Publishing house Newnight and developers from Endnight Games released the survival game Sons of the Forest from early access on Steam, where it stayed for a year. Even then, the game showed an excellent start, and the full release only strengthened its position.
Speaking of peak online, Sons of the Forest attracted more concurrent players (25,618) than it has in the last nine months. However, the record figure (414,257) still occurs in February 2023, when the survival game entered early access.
In addition, Sons of the Forest received a “very positive” rating on Steam based on nearly 159 thousand user reviews (86% positive). Yesterday, the day of release, the game received almost 519 positive reviews and 30 negative reviews.
Most users praise Sons of the Forest for its atmosphere, immersiveness, beautiful graphics, fun mechanics like building, and overall fun gameplay. The project is called an excellent representative of its genre and a big step forward compared to the first game, The Forest.
Some players continue to complain about poor AI of teammates, rare but serious bugs and optimization problems.
Endnight Games will continue to work on post-launch support for Sons of the Forest, including development of console versions. The game is currently sold on Steam and costs 1,100 rubles.
Let us remember that along with the full release of Sons of the Forest, the developers expanded the role of the character Timmy and invited actor Shawn Ashmore (Quantum Break, The Dark Pictures: Man of Medan) to voice him.