Gaming
Can I run The Forest?
Minimum requirements
- CPU
- Intel Dual-Core 2.4 GHz
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT · DirectX 9.0
- RAM
- 4 GB
- Storage
- 5 GB
- OS
- Windows 7
Recommended requirements
- CPU
- Quad Core Processor
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 · DirectX 9.0
- RAM
- 4 GB
- Storage
- 5 GB
- OS
- Windows 7
Check your laptop
Laptops that definitively can’t run The Forest
34 of 317 laptops in our database fail The Forest’s minimum requirements outright — either the publisher lists a different operating system than the laptop runs, or the laptop’s RAM is soldered (not upgradeable) and below the requirement. Laptops not listed here are not judged, not incompatible: their CPU, GPU and configuration need checking by you — we don’t guess.
- MacBook Air (13-inch, M1, 2020)
- MacBook Air (13-inch, M2, 2022)
- MacBook Air (13-inch, M3, 2024)
- MacBook Air (13-inch, M4, 2025)
- MacBook Air (13-inch, M5, 2026)
- MacBook Air (15-inch, M2, 2023)
- MacBook Air (15-inch, M3, 2024)
- MacBook Air (15-inch, M4, 2025)
- MacBook Air (15-inch, M5, 2026)
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, M1, 2020)
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, M2, 2022)
- MacBook Pro (14-inch, M1 Max, 2021)
- MacBook Pro (14-inch, M1 Pro, 2021)
- MacBook Pro (14-inch, M2 Max, 2023)
- MacBook Pro (14-inch, M2 Pro, 2023)
- MacBook Pro (14-inch, M3 Max, Nov 2023)
- MacBook Pro (14-inch, M3 Pro, Nov 2023)
- MacBook Pro (14-inch, M3, Nov 2023)
- MacBook Pro (14-inch, M4 Max, 2024)
- MacBook Pro (14-inch, M4 Pro, 2024)
- MacBook Pro (14-inch, M4, 2024)
- MacBook Pro (14-inch, M5 Max, 2026)
- MacBook Pro (14-inch, M5 Pro, 2026)
- MacBook Pro (14-inch, M5, 2025)
- MacBook Pro (16-inch, M1 Max, 2021)
- MacBook Pro (16-inch, M1 Pro, 2021)
- MacBook Pro (16-inch, M2 Max, 2023)
- MacBook Pro (16-inch, M2 Pro, 2023)
- MacBook Pro (16-inch, M3 Max, Nov 2023)
- MacBook Pro (16-inch, M3 Pro, Nov 2023)
- MacBook Pro (16-inch, M4 Max, 2024)
- MacBook Pro (16-inch, M4 Pro, 2024)
- MacBook Pro (16-inch, M5 Max, 2026)
- MacBook Pro (16-inch, M5 Pro, 2026)
Which laptops can reach 4 GB of RAM?
291 of 317 laptops in our database support at least 4 GB of RAM (the model’s documented maximum). That is capacity, not what ships in the box — check your exact configuration, and see whether your model’s RAM can be upgraded.
Where these requirements come from
- Valve (Steam) — The Forest on Steam — System Requirements · retrieved 9/20/2026
- minimum: 32bit windows users need to ensure they have at least 4gb of ram usable on their system.
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