Open-world survival-crafter The Forest has hit a brand new concurrent Steam participant depend report a full ten years after the sport’s unique launch in Early Entry, and it is all because of the continuing Steam Winter Sale.
A fast take a look at The Forest‘s SteamDB web page exhibits that the sport is presently sitting at a reasonably spectacular 91,370 gamers on Steam, and that its 24-hour peak participant depend is 98,323, which additionally occurs to be its all-time peak.
Curiosity within the recreation has been steadily climbing because the Steam Winter Sale began final week, and it isn’t laborious to see why; you’ll be able to presently seize The Forest at a whopping 90% off. That is proper: the sport will set you again solely $2 at time of writing.
Not solely has The Forest‘s participant depend skyrocketed, however the recreation has additionally attracted nearly 13,000 current opinions at time of writing, and they’re, in fact, overwhelmingly optimistic.
Admittedly, most of the opinions are primarily one-liners or memes reasonably than real assessments of the sport, however nonetheless, it is clear that The Forest has the sort of endurance many indie video games can solely dream of.
Sadly, Sony does not make its PS4 participant metrics public, so we do not know the way many individuals are having fun with the sport on console proper now. Nonetheless, The Forest is not on sale on Sony’s machine, so if you wish to get pleasure from it for an absolute pittance, you are greatest off on PC.
For those who’re questioning precisely what The Forest is, it is a horror-themed open-world survival-crafter that sees you “in a mysterious forest battling to remain alive towards a society of cannibalistic mutants”.
The sport may be loved both solo or in multiplayer co-op, and if you happen to’re of a squeamish persuasion, you would possibly need to recruit a good friend to outlive with, as a result of The Forest can get fairly scary.
The Forest is accessible proper now on PC and PS4 (and PS5 through backwards compatibility). Sequel Sons of the Forest, which hit its 1.0 launch in February, can also be out there on PC through Steam, and it is presently up for grabs at 50% off as nicely.