Forest Camp Story

Simulation

Ratings

Age

4+

Simulation

Languages

English

Latest Version 1.26

Wed May 18 2022

Now available in English and 10 other languages.

Forest Camp Story allows you to step into the role of a campsite manager. Start with a simple field and grow it into a world-class resort. Build shops, provide gear, and create hiking trails to attract tourists. Research new items, host forest tours, and watch as your campers enjoy the great outdoors in this deep and charming simulation game.

Dinsun Expert Review

Our Expert Score

88/100

Forest Camp Story is another delightful management sim from the masters at Kairosoft. If you've played their other 'Story' games, you know exactly what to expect: charming pixel art, deep but accessible simulation mechanics, and a gameplay loop that is impossible to stop. You are tasked with turning a patch of wilderness into a thriving campsite.

What makes this one special is the focus on nature. You have to balance building amenities like stores and bathrooms with preserving the 'forest' vibe. You can even create activities like fishing and guided tours to attract different types of campers. Seeing a group of campers set up their tent and start a campfire is oddly heartwarming. It’s a slow-paced, cozy game that rewards patient planning and creativity. It’s easily one of the best 'chill' simulation games on iOS.

Dinsun reviewed on: Thu Feb 26 2026

Features

Classic Kairosoft pixel art

Deep management mechanics

Seasonal events and weather

Fishing and hiking mini-games

Tips & Walkthrough

Layout Optimization

Place tents near natural features like trees or water to increase their 'appeal' score, which allows you to charge more for stays.

Attracting New Campers

Invest in the 'Shop' and stock local souvenirs; this increases camper satisfaction and brings in more revenue.

Gameplays

Campsite Construction

Place facilities, trails, and decorations to build a resort that balances nature and comfort.

Visitor Management

Watch your campers interact with your site, solve their requests, and use their feedback to unlock new buildings.

Screenshot

Q&A

No, it is a full management simulation that requires active planning and building to progress.

Ratings & Reviews

Kairosoft’s Future is Bright.

Sat Aug 21 2021 TerraTerraCotta

A lot of people will tell you “this game is Kairosoft’s best yet.” To many of their titles. However Forest Camp Story may actually take that title. For many years Kairosoft has released a ton of fun titles. Some challenging, some relaxing. However some mired by issues regarding combo systems and upkeep draining your funds before you actually know what you’re doing. Camp Story is the first Kairosoft game I’ve played where I didn’t feel like I needed a guide to move forward. You can learn from trial and error, and the systems are far more beginner-friendly. With a reliance on popularity and scenery in replace of combo systems, you can really truly decorate your camp to your heart’s desire without sacrificing looks to place “combo” buildings together. It only gets better when you add in the store. Camp Story combines both the fun of running a store and running a campsite without feeling like you’re going to run yourself into a corner without meaning to. As if it’s found a perfect union of what’s made it’s previous titles fun. It makes me excited for what future titles in Kairosoft hold. Taking the refined mechanics of this game and applying them to future titles and sequels. Perhaps a Dream Home Days sequel that removes the impossible block of utilities becoming too high for tenants to pay eventually? Or an Animal Park Story sequel that allows more freedom with making your own park? Or will they take the core concepts of Forest Camp Story further and make something that surprises all of us? Only the future may tell, and I’m excited to see what they create next. Until then, back to my campsite!

Game breaking bug? Not anymore!

Sun Apr 03 2022 Matty Kahler

UPDATE: Changing this from a one star to five star! A few days after writing my original review complaining about a game (and save file)-breaking bug, the game’s been updated and the bug is gone! Now to the game itself: It’s an amazingly relaxing camping sim in the same vein as other Kairosoft games. Cute, fun, and with ever increasing numbers and research projects, making a camp that’s fun looking AND useful is an enjoyable challenge! One interesting aspect of this game is that you don’t just manage a campground, but you also manage a store in town that sells camping gear! In a cool attention to detail, the goods you sell in city will also show up on the campers that come to your campgrounds!

Long time fan

Thu Sep 01 2022 Arisuu-Winters

I’ve loved kariosoft games for years and years, my favorites being sushi spinnery, pocket stables, pocket clothier, and game dev, amongst a few others. This one is a good concept but unfortunately I didn’t find myself getting hooked, and I think that was due to progression. It felt a bit slow and formulaic, with not much in between spending and saving sprees. Usually these games have me hooked and coming back for hours on end, but with this one I played for about 3 hours straight, then couldn’t find myself wanting to open the app again. This could entirely just be my own experience, but I believe the concepts of the new ones right now like tropical resort and convince store might just be a better fitting theme for me. Overall, give it a try! It’s good fun as always but just felt slower and not much to keep me personally engaged for very long.

Perfect!

Tue Jul 20 2021 MendolynSkye

This is exactly the kind of kairosoft game I want. It’s fun, cute, lots to do, easy to learn. This whole game is so charming and makes me feel like I did playing some of my other favorites like Cruiseship story, hot springs, ski resort, and The Megamall. I love that we can alter terrain and add water to the landscape and that the pathing for the visitors is better. Visitors can walk through/around everything to get to where they need to go so it’s easier to place buildings and decorate. Thank you for those improved features. I definitely recommend this game.

Kairosoft = Bae

Thu Sep 01 2022 Birb Day

I have purchased just about every mobile game by Kairosoft. This one…it is one of my favorites. The creative freedom and ability to freely map out your campsite property is quite excellent. It also adds the store management side hustle to keep you coming back for more. I’ve clocked some serious time on this game, as such, here are my “cons”—but really, it will depend on the individual player and their respective preferences. 1.) I’d love if your store inventory was easier to change and adjust on a larger scale to match season popularity without losing current stock. Replenishing stock unfortunately becomes a constant worry…as it only restocks everything once every “3 months”. There is not an individual restock option or token. You either trade research points for the full-store refill token—or you change the item stocked on any number of shelves only to have to wait for the next restock (time & in-game camp store profits beware). 2.) Buying/expanding the campsite property (and that of the camping supply store) gets insanely expensive rather quickly. Everything becomes crowded and frustrating. Removing the rogue trees and plants, even more expensive and time consuming. 3.) The landscaping/hill-building/etc. Is definitely a neat addition by way of creative freedoms, BUT admittedly makes it VERY difficult (and frustrating) to get a satisfactory layout due to the “hill” requirements. This is actually the point when I stop playing—or start a fresh save. 4.) Burning Question: DO WE NOT NEED TO USE SIDEWALKS/PATHWAYS OR WHAT?! For real though, I don’t understand why we have the option of making paths if it is unnecessary to the functionality of the campground. That just makes it a waste of space. The above notes are only those gained through HOURS upon HOURS of playing this gem. The aforementioned notes are those that indeed, make my brain hurt…but I still love you Kairosoft. Never stop, Kairosoft. That list aside, this is a genuinely fun game. For reference my other favorite Kairosoft games are(and in no particular order!): Hot Springs Story 2, SkiResort Story, GameDev Story(obvi), Golf Planner, and DungeonV2.

It’s fun but..

Mon Sep 05 2022 Not so relevant

I was excited to play this since I’ve been a kairosoft fan for years. This one though left me a bit unsatisfied. The map looked exciting at first but it soon felt very small and limited as I couldn’t really expand as much as I wanted and to satisfy the guests, you have to stack the planes extra high for some and it gives very little space. Plus there’s only one kind of map and you couldn’t try other layouts. The store was a fun addition and enjoyable all in all. To give you an idea, my favorites from the developers are: Hot spring 1, world cruise, cafe nipponica, dream house.

One of my all time favorites

Mon May 22 2023 Ambiguous fig tree

I absolutely adore this game, the art is beautiful as always and this game takes decoration to a new level with the beautiful character art a gorgeous day night cycle and just the most serine and cozy kairosoft games to date. This, spa story 2, and dream home story are just my absolute favorites to build and create it. The only thing that would make this game better is a creative sandbox mode hah

Game Keeps Crashing.. And Too Easy

Mon Mar 28 2022 Arkham Inmate

I’m surprised at how easy it is to get ahead in this game compared to other Kairosoft titles. The discovery of combos and unique tiems/characters in other games was a great part of the fun when balanced out against making income. Making income is way too easy. My main problem now is I can’t move the store to the next town. Every time it is ready to move, the game crashes. And, since I can’t read Japanese (which is the language the error message is presented in), I have no idea what is going wrong. Very disappointed and will be seeking a refund for the game. I am running an iPad Pro with iOS 14.3.1