{"id":9247,"date":"2023-03-10T12:44:04","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T11:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/10\/what-is-sons-of-the-forest-the-cannibal-survival-game-that-sold-2m-copies-in-a-day\/"},"modified":"2023-03-10T12:44:04","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T11:44:04","slug":"what-is-sons-of-the-forest-the-cannibal-survival-game-that-sold-2m-copies-in-a-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/10\/what-is-sons-of-the-forest-the-cannibal-survival-game-that-sold-2m-copies-in-a-day\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Sons of the Forest, the cannibal survival game that sold 2m copies in a day?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Endnight Games\u2019 sequel sold vast numbers on Steam. What\u2019s behind its remarkable success \u2013 and what should you know before you play it?<\/p>\n<p>Late last month, a game called Sons of the Forest launched on the Steam Early Access programme, which allows players to buy unfinished games still in active development, and immediately became one of the biggest new titles of 2023. Within 24 hours, it had sold 2m copies, and it has remained near the top of Steam\u2019s top-sellers list ever since.<\/p>\n<p>Sons of the Forest\u2019s phenomenal success has seemingly appeared out of nowhere, but the momentum has been quietly building for years. Canadian developer Endnight Games has carved out a niche, delivering immersive, tangible and thrilling survival games.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2023\/mar\/10\/sons-of-the-forest-cannibal-survival-game\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/7516df582520e5f0e6fe833e5380444aaede10b6\/240_0_3600_2160\/master\/3600.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=43363b9e2b5258996342579db09b18f0\" title=\"What is Sons of the Forest, the cannibal survival game that sold 2m copies in a day?\" \/>Endnight Games\u2019 sequel sold vast numbers on Steam. What\u2019s behind its remarkable success \u2013 and what should you know before you play it?<br \/>\nLate last month, a game called Sons of the Forest launched on the Steam Early Access programme, which allows players to buy unfinished games still in active development, and immediately became one of the biggest new titles of 2023. Within 24 hours, it had sold 2m copies, and it has remained near the top of Steam\u2019s top-sellers list ever since.<br \/>\nSons of the Forest\u2019s phenomenal success has seemingly appeared out of nowhere, but the momentum has been quietly building for years. Canadian developer Endnight Games has carved out a niche, delivering immersive, tangible and thrilling survival games. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Endnight Games\u2019 sequel sold vast numbers on Steam. What\u2019s behind its remarkable success \u2013 and what should you know before you play it? Late last month, a game called Sons of the Forest launched on the Steam Early Access programme, which allows players to buy unfinished games still in active development, and immediately became one &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/10\/what-is-sons-of-the-forest-the-cannibal-survival-game-that-sold-2m-copies-in-a-day\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What is Sons of the Forest, the cannibal survival game that sold 2m copies in a day?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":9248,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9247"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}