Forager

While it isn't without a few faults, it's very much an enjoyable way to spend an afternoon or two with, then return to later in the week to see how much more you can take on. I'm all about the grind in my day-to-day life, so seeing something similar in such a fun and rewarding little game was right up my alley. I'll definitely be picking up a copy when it debuts on Switch.

Despite its lack of difficulty, our time with Forager was enjoyable to the very end. For those seeking out a new chill crafting game, Forager is worth your while.

Forager is a lovely surprise, its simple appearance disguising a huge amount of content packed under the surface. Rarely has crafting been as enjoyable and streamlined, whilst the sheer range of things to do means that you never have to feel bored. You’re always working towards something whilst the dungeons are well designed and feature classic puzzles which makes for a refreshing change of pace f...

Forager marries everything you love about survival-adventures with everything you didn’t know you wanted in one. A casual yet chaotic experience that’s worth a try despite a slight lack of polish.

If you enjoy filling out the bundle collections in Stardew Valley's community centre then Forager will be right up your alley.

I am always fascinated whenever I play a game developed by a single person. Here am I, someone who can’t program “Hello World” to save my life, while someone else has managed to come up with codes, assets, pixels, soundtracks, the whole bunch, all on their own. Forager is the latest addition to the “One Dev Group”, a cute sprite-based survival game made by one dude in Argentina.

Forager demonstrates the importance of anchoring players in the world. It has great content, but that's hidden away behind random chance and hours of grinding. The idle-like mechanics are irritating at best, but the dungeon crawling and the puzzles come into their own. I only wish the rest of the game lived up to the excitement of finding a dungeon.

There's about an hour's worth of story in the The Forger - a languid movie that's stretched thin to fill out the running time. As proof of that, Christopher Plummer's codger is given an actual "talk to the tombstone" scene at one point - for no other reason than to run down the clock. Given the topic, this could have been something unique, but the story plays things too safe and the script never t...