Lumberjacked is a forest-themed incremental game where you chop trees, sell logs, and buy gear upgrades to progress deeper into the woods. The core loop involves harvesting resources and reinvesting them into stat improvements, though reviewers note the experience becomes repetitive and grindy after the first couple hours, with tedious traversal and limited map visibility dampening the experience. It's best suited for players who enjoy minimal, resource-gathering gameplay but expect uneven pacing and a padded endgame.
About this game
You wake up in a strange cabin deep in a mysterious forest, axe in hand, with only one way forward—through. Chop trees, sell logs, purchase and upgrade gear, and uncover the secrets hidden deep in the forest.
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What players are saying
▲ Recommended5 hrs
It is a fun short incremental game that was worth 4 bucks. The end of the game was very grindy and not super satisfying, the strength of the game is in the first ~2 hours. It suffers from very samey map areas that make it very difficult to navigate due to the constant fog that greatly limits your ability to see and discern what direction you are moving in.
Note - if you want to go for both completion achievements you should make a copy of your save before crossing the points of no return. This saves repeating some of the bad near-endgame grind/hunting.
1- Chopping 1000 Elder Trees 2- Breaking the first boiler save location:
C:\Users\[UserName]\AppData\LocalLow\irs\Lumberjacked
File is save0.es3
A perfect guidebook for everything you shouldn't do when making an incremental game.
I truly have nothing positive to say about this game. Gameplay consist of walking painfully slow to a tree, chopping it down slowly, walking back to your home slowly to deposit the logs, slowly repeating until you have enough money to slowly go to your home and buy a minor numerical upgrade. Great! Now that you've upgraded your tree chopping power you can break those trees in.... oh.... the exact same amount of hits....
Now you can repeat the process at the same speed until the next incredibly minor upgrade until eventually the upgrades start to actually become meaningful, at which point of course they reach their max potential, which, is quite strange because you're not even half way through with the game. Now, with nothing left to upgrade all you have left to do is wander around aimlessly searching for the last trees to chop down in this big, empty forest with no way at all of locating them.....
Full of some truly horrid design choices on top of the complete lack of content.
Why is movement so slow? Why is there limited stamina that serves no purpose, other than forcing the player to sleep? Why is there a day night cycle that also simply forces the player to sleep? Why is there such limited sprint stamina? Why is there sprinting at all? Why do I need to purchase one of the most painful to look at light sources I've ever seen to stay outside at night with out being teleported home? Why are the upgrades so slight and so limited? Why is nothing to spend hundreds of thousand of dollars you obtain on? Why is the drone you can purchase so useless? Why is there no way to locate where remaining trees are if your environment is an entirely identical empty space? On top of it all, basic mechanics often break or become nonfunctional. Sometimes you can't even talk to the one npc, sometimes you get stuck in terrain, sometimes menus break, etc....
One of the few games I've played where i truly have nothing at all positive to say.
Hey Lumberjacks!Thank you so much for chopping your way through Lumberjacked! If you enjoyed the relaxing satisfaction of clearing the forest and watching your upgrades stack up, my brand-new cozy tidy-up-lite game Apples Everywhere! is out now on Steam—with a 15% launch discount!This time, you're stepping into a peaceful orchard buried under 10,000 apples, and with a few animal helpers at your side, you're sure to become a master apple sorter:Harvest & Sort: Gather apples, check them for worms, and toss them into the right bin (or pack them into crates!).Recruit Animal Helpers: Unlock helpers like a pig, ducks who fish apples out of the pond, and an alpaca who hauls apples for you, and that you can ride!Stack Up Upgrades: Spend your coin on new stats, crates, and abilities for both you and your helpers.Uncover Secrets: Hunt down hidden keys, treasure chests, and secrets tucked around the orchard.Since you're part of the Lumberjacked crew, make sure to grab it through the Lumberjacked x Apples Everywhere! Bundle for an extra discount! And don’t worry, I haven’t forgotten about Lumberjacked! Now that Apples Everywhere! has launched, I’m switching my focus back to polishing the final build and adding a new wintery theme for the holidays.See you soon, and Chop Chop!
Dumb Duck Games' upcoming title, The Final Lane, has a brand-new trailer!The Final Lane combines realistic bowling with deckbuilding roguelike mechanics, where THE BALLS ARE THE CARDS!Draft a powerful arsenal of bowling balls, discover unique synergies, upgrade your skills, and battle through the damned for a chance to face Satan himself and earn redemption.Watch the new trailer and wishlist The Final Lane on Steam!
Hey everyone!If you've enjoyed optimizing your progression loops and clearing forests in Lumberjacked, we have some exciting news today.Our friends over at Rokaplay (the publisher behind A Game About Digging A Hole and Solarpunk) are launching a brand-new title: Chop Chop Inc.Chop Chop Inc. is an adventure game entirely focused on chopping trees, building up automated production lines, and scaling your operation.You can check out Chop Chop Inc here: Happy chopping!
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