Forest Hustle is an idle-progression game where you work off a 100k debt by gathering forest resources, hiring workers, and negotiating deals. The core loop involves manual collection early on, then gradually automating through worker hiring and upgrades before pursuing a prestige reset. It's best suited for players who enjoy watching exponential growth unfold and don't mind the grind through early-game slowness.
About this game
You are dropped into a forest with one goal - making money and paying off your 100k debt. Collect resources, make deals, upgrade, build and hire workers to do the job for you. 🐕
What players are saying
▲ Recommended5 hrs
Built a $3000 PC with an RTX 4090 to play Cyberpunk at max settings. Ended up playing this pixel art tree simulator for 5 hours straight.
Forest Hustle starts slow. Painfully slow. One tree. One rock. Me. Debt. Regret.
Then I hire a worker.
Now it’s efficient. Then it’s fast. Then it’s concerning. Workers multiply. The forest starts despawning faster than it can exist. Traders roll up with deals that feel like scams, but I’m too busy strip mining nature to care. Somehow the debt gets paid.
So I prestige.
This time I don’t bother paying it back. I optimize routes. I rush workers. I build industrial infrastructure like I’m setting up for the real game. The forest never stood a chance.
By endgame, its a wasteland... BUT I have so many DOGS that my GPU fans kick on like I launched a AAA title. Frames are lost. There are now more dogs then resources that existed originally. IV DONE IT. DOG
10/10 experience. Started with an axe. Ended with DOG apocalypse... its beautiful
Wish I could recommend it, but I'm 2 hours in and I've got all the upgrades, and the game is still super slow-going and the only thing to do is just pay off the massive debt.
I wish there were more upgrades, or a way to upgrade the workers you hire to automate the game, but as-is the game is pretty boring and just gets waaaay more boring at the 2 hour mark.
So it's an active incremental game without the upgrade tree that encourages you from start-to-finish, I can't devote myself to beating a game with no rewards from here to the endgame (likely 4 hours of the same gameplay away).
Hi gamers!I have been working hard on everyones feedback and I hope you like the new update! Thank you everyone for playing Forest Hustle and taking the time to leave feedback!Worker upgrades & new currency:Hiring halls now give you research points for worker upgradesYou can upgrade the worker speed and chopping speedNew tab in the tablet called WorkersPlayer upgrades:New stone inventory upgrade (in the Bench)New upgrade for resource pickup distance (in the Bench)Late game harvester upgrade (in the Worker Tab)Additional inventory and energy upgrades to support the harvester upgradeDog petting:You can now pet the dogNew Prestige bonus:Each prestige now gives you +100% worker speed. So for 5 prestiges you start with +500% worker speed. At this point the game gets pretty ridiculous.More:Updated costs and balancing of upgrades and unlocksHiring Hall is now slightly cheaperFew small performance improvements that should accommodate large amount of resource drops.
Hi gamers,thank you for posting feedback in the community hub, I have been working hard today to fix all the issues and I think it should cover a lot of issues. If there is more stuff let me know in the hub!Stamina fix:Stamina now regenerates when idle, and a little bit faster. Also new game starts with a tiny bit of stamina.Tutorial fix:Some people may have experienced the last tutorial message being stuck. It is now fixedThere is also a slightly better tutorialAutosave:The game now autosaves every 20 minutesDeals bug and speed:After loading the game the delay between deals was a bit longer than should have been. It is now fixed.Also deals come in faster now after you've unlocked all traders.Ladder bug:Being stuck on the ladder after destroying the ladder while climbing is now fixedHiring hall & workers:Hiring hall now costs slightly less and the workers work and move a little bit faster.Slight increase of cost in final upgrades:The final axe and pickaxe upgrades cost a bit more.Inverted Y axis:The settings/controls now have an option to invert the Y axis movementNew 72 stone achievement:Added the 72 stone achievement. If you already have mined 72 stones you will have to get in a map and mine a stone. Sorry!Inventory full indicator:The inventory UI now changes to red color when your inventory is full. Some players may have not noticed this and tried to pickup more wood while their inventory was full.Deposit distance:Slight increase in deposit distance of resources for the player.If you currently have the game open you might have to restart steam to access the update.🙏
