The Forest Cathedral
PlayStation 5 · 2023
About this game
The Forest is a single-player and cooperative multiplayer survival horror game.
The player assumes the role of a lone survivor of a passenger plane crash who awakens in a dense and isolated forest.
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While searching for their missing child, the player must find food, build shelter, and craft tools in order to endure the dangers of the wilderness and the presence of hostile inhabitants.
The game world is fully open and explorable, with forests, shorelines, lakes, and a vast cave network.
Survival is based on resource gathering and crafting: trees can be felled for wood, plants collected for medicine, and animals hunted for food and materials.
The player constructs shelters, fires, traps, and defenses, while crafting items such as spears, bows, and armor from scavenged resources.
Hunger, thirst, stamina, and health must all be managed to remain alive.
The island is inhabited by cannibalistic tribes and mutated creatures who patrol the land.
Their behavior is not entirely scripted: some groups stalk the player or investigate structures, while others attack in force, especially at night.
Combat can be approached with melee weapons, ranged weapons, or avoidance, and dead enemies can be looted for crafting resources.
Exploring caves reveals more aggressive mutants, valuable supplies, and clues about the larger mystery of the island.
Progression is player-driven rather than quest-based, with survival mechanics at the core.
Tools, weapons, and structures gradually expand through experimentation and crafting.
Base building plays a major role, with defensive walls, watchtowers, and storage facilities available for protection against raids.
Environmental hazards, such as weather changes and resource scarcity, also affect survival strategy.
The game can be played alone or cooperatively with others, with up to four players in online multiplayer.
In cooperative mode, players share building and survival tasks, but threats scale accordingly.
About PlayStation 5
Launched in late 2020, the PlayStation 5 introduced ultra-fast SSD loading and ray tracing to mainstream console gaming. It's still early in its collecting life cycle, but the Digital Edition (no disc drive) has already created a meaningful split in the market between disc-based and digital-only PS5 owners — something collectors should keep in mind when comparing prices for the "same" game.
Gamevaro tracks The Forest Cathedral for PlayStation 5 with separate market values for loose, complete-in-box (CIB) and factory-sealed copies, sourced from real eBay sales. Prices also vary by region — PAL, NTSC-U and NTSC-J releases of the same game often sell for different amounts due to print run sizes and regional collector demand.
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Market values by condition
PAL
NTSC-U
NTSC-J
Recent sales
| Date | Type | Region | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-10 | Sealed / New | NTSC-U | €35.54 |
| 2026-08-10 | Box Only | NTSC-U | €13.87 |
| 2026-08-10 | Boxed (CIB) | NTSC-U | €34.67 |
| 2026-08-10 | Graded New | NTSC-U | €39.10 |
| 2026-08-03 | Loose / Item only | PAL | €49.34 |
| 2026-08-03 | Loose / Item only | NTSC-J | €40.05 |
| 2026-07-23 | Loose / Item only | NTSC-U | €40.28 |
| 2026-07-12 | Sealed / New | NTSC-U | €42.90 |
| 2026-07-12 | Graded New | NTSC-U | €47.18 |
| 2026-07-12 | Box Only | NTSC-U | €14.00 |
| 2026-07-12 | Boxed (CIB) | NTSC-U | €34.99 |
| 2026-07-10 | Sealed / New | NTSC-U | €42.88 |
| 2026-07-10 | Boxed (CIB) | NTSC-U | €34.97 |
| 2026-07-10 | Graded New | NTSC-U | €47.16 |
| 2026-07-10 | Box Only | NTSC-U | €13.99 |
| 2026-06-18 | Sealed / New | NTSC-U | €42.48 |
| 2026-06-18 | Boxed (CIB) | NTSC-U | €34.49 |
| 2026-06-18 | Box Only | NTSC-U | €13.80 |
| 2026-06-18 | Graded New | NTSC-U | €46.73 |
| 2026-06-17 | Boxed (CIB) | NTSC-U | €34.49 |
| 2026-06-17 | Graded New | NTSC-U | €46.73 |
| 2026-06-17 | Sealed / New | NTSC-U | €42.48 |
| 2026-06-17 | Box Only | NTSC-U | €13.80 |
| 2026-06-15 | Boxed (CIB) | NTSC-U | €49.48 |
| 2026-06-15 | Graded New | NTSC-U | €46.72 |
| 2026-06-15 | Boxed (CIB) | NTSC-U | €34.57 |
| 2026-06-15 | Sealed / New | NTSC-U | €60.78 |
| 2026-06-15 | Box Only | NTSC-U | €13.83 |
| 2026-06-15 | Box Only | NTSC-U | €19.79 |
| 2026-06-15 | Graded New | NTSC-U | €66.87 |
Market insights
Rarity & condition
Only a handful of market sales have been tracked for The Forest Cathedral, suggesting it doesn't trade hands very often — a sign of relative scarcity compared to more common PlayStation 5 titles.
Complete-in-box (CIB) copies typically command a premium over loose cartridges/discs because the original box and manual are more fragile and get discarded or damaged over time — fewer complete sets survive.
Frequently asked questions
How much is The Forest Cathedral worth?
The Forest Cathedral for PlayStation 5 is currently worth €49.34 loose. Prices are based on real sales and update regularly on Gamevaro.
Is The Forest Cathedral rare?
The Forest Cathedral has only a handful of tracked market sales, suggesting relative scarcity compared to more common PlayStation 5 titles.
What's the difference between loose, CIB and sealed for The Forest Cathedral?
Loose means cartridge or disc only, CIB (complete in box) includes the original box and manual, and sealed means factory-sealed and never opened. These are tracked as separate market values because the price gap between them can be significant, especially for older releases.
Is The Forest Cathedral worth more in PAL or NTSC?
The PAL version of The Forest Cathedral is currently worth €49.34 loose, versus €28.39 for NTSC-U. Regional price differences usually come down to print run size and regional collector demand.
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