In 2014, survival horror sport The Forest launched into early entry on Steam. As a part of Steam Greenlight (keep in mind that?), the small crew of builders Endnight Games delivered triple-A visuals, intricate constructing and crafting programs, and gut-wrenching horror as gamers struggled to outlive on a distant island amidst terrifying cannibalistic tribes.
So why, 10 years later, did The Forest simply crack its all time concurrent participant file as we speak with a whopping 97,964 gamers?
Well, it might need one thing to do with the cracking Steam Winter Sale that is occurring now. The Forest is 90% off, which implies you may seize it for a mere two bucks.
That’s not the entire story, although. Even after its sequel Sons of the Forest blew the doorways off Steam in 2023, the unique sport continues to develop extra standard. As it routinely drops to below $5 in varied gross sales, its concurrent participant rely has spiked as excessive as 78,000 as lately a 12 months in the past. The 90% low cost on this 12 months’s sale is the bottom it is ever been priced on Steam, nonetheless.
There’s additionally been an enormous rise within the reputation of co-op horror video games, not simply as a novelty however as a weirdly cozy haunt expertise the place you may construct, craft, chill, and chuckle with your mates—plus scream your heads off when one thing terrifying occurs.
At any fee, it is enjoyable to see new gamers discovering this survival horror masterpiece, and little question individuals who purchased and performed The Forest method again in 2014 are leaping again in once more now, too. There’s nonetheless time to choose it up your self for subsequent to nothing: the Steam Winter sale lasts till January 2.
