Forest Dump: Prologue

Forest Dump: Prologue

Smart Raven Studio · September 26, 2024 · Strategy, Roguelike, Card Game, Adventure, Deckbuilding

Forest Dump: Prologue is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.

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Positive89% · 37
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About Forest Dump: Prologue

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3069800/Forest_Dump/

Dive into a world of surprises, where every card flip could be your ticket to victory or trouble.

The prologue showcases a part of the mysterious forest that changes with every game. Can you master the art of strategic card flipping and uncover the first plot mysteries? Get a taste of a larger adventure that combines tactical thinking, luck, and exploration in this captivating roguelike experience.

Features of the Prologue:


  • Strategic Combat: Experience the core gameplay where every decision matters. Learn to choose your cards wisely and plan your attacks carefully.
  • Roguelike Elements: Discover how collecting scrolls can make you stronger.
  • Vibrant World: Explore part of the atmospheric forest with beautiful graphics.
  • Cards: Try out a limited set of cards, giving you a taste of the variety in the full game.
  • First Story Beats: Meet key characters and uncover the beginning of the mysterious plot that unfolds in the full version.
  • Replayability: Each playthrough of the prologue offers a unique experience thanks to the changing forest.

Try out gameplay elements that fans of Slay the Spire, Inscryption, and similar card-based roguelikes will find both familiar and fresh.

Forest Dump: Prologue — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Players are divided on Forest Dump: Prologue's merit as a game versus advertisement, with critics arguing it's primarily promotional content that shouldn't clutter game libraries. Those who engage with the actual gameplay find an enjoyable deck-building card battler with solid mechanics, art style, and addictive potential reminiscent of Slay the Spire, though they note frustrating RNG elements and resource scarcity issues that can abruptly end runs, creating balance complaints that developers should address before the full release.

Not recommended Jul 20, 2025
"Forest Dump: Prologue" is not a game. It's an advertisement for a product called "Forest Dump". Forest Dump is a rather badly made mobile app looking Hearthstone ripoff, only it's made for furries. Ugh. But this isn't completely relevant because this is not Forest Dump, it's just an advertisment for it, so it's not correct to try to review that completely distinct product. We must instead review this for what it is... an advertisement. If you enjoy advertisements, you can consume them for free on the web or on Youtube without needing to add them to your game library, download them, and then launch the advertising. It's impossible in a general sense to recommend people should do that over playing real, full games on Steam, and that applies here with "Forest Dump: Prologue" too. Usually the purpose of these advertisements is to get you to shell out money to the developer to buy the full product, but the developer hasn't bothered actually making a product you can buy, leaving this as an advertisement for nothing. We must question what value this pointless advertising has for gamers... and the answer is "none". Due to the poor public response amongst gamers for this advertis…
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Recommended Dec 25, 2024
---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☑ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☑ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☑ Old Fashioned ☐ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☐ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☑ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☑ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☑ Short ☐ Average ☐ Long …
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Recommended Sep 26, 2026
Forest Dump: Prologue is a really charming little card based adventure that I found surprisingly atmospheric. I play as a fox exploring a mysterious forest that changes between runs, and the whole experience has a strange mixture of cute characters and unsettling secrets. I liked the way the game immediately makes exploration feel uncertain because I never completely know what the next card will reveal. The main mechanic revolves around flipping cards to move through the forest and deal with whatever I discover. Some decisions lead to useful rewards while others can put me in danger, so I have to think about when I want to take a risk. I enjoyed that balance because it makes even a simple card choice feel like it could completely change the direction of a run. Combat adds another layer because I have to choose cards carefully and think about how I want to approach each encounter. Scrolls can make my character stronger as the run continues, while the changing forest means I cannot simply memorize a perfect route. I liked the combination of planning and luck because it gives each attempt a slightly different feel. The visual presentation is one of my favorite parts. The forest has…
Recommended Jul 16, 2026
its good i cant wait for the real game
Recommended Jul 19, 2025
Fun little deckbuilder/card battler. Looking forward to the full game
Not recommended Oct 31, 2024
I like the mechanics, and I like that is does NOT have a bit more deckbuilding. But it was no fun anymore after the RNG killed me too many times in Chapter IV.

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