this immersive sports simulation."

Jumpdrive is a sandbox space sim set in an alternative future heavily inspired by classic 80s sci-fi. Fight, trade and explore in a massive procedurally generated galaxy of millions of planets and stars. Amass money and power, upgrade and purchase new ships, and one day create your own small fleet with a base to call home.

"TIS-100" is a single-player simulation game that challenges you to repair a corrupted computer system through open-ended programming. With a phenomenal story, amazing gameplay, and a splendid atmosphere, you'll solve over 45 puzzles and design your own challenges in this 80's-inspired experience. Despite being highly technical and occasionally grinding, the game is filled with humor and emotional moments.

"Learn Programming: Python - Retro" is a game designed to introduce beginners to Computer Science and programming in Python. It features interactive lessons on computational thinking, Python syntax, and object-oriented programming, as well as challenges to test understanding. However, it is recommended to play the "Remake" version instead, as it provides a superior experience. This game requires no prior programming knowledge.

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"Fort of Chains" is a free, open-source, and moddable text-only game, where players manage a band of slavers in a fantasy world with heavy themes of slavery and non-consensual sex. The game is configurable to cover all gender orientations and is designed as a short-story-teller machine. It should be noted that there is no option to play as a submissive character.

Morels: The Hunt 2 is a tranquil adventure game that lets you hunt for morel mushrooms and take photographs of wildlife across various global locations. With four seasons and 100 days per season, you can collect and learn about new and familiar mushrooms, earn points to level up your Mushroom Hunter Level, and photograph animals and objects to upgrade your Photographer Level. The game offers new discoveries and surprises throughout your journey.

Wildshape - Map Editor is a game that allows you to create and share custom 3D battle maps for tabletop roleplaying games. With a wide variety of objects and terrain features to choose from, you can easily build realistic environments and bring your maps to life. Invite your friends to play in your custom map, either online or in-person. Please note that the free version has limited features, and the Pro version DLC is available for full access to the map editor and additional objects.

"Screeps is a massively multiplayer real-time strategy game that allows you to script the behavior of your units using JavaScript. In the game's persistent world, you control your colony by writing code to gather resources, build structures, and engage in PvP conflict with other players. As a game designed for programming enthusiasts, your units can operate independently based on the scripts you have written."