The cooperative survival game is presently in Early Access and has over 250,000 continuous players. Sons of the Forest did not debut on Steam at 9 a.m. Pacific today as planned, but it became accessible to buy approximately an hour later if you did not see any problem warnings. Whatever was clogging up Valve’s shop has been cleaned out now, as the early-access survival game has jumped from the top of Steam’s most-wanted list to the top of its bestsellers list, dropping Company of Heroes 3 to second place for the
On the day of its release, Sons of the Forest had over 250,000 concurrent players on Steam, making it the platform’s third most-played game, after only CS: GO and Dota 2, and ahead of Hogwarts Legacy. (When this revised article was initially published, it was underneath Hogwarts.) It’s also the most-watched game on Twitch right now.
The Forest
The open-world survival game is a sequel to The Forest, which left players on a cannibal-infested island following a plane accident in 2018. Sons of the Forest transports us to another wooded peninsula, this time in pursuit of a missing millionaire. It just so happens that this island is also home to mutant cannibals.
Chopping down trees is a crucial action in Sons of the Forest, which will see us develop more intricate weaponry and structures as we go. Yet, an intriguing addition to the survival formula here is NPC buddies that may assist us with less thrilling survival activities, such as cutting down trees.
One of my friends James got immediately into Sons of the Forest after downloading it. I’m not sure what he’s up to right now, but he was carrying his severed head in the first image he gave us (above), so I suppose things are going well, and he’s cutting down many trees.
Sons of the Forest on Steam
Sons of the Forest costs $30 on Steam, and we’ll keep you updated on our progress. The game’s Steam user reviews are now “Very Positive,” but it’s just been out for a few hours, and it’s the kind of thing that people will want to devote tens or hundreds of hours into.
Sons of the Forest will remain in early access for “6-8 months,” according to the developer, and the final version will feature bug patches, changes to “balance and core gameplay,” more objects to manufacture, construct, and uncover, and “new game mechanics and narrative.”
