Game server for The Forest

Three fixed sizes, from €7.29 a month. Each one lists what's inside: RAM, cores, storage.

Co-op survival horror

Sizes and prices

Final prices per month. The middle size is our recommendation.

Size M

Recommended

€10.89a month

RAM
6 GB
vCPU
3
SSD
20 GB
Coming soon

Final prices per month · Ordering opens soon

We don't have a backed player guide for The Forest yet. How many can play depends on mods, world and play style. The price follows memory, not player count.

Your own Steam token (GSLT)

For The Forest you can use your own Game Server Login Token. Without one, the server runs anonymously.

Valve sets conditions for the account that creates tokens. The current ones are listed on that page.

  1. Sign in with your Steam account at steamcommunity.com/dev/managegameservers.
  2. Enter app ID 242760 and give the token a memo, such as your server's name.
  3. Copy the token (32 characters, letters and digits only) and keep it somewhere safe.
  4. If Valve revokes the token, create a new one there.

Set up your server for The Forest

The console runs in your browser, and you edit files there or over SFTP. Values such as player count or world name are fields, depending on the game.

Example view
Max players
8
Auto save
Auto update

Example valuesWhat's in the panel

Questions about The Forest

How do my friends join?

Through the multiplayer menu in The Forest. Depending on the game that's the server list, a direct connection with address and port, or an invite code. Every player needs their own copy of the game.

How did you pick the sizes?

We installed and started the The Forest server in our own test run and measured it with no players connected after at least five minutes. Each size adds headroom for players on top. Nothing has been measured with players yet: mods, big worlds and full lobbies need more memory, so go one size up.

Does the server run on Windows?

The The Forest server only exists for Windows. We run it under Wine on Linux. In our test it started that way and stayed stable without players; how it behaves with a full lobby we haven't measured yet.

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