Upcoming Horror Game Overtakes Starfield on Steam's Most Wishlisted Chart

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Horror title Sons of the Forest has overtaken Bethesda Game Studios' highly anticipated RPG Starfield as Steam's most wishlisted game. It's easy to see why Starfield would be one of the most wanted game releases of 2023, even as Bethesda has yet to announce a release date for the game. That it would be overtaken by a much smaller indie horror game is a surprise, to say the least. But considering Steam's reputation as the home for virally successful indie games, perhaps it's less of a surprise than one might first think.

It's more than understandable for Starfield to be at the top of Steam's most wishlisted games list. Between the Fallout and Elder Scrolls franchises, Bethesda Game Studios is one of the most successful video game development studios in the industry. If anything, Starfield's wishlists on Steam are expected to grow dramatically. That's because Starfield currently doesn't have a release date, with Bethesda Softworks choosing to wait until the game is as polished as possible before launch.

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That lack of a release date has left an opportunity for another highly anticipated Steam release to overtake Starfield in wishlists, though. Some might be surprised to hear the game that overtook Starfield is Sons of the Forest, a game some may never have even heard of. Yet excitement for the horror survival game is undeniable.

While the reasons for Sons of the Forest skyrocketing to the top of Steam's most-wishlisted list are multifaceted, there are a few clear explanations. The first is thatSons of the Forest is a sequel to the incredibly popular survival horror game The Forest. It has over 390,000 reviews on Steam, and those reviews give the game an Overwhelmingly Positive average.