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Forester Press kit

Atmospheric forest management game about rebuilding a neglected woodland estate, mastering the care of the land, and finding your place among its inhabitants. Plant, cut and cultivate trees, restore your homestead, and shape the life of the one who tends it.

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Developer / Publisher
Albert Němec
Based in
Prague, Czech Republic
Genre
Forest management

About the game

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Rebuild your estate

Choose from three scenarios with unique land, buildings and challenges. Restore structures and unlock upgrades using the wood you grow.

Grow a thriving forest

Plant, cultivate and harvest trees. Guide their growth, develop special traits and care for the ecosystem around them.

Write your own story

Create your Forester and shape their character through dilemmas, encounters and anecdotes drawn from hundreds of possible situations.

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Forester is an atmospheric forest management game, where you learn to cultivate a thriving forest, cutting it for wood to ultimately restore a remote forestry estate, and find your place among the trees.

Story is delivered in bite-sized portions rather than through one overarching narrative. The scale is not that of a grand city builder, but rather a single valley with a single Forester, finding their way through life.

Rebuild Your Estate

Pick one of 3 scenarios with unique land, buildings and challenges, and bring your estate back to its former glory, one wood plank at a time.

Unlock a unique path through the progression tree of each structure you rebuild. Build upgrades by spending your home-grown wood and time, gaining new permanent bonuses to your forestry.

Assign your Forester to work at the stations they have built to gain efficiency bonuses. At least as long as you get enough sleep.

Grow a Thriving Forest

Experience a relaxing woodland life, where cutting a tree is as easy as the click of a button, and where patience literally pays off.

Guide each tree through its lifetime, from planting a sapling, through diligent cultivation and harvests of new saplings, to eventually turning it into much-needed wood.

As trees age, they accumulate wood, but may also develop special traits depending on your cultivation regimen. Some trees don't produce much wood at all, but instead improve the ecosystem around them.

Write Your Own Story

As you establish your livelihood in the forest, things start to happen. There may yet be prior inhabitants of the valley who are waiting to make themselves heard.

Determine what kind of Forester you are by resolving unique dilemmas, encounters and anecdotes drawn from hundreds of possible situations.

Create your own character and let their personal characteristics unfold over time, with each decision made and every path taken.

Who’s the game for?

For those who dream of living far away from the hustle of civilization.

For those who want to take pride in the trees they've grown. Who want to feel both thrilled and mournful whenever one of their great oaks must finally fall to the axe.

For those who rejoice in seeing what was once old and broken brought back to life.

For those who enjoy stepping into a character's shoes, making their own choices, and finding their own story through dozens of small narrative encounters.

It's a casual, unhurried experience, with a gentle push forward but plenty of time to appreciate the smell of pine and the melody of the birbs.

What makes it special?

My previous project, Rubedo: The Occult Dawn, never made it into production. But it left me with a strong occult itch, one I now find myself scratching through the bite-sized stories and curious encounters scattered throughout Forester.

Another distinguishing feature is the modest scale of each scenario. Just one forester, a single valley, and the ruins of a woodland lodge, being the only thing standing between him and the elements.

The focus on the forester's identity, experiences, and decisions also sets the game apart from traditional management games. RPG elements, such as skill trees and character attributes, are there not simply to optimize production, but to deepen the experience of inhabiting this small world.

Screenshots

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Estate and House — Forester gameplay
Estate and House2,560 × 1,440 · PNG · 7.4 MB↓ PNG
Grand Old Tree Management — Forester gameplay
Grand Old Tree Management2,560 × 1,440 · PNG · 9.0 MB↓ PNG
Mountain Forest Vista — Forester gameplay
Mountain Forest Vista2,560 × 1,440 · PNG · 8.9 MB↓ PNG
Path with Event — Forester gameplay
Path with Event2,560 × 1,440 · PNG · 6.4 MB↓ PNG
Pond and Upgrades — Forester gameplay
Pond and Upgrades2,560 × 1,440 · PNG · 8.5 MB↓ PNG
Campfire and Camp Upgrades — Forester gameplay
Campfire and Camp Upgrades2,560 × 1,440 · PNG · 6.9 MB↓ PNG
Night Forest Management — Forester gameplay
Night Forest Management2,560 × 1,440 · PNG · 6.9 MB↓ PNG
Journal Event and Choices — Forester gameplay
Journal Event and Choices2,560 × 1,440 · PNG · 5.5 MB↓ PNG
Character Customization — Forester gameplay
Character Customization2,560 × 1,440 · PNG · 6.5 MB↓ PNG
Forest Path Closeup — Forester gameplay
Forest Path Closeup2,560 × 1,440 · PNG · 7.8 MB↓ PNG
Estate at Dawn — Forester gameplay
Estate at Dawn2,560 × 1,440 · PNG · 7.0 MB↓ PNG
Workshop Sunrise — Forester gameplay
Workshop Sunrise2,560 × 1,440 · PNG · 6.2 MB↓ PNG

Logos & artwork

Original files, including transparent logo and icon.

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Library LogoForester IconMain Capsule
Branding files and download sizes
AssetDimensions & sizeDownload
Forester Icon256 × 256 · PNG · 0.0 MB↓ PNG
Header Capsule920 × 430 · PNG · 0.6 MB↓ PNG
Library Capsule600 × 900 · PNG · 0.7 MB↓ PNG
Library Header920 × 430 · PNG · 0.5 MB↓ PNG
Library Hero3,840 × 1,240 · PNG · 3.3 MB↓ PNG
Library Logo1,280 × 720 · PNG · 0.2 MB↓ PNG
Main Capsule1,232 × 706 · PNG · 1.2 MB↓ PNG
Small Capsule462 × 174 · PNG · 0.1 MB↓ PNG
Steam Background1,438 × 810 · PNG · 0.4 MB↓ PNG
Vertical Capsule 1748 × 896 · PNG · 1.0 MB↓ PNG
Vertical Capsule 2748 × 896 · PNG · 1.0 MB↓ PNG

Video

Trailers and gameplay clips. Opens in Google Drive.

Press enquiries

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For interviews, additional assets and questions about Forester.

Albert Němec · Developer & publisher