Sons of the Forest Passes Impressive Sales Milestone After Only 24 Hours of Early Access

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Sons of The Forest, the new survival-horror game from Endnight Games, has finally hit Steam in Early Access and is already topping the charts. The developer Endnight Games has revealed the astounding number of copies that the game has managed to sell in just 24 hours.

Sons of The Forest is the follow-up and sequel to Endnight Games' last title The Forest, which also became a huge hit in Early Access and launched the developers into the gaming limelight. Both games see players stranded in a forest that is far more than what it seems, and the survival aspect that already seems treacherous when stranded alone in the wilderness only gets deadlier as dark secrets and cultish lore are revealed. Teasers and new game details for this sequel have been slowly hitting the internet for some time, ultimately culminating in this much-anticipated Early Access release.

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As of right now, the game's numbers on the official Steam charts are extremely impressive. Endnight Games says the game has sold over 2 million copies in its first 24 hours, and it is number 1 on the top-selling game chart, surpassing other recently-released favorites like Hogwarts Legacy and Atomic Heart. It is also number 3 on the most-played chart with over 350,000 players currently in the game. Already, fans are wildly impressed with this updated look of the mysterious forest, as the cannibals and the environment are more detailed than ever when contextualized by impressive new features like dynamic seasons.

The incredible sales numbers for Sons of The Forest already make the game one of the best-selling of 2023. It still lags significantly behind what is undoubtedly the biggest hit of the year thus far, Hogwarts