Endnight Games and Newnight have scored the winter’s biggest hit with their PC horror-survival game, Sons of the Forest. Since the game launched into early access last Thursday, February 23rd, it has achieved a massive number of players on Steam and sold over two million copies. Peak numbers over the weekend exceeded 400,000 players participating in jump scares galore. If those numbers don’t get your attention, maybe the fact that the game already has nearly 50,000 “Very Positive” reviews on Steam should reveal everything one needs to know. These are big numbers, folks.
The premise of the game is simple. Players are sent to a remote island to find a missing billionaire. However, the island is filled with cannibals in what developers call a “hellscape.” Players will need to craft, build, and struggle to survive. The ” terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator” can be played solo or in multiplayer.
Features
- Experience complete freedom to tackle the world how you want. You decide what you do, where to go and how best to survive. There are no NPC’s barking orders at you or giving you missions you don’t want to do. You give the orders, you choose what happens next.
- Enter a world where nowhere is safe and fight against a range of mutated creatures, some who are almost human like, and others who are like nothing you have ever seen before. Armed with pistols, axes, stun batons and more, protect yourself and those you care for.
- Feel every interaction; Break sticks to make fires. Use an axe to cut out windows and floors. Build a small cabin, or a sea-side compound, the choice is yours.
- Pluck fresh salmon directly from streams in spring and summer. Collect and store meat for the cold winter months. You’re not alone on this island, so as winter rolls in and food and resources become scarce you won’t be the only one looking for a meal.
- Survive alone, or with friends. Share items and work together to build defenses. Bring back-up to explore above and below ground.
Check out the Sons of the Forest Steam page to learn more.
