Steam app 2828860 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 18:31 UTC
The Forever Winter is a tactical shooter where you and your squad must loot the dead to survive beneath gargantuan war machines in a dystopian future of AI automata, cybernetically enhanced soldiers, and endless conflict. Millions of deaths later, the war continues with our latest update!
719 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.
25 months, September 2024 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.
The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.
31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 438 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.
12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 281 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.
The Forever Winter was released on 24 Sep, 2024.
There is violence depicted in the game as it is within the shooter genre. However, this is shown within the context of a stylized dystopian sci-fi.
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May Update [2026]
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March Update [2026]
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November Update [2025]
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September Update [2025]
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August Update [2025]
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July Update [2025]
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Cinematic Trailer
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June Update [2025]
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May Update [2025]
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April Update [2025]
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March Update [2025]
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December Update [2024]
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Early Access Announcement
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Patch notesHello Scavs,The next QOL update (0938) is now available!Below is a list of everything that went into this release. The primary focus was on player movement, bug fixing, and general housekeeping. IMPORTANT NOTE: Due to weapon functionality &…
Patch notesHey Scavs! We’ve teamed up with Dark Horse to bring you The Art of The Forever Winter—a deeper look into the world behind the game. Weapons, rigs, machines, factions, and the systems that keep everything running long after meaning has…
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Patch notesHello Scavs,The 0935 QOL update is now available!If you are interested in the specifics on the how's and whys, please see the following news we posted earlier. It has all sorts of information for context on what we are focusing on!Below is…
Patch notesHello Scavs,Some news on an incoming update (currently scheduled to release the week of April 12th, 2026):Early access means some systems are still in active development, and we want to be honest about that. We also want to be honest that…
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Patch notesHi Scavs! Hotfix 0.8.4 is now live. Please see the below list of improvements, bug fixes, and newly added features.Update 8.4 Hello Scavs,During the last update, we attempted to address some issues such as memory leaks, and these attempts…
Patch notesHi Scavs! Hotfix 0.8.3 is now live. Please see the below list of improvements, bug fixes, and newly added features.Update 8.3 TUNING ADJUSTMENTS / IMPROVEMENTSThe detection for drone sync kills has been improved to help prevent sync kills…
Patch notesHi Scavs! Hotfix 0.8.2 is now live. Please see the below list of improvements, bug fixes, and newly added features.Update 8.2 TUNING ADJUSTMENTS / IMPROVEMENTSMechs and Toothy can now sync kill each other if they get into close…
Patch notesHi Scavs! Hotfix 0.8.1 is now live. Please see below for details!Update 8.1Please see the below list of improvements, bug fixes, and newly added features. TUNING ADJUSTMENTS / IMPROVEMENTSTweaked the drop rates for components required for…
Patch notesGreetings Scavs! Happy Anniversary! We all can’t believe it's been a year already. To celebrate, we have a massive update for you.First off, to thank everyone for scavenging the world for a year we are giving everyone a free skin for Mask…
MudSelektorHey guys! Happy 1 YEAR! "Not dead Yet" - Oldman Wanted to share some good news, reflect on the past year, and give you a peek at what’s coming next… The DROP is next monday! The skin will be included in the drop (it's not in this weekend)…
MudSelektorWe want to let you know that the demo version of The Forever Winter will be temporarily taken down. The demo is based on a much older build, and it no longer reflects the many of the performance improvements (which help for benchmarking)…
Patch notesHi Scavs! Hotfix 0.7.5.4 is now live. Please see below for details!Update 7.5.4BUG FIXESFixed a potential issue where a player who receives a fatal amount of damage while firing their weaponry may skip the downed state and go directly to…
Patch notesEverything Steam lists as add-on content for this game, newest first. Prices are left out on purpose: the store answers this page in one currency and it is not the reader's.
| Name | Platforms | Released |
|---|---|---|
| The Forever Winter - Scorchline Skin Pack | Windows | 19 May 2026 |
| The Forever Winter Soundtrack Volume 2 | WindowsmacOSLinux | 20 Apr 2026 |
| The Forever Winter - Holiday Hangover | Windows | 23 Dec 2025 |
| The Forever Winter - Fleshwraps Skin Pack | Windows | 27 Aug 2025 |
| The Forever Winter - Nosebleed Skin Pack | Windows | 18 Apr 2025 |
| The Forever Winter Soundtrack | WindowsmacOSLinux | 24 Sep 2024 |
What Steam runs, and with what. Straight from the app configuration.
| Description | Executable | Arguments | Platform | |
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| Launch | Windows\ForeverWinter.exe | windows 64 |
The folders Steam Cloud syncs. The root is a token Steam uses for a location on your own machine, not a path this page can know.
| Root | Folder | Files |
|---|---|---|
WinAppDataLocal | ForeverWinter/Saved/SaveGames | *.dat |
It runs on public data and somebody's spare time.
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