Sons of The Forest (Steam) is not celebrating its release as planned in February. However, it will still be released in February. We will reveal what is behind this.
The survival genre is immensely popular. While there are plenty of games in this area, only a few titles have successfully combined “survival” and “horror”. One of these titles was “The Forest”, which was supposed to get its successor “Sons of The Forest” in just a few weeks.
Now, the developers have postponed the official release, yet the title will still be released. They have chosen an early access phase.
On February 23, there will now be an early access start instead of a release on Steam
What was announced exactly? “Sons of The Forest” was actually supposed to celebrate its release at the end of February, but the developers from Endnight Games have decided to indirectly postpone the official release and instead start the game in an “early access” phase on the originally planned date.
This means that while “Sons of The Forest” may not be fully developed by February 23, it will already be playable.
Why are the developers doing this? In recent years, there have been numerous postponements of releases, and “Sons of The Forest” has already been affected. Rather than pushing the game back again, they want to create the rest of the game along with player feedback. It is stated:
It has been a long journey since we started development on ‘Sons of The Forest’ and it has become our largest and most complex game ever made. There is still much we want to add; items, new mechanics, gameplay balance, and more. We didn’t want to postpone [the game] again, so we decided to involve the community in the ongoing development and keep our release date of February 23, but as early access.
This is not entirely unexpected, by the way. The predecessor “The Forest” also started as an early access title and is considered one of the biggest successes of this type of release.
What is Sons of The Forest about? Sons of The Forest considers itself a “horror survival simulator”. Players must not only fend off attacks from eerie (and very hungry) cannibals, but also take precautions to survive on a remote island. There are the “usual” survival features, such as searching for resources to subsequently craft items and increase their chances of survival.
Those who do not want to embark on the journey alone can also try to secure the group’s survival with up to 8 players. Thus, Sons of The Forest also offers an extensive coop mode.
