Forager
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Forager is an adventure developed by Hop Frog, released 18 April 2019 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Android. The main story takes about 41 hrs to finish.
What Forager is
Forager is an adventure game developed by Hop Frog and released in 2019. It was published by Humble Bundle. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on GameMaker Studio 2.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Forager is a 2D open world adventure game developed by Argentine studio HopFrog and published by Humble Bundle. The game was released for Microsoft Windows on April 18th, 2019, then later for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS, and Android. In Forager, the player progresses by leveling up and obtaining resources that spawn throughout the world's lands, using them to craft new buildings, objects and tools. Using earnable gold to buy more land, you'll find various puzzles and dungeons.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 103 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Forager holds a critic score of 71 out of 100. That places it above 41% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 2 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 73, across 100 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 41 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 1.2Ghz, 1024 MB RAM and 512MB. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.
What it launched against
Forager launched on 18 April 2019, within three weeks of Days Gone, Anno 1800, Borderlands Game of the Year Enhanced and Katana Zero. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Days Gone, Anno 1800, Borderlands Game of the Year Enhanced, Katana Zero.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Forager yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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