How many people play Sons of the Forest? February 2024 player count

Aakrit Sharma
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Sons of the Forest was in Early Access for a year and the 1.0 update has introduced several improvements to the title that was already a hit among survival games fans. If you’re curious about its popularity, here’s Sons of the Forest player count in February 2024.

Survival games have been quite popular in 2024 with Palworld breaking a ton of player count records despite being in Early Access. In February, another survival game called Nightingale entered Early Access and now we also have the full release of Sons of the Forest after being in Early Access for a year.

The Forest is one of the highest-rated survival games ever and Sons of the Forest has received a similar response. The developers have made several improvements in the title with the 1.0 update can very well lead to a spike in its player count.

To back these claims with numbers, here’s how many people play Sons of the Forest as of February 2024.

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Sons of the Forest player count in February 2024

According to Steam Charts, 5628 players on average have played Sons of the Forest actively in the last 30 days. During this time, the peak player count for the title was 11,366.

The average player count has steadily decreased over the last ten months, with the biggest drop between February and April 2023. This was the time when most players who hopped in to check out the Early Access could’ve been done with everything offered and moved on to other options.

Sons of the Forest peak player count

Sons of the Forest player count peaked at 411,804 which unsurprisingly happened in February 2023 when Early Access had just begun. At this time, tons of The Forest fans came back to see what the franchise has to offer through the sequel, and despite the positive feedback, the active as well as peak player count has decreased drastically.

Having said that, things can certainly change for Sons of the Forest with the full release as there’s a lot of new content worth exploring. This time around, players might stick around for a longer duration, and we might not witness similar inconsistencies in the player count.

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