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Terrible Forest Management playtest
by SwampMeister Games
In the age of drones and droids, Hose-Bots keep the forest from going up in smoke… until a rogue crew hacked half of them into flamethrowing Firebugs. Grab your friends, pick a side, and battle for the woods in chaotic 4v4 matches of hose versus flame!
Anyone with a Steam account can join, and it's free.
- Access
- Instant
- On playtest since
- Aug 13, 2026
- Planned release
- To be announced
- Developer
- SwampMeister Games
- Platforms
- Windows
- Players
- Co-op, Multiplayer, Online co-op, Online PvP, PvP, Single-player
- Languages
- English
How to join the Terrible Forest Management playtest
- Open the game's Steam page with the Join playtest button. Sign in to Steam if it asks.
- Use the Terrible Forest Management playtest signup there. You're in straight away, with nothing to pay.
- The playtest shows up in your Steam library, ready to install and play.
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How AI is used
I used AI to help create player models
The developer's own words, from Steam.
About Terrible Forest Management
In the age of drones and droids, humanity finally admitted it was terrible at forest management — so it handed the job to the Hose-Bots: cheerful little firefighting robots with a water tank on their back and a hose they're way too proud of.
Then a shadowy crew of arsonists hacked half the fleet, swapping hoses for flamethrowers and good intentions for chaos. Now the forest is a battlefield, and it's going to take a team to save it… or a team to burn it all down.
Pick a side. Swap at halftime. Bring your friends.
- Hose-Bots: douse the flames, dig firebreaks, spray pink slurry, and blast the Firebugs' fuel tanks dry.
- Firebugs: spark wildfires, soak the woods in accelerant, sneak past the painters, and torch the Hose-Bots' water towers.
- Up to 8 players in squads that keep their crew all match. First to 4 rounds wins.
- Classes for every playstyle: front-line hose hero, tank-hauling support, or sneaky utility saboteur.
- Loot chests with water bombs, firebombs, EMPs that zap anyone nearby (yes, even your friends), and drain grenades that empty the enemy's tanks.
- Fire that actually spreads: wind it, feed it, trench it, drown it. Every match burns differently.
- Proximity voice chat: hear the enemy whispering their plan behind that tree.
Grab a hose. Or a match. The forest is counting on you, one way or the other.
From the game's Steam page.
