'Sons of the Forest' early access: Release date, price, and platform details

It's time to head back into the cannibal-filled wilds of The Forest.

2018's The Forestwas a big deal for the survival game genre, offering great visuals and a compelling storyline to follow as you chopped down trees to build cabins while fending off mutants and cannibals. This week, developer Endnight Games is back with a proper sequel, Sons of the Forest. It will be available on Feb. 23 for $30 on Steam.

Since it's an early access game, console players will likely have to wait a while, if the game ever comes to PS5 or Xbox Series X at all. But Steam users on PC can jump right in on Thursday to experience a sequel that sounds wildly ambitious, to say the least.

For starters, you will always have at least one AI companion with you in Sons of the Forest. This will free players up to actually do fun things while their companion does all the survival game dirty work. It's also got multiplayer, seriously impressive new visuals, and almost certainly some incredibly off-putting enemies to find in its open world.

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And people with gaming PCs can see an early version of it this week. Good luck. You might need it.