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Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.

Early AccessFeb 23, 2023
Price$ 29.99  Top 3%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)84.2% (positive) / 83.8%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)83.2% Top 15% / 82.9%  Top 15%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)138.7K  Top 1% / 154.6K  Top 1%
Curators337 reviews  Top 2%
Median Play Time22.3 hours  Top 10%
Play Time per Dollar44 minutes
Followers487.1K  Top 1%
Owners± 7.2M  Top 1%
Copies Sold± 6.7M  Top 1%
Gross Revenue ($)± 171.6M  Top 1%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Sons Of The Forest steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see Sons Of The Forest's Steam rating and reviews between February 2023 and December 2023. Steam's rating is in a narrow range going from 81.8% (February 2023) to 83.8% (December 2023).

With 154.6K reviews Top 1%, Sons Of The Forest is an undeniable major AAA level success. The chart looks like a long tail distribution, which sometimes means that the marketing was concentrated on the game launch and then stopped, and that no major update or discounts followed.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Sons Of The Forest and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut chart displays the languages of Sons Of The Forest's reviewers. The most popular language is English (50%), followed by Simplified Chinese (9%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 28 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game is translated in 16 languages, which is nice.

Time Played

Chart displaying Sons Of The Forest percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the number of hours played in Sons Of The Forest, showing a comparison between positive and negative reviews. It also shows the reviews during Early Access. The time in game is excellent, with 44 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 1.8 times less than the median for positive reviews. A high negative review play time (median : 13 hours) could mean that Sons Of The Forest crashes after a while or becomes too repetitive or difficult in the end. You could check if there is an explanation in the Players' feedback section.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Passionate development team
  • True sequel with improved game mechanics
  • Detailed and massive world with stunning graphics
  • Great immersion
  • Amazing animations
  • Great music and sound design
  • All around great AI
  • Dynamic seasons
  • Amazing building system
  • Accurate combat and log chopping
  • Bad/rushed ending
  • Terrible balancing
  • Some broken animations
  • Little confusing
  • Enemy sounds inconsistently balanced
  • Surround sound in need of improvement
  • Graphical/visual bugs
  • Limited amount of things to do in some parts
  • Lack of certain quality of life features for its predecessor
  • Old engine with old bugs and clunks

The intention behind these pros & cons isn't to establish a balanced evaluation of the game, but rather to assist developers in identifying enhancement opportunities. The game's rating of 84.2% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Please keep in mind that this list was AI-generated with only a statistical sample of Sons Of The Forest's review data that Steam provides. Moreover, be aware that problems aren't always meant to be solved. Communicating clearly and managing the player's expectations is important too!

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