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Forestrike

Forestrike is a tactical kung-fu fighting game with a supernatural twist. Use your 'foresight' ability to visualize fights before they happen and hone your skills then rumble in reality, where defeat means…

80 17 November 2025

Forestrike is an arcade developed by Skeleton Crew Studio, released 17 November 2025 on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Forestrike is

Forestrike is an arcade game developed by Skeleton Crew Studio and released in 2025. It was published by Devolver Digital. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Forestrike is a tactical kung-fu fighting game with a supernatural twist. Use your 'foresight' ability to visualize fights before they happen and hone your skills then rumble in reality, where defeat means starting over from scratch.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 9 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Forestrike holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 68% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2025 averaged 78, so it scored 2 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-6600K / AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, 8 GB RAM and GeForce GTX 970 / Radeon RX 560X / Arc A380. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 3GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Forestrike launched on 17 November 2025, within three weeks of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, ARC Raiders, The Outer Worlds 2 and Routine. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 8 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, ARC Raiders, The Outer Worlds 2, Routine.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Forestrike — frequently asked questions

When did Forestrike come out?
Forestrike was released on 17 November 2025 for Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Forestrike?
At minimum, Forestrike needs Intel Core i5-6600K / AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, 8 GB RAM, GeForce GTX 970 / Radeon RX 560X / Arc A380 graphics, 2600 MB available space of storage.
How many GB is Forestrike?
The PC version needs about 2.5 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("2600 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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