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The Front
Developer Samar Studio
The Front is a survival open-world crafting sandbox game. You are a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop the rise of a tyrannical empire. Collect resources, craft tech, build shelters, and fight monsters to accomplish your mission. From the Steam store page
208 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Mastodon, Bluesky) · newest Oct 5, 2026 · last updated Oct 7, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
55
Mixed
110 positive · 90 negative
95% range 48–62%
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| Steam reviews | 110 | 90 | 0 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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8 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Mixed
7,132 of 10,713 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 208 · most liked firstDevs basically abandoned the game, came back to slap on a 1.0 tag, and called it good. Also, the sudden influx of good reviews is because there's an Amazon gift card giveaway on their Discord lol. Make no mistake, this is still very much an early access title, and one that I'm not sure will ever reach its full potential. To the extent that this game even gets updates, they are so seldom. Most update posts from the past year have been them announcing server closures.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do not buy. Abandoned cash grab of a half finished janky and laggy game. A shame really. It had so much potential. But the devs are dishonest and lazy.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Alright, so here’s my honest take after jumping back into The Front 1.0 — and I want to be straight with you all. I played this game two years ago in early access, and I was really hoping the 1.0 release would tighten things up. But after all this time, it feels like they’ve barely touched the optimization. I’m running this on a Ryzen 9 5900X, RTX 3070 Ti, and 128 gigs of RAM, and I’m still getting wild FPS swings — anywhere from 40 to 200 FPS — even with everything tuned and optimized. I’ve…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game leaves me with mixed feelings; it's not bad, but certainly not good either. The videos are a LIE—just blatant marketing trying to bait people. !!! Don't buy the game for now. It is not at version 1.0 or anywhere near it; it is still an Early Access game. !!! There is a lot of potential, but it feels like many ideas have been implemented but not finished. - Basic functions often don't work properly, such as logging out of a server, running, or mining. - The blueprint recipes are…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hwang Dong-hyuk: "In my TV show, Squid Game, I created the character of The Front Man as a cautionary tale" Mr Beast: "Finally I have become The Front Man from the award winning show Squid Game"
unlabelledView post →DAMN WHAT HAPPEND TO THIS GAME?? look up first trailers for it on youtube.. then look at current trailers. it had some new ideas finally for the genre... now it looks like another free "zombie open world survival craft" I had high hopes for this one. Just wish they went back to the roots and tried again.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Another game I wont play because of Kernel Level Invasion.. - Update - Changing this to thumbs up because I found a way to play offline solo and uninstall EAC. Delete the EAC folder then in order to load the game, don't do it in steam but instead go to the installation location then click on the folders, Project War > Binaries > Win64, then go launch TheFront from there. May be a bit tricky the first time to get it to launch but after a while I got my single player game and can enjoy this…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nothing much new, as promised at the beginning(Naval vehicles, mods, new maps, etc). After a long silence, they simply slapped a 1.0 label on it and call it done. They should have at least create a modkit... What a shame, the core of the game is fun, but...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Waited 2 years to give this game a review, saw 1.0 launch and was actually excited to see what they have done to fix and add to the game. Had 600 hrs put in at the time of game launch and another 60 recently. The servers dont rubber band anymore every 5 seconds but thats the only positive note. Game feels super unpolished so far in EVERY aspect from building, pve and pvp. Highest pop on an official server is 30 and unofficial a whole whopping 6 people lol. I would say unfortuanelty this game is…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No p[oint wasting your time on this game, The pop has died down, servers pretty much empty,. All you will do is waste your time because no matter how strong your base is, some freak will just teleport inside naked wit ha rocket launcher game had so much potential but the devs didn't care, There is the same bugs in the game now, that was there when the game was first released....
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game has a really neat idea, it was fun to play even with the bugs, they were developing it shortly after release, but at this point it seems that it was a cash grab. No real content updates, bare minimum on patching - likely only for the engine, so would not recommend anyone purchases. Hopefully someone picks up the IP or comes out with a competing game because the premise of the game and the gameplay was super cool.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This dev team is giving me the same Vibe as the game "Heat" from Code Hatch.... Came on real strong, lots of updates and stuff, then the communication disappeared. Then they Changed the scope of the game completely and made it into a whole different game. Then they apologized for the lack of communication and promptly stopped communicating again. The game will go 1 year to 1.5 years with no meaningful content. but they maintain the servers constantly. Personally, this game is pretty…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is just bad ... tanks getting killed by bows, zombies shooting bullets with hands, extremely unrealistic and makes no sense. Confusing settings and poor optimizations makes this a big NO.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It was broken last year, devs did not listen to players. its not really new, honestly just a bunch of vehicles now lol
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As someone who has supported this game going on 3 years now. Truthfully just close the game and move on. You guys can't redeem yourselves with this one. Tried replaying the game a few nights ago and it can't even get 50 fps stable when I used to get 170 on it 💀 The idea was there, execution was beyond terrible over the years. Your flame has burned, dwindled away, and been died out.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game had a lot of potential! But This is crap! don't buy don't waste your money! Save it! Edit 2026: complete dead game...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Has great potential, but a looooong way to go. As of July 2026 - three years after "launch" - it's pretty ass to play. Feels like early beta, with a plethora of really bad bugs (as well as a few funny ones), weird ass flight controls, illogical designs and impressively horrible execution. It's a shame, because they do have a few cool ideas in there, they just haven't made good on them.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →***I Only recommend it at $10 sale price*** This game could be really nice but it suffers from a few glaring issues which I will outline in hopes that the Devs see it and take it seriously. I would submit tickets but that process annoys me. Feel free to spend your time doing that if you think it will help. Given the state of developers these days I doubt anything will change and this may just end up being another high potential game that gets abandoned after the money slows. 1. AI - a.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really want to recommend this game but it still has way too many bugs. The level system is way off comparing mobs to the player. If anything, raise the player cap from 60 to 100 or even higher just make it require more and more xp. After I finish playing I'll uninstall and call it a day with this game. There are just way too many other games that aren't so broken.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →its beyond dull, Runs like dog with its legs sawn off. Don't waste your money on this.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is at version 1.5.x as of writing this. Still no good quality of life. And seemingly no polish at all. It looks and feels like Early Access. Not a post 1.0 full release. I hope that changes soon, then maybe so will my review.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The updated official version has a lot of content, so it's enjoyable to play. However, there are still bugs. Since it's the official version, please fix the bugs properly, my good brother.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't know what happened to this game, but it was peak when it was most like Rust. I really enjoyed the team aspect of the game when exploring, base building, harvesting, or killing bosses/the base mazes. It looks like the developers took it in a way different direction since I played it. Please revert the game back to that version, and you will have much better feedback and a continuing playerbase.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →PVP is a joke for this game. The Devs/Admins refuse to do anything about the hackers coming in using illegal vehicles to destroy bases and take all your stuff at will. They don't answer questions or respond in any way to let you know if something has been done. Don't waste your time. The PVE side seems to be interesting and has lots to explore.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the more i consider playing rust, the more i wish this game took off. Although I'll add that the material cost and starting grind is astronomically high to get to a comfortable mid point in the game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The bugs are game breaking, and its not early release anymore, its 1.0+. when a prime feature breaks the core game code and developers are silent for 6+ months on a fix, it tells you all you need to know. It was a fun game when the core code worked, buildings worked, vehicles worked, ai pathing worked, and of course you didnt fall through the world. but now, with their most recent LIVE PATCH, and RELEASE patch, its unplayable. so sad to see a good game go into the toilet over bad developers
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not much can be said about this game, except that it had huge potential. Needless to say, its not possible to unleash the potential when not working on the game. The way that developers post server maintenance as "Maintenance and Updates" altho there are no updates ia s joke
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great idea, but after what?, 2 years or so and a brand new PC, the game still feels choppy and ♥♥♥♥♥♥.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game came out good but with bugs. Went to ♥♥♥♥♥♥ with more bugs. These guys built a solid foundation then was like na lets just dig a hole instead of build onto what we already have.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The previews are a lie it does NOT look like that ever ♥♥♥♥ this game I wish I could refund it so hard
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you like survival games like subsistence, 7 days to die, and a hint of ark you need to own this game. Never played the PVP aspect but the PVE is some of the best in the survival genre.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Absolute dumpster fire of a game. The gameplay is slow and boring and the game mechanics just don't work. Items disappear and the vehicle mechanics are awful. The last straw was when my buddy and I went out exploring and our vehicle just vanished... Don't waste your time, even if its free.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I never leave reviews but for this i have to. I had really high hopes of a more advanced rust game. I wont lie, i was having a lot of fun at the start. But slowly that faded. Starting with the fact you need to be on complete level ground to build. Once you start you have no way to lower or raise foundations like you can in rust. This caused a ton of wasted resources having to destroy and rebuild to find out what you can and cant do with the limitations in building. The fact that they have…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Base gameplay is good, however, Devs have been radio-silent for nearly 6 months. They may have possibly have abandoned the game, which is a shame, cause it showed promise.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →fun game, but pvp full of hackers, makes the game feels like ♥♥♥♥♥
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What a waste of money. So much promise but yet another game where the devs just abandon it once they got their pay day. Buggy, horrible movements and animations, lack of content, and how they can call this a full release is beyond me. AVOID!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bugs still exist, ♥♥♥♥♥♥ Lag and brutal grind require more patience than its worth.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Thought it was worth it at first getting into the game figuring stuff out it's all fun at the beginning, but it was just a cash grab. Devs are braindead, and aren't pushing and updates what so ever.. Just server maintenance. Recommend not buying this game unless it goes on sale that's less than the price of milk
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Devs stopped giving a $#%@ about the game and just does minor things, do not buy unless heavily on sale. Just a cash grab at this point.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →1.0 ready? absolutely not. Animals phasing through doors. After leaving the through the bunker door (tutorial), a deer after hitting it once runs straight in the ocean on the ocean floor unreachable for me. The sound design is horrifically bad. and it instantly feels just like a cash grab.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Front was a fun and solid game at the start, the player base has unfortunately died out, and it suffers from too many technical issues. It attempts to blend elements from various survival games, but the execution falls flat and the overall polish is poor. It was a promising title, but sadly, it is certainly not one I would recommend.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I want to love the game but their are just too many random bugs that ruin it. One of wich you can spend hours/days gathering blueprints, farming resources, crafting materials to make the armors and weapons vehicles you want, to have a bug kill you while your offline loosing everything in your inventory.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dont worry, if you die you wont be able to walk or run. game been out for x amount of years and you cant even run or walk after you die.... thats basic
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Front of LIES so much potential sad so sad
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Well... This IS a promissing game, but I should have lisen to the general recommendation. First, yes, this is a promissing game, with many mecanics similar to ARK or RUST. You can harvest materials and food, and the weapons are modern (the mighty stick is necessary in the firsts hours) there is a technology tree, levels, crafting table, and last but not least, vehicles. Sadly, i am not here to write a positive review, and the pros don't lift the game enought. The game issues are in number…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Devs please, just fix the performance. I cant even get above 60 FPS consistently.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have played this with a friend on and off for a couple of years, mainly PvP until our playtime started dwindling, we recently picked it back up and decided to give PvE a stab... 12 hours in and my friend gets killed by a players defence turret multiple times, another active player in the server flew past the base in his helicopter to see if it was glitched but it nearly destroyed his helicopter. cheating in pve on a game with already extremly low palyer base... wow... and uninstall
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game still feels like an early access game. After 3years this game has had little to no development and it shows. Game is meh at best.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is now a zombie ♥♥♥♥ storm... What happened to the original version? That was actually fun, but not this now.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →bann phill from all servers, he hacks
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →once you learn the game its actually quite a bit of fun
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The overall gaming experience is decent, yet there is still room for improvement. The game system is quite complex, and gameplay elements such as vehicle assembly and circuit wiring pose a certain threshold for novices. However, the current novice guide is not user-friendly enough for beginners. Despite the game offering various end-game activities such as dungeons, zombie waves, and PVP, players may still find themselves trapped in a cycle of "farming materials - leveling up - farming better…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Was honestly looking forward to this game, it looked pretty good. Unfortunately the bugs are unplayable, getting continuessly rubber banded when you get out of you vehicle makes it unplayable, had bosses and enemies fall under the map which makes running a high POI pointless when their bag spawns under the map. At the current stage i wouldn't recommend this, its a buggy mess that might get fixed one day
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There's so many cheaters on this game -_-
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game was fun at first it was enjoyable but now the way it is not worth it it's a joke don't buy it
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Does not launch. Scam.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Can't even play the game. It won't start and you have to dig all over the web to find workarounds.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →twas fun for a while, but like many other games just didnt have enough to stand out. I liked the building and tower defense aspects, but the hackers ruined it as ususal. IDK. I might revisit as a solo player but right now it's another example of a game that would be good if we weren't inundated with 1000 games a week.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unfortunately even after years of waiting, the gameplay still feels rugged, combat with the Monsters (Zombies & Mutants) still an unpleasant experience. When Joining a Server, I personally experience lots of Lagging even with real good Internet (300mbs down and 50-80 mbs up). I saw lots of potential in this, but even now it just feels lack luster. What tipped me over was when I tried building a Base near the ocean and couldnt extend further into it, ok.. BUT then I reconstructed it 4…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →cant control my player......super super lag time.....was not like this in the beginning
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