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Forspoken follows the journey of Frey, a young New Yorker transported to the beautiful and cruel land of Athia. In search of a way home, Frey must use her newfound magical abilities to traverse sprawling landscapes and battle monstrous creatures.
Forspoken is a open world, female protagonist and exploration game
developed and published by Square Enix.
Released on January 24th 2023 is available on Windows and Steam Machine.
It has received 8,106 reviews of which 5,045 were positive and 3,061 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.1 out of 10. 😐
The game is currently priced at 79.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 19.87€ on Eneba.
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- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows® 10 64-bit (After November 2019 Update) or Windows® 11 64-bit
- Processor: AMD Ryzen™ 5 1600 (3.7GHz or better) / Intel® Core™ i7-3770 (3.7GHz or better)
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: AMD Radeon™ RX 5500 XT 8GB / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 6 GB VRAM
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 150 GB available space
- Additional Notes: 720p 30fps
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I picked up this game because it looked interesting and because after seeing all the terrible reviews online I was kind of curious. And as it turns out, it's not as bad as people say but there are some things you should know if you're considering picking it up: 1. The gameplay is pretty fun, I've found the magical parkour to genuinely be fun once I worked out the nuances. And combat is enjoyable for the most part, but its a shame that the fun spells are the ones you get later (more on that). 2. The main character gets unjustified hatred from the online community. She's a young (21 I think?) girl who grew up in New York and was suddenly thrown into this new world. Many of her reactions are perfectly reasonable, and if you play long enough and pay attention you see her start to change as she accepts that her original pessimistic viewpoint might not be right. 3. As of 2026, the game has good settings to tweak the game to make it what you will enjoy. I ended up lowering the difficulty, not because it was hard, but because I felt that many of the boss fights are just too long. 4. The story is very railroaded, what I mean by that is you're not going to have much of any impact on how things turn out. I've read that in the end you can make one or two choices that will affect where the main character ends up, but for the most part its go here then watch a cutscene. 5. People criticize the world for being barren and lifeless, and that's right but it's also explained by the game. The world is being overtaken by a thing that is killing people and everyone has retreated into one city. In the city you'll encounter people and outside you'll mostly just encounter ruins and things to fight. 6. I've actually enjoyed the lore and the premise of the game. It's not shoved in your face if you want to skip it, but I think the details are interesting. It's not especially unique though, the trope of the orphan saving the world has been done and this doesn't bring too much new there. The story is pretty predictable at times, it's not going to blow your mind. 7. Performance is good, but I've had tons of crashes in Proton so I switched to Windows. If you're playing on a Steam Deck I don't know if this is a good purchase. You can probably get playable FPS out of it but you're probably going to get crashes. And like I said with so many cutscenes those crashes mean you'll probably have to replay certain areas and that really sucks. 8. I'm coming to the game in 2026 after all the patches and fixes have been made. If you see reviews from when the game launched, it sounds like it was even buggier and had other issues. And it was priced at like $70 - which come on Square, shame on you guys. This is a good purchase when it goes on sale, I think it's a fair game for $20. 9. The game is a slow slow burn. It takes a while before you get to the fun spells and even your magic parkour at the start is kinda useless. If you stick with it though and get to the upgrades then you turn into this wild bouncing all over the place parkour monster. It feels at times what I imagine a Mistborn game would probably be like. But you gotta wanna get there, I'd guess it probably takes at least an hour before you get to the open world portion of the game. If you made it this far, my summary is the game is fun, you can make it as difficult as you want it to be, and the world is interesting (although not especially unique). Don't pay full price for it though and don't listen to all the hate. If you're on the fence give the demo a try but know if you're gaming on Linux you might not have a great experience.
If you read any reviews, please read mine. I recommend this game, 12/10. It starts off a little slow, but the character arc and world building are well worth the wait. People may get upset about Frey's perspective and how she responds to certain conflicts, but I think it really rounds her character out and really makes her human. You don't play this game to make your own choices, you play this game to enjoy participating in a story as it unfolds, and learning Frey's story with her. The combat is really fun with the huge range of spells you can unlock in skill-tree fashion, and don't get me started on how fun magic parkour is. The accessibility features are also fantastic, and you can make a lot of adjustments to make sure the game is most enjoyable for you. Personally, I recommend the auto-loot feature so you can pick things up by running over them. If you're on the fence because it looks fun, but you're concerned about the reviews, please give this game a chance!
I didn’t expect to enjoy this as much as I did, but I’m honestly surprised more people aren’t giving it a chance. I had a great time. Story and Premise This is one of the best isekai games currently available. Frey gets summoned to another world and is basically forced to save it, not just survive it, and her “cheat magic” is used in a really fun way that fits the genre and its not even an isekai. With a few mods, you could push it even further toward a weeb dream if that’s your thing. The jokes aside, the overall tone and storytelling are strong even without mods. Replay and Content Even if you rush the main quest, you’re looking at 30+ hours of gameplay. After the story is done, there’s still more content and story to keep going. Verdict Worth playing even if it’s not on sale. I finished the game, and that says a lot. I paid full sticker price for Outer Worlds 2 and Avowed and didn’t stick with either of them, but this one genuinely kept my interest the whole way through.
The 8-Damage Review: Why Forspoken is a $20 Skill-Based Masterpiece 1. Skip the Prologue Noise Ignore the New York storyline. It’s a slow-burn, scripted mess. All you need to know is Frey is angry, she lost everything she cared about (her cat), and she got pulled into Athia. The game doesn't truly start until you get out of the city of Cipal. 2. The Marketing Failure vs. The Open World Reality The marketing team failed this game by trying to sell a "Sassy New Yorker" narrative it failed So then they tried sell openwrorld but failed to show the combat yeah go every where for what no enemy's. You can not sell "Emptiness" even here on steam same story first video O look at the what you can do in the game big whoop it is "Emptiness" Then they let the Developers speak with out scripts and we got Hip-hoppy" walk and "angry orphan" Why is worth 20 bucks? They should have sold it as a "Go anywhere, kill anything" sandbox. Once I got outside Cipal, I saw a big Red Bear in the distance. I was way underpowered—my shots were doing only 8 damage. 3. No "Corporate Shell" Throttling Most modern games (like World of Warcraft) use "Level Scaling" as a hard guardrail. If you kill something 20 levels higher, they punish you by only giving you XP for an enemy at your own level. They force you to "fit the mold" and grind. Not Forspoken. 4. The Reward for the Kill The Bear could kill me in one hit. I died the first time. The second time, I fought for 5 minutes, survived with a sliver of health, and won. The game didn't hold my hand—it gave me every single drop of XP that high-level enemy was worth. I immediately unlocked two high-tier spells (Leach and Tendril) because the developers allowed my skill to win the fight. 5. The Verdict Yeah, the story has its issues. She’s not a hero by nature. But for $20, a game with no guardrails, no level caps, and a truly open world that rewards you for doing the "impossible" is a massive recommendation. If you can kill it, you get the power. Sold. This not like Elden Ring by any means But what it does do is the same thing it rewards for killing. Just like killing the Tree Sentinel at low level it drops the Golden Halberd and 3,200 runes immediately. yes I could not even use the Golden Halberd at my low level but I worked for the points to use it as soon as I could. That us why I highly recommend this for 20 bucks skill pays off.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Forspoken is currently priced at 79.99€ on Steam.
No, Forspoken is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 79.99€ on Steam.
Yes, Forspoken received 5,045 positive votes out of a total of 8,106 achieving a rating of 6.14.
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Forspoken was developed and published by Square Enix.
Yes, Forspoken is playable and fully supported on Windows.
No, Forspoken is not playable on MacOS.
No, Forspoken is not playable on Linux.
No, Forspoken is not playable on Steam Deck.
Yes, Forspoken is playable and fully supported on Steam Machine.
No, Forspoken does not support VR.
Forspoken is a single-player game.
Yes, there are 2 DLCs available for Forspoken. Explore additional content available for Forspoken on Steam.
No, Forspoken does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, Forspoken does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, Forspoken is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Forspoken.
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