Sons of the Forest did not launch on Steam at 9 am Pacific right now when it was presupposed to, however about an hour later it turned out there to buy as long as you did not run into error messages. No matter was clogging up Valve’s retailer appears to have been cleared out now, because the early entry survival sport has hopped from the highest of Steam’s most-wishlisted record to the highest of its bestsellers record (opens in new tab), knocking Firm of Heroes 3 into second place for the week.
On the time of writing, Sons of the Forest has effectively over 200,000 concurrent gamers on Steam (opens in new tab), making it the platform’s fourth most-played sport proper now behind CS:GO, Dota 2, and Hogwarts Legacy. It is also at the moment the most-watched sport on Twitch (opens in new tab).
The open world survival sport is a follow-up to 2018’s The Forest, which stranded gamers on a cannibal-filled island after a aircraft crash. Sons of the Forest sends us to a different forested island, this time seeking a lacking billionaire, and it is simply our luck that this island is additionally stuffed with mutant cannibals.
As is the trendy survival sport method, chopping down bushes is a necessary exercise in Sons of the Forest, which’ll see us construct an increasing number of advanced weapons and buildings as we progress. Nevertheless, there’s an fascinating addition to the survival components right here: NPC companions who may help us out with the less-exciting survival duties, like, say, chopping down bushes.
PC Gamer’s Chris Livingston jumped into Sons of the Forest as quickly as he had it downloaded, and I am undecided what he is as much as proper now, however he was holding his personal severed head within the first screenshot he confirmed us (above), so I assume issues are going effectively and he is getting a number of bushes chopped.
Sons of the Forest prices $30 on Steam (opens in new tab), and we’ll let you understand how we’re getting on with it quickly. The Steam person critiques are at the moment “Very Constructive,” however the sport’s solely been out for a couple of hours, and it is the type of factor folks will doubtless need to put tens or a whole lot of hours into.
The developer expects Sons of the Forest to hang around in early entry for “6-8 months,” and says the ultimate model will embody bug fixes, enhancements to “steadiness and core gameplay,” extra stuff to craft, construct, and uncover, and “further sport mechanics and lore.”