Sons Of The Forest

Last updated: 2026-01-13
  • Immersive and flexible building system
  • Stunning and detailed graphics
  • Highly enjoyable co-op experience
  • Engaging exploration and storytelling
  • Weak and fragmented story
  • Poor optimization and performance issues
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Emotions

Core metrics

Core business metrics

Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.

Steam review stats
Steam rating
Very Positive (8/10)
Total reviews
290,127
Positive
255,67688.1%
Negative
34,45111.9%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
20,739,809
Estimated revenue
$621,986,872
Game price
$30
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
5060.84%
Estimated copies lost
36,172
Estimated revenue lost
$1,084,798
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment × Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
5090.8%
Avg playtime 1h
5771%
Avg playtime 1h
> 2h playtime
5,2978.8%
Avg playtime 38.2h
53,73589.4%
Avg playtime 55.2h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day57 rev/day
Last 30d333 rev/day
Quarterly2,640.7 rev/qtr
Days covered1,054.8 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
60,118 total
Organic purchasers53,41488.8%
Voted up: 90%
Key activations6,70411.2%
Voted up: 90%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
60,118 total
First impression0-2h1,9333.22%
Voted up: 67%
Mid game2-10h14,80724.6%
Voted up: 89%
Late game10-20h13,18321.9%
Voted up: 88%
Endgame20h+30,19550.2%
Voted up: 93%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
0.16% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
86.9%
Global baseline 90.3%
99 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 290,127 total.