Sons of the Forest Will Be An Early Access Release

Endnight games has decided to switch up their planned release date of February 23 for Sons of the Forest. Instead, the game will be entering an “early access” phase, allowing the developers to continue tweaking the game, but also giving players access during that period. The reasoning for the studio’s decision, as posted on Steam, was that they “didn’t want to delay (the game) again”, which makes perfect since considering they’re already 2 delays deep thus far.

So while this technically is a delay, the game being playable softens the blow a little bit. Endnight will likely take this time to polish the game up for a full PC release, as well as prepare the game for console release in the future. So if you’ve been waiting on this Sons of the Forest, no need to panic– you’ll still be chopping trees on February 23 just as planned.